Rumours are circulating that the PM of Dominica would like for the Bahamas to accommodate up to 3,000 displaced students from Dominica. We simply do not have the resources to do this! Also, a good many of these students lost in hurricanes Irma and Maria their travel ID documents that Bahamas Immigration would ordinarily require, e.g. original passport, original or certified birth certificate, etc. etc. Without such documents, we could end up letting into our school system individuals who were illegal immigrant students in Dominica. It is worth pointing out that Dominica is one of those countries that puts a very low price tag on the sale of its own citizenship to foreigners as indicated in the excerpt below from Wikipedia. We need to tread very carefully here!

"The Commonwealth of Dominica offers an official and legally mandated economic citizenship to those seeking a valid second passport. The nationality law of Dominica authorises the government to waive the normal requirement of seven years of legal residence to acquire citizenship in exchange for a cash contribution. Total costs excluding all fees for a single applicant are US$100,000, with a discount for additional passports for spouses and children. Alternatively, since 2014, applicants can make a US$200,000 real estate investment, in which case the cost of citizenship is US$50,000. According to officials, the citizenship programme was an economic and fiscal "lifeline" in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Erika, and its new investment option had become the main source of Foreign Direct Investment into Dominica by early 2016. The Dominica passport holders can travel without a visa, or obtain a visa upon entry, to over 100 countries and territories, including the United Kingdom and the Schengen zone. Applying for Dominica citizenship requires interacting with official Government Approved Economic Citizenship Agents."

"We simply do not have the resources to do this! " Sure we can! Where does the church stand on this matter??? Let's use these big empty churches throughout our community. The churches don't pay any taxes. They are morally obligated to help those in need. Other than that, let's stop fooling ourselves and the world by declaring our nation to be one of a Christian heritage.

I applaud the government on this initiative to help our neighbours after this terrible storm. We must be our brother's keeper. That being said, we must make better provisions for those already living amongst us for their education. If they are illegal as it relates to their parents, we must send them back to the country their parents are from instead of allowing them to linger without a proper education. No matter their heritage, Haitian, Cuban, Jamaican etc, let's fix the status of those living with us also.
Good luck in this initiative Mr. Prime Minister and God Bless our little nation.

Comrades! Yep, move over PLP appoints, except Oswald Brown is still on the red shirts government's payroll? Just maybe, 'ACE' should watch his back?
Talk has it that when it came down to Dominica, that PM Minnis may have been availing himself to the advice of one Oswald Brown, who for the past four-plus years has been employed as the press, cultural affairs and information manager with The Bahamaland Embassy in Washington, DC

It is good to help those in need. But the problem is doc mouth goes at 100 miles per hour while
his brain is still in park. in other words, he does not think before he speaks.. He should have
looked at the issues discuss the issues and then make his statement. I say again the Bahamas
has it own Donald Trump.

Yea, and Perry Christie mouth goes at 1000 miles per hour and spills out a bunch of shit. PG Christie speaks without thinking!

Political friendship between these CARICOM leaders should not transfer into social dissonance of their citizens ........ This is a prime example ........ The PM made a rash decision without engaging the public agencies (Immigration & Education) that move at a glacier's pace ....... and he disregarded the social backlash that always lurks below the surface.

This is a good learning experience for our latest One Man Band PM.

*Repost:* Barely 5 months as PM and Minnis is already out-of-touch with the vast majority of Bahamians. This is what happens when you zip around town at 60 mph in a luxurious police chauffeured vehicle with police on motorbikes as an escort with sirens blaring as they dangerously force all other traffic off of the road. Yes indeed, Minnis is so enthralled by his new 'elitist' stature that he can't think straight. This no doubt explains his very poor judgement to date on numerous matters, including:

* The appointment D. Osborne as Chairman of BPL
* Keeping Deepak Bhatnagar on the board of BPL and other government posts
* Appointing Marlon Johnson as Financial Secretary
* Announcing a deadline for the filing by former and existing MPs of their required public
financial statement disclosures that has come and gone without any consequences
* The appointment of Brent Symonette to a cabinet post that is sure to result in serious
conflicts of interest with the businesses in his financial empire involved with shipping, trade
and banking
* The appointment of D'Aguilar as Minister of Tourism notwithstanding the obvious conflict
stemming from his past directorship role at Baha Mar
* The decision not to liquidate Bank of The Bahamas, but rather endorse and continue the
Bahamas Resolve bailout plan that was created by Christie, Halkitis and Wendy Craigg
* The decision to reinstate our participation in the Caribbean region insurance scheme
notwithstanding advice to the contrary and before verifying that the terms of the insurance
arrangements are such that it is in fact not in our financial interest to participate
* The recent shoot from the hips announced decision to open are already very crowded and
under-resourced public schools to Dominica's students
* And on and on and on...........

You should have also mentioned those ridiculous diplomat abroad appointments.....like Sidney Collie to Washington D.C......now that's a real joke. Minnis should know that certain warped souls should be kept nearby given their propensity to cause much mischief and trouble in the most vulnerable of places, like D.C.. It's well known Sidney likes condo properties and has royally shafted many a condo association by not paying his monthly maintenance fees. Has anyone checked recently to see how much Collie owes in Real Property Taxes, etc.? Does he have any delinquent amounts owing to the bank of The Bahamas? This is one fella Minnis should not take his eye off of....sending Collie to D.C. is just one more major error in judgement by Minnis that will undoubtedly come back to haunt Minnis in a most serious way. Collie is Collie if you know what I mean....he just can't help himself!

An interesting narrative we are watching here.

Is this to be the new norm?

Hubert will shoot off his mouth then 'work out details' later?

This does not appear to be in the best interest of The Bahamian people.

I agree with you ......... This is Trump's MO ...... And the Immigration and Education Ministers have yet to present their plans for Minnis ..... the public service is a slow behemoth that doesnot respond to PM speeches