Sure looks like it! The Americans like military bases. The Chinese like to build. If we must pick one........

If left with absolutely no alternative, I would pick the one that does not consider us to be the bottom rung of humanity because of the dark colour of our skin.

Neither is particularly interested in skin colour, just acquisition positions of influence and proprietary control.

Neither is particularly interested in skin colour, just acquisition of positions of influence and proprietary control..

Agreed a head count plus their NIB card and Drivers licence need checking.....cause one a dem looks like the Late great Famous musician from Jamaica.?....could be Jamaican.?.and a nodder one looks like Mr. Chea from down Carmichael road....not to mention the chinese from luckys....some could be Bahamian cause chinese been in the Bahamas from 1879 or before if you look at dem pirate movie.....then again some people say native lucayan, arawak all walk some bridge an come to Bahamas before everybody else.......

If the good president of the Contractors Association was so concerned with the ratio of Bahamian to foreign workers at The Pointe, where was his voice or the BCA's for that matter prior to the Tribune article last week? As i can recall from the Tribune article that exposed the issue, this was as a result of their own investigation, not the BCA. This guy is only concerned about being in the newspaper and public exposure at every opportunity. His last opportunity to be in the press was a debacle as a result of a spat with Min. Bannister over the appointment of the contractor's board. His point of view must be taken with a grain of salt.

Looks like Bahamians disguised as Chinese to me!

Simple. Immigration officers and police surround the building, isolate different areas and do a head and nationality count. Why does government make the simplest thing so difficult.

Too political a tightening red apparel wear for the many comrades among 91,409 voting red 10th May 2017 - cast aside by Imperials Minnis and KP to struggle makes family finances ends meet their cost living since fateful 10th May 2017... while they live constant fear the dreaded corned beef policeman's coming bust through they simple dwelling's front door. { You just can't make up a government too damn lazy let almost a full year go by without any want be checking on jobs at 70% foreigner work-site}.

All this talk of decending upon and surrounding the site with immigration and police officers and the like to conduct head counts is nonsence. The HOA is just like any other contract, there are remedies for non compliance with any of its terms. What ever department of gov is responsible for ensuring compliance with the terms of the contract must invoke the remedy as we can rest assured that if the gov of the Bahamas does not fulfill its obligations under the contract there will be consequences! Who ever in gov is responsible for ensuring contract term compliance please do your job.

Ma Comrades, maybe time we change the People Tolerance System?

- Exuma-Armageddon -

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Have Foulkes and Symonette lost their minds? Perhaps this is why the FNM has such a low trust and results ranking with the electorate less than 1 year after the election? Both of these Ministers sound as if they could care less whether Bahamians are even employed at The Pointe, or whether the 70%/30% Bahamian to Chinese worker ratio is being maintained. Their approach is appalling and one more nail in the FNM's coffin on why they are unlikely to be re-elected in 4 years time. The Labour Dept. should have been onsite by now to verify the number of Chinese to Bahamian workers. Anything less than 7 out of every 10 workers being Bahamian or if more than 3 out of every 10 workers is anything other than Bahamian then the site needs to be shut down until the proper balance has been achieved. Similarly, Immigration Dept. should have been onsite by now verifying that non-Bahamians working there have the proper work permits otherwise they need to be deported. Enough of this BS where Bahamians have to be begging hat in hand or protesting at the risk of being arrested and prosecuted for standing up for their rights in their own country. Get up off your a*** Foulkes and Symonette and show us you give a damn about Bahamian workers. You expect me to pay construction workers full price if they work Over the Hill but wanna give the Chinaman a humongous break with cheap Labour just because it's downtown. Hopefully this place won't fall down due to cheap and shoddy workmanship when it's all finished causing another set of embarrassment.

No fracking way any comrade Grand Bahamlander would dare trust red imperials Minnis. KP, Dion and Carl Wilshire with storing, drilling, transporting or diggings sludge oil... Why would they even bother send in safety, health or environmental inspectors into Oban's pip dream facilities.... Growing doubts there will be a 2022 rungin' general election bell for the 91,409 to demonstrate their 2017 voting regrets. Where in any before mention - does it speaks to It's a matter of TRUST?

Well I see we on the shirt colors again, so let's talk about it then....How about Green next time? The Gold wasn't good enough, now its being said about the Red, so we vote green then? Hell, Brave has not change his philosophy, While in government money wastage wasn't an issue for him, now suddenly its a big deal... let's vote green, better yet for those who complain about red, let's vote gold!! then all will be be well with us.

Its pretty obvious that there are not LABOUR BOARD INSPECTORS in the hiringfreeze, the 10% cutbacks that all dept must follow.......to improve restore country credit grading........in the quest to try and balance the books....and extract funding to pay present salaries and funding for hospital etc.........LABOUR BOARD INSPECTORS are needed in these extremely difficult times to investigate wrongdoings, unhealthy work conditions, worker abuses, violations of the Labour Act which are probably at their highest levels......etcetc....

So why do you need a head count? Brent Symonette knows exactly how many work permits he is Soto CCA. And bet if they was Haitians or Jamaicans on that site the big yellow school bus would’ve been park across the street many mornings and evenings and times in between shaking them down. Then the Labor Department should also be there sending home every single person that is above and beyond the agreedratio of foreigners to Bahamians. They want build their hotel then let them follow the rules and regulations. We appreciate the investment but Bahamians have to live and eat too.

Why are we reading in the newspaper that we **need** a headcount at the Pointe. Shouldn't we be reading the **results** of the headcount instead?

I think all of the Bahamian workers at the site have the high paying office jobs and are working at the supervisory and management levels in air conditioned offices, receiving $100k p.a. in salaries... plus bonuses of course!!