My goodness!! So, because both your daughters shacking up with their men in the USA, we Bahamians should change our laws so they can bring their men here to work????????? What the............

Did you read the article? His point is valid...Its a brain drain issue...you lose two educated Bahamians because they don't want to marry their partners. The law is the law and if that's what the people want then so be it. The brain drain is the unintended consequence, you have a choice!

I read every word....say brain drain....good excuse to get his daughters what they want.

Father's will do DNA if he wants to give citizen ship to their children , what Mr Symonette daughters are doing in Bahamian terms is Sweet hearting,

Mr Symonette since you put your daughters business in the street do the daughters have children, in the Bahamas they call them basterds, whose last name do they carry I doubt you daughters are happy with you ,

Welcome back Comrade former deputy prime minister Brent Symonette. --- Hope to see more of you iactive in the colony's political mix. --- --- No No Yes Yes?

Why don't we just get rid of border control entirely and let the whole country go up for grabs?

"Brain drain" is not being caused by our immigration policy, our "brain drain" is a result of 50+ years of governmental failure courtesy of the Plunder Loot and Pillage and Foreign National Movement administrations (plus the misguided notion that life is automatically going to be better for them overseas which many Bahamians seem to possess). Only a complete fool would believe this drivel.

@Comrade LastManStanding, ... what if I told you that our colony's premiership heads CARICOM. --- Where everything you frettin' about is already there. ... But never talked of .... The free movement of skills/labour includes ... **The right of a CARICOM national** under Article 46 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas --- To seek work and/or engage in gainful employment in any of the participating CSME Member States, --- Without the need to obtain a work permit in the Member State in which he/she wishes to work. --- Maybe the former deputy prime minister, immigration minister Brent Symonette --- My care to join-in our conversation. --- No No Yes Yes?

Tal,

As far as I am aware we never signed on to the economic parts of CARICOM, and for very good reason. Our economy cannot support the natives much less thousands of more work permit holders functioning as scab labour. I for one am really sick and tired of work permits being given out for jobs that Bahamians can easily perform, I shit you not I know of a foreigner on a work permit for a local school teaching BAHAMIAN HISTORY. In my own industry I have to compete with Haitians trying to undercut me and American carpetbaggers trying to wedge their way in. Haitians need to go back and build up Haiti and Americans have 50+ states and territories that they can do business in, there really is no good reason for any of them to be here.

Is this Brent’s cute way of saying’if your son is gay and he brings his significant other ( another dude) to The Bahamas, then that significant other should also be entitled to a work permit. Likewise for two females sharing the same pillow. Disney just canceled a $1 Billion project in Florida because the Governor of that state decided to put a cuff on Disney and restrict them from allowing alternative lifestyles ( transgender) to be taught to children under 7 years old.

This is a common sensical idea what former minister Symonette said.The Bahamas needs to eventually recognize common -law relationships. The Bahamas is far behind in its' social legislation The Bahamas is even behind other caribbean islands in this regard.

Even the children of the oligarchs in this country are unhappy in this country. Quite a number of them are now living aboard.