Where is CSMC based?

So is this agency saying that these people are being paid upwards of $10,000 a month each? Are the Bahamians working in the system being paid that amount?

Great questions

No. The agency CSMC is being paid for the workers they supply to other countries, here CSMC has contracted to receive twice the wages that Bahamians/foreign workers whomever, would get doing the same jobs.
Why is that?

In Oct 2023 ths newspaper was copied on the letter Cuba Archive wrote to Darville informing him that using Cuba's 'Medical Brigades' was in violation of the human trackking protocols in the UN Convention that the Bahamas was signitorary to since they signing in 2008.

They obviously knew from the Cubans here here that despite the outrageous "salaries" H&W were sending to Cuba, Darville and H&W weren't guaranteed highly qualified workers, the CVs were too thin but did Darville know that?
So they informed him that they had lists of Cuban-educated highly qualified medical professionals (not residing in Cuba obviously) and could provide their CVs, experience etc who would be happy to work here & relocate tomorrow.
No reply was sentnapparently Nor do I recall an editorial response in these pages of this letter sent out of the blue from such a highly regarded human rights org.

With the other documents revealed now at least one part of the scam is revealed: this is a moneymaker for Cuba ( which needs USD$$) on the backs of it's own citizens and at the very least is a kickback scheme for DavisDarville&Co for every Bahamian patient these Cuban "professionals" working at PMH eye clinic and elsewhere can send to Cuba for surgery-needed or not!

And paid by NIB insurance.
As per CA's assessment "three Cuban ophthalmologists are reportedly “working” at the Eye Clinic affiliated with Princess Margaret Hospital for the purpose of identifying patients for treatment in Cuba.The Bahamas’ ambassador to Cuba, Elliston Rahming, confirmed in a June 2024 interview" 30-50 patients going per week!

So out of the approx $144,000+ bonuses ( paid to CSMC of course) per "medical specialist" that person gets a $1200 or $990 stipend/month,( $300 NIB is deducted) to live in one of the most expensive islands,
The Bahamas agrees to pay their housing/work permits/Eng language lessons/repatriation costs ( likely why they can't speak english) etc.-$1000/month.
Here.In.Nassau.
Except after 90 days they're not issued a long term work permit..so?
The letter to Darville, the contracts, all links are here
https://cubaarchive.org/cuba-salud/baha…

The situation here is much worse than the human trafficking that both the U.S. Government and now the U.N. Human Rights Council/Commission have accused the corrupt Davis led PLP government of participating in with the equally corrupt Cuban Socialist Regime.

The leaked documents, which apparently have since been verified, show that the highly corrupt Davis led PLP government has been knowingly participating in outright cruel, evil, and criminal cross-border slave trade activities that exploit some of the most vulnerable humans on our planet.

Yup, the ruling political elite in our country are only concerned about what they can take from people and not what they can do for people, and for them the lining of their pockets always justifies whatever cruelty they choose to inflict on humanity.

THE HEADS OF DAVIS, DARVILLE, MITCHELL AND COOPER ALL NEED TO BE PUT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK AND MADE TO ROLL OFF IT FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE TO BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY SHAME AND DISGRACE OUR NATION AND ITS PEOPLE.

AND TO THINK THE ANCESTORS OF MANY BAHAMIANS WERE THE VICTIMS OF HORRIFICALLY CRUEL AND EVIL ACTS COMMITTED DURING THE SLAVERY ERA.

I NOW KNOW WHY OUR RULING POLITICAL ELITE ARE SO EASILY ABLE TO TREAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF BAHAMIANS AS IF THEY ARE MODERN DAY SLAVES AND WHY OUR NATION'S FOX HILL PRISON REMAINS REGARDED BY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS AS ONE OF THE MOST CRUEL AND INHUMANE PLACES IN THE WORLD.

Dr. Sands needs to tell the Bahamian people pronto if he had knowledge of what has been going on here with the Cuban medical personnel in our country. I strongly suspect Tyrant Minnis was well aware of these slave trade activities involving foreign nationals during his tenure as PM.

Pintard will be seriously comprised if Dr. Sands fails to come clean on what he knew about this most ghastly arrangement with the Cuban Socialist Regime.

Wow, now the truth comes out. This was truly a no-brainer. The PM said, the government pays an agency and the agency does whatever. Man , listen. Anyone can see the writing on the wall . A layman could have listened to the PM and assumed he was playing dumb. Come on, man!! This is slave labour. Everyone criticized The Republican Party about their observation. Slave labour, that is what it is, plain and simple.

THANK YOU TRIBUNE.!

Horrible story of bare essentials stripped away to reveal the evil communists manipulating, and taking peoples sweat to run communist empire, to continue to engage in evil acts of modern day slavery.

No government should be involved in taking away peoples money like this. They without morals ought not to continue to remain in power.

Modern day slavers must not continue to thrive.

**Comrades, what will the T-Shirt colours be?** -- for The Colony's leading "Shirley Street Bladder (STB)" is viewed as tasked with keeping the government in check -- (STB) overtaking the role normally played by His Majesty's Loyal Opposition. -- Yes?

And Darville's hair brained answer. Saying we will look at the agreements to compare. Dumb as. Should have stuck to the PM's line that we pay the agency. Bam end of story. What the doctors agree to get from that agency is none of our business. Now it is clear from Darville that we knew the workers were getting shafted.

Who says "you get what you pay for"? Seems the "middleman" is getting 84% of what the Bahamian government is paying for these medical services.

This story doesn't pass the smell test. The situation cannot be labeled as "slave labour" if the Cubans willingly agreed to the deal !

More needs to be revealed before taking sides.

So true. Because these Cuban Nationals have so many other good options to pursue in their own country. Why would they "agree" to work here for such dismal pay. I don't know, why don't you ask your Haitian if they are happy with their pay and tell them to go get another job if they don't like it. Oh yah, you are their sponsor. They can't.

The Cubans are within their rights not to accept. All jobs .that they feal takes away their rights. Or the money they work for. They can tell the Bahamas no thanks.

The Doctors cannot and have to get what their government agreed upon. Think about it for a sec. They make the same as their counterparts in Cuba. It is a communist country so all Doctors make the same. The Bahamian /Cuban Doctors cannot defect because their families are in Cuba and will face repercussions if they defect and try to stay in the Bahamas or go to the states. It is not clear cut as one would imagine.

I have read the explosively revealing documents leaked by the reputable human rights organisation and what's been going on in this illegal cross-border slave trade for profit scheme is as clear cut as can be.

The USA state department can employee the Cubans that would be a step in the right direction and then they will have no complaints about the Bahamas

So, I wonder why nobody has asked why the US is so concerned with what Cuba and The Bahamas do, when it is a fact that the #1 reason for bankruptcy in the US is crippling medical costs. And, how many Americans die each year from inadequate and unaffordable health care?
Why are we unable to see the hypocrisy here?
And, I wonder what country has helped keep Cuba in the condition it is in by sanctioning anyone who does business there?
Not too long ago, sane and educated people agreed that collective punishment is wrong. We all did. What has so happened to our minds that all we can say is "Communism Bad" when the most prosperous nation to the north of us has all of these social ills, suicides, school shootings.....?
Why is the US still punishing Cubans when the vast majority of them were not even alive when Castro led the revolution.
Some commenters here are simply brainwashed.

It's in fact you who may have been unwittingly indoctrinated by the sinister and evil ChiComs, possibly to the point where you no longer even know it.

I fear there may be too many in our country today who, lacking in critical thinking skills supplemented by a sound knowledge base from being well taught and widely read, are too easily vulnerable to bad outcomes from the behavioural science warfare being waged by deep state actors today.

It's as in the prophecy of Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg said cuz: -- ""Ain’t No Fun (If the Homies Can’t Have None). -- WE right now are your Homies' so first for you to have some WE have to have plenty. That's how these rewards work so please as is in the practice of church tithing --- be sure to donate generously to the party because the rewards you give will be returned to  you at some later time to be determined - hopefully -- after the votes are counted. -- Remember to brung your own personal sharpened pencil to the Polling Station so as to mark your X as coached. -- "Can WE get lots of Amens'? -- Yes?

Busted … yet again by the US (our Guardian Neigbour) … now as a Black Nation engaging in the Modern Day Slave Trade … how awful and embarrassing … and we are supposed to believe no one knew or benefitted financially 🥶

Stop lying, be honest, for once!/

It's impossible for the criminal likes of Darville, Davis, Mitchell, Cooper, et al. to stop lying. That's like asking them to stop breathing!

The bigger picture for our beloved Bahamaland and future is the planning for the population which should not have to depend on the skills of foreign labour ESPECIALLY when there are these skills within its own population which have been forced to find jobs overseas.

The authorities fully have the capabilities of the education of medical personnel and its a 'black eye' and shameful for the entire nation to see trained Bahamians medical personnel have to find jobs elsewhere in the western world.

Three questions:

1. Is the Bahamas subsidizing the communist state of Cuba?

2. Is the communist Cuban State talking out of both sides of its mouth? On one hand it purports to be for uniting the workers of the world but yet it is engaging in exploiting its workers?

3. Is the comparable worth of the Cuban health care workers relative to Bahamian health care workers different? And if so, how come and why when the education and training of a nurse in the Bahamas-is equivalent to the training of a nurse in Cuba?

Once these questions are answered honestly, professionally and empirically, the answers must serve as the context for all future negotiations between the trade unions representing health care workers in the Bahamas. Workers in the Bahamas unite.

Cruel and evil state actors within the Cuban socialist regime are engaged in exploiting the more educated Cuban workers by coercively sending them abroad to serve as slave labour for other governments in exchange for payments of hard currency so desperately needed by the Cuban socialist regime.

The corrupt Davis led PLP government has been and continues to be a willing participant in this human cross-border slave trafficking scheme because it holds down the cost of training and hiring Bahamian medical workers and teachers.

This slave trade scheme also greatly enriches certain corrupt government officials both within Cuba and the Bahamas to the extent the amount per worker paid to the Cuban state-owned agency, and borne by Bahamian taxpayers, greatly exceed the compensation and other benefits received by the Cuban worker sent to the Bahamas.

The Cuban people are also major losers in this exploitative scheme because our corrupt government officials are effectively stealing from them scarce medical workers and teachers that the Cuban people themselves so desperately need.

Davis, Cooper, Mitchell and Darville are the real inhumane culprits here who have been all too willing to participate in and profit from a modern day slavery scheme in much the same way the plantation masters did with our ancestors. These evil buffoons have shamed and disgraced our nation and its people in the eyes of the world.

And it is the outright theft, waste, fraud and abuse inflicted on our society by these same buffoons (Davis, Cooper, Mitchell and Darville) that leaves our small nation without the wherewithal and necessary resources to train, hire, and adequately compensate Bahamian medical workers and teachers. Truly pathetic. None of them should be in government, period!

Well mudda sick ...... Modern day slavery

Now, expose the Cuban teachers contracts with 242 MOE