so say a bahamian female has a child abroad, brings the child back to the bahamas, and the child is raised here- that child shouldn't be bahamian.
and say a foreign man marries a bahamian woman and has children, and they decide to reside in the bahamas- those children aren't bahamians.
cause by law now- they aren't
so what you are saying is "the bahamas should be for bahamians" only applies to those bahamians who never leave the bahamas, and who only procreate with other bahamians who have never left the bahamas...
help me to understand...cause i feel our constitution as it stands is sexist and unfair.
i don't see anything wrong with the proposed amendments.
a child born to a bahamian mother and a foreign father should have a right to citizenship. whether they were born inside or outside of the bahamas.
a child born to foreign parents inside of the bahamas should apply at 18 for citizenship. until then you apply to the country of your parents birth for citizenship.
why is this concept so hard to grasp....children born to a bahamian have a right to citizenship whether from their bahamian born mother or bahamian born father, and regardless of their country of birth.
children born to non-bahamian parents have no right to citizenship, whether born in the bahamas or not.
...we really need to start paying closer attention to what is being said, and stop being sidetracked by politics.
Granted speed may be a factor in many of these accidents, but's let us be real...there is more to it.
First off these roads are not even, you could be driving down a straight road and boom- road dips. Also I notice a lot of water builds on the road, even after the lightest drizzle of rain. Are these roads built using absorbing asphalt, that allows the road to absorb water when it rains? In conjunction with a proper drainage system- there shouldn't be big puddles of water in the road (it causes hydroplaning).
Secondly many of these cars on the road are not road worthy. Tires not properly inflated or with bare treading, or not even the right size for the car; I see many people driving on doughnuts. And that's just the start...
Thirdly how many of these drivers hold VALID driver's licenses and insurance. Many got their licenses by knowing someone at Road Traffic. They don't know the rules of the road, much less how to drive.
Fact is the entire system needs looking at, and stop just blaming speed. On a road like JFK which is straight, you should be able to drive 60mph and not run of the road. Clearly other factors are involved.
And to add on, if more people were trained to do a particular job then you wouldn't have person locked in to the point where they cannot take vacation or go on leave.
But that is how Bahamians go, they don't want anyone to be trained equal to them because they feel it provides job security. But fact is if you dropped dead today, someone still has to fill your position- so take your dern vacation.
This wouldn't be an issue if a policy was implemented to prevent government employees from racking up months of vacation time.
Furthermore if you were so ready to leave why would you have so much vacation lined up ahead of retirement. They shouldn't have to tell you to take vacation, you just start taking them in preparation for retirement.
smh- only thing embarrassing is allowing them to be on the force for so long with so much vacation time.
BahamaRed says...
how do you figure it isn't for bahamians?
so say a bahamian female has a child abroad, brings the child back to the bahamas, and the child is raised here- that child shouldn't be bahamian.
and say a foreign man marries a bahamian woman and has children, and they decide to reside in the bahamas- those children aren't bahamians.
cause by law now- they aren't
so what you are saying is "the bahamas should be for bahamians" only applies to those bahamians who never leave the bahamas, and who only procreate with other bahamians who have never left the bahamas...
help me to understand...cause i feel our constitution as it stands is sexist and unfair.
On Immigration ‘draft’ should not have been published
Posted 18 April 2019, 1:13 p.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
i don't see anything wrong with the proposed amendments.
a child born to a bahamian mother and a foreign father should have a right to citizenship. whether they were born inside or outside of the bahamas.
a child born to foreign parents inside of the bahamas should apply at 18 for citizenship. until then you apply to the country of your parents birth for citizenship.
why is this concept so hard to grasp....children born to a bahamian have a right to citizenship whether from their bahamian born mother or bahamian born father, and regardless of their country of birth.
children born to non-bahamian parents have no right to citizenship, whether born in the bahamas or not.
...we really need to start paying closer attention to what is being said, and stop being sidetracked by politics.
On Immigration ‘draft’ should not have been published
Posted 17 April 2019, 1:37 p.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
Granted speed may be a factor in many of these accidents, but's let us be real...there is more to it.
First off these roads are not even, you could be driving down a straight road and boom- road dips. Also I notice a lot of water builds on the road, even after the lightest drizzle of rain. Are these roads built using absorbing asphalt, that allows the road to absorb water when it rains? In conjunction with a proper drainage system- there shouldn't be big puddles of water in the road (it causes hydroplaning).
Secondly many of these cars on the road are not road worthy. Tires not properly inflated or with bare treading, or not even the right size for the car; I see many people driving on doughnuts. And that's just the start...
Thirdly how many of these drivers hold VALID driver's licenses and insurance. Many got their licenses by knowing someone at Road Traffic. They don't know the rules of the road, much less how to drive.
Fact is the entire system needs looking at, and stop just blaming speed. On a road like JFK which is straight, you should be able to drive 60mph and not run of the road. Clearly other factors are involved.
On Horror as woman dies in car fire
Posted 16 April 2019, 8:50 a.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
"We poured water on him, tried to bring him back."
Are these marines trained in first aid and CPR, because no where in the CPR manual indicates to pour water to revive an unconscious person.
/just asking for a friend
On Defence Force officers save would-be suicide
Posted 15 April 2019, 2:58 p.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
Paid fixer for Stuart Cove's... lol
On Alleged drowning on diving expedition
Posted 8 April 2019, 2:25 p.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
you know it...they are so unsafe.
On Alleged drowning on diving expedition
Posted 6 April 2019, 3:30 p.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
And to add on, if more people were trained to do a particular job then you wouldn't have person locked in to the point where they cannot take vacation or go on leave.
But that is how Bahamians go, they don't want anyone to be trained equal to them because they feel it provides job security. But fact is if you dropped dead today, someone still has to fill your position- so take your dern vacation.
On It hurts, it’s been ruined: After 38 years, senior officer opens up on force departure
Posted 1 April 2019, 2:54 p.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
This wouldn't be an issue if a policy was implemented to prevent government employees from racking up months of vacation time.
Furthermore if you were so ready to leave why would you have so much vacation lined up ahead of retirement. They shouldn't have to tell you to take vacation, you just start taking them in preparation for retirement.
smh- only thing embarrassing is allowing them to be on the force for so long with so much vacation time.
On It hurts, it’s been ruined: After 38 years, senior officer opens up on force departure
Posted 1 April 2019, 2:48 p.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
And now they are back to being lax... smh
On Boy reunited with parents after another abduction
Posted 1 April 2019, 2:27 p.m. Suggest removal
BahamaRed says...
It's happening because parents feel comfortable. They are under the impression that nothing will happen to children in The Bahamas.
Parents will not take heed until a few children are abducted and either never found, or found raped and mutilated.
Is that what needs to happen before parents wake up and start being more protective of their children? SMH!!!
On Boy reunited with parents after another abduction
Posted 31 March 2019, 1:03 p.m. Suggest removal