It is sad when people yearn for the good ole days that were only slighty better, especially now that it is becoming apparent that the mismanagement of the FNM and PLP have put us on a worst case trajectory in terms of the economy, education, and immigration. We should run from the prospect of putting any of these people back in office.

It is so phony how you illegal immigrant enablers try to sound above it all, but expose yourselves in the process.This woman is at least guilty of participating in the obstruction of justice in her current case. Because she is on your "right" side of the illegal immigrant debate, does not mean her questionable actions of the past should not be taken into account.We are all less than saintly, and the corrupt percentage of officers on the force is likely no higher than in any other workplace. Dont you just hate it when people judge all Haitians in this same way?

What? While the Bahamas constitution regarding citzenship is comprised of a complex matrix of what if scenarios, nowhere in the constitution does it state that a child born overseas up to age two is entitled to apply between the ages of 18 and 19. If your mother was a single Bahamian woman by natural citizenship or naturalization, then yes, you are entitled to apply for citizenship regardless of when or if you actually resided in the Bahamas. Yet, you are no different from the others who were born here to two illegal immigrant parents.

I am very much in opposition to a payroll tax or employer tax to fund NHI. First of all, they should allow for sufficient time to really explore alternatives, or to develop something unique. If they must push it through, and they probably don't, add the 5% tax to VAT or a seperate sales tax. That way, we are assured that all are contributing to the benefits to which some seem to feel especially entitled.

I agree. The DNA cannot be any worse than the two that we have been recycling every five years with nothing much to show for it.

I agree the constitution does not do a good job of distinguishing who is eligible for citizenship. However, the distinction can be made between the right to apply to be registered upon application and the automatic right to be registered as a citizen. She was still very lax in applying and supplying required documentation because she, like others in her place, seem to believe that being born in The Bahamas, attending school here, and having children supersedes the one action that is required of them.

Exactly! It seems the FNM wants to win off of the PLP scandals alone. To date, they have provided no reasons to support why they would be any better this time around. Meanwhile, their track record indicates that they are just as bad.

As long as they leave the shores of Haiti, no amount of RBDF boats at sea can seriously stop waves of illegal immigrants from at least reaching Bahamian waters if they are determined to do so. Even worse, if they are also supported by organized human smuggling rings. Stopping the flow needs to start in Haiti. Last year the US resorted to running ads in Central America to discourage people from sending unaccompanied minors to the US. The ads made it very clear that they would not earn a path to citizenship, that they will not be allowed to stay, and basically that they were risking their lives for nothing. Perhaps the Bahamas should do something similar in Haiti because the smugglers selling points have so far been very effective.

If what you are saying is correct then COB has truly deteriorated. My experience was 10-15 years ago. Many of the schools that I looked at referred international applicants to Josef Silny and Associates and these were in multiple states. I did not have any sciences at the point that I left. However, as I recall, my Math, English, humanities, and social science courses were all accepted by the two universities that I attended. I imagine that the University of Florida attracts many Bahamian students. Your question would be better posed to one of them.

Credit by credit, course by course, it's not really that big of a difference. I have attended COB for several semesters and my credits, courses, whatever were independently evaluated and applied with such ease that I basically stayed on track. And yes, I attended an accredited state university in the US. I had none of the issues you described except where I took West Indian literature and Bahamian Politics. I don't remember the exact names, but that was perfectly understandable. You can maybe argue that it is dependent on a person's major, otherwise you are just making generalizations.