No such luck birdie, I intend to fight for this country that I love and speak out for the best that we can and should be. As for your love of the Bahamas I have followed your comments, you do not seem to love this country as much as you love the PLP, as a diehard apologist (there are many in the FNM) who sees no fault in their govt ever, your comments are more accurately characterized as treasonous to the high ideals this beloved country was founded on rather than love.

This new immigration requirement (tax) is immoral. It will disenfranchise the poorest of the poor and lead to a host of social ills. It makes me embarassed to be a Bahamian and I pray it is revoked as soon as possible. We are better than this as a people.

Well said, and I agree with your comment completely. Just to add, a govt study was done prior to the implementation of vat, and found that for civil servants after salary deductions their take home pay was only 30% of their original salary. Truly frightening and sad.

The ignorance of some of these bloggers never ceases to amaze me, and you are at the top of the list. You incorrectly assume that because I advocate a basic human right of freedom to be be educated that I am of Haitian decent. Nothing could be farther from the truth, my ancestors on my paternal and maternal side all descend from Long Island. Which is one of the few Bahamian islands with no Haitian presence whatsoever. In fact I am a so called "conchy joe" who is a 5 th generation descendant of the loyalist who founded Clarencetown. So your previous comment is an absolute lie. I doubt an apology would be forthcoming from you, it will be easier to wallow in your ignorance, try not to drown because your pool of it is very deep. There are many decent people in this country who would like this illegal immigrant situation finally dealt with, I am one, but it must uphold basic human rights and stop targeting defenseless children.

No one is defending illegal immigration, we are just saying there is a smarter more humane way of dealing with this problem. If we are honest it is us as Bahamians who hire illegals, well not me because I never have in my life but can you and most Bahamians say the same? We created this problem. An effective, just solution is to require all companies as a part of their business license renewal to provide a list of all employees with accompanying documentation as to their immigration status. Then have huge fines for these companies, which escalate with each subsequent offense to enforce the law. Multiple violations and the firm loses their business license. it could work if we would just enforce the law and it would be moral and humane and not target innocent children.

Call it by whatever euphemism you like to assuage your conscience. But the intent of this policy is clear, it is targeting children, with the consequence of creating an even larger unemployable, illiterate underclass with no means of survival than crime. Wise up Bahamas.

Mr. Mitchell stop targeting innocent children! Shame on you and the disgrace you will bring on this country with this shortsighted, ignorant policy. Are we not better than this as a nation?This policy is unbahamian, immoral, and violates the un treaty we have signed guaranteeing open and free access to education for all within our country's border regardless of nationality or status. This immoral policy will lead to even greater social ills, with a permanently present but hidden class of uneducated people with no means of sustaining themselves other than crime. It is already creating an international blight on the good reputation of the Bahamas. Do we want this? is this really in our best interest? By all means target the illegal parents who by their decision came here illegally, but for God's sake and ours leave innocent children alone.

Née hau mah? I for one welcome our new Chinese overlords. In fact to prepare I have begun learning mandarin. This foreign direct investment is nothing new, in fact all of our major tourist projects are funded this way and always have been. He who pays the bills calls the shots, always has been. So what is the uproar? in the past it was the Americans and Europeans, China is now an economic power so it is their turn. Without the Chinese there is no Bahamar and its anticipated 5000 jobs. As Confucius says: " those things you can not change, welcome."

Some well run, smart businesses have chosen to cover the vat charge for their customers. Of course this reduces their profit margin, but should increase their sales volume. I presumed this was what Mr. miller was referring to here and that would have been completely legal. B.E.C could have only charged a 5 % vat ( or no vat at all) but forwarded the legally required 7.5% to the treasury. Naturally, it is completely unrealistic for a company that operates at a chronic deficit but it would not be illegal. It simply reinforces the need B.E.C to be privatized as soon as possible.

The problem lies not with the tribune, I mean for goodness sake Mr. miller is the chairman of the corp. and his words should be accurate and a reflection of the official policy of B.E.C. If he does not speak for B.E.C then who does, so it is news and should be printed. The problem is that that there is no accountability for incompetency nor for accuracy of these statements. In an accountable govt, Mr. miller would have been forced to resign long ago. His position instead of being based on competency and meritocracy is based on political favor, therefore it matters not that his statements have no meaning or accuracy. Until this corp is privatized we will listen ad naseum to this meaningless drivel, while he continues to receive his fat salary for gross incompetence.