I think that you will find that the Constitution was set out as a schedule to The Bahamas Independence Order 1973 laid before the UK Parliament (1973 No.1080) on 20th June 1973.
Can you give me the details of the Order in Chief 1972. Thanks
I agree that this is the Constitution that LO and his team came up with. Indeed it would have been much worse had it not been for the fact that the UK supported the opposition and, I am told, made the current one the minimum they would agree to grant independence under.
We have an opportunity now to put some of this right and to bring our country into the 21st century.
The United States is not a good comparison. The reason is that the United States is one of the few countries that has not signed many of the Human Rights and other treaties relating to war crimes and land mines etc. They have been able to do this because they are the most power nation.
Obviously you are not a Christian. As you seem to prefer our women to have children out of wedlock.
Read Article 8 again and read further at 14(1) and you will see that we reward the woman who has the child out of wedlock (by automatically giving them citizenship) and punish those who marry and have the child in a proper Christian marriage (by refusing to give them automatic citizenship and making them apply at 18).
The amendment to Article 8 lets her the children she has in wedlock also get citizenship.
True. With 11 boats over 100 feet it should be quite easy to have two or three, always at sea between us and Haiti to stop the illegals from ever reaching our shores.
I don't understand how they get all the way up to New Providence without being intercepted by the Defence Force.
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The Receivers work for the Chinese. The government gave the Chinese all the decision making power over what happens to Baha Mar.
The Receivers, like the government, have no power to help.
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Well, I guess that about sums it up.
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If we had Freedom of Information together with Open and Transparent bidding for Government contracts there would be a lot less corruption.
The Bahamas would be much better off as well.
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I think that you will find that the Constitution was set out as a schedule to The Bahamas Independence Order 1973 laid before the UK Parliament (1973 No.1080) on 20th June 1973.
Can you give me the details of the Order in Chief 1972. Thanks
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I agree that this is the Constitution that LO and his team came up with. Indeed it would have been much worse had it not been for the fact that the UK supported the opposition and, I am told, made the current one the minimum they would agree to grant independence under.
We have an opportunity now to put some of this right and to bring our country into the 21st century.
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The United States is not a good comparison. The reason is that the United States is one of the few countries that has not signed many of the Human Rights and other treaties relating to war crimes and land mines etc. They have been able to do this because they are the most power nation.
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Frank, you were an inspiration and have truly had a positive effect on many of us.
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Obviously you are not a Christian. As you seem to prefer our women to have children out of wedlock.
Read Article 8 again and read further at 14(1) and you will see that we reward the woman who has the child out of wedlock (by automatically giving them citizenship) and punish those who marry and have the child in a proper Christian marriage (by refusing to give them automatic citizenship and making them apply at 18).
The amendment to Article 8 lets her the children she has in wedlock also get citizenship.
But maybe you don't have Christian values.
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True. With 11 boats over 100 feet it should be quite easy to have two or three, always at sea between us and Haiti to stop the illegals from ever reaching our shores.
I don't understand how they get all the way up to New Providence without being intercepted by the Defence Force.
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Just think if the government had left the Bankruptcy alone.
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