We have the largest marine defence force in the Caribbean in boats and men.

Sheep runner, have you read the Bill and have you read the Constitution? If you had you would not be writing the above comments.

You can vote some or all items 'yes' or 'no' on the referendum and vote against the PLP in the election.

John, we asked to become a sovereign nation. When you become a sovereign nation you agree to play by certain international rules. And you have to keep up with the rules unless you want to get isolated and your economy and people starve.

Fact is these 4 Bills get us caught up with the rest of the world. 1 & 2, in particular are to fix archaic and bigot minded thoughts which, even in the early 70's, were outdated.

Don't forget that one of the framers of our Constitution did not want Bahamians to be allowed to move freely from island to island without government approval.

Wake up and join the 21st century.

Sometimes the ignorance or the deliberate intention to mislead is mind blowing.
Article 8 states
**"A person born outside The Bahamas after 9th July shall become a citizen of The Bahamas at the date of his birth if at that date his father is a citizen of The Bahamas..."**

Bill 1 will change that to **"if either its mother or father is a citizen of The Bahamas"**

**Article 54 of the Constitution** deals with the alteration of the Constitution. It **says that Article 8 can only be changed by a Bill passed in both houses** (House of Assembly and the Senate) with a vote, in favour, of not less than three quarters of all the members **AND after the Bill has been submitted to the voters and on a vote the majority of the people voting approve.**

So ***no the government can't fix it without the referendum***.

Dr. blah...blah...blah.

Why is it that no one has spoken about health programs that will make people healthier? Why has government not gone out of its way to educate the masses to reduce their consumption of fat, salt and sugar?

Why has government not released adds about the connection of obesity and high blood pressure, diabetes and cancer?

Why spend millions on people who get sick from bad habits rather spending fewer millions to keep them healthy?

This country can't afford our Obese population.

No Birdie, you do not build up you just make excuses for a subpar performance. The rest of us know we can and should be doing better.

They are too old to run, let alone think.

Another OLD MAN with old ideas. dna here we come!

Birdie, just because North Korea has people starving to death and they have absolutely no freedom of speech doesn't mean that we can do the same.

Why are you always trying to drag everyone down to the lowest possible level?