The Bahamas has always suffered from persons whose head is buried deep in the sand. If our immigration 'crisis' is not an issue to you, it may be because you are part of the problem, not an indigenous bonified 'Bahamain' and feel threatened that Bahamians are taking this stand. Or it could be one of the politically motivated who will easily sell out the Bahamas for a few pieces of silver and maybe a pat on the ass.

The reputable estimates state that the Bahamian population comprises 30% of Haitian people (from 1979 - 2021).

"Haitians living in the Bahamas is estimated at 80,000 out of a population of approximately 350,000 (20 Sept. 2009). Minority Rights Group International (MRG) stated that there are between 20,000 and 70,000 Haitians in the Bahamas, "making them the largest and most visible ethnic minority" in the country (2008). According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Haitians make up most of the migrant population in the Bahamas (May 2009)."

References:
* Amnesty International (AI). 2012.
* International Organization for Migration (IOM). May 2009.
* Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford University. 1 June 2009.
* Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). 2 May 2011.
* Southwick, Katherine and M. Lynch. March 2009. Nationality Rights for All.
* United States (U.S.). 8 April 2011. Department of State. "The Bahamas," Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2010. [Accessed 17 May 2012].

Should you require additional information on the matter, you could open your eyes, clean away the sand, and see; if reading is a problem for you.

I am seeing the worsening disrespect for the Bahamian People's right to differ (in this democracy). And a Police force, with politically motivated intent, overstepping its constitutional boundaries by violently suppressing the start of a peaceful coalition of Independents protests at Baha Mar during the opening day of the #caricom meetings.

coalition of Independents leader Mr Lincoln Bain and a small group of protestors were violently arrested by an angry, ugly group of senior officers outside the resort's convention centre, where they gathered to protest what most Bahamians see as an immigration "crisis" in the country, where immigrants ( #haitian ) now represent up to 30% of the population of our small country of just over 400,000 people.

Leading up to the protest, Mr Lincoln Bain quoted from United Nations #un Conventions that guarantee citizens' right to peaceful protest. The protest should be seen as a 'serious concern ' by all Bahamians and not as political.

The Bahamas need to apologize to the 100s of young Bahamian Professionals and Bahamian Investors (with interest in Aquaculture and Agriculture Development) who have been ignored, spit on and dehumanized only to leave the Bahamas to become 'shining Stars' in some other country.

Bahamian administration after administration plays the 'loops of rhetoric' used as a spin on Bahamians by government technical staff in a perfected art to make politicians appear smart and honest. Still, the truth is the proven opposite, as every opportunity in this country is seen as a personal opportunity in a culture of corrupt technocrats; who wait for their next opportunity.

At the same time, Bahamian initiatives are being hijacked, sabotaged or fall to its death - push by an evil network of bias and petty politics.

And still no response from the system that cares about the Development of Our Country and the spin of politically deceptive rhetoric.

Friday, 24 June 2022
The Hon. Clay Glennford Sweeting
Minister of Agriculture,
Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs
West Bay Street, Nassau
Bahamas

Dear Minister Sweeting,

Attach please find our proposal for Land-based Aquaculture Development in The Bahamas. Our company, Bahamas Aquaculture and Fisheries Development Corporation, seeks the
Development of (Land-based aquaculture) as a viable industry for the cultivation, processing,
and export to local and international buyers of locally grown seafood and other marketable
marine products – for example, a product derived from seaweed or algae cultivation.
This effort is a collaboration of local and international aquaculture experts, businesspersons,
and support from the aquaculture department of two respected American Universities in this
field.

Bahamas Aquaculture and Fisheries Development Corporation invite The Department of Marine Resources to partner with us in a long-term ‘Development Partnership’, which will serve as the administrative and legislative agency in the Development of Commercial Land-based Aquaculture in the Bahamas.

We seek a meeting with you in this regard, and we fully support your efforts in modernizing our fisheries sector, creating employment and becoming food self-sufficient while protecting our environment using technology and sustainable business practices.

We look forward to meeting with you to discuss our planned business investment venture, and we stand willing to assist in developing this viable business sector.

Best Regards
Franklyn Robinson
CEO/

Still No Response

**Count Days
230 days
June 24, 2022 - February 9, 2023**

Interesting, the battle of the 'God' is playing out in The Bahamas, right before our tiny 'poor eyes'; is anyone bringing hot popcorn?

The other day, the Lyford Cay committee was targeted for a hike in tax, and everyone just refused to pay, which ended that. Too much pressure has been placed on Bahamians to make up for the failures of politicians who see no value in including Bahamians in the development process; we are placing (again) all of our eggs in the foreign investor basket while Bahamins are left to feel like a used toilet paper, paying for mismanagement of the country by both political parties.

The country has been at this point for a very long time, policing by how an officer feels, who he knows or calls to direct a counter-intervention. The current system is fundamentally flawed, from the constitution to laws and acts, all flawed. Bahamian citizens are exposed to abuses and violations, with minimal rights and protection and just about no recourse unless they can afford a legal team. Even then, nothing is assured because of clicks, memberships and affiliations.

I guess sealing (or misappropriating) the public funds and getting 'pop' in your head is also fitting.

We are losing our rights to the wicked opinions of others and a culture that places no value on the safety and freedoms of Bahamians.

The crime problem has no overnight fix (or morning-after pill); this problem is 30 - 40 years old, and only until crime becomes a political issue, where the numbers become the daily headline, then the crime problem becomes important to politicians over the lost lives of Bahamians.

Then we see the Police step into action, violating and abusing the public in some strange belief that their aggression is a crime solution.

After 50 Years, we still see each other not as Bahamians but as FNM and PLP; even years after the campaigning, the country is still divided along party lines. One group benefits while the other suffers, which is an acceptable culture. Politicians take on the office of privilege and not service, alienating Bahamians from second to third-class citizens in their own country. In contrast, public servants play an evil game of bias and sabotage, profiting from every opportunity in a criminal life of compromise and disloyalty. Now, as we move to our 50th Year as an independent Bahamas, Bahamians are still merely subjects in the eyes of a new elite class of abusers who laugh as more and more Bahamians stand on the line of poverty.

The Bahamas will continue to spin in its 1967 pothole until it separates investment and development from the biases of spiteful and poorly qualified public servants who run political interference and sabotage when Bahamians make approaches on acquisitions and development initiatives in what should be a privilege for all Bahamians.

The rivalry of the election- campaign continues for days, months and years in the doorways and halls of government ministries and into the decisions making meetings of a secretive and undemocratic practice of the Cabinet approval process. This practice is where special, personal, party interests and foreign influences precede what is best for the Bahamian people, regardless.

How can we develop as a country when his right as a Bahamian to choose a party of his liking during an election period, which is a Constitutionally protected function, yet the culture that openly persists denies, ignores and discriminates against Bahamians because of his right to choose?