Everyone crying that a husband cannot rape his wife. Let me see how the story turns when it happens to your mother, sister or daughter. What would you do if their husband continually have sex with them without their consent be reminded that her body is her husbands. If she's on bed rest during pregnancy there's nothing to stop her husband from having sex with her even if she says NO! It's rape.......If she comes home dog tired after a long days work and he want to have sex, she says NO! It's rape!

Engaging in sex after a person says NO is RAPE in any situation!! Those who says it can't be proven, trust me it can. Once a doctor exams a man, woman or child and bruising is there to indication of abuse the law steps in.

In addition to that, the Bahamas is now listed right up there with Muslim Country that enforces strict laws of Islam when it comes to the rights of women, children and gender equality.

This is going to spell disaster for the industry as China has an insatiable appetite, not sure The Bahamas will be able to sustain supplying their Market and supplying the rest of the world with lobster or seafood for that matter. In addition to that, if they convince the government to lower the legal size of lobster because they are being exported live, that would be a bigger blow and in a few years lobsters will greatly decline. Let's not think about the short-term profits but rather the long term impact. The destruction of the Canadian fishing industry is a great place to start.

This is called the future guys. Since leaving The Bahamas I rarely carry cash. Everything is automated, you can open an account online using docu sign, scan documents everything is connected and secure though data protection. All my bills are paid online most companies don't even take cash payments here.
BUT before the Bahamas moves into the 21st the government must first STOP reform their ministries and financial sectors to accommodate such a move. If my salary is deposited directly to my account and bills are paid via direct debit I need to know that my information and money are secured, if not then the Bank is liable. The cable company mistakingly billed me twice, got a call from my bank notifying of the irregularity, I confirmed there should be only 1 deduction and my money was back on my account in 24hrs. My daughter lost her card on campus, she sent them a text, the card was cancelled and a new one was sent in less than 5 days.
Unless there's reform, accountability, data protection, freedom of information, transparency in the country nothing will change.

I had shared this to my profile but deleted it AFTER reading some of the embarrassing comments. Holding an office doesn't mean physically sitting in an office it's a metaphor, as such it will allow her to advocate women rights and or charitable organizations in The Bahamas, it will be her husband's executive office. Which means she can act on behalf of those organization abroad she can seek collaboration, funding, recognition for Organizations in The Bahamas. She doesn't need to be elected as she's already pulled into the post by the Prime Minister.

I Believe such an office will force future wives to do more than just sit pretty and spend money. Bahamians educate yourselves, please. The majority of spouses of World Leaders holds an office.

I agree with you 100%. Look at the world around you people, the best minds are from immigrants and their offspring. Bahamians built S Florida, if it wasn't for the Irish and Italians there would be no police force in America. Middle Easterners, Eastern Europeans, Bahamians, Cubans, Russians have changed the landscape of IT, Medicines and Education in America and UK. Shit America has a president who's bloodline is German and Scottish!! He may not have been the best choice but you get my message here.

A country without immigration will never progress. The solution to this problem is simple. Retroactively process ALL foreigners in the Bahamas, grant citizenship, residency, something! To kids born in The Bahamas. Lest not forget, how many Bahamian run abroad to have babies in America and Canadian.

All we care about are investors, investors. Baha Mar is the white elephant that should've open the eyes of The Bahamian people about how quickly Foreign investments can go south, at the rising cost of doing Business in The Bahamas it will become more and more difficult to attract the. Fix the immigration systems and lets get some fresh minds working in this country for this country or will soon end up in the deep end without a life boat.

Our politicians have no vision because they are so used to fooling Bahamians they believe they can fool the world into jumping in the same pot!! Trust me you have 15yr old Foreign kids who can see through this sham. I really don't understand why our Politicians came come out of the dark ages and into the 21st Century. Who's advising them in all this foolishness though.

It's just pure B$!! The government is going down a slippery slope FAST, like y'all indicated NO company will invest in a country where they will be forced to hire its citizen before the business becomes profitable. Nor will they hire Bahamians who are NOT qualified, how can you train a person in 1 year, you can only do that in the service industries, you cannot do it in tech, pharmaceutical or any technical field unless that person already has a degree or specialized training in the area. Seriously now? Would Apple or Microsoft open shop in a place where there is no diversity in the workplace with 90% staffed locals and have 1 yr to train Bahamians to work in their company with no guarantee of residency?

Frist, The Tribune seriously needs to invest in grammarly or some other grammar editing programme.

Second, while the Bahamas hem and haw on whether how much they gonna milk investors and rising the bar on residency bribery practices, the rest of the world is moving on and rowing their economy without all the red tape and corruption. PLP, FNM our government only seem to see $$ signs once in office.

Third, we need to start over from scratch look outside our borders to countries like ours, take note on how to run a country. NO one is perfect but there are too many examples out there for us to be making the same mistakes over and over. ALL prospering countries have grown through local and foreign investments, they not milking them either. Bahamians have to literally jump through hoops to start a viable business in their own country, between the stealing of ideas, high/property licencing prices, duty etc. For the foreigner gaining residency means you're at the mercy of the government, line our pockets or you get kicked out! People don't pick up money. Why invest millions of dollars in a place where you are not guaranteed residency or have to wait years before you get it unless you have $$ long enough to pay the big wigs off!

The Bahamas of today pales in comparison of what it used to be.