PM Minnis's decision to close the beaches "out of an abundance of caution" is part of a very difficult balancing act with a global pandemic situation that no one has any hands-on experience with, and the right move!
It is more painful and less comfortable but abundantly more preferred to have our country adapt the most cautious routes in every circumstance than to risk unnecessary COVID19 outbreaks which would result in going back to extended periods of shutting down the country and lock-downs.
Unfortunately, residents and visitors alike will be inconvenienced. The Bahamas' decision to be overly cautious and responsible regarding safety can only work to our benefit!
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The most important questions Mr. Bannister artfully did not ask are If they are serious why does the government continue to allow people to hire illegals with impunity? How could illegals feel embolden enough to freely roam the islands looking for employment? Why aren't employers brought before the courts and charged ridiculously large deterrent fines like the COVID-19 fines for hiring illegals?
This is not rocket science. Illegals settle in Islands where they can find employment. The government needs to put a stop to the demand by heavily fining employers caught hiring illegals.
If a few people were fined $25,000 for hiring illegals the problem would unquestionably disappear overnight and Illegals couldn't find a job anywhere in the Bahamas if they offered a $5.00 workday.
Instead of blah, blah, blah, Mr. Bannister get it done already.
Congratulations to Ms. Marcher Jean for all the hard work and dedication it required for her to graduate Valedictorian from C. R. Walker Senior High School!
However, If Ms. Marchar Jean was born in the Bahamas to illegal immigrants, she too should be classified as an illegal immigrant. If at least one of the parents is of Haitian origin or decent, according to the Haitian Constitution, she too is automatically a citizen of Haiti. Her being born in the Bahamas does not negate the fact of her heritage, and benefits thereof. "She is trapped" by irresponsible parents that put her in the position she now finds herself. The Bahamas had nothing to do with her being here, and ultimately should not be held accountable for her parents' choice of trying to exploit her as an anchor baby.
Rest assured if Haiti were to become a very rich country tomorrow, Fred Smith and half of the population of the Bahamas would be abandoning the Bahamas and beating down Haiti's doors claiming their Haitian Constitutional birthright!
As Haitians are staunch believers of instilling their culture onto their children, Ms. Jean is 100% equipped to function and live in Haiti. In fact, she is 1000% more equipped to survive and thrive in Haiti than her parents were to live and survive in the Bahamas when they first arrived, not knowing anything about the country, people, language, or culture of the Bahamas!
If Ms. Jean's parents arrived here as illegal migrants and she obtained a free education at the expense of the Bahamian people, she should be extremely grateful and take that education back to Haiti and use it to help her people and country to become better.
The Bahamas, as a country, does not owe Ms. Jean and untold 1000,s more like her citizenship, belongers status, or anything else just because her parents successfully evaded deportation for decades or successive lousy governments failed immigration system didn't do what Bahamians taxpayers pay them to do.
Again, I congratulate Ms. Marcher Jean on her accomplishment and wish her all the best. However, I DO NOT pretend to want her, her parents, or/and the 10's of 1000's of illegal Haitians and others that broke our countries laws by entering illegally, burdened **me** with paying for their education, health care, security, social services, displaced Bahamians and legal migrants in the job market, and turn a blind eye to or facilitate human, drugs, weapons smuggling, and contribute to a parallel economy undermining the Bahamian economy!
I sincerely bless Ms. Jean and **ALL** like her. They are more than welcome to the "stolen" education and exposure they have gained in the Bahamas and I wish them all the success they can attain......**in haiti - not here!!**
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, this is by no means rocket science & even below rudimentary!
Fast-talking, slick, politicians that lead us to where we are have always been the problem. Get back to us when you figure out how to get politicians to do what they are elected to do and actually work for benefit of average Bahamians.
How do you figure Bahamians in the equation at all? Bahamians are discriminated against by their own black governments. They can't get jobs and are begging for food everyday, while ex-pats work and repatriate excess funds, Bahamians can't gamble in casinos, while Haitians, Asians, Latinos, and vertually anyone from anywhere else can, only foreigners benefit from Bahamas natural resources, while Bahamians are totally locked out, iliegals can build shantytowns and make addons to below code dwellings, while Bahamians have to make applications jump through hoops and make bribes for the smallest insignificant building changes.
Drive around Nassau, look and listen to the people you encounter working and you will find 80% of them are from somewhere else! Keep driving through the inner city, look and listen to the people who are unemployed, destitute, bums begging on the streets and people standing in soup kitchen food lines waiting for handouts. You will find they are 100% Bahamians only.
How is it possible that foreigners and illegals live and enjoy the freedoms, perks and fruits of the country while Bahamians suffer?
These are some of the things affecting ALL Bahamians everyday 325/24/7 that we should be marching and protesting loudly against!
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I don't understand why people are acting surprised. **Bahamians were NEVER first in anything by any party.** There is absolutely no discernable difference between the PLP or FNM. Both parties promise "Bahamians first" "We believe in Bahamians" and "It's' the people's time", But their actions prove differently!
This situation, mushrooming shantytowns, illegal immigrants everywhere, and ex-pats working and repatriating funds while Bahamians standing in food lines begging for handouts are some of the things Bahamians should REALLY be marching about.
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah! Decades of blabbing, rattling sabers, and jokey threats while Haitians build shanty city's throughout the country. Whose side is the courts on?
When will somebody begin standing up for Bahamians?
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On Symonette and Sands question approach
Posted 9 July 2020, 7:07 p.m.
SP says...
PM Minnis's decision to close the beaches "out of an abundance of caution" is part of a very difficult balancing act with a global pandemic situation that no one has any hands-on experience with, and the right move!
It is more painful and less comfortable but abundantly more preferred to have our country adapt the most cautious routes in every circumstance than to risk unnecessary COVID19 outbreaks which would result in going back to extended periods of shutting down the country and lock-downs.
Unfortunately, residents and visitors alike will be inconvenienced. The Bahamas' decision to be overly cautious and responsible regarding safety can only work to our benefit!
**1000 times better safe than sorry!**
On PM confirms two new cases of COVID-19
Posted 8 July 2020, 7:59 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The most important questions Mr. Bannister artfully did not ask are If they are serious why does the government continue to allow people to hire illegals with impunity? How could illegals feel embolden enough to freely roam the islands looking for employment? Why aren't employers brought before the courts and charged ridiculously large deterrent fines like the COVID-19 fines for hiring illegals?
This is not rocket science. Illegals settle in Islands where they can find employment. The government needs to put a stop to the demand by heavily fining employers caught hiring illegals.
If a few people were fined $25,000 for hiring illegals the problem would unquestionably disappear overnight and Illegals couldn't find a job anywhere in the Bahamas if they offered a $5.00 workday.
Instead of blah, blah, blah, Mr. Bannister get it done already.
On NO DOCUMENTS? DON’T HIRE THEM: Bannister challenges employers over using no-work visa ‘migrants’
Posted 7 July 2020, 7:06 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
What is the cost of same-day pcr covid-19 testing and what criteria is used to determine who pays for testing?
On Same-day virus tests set to be introduced
Posted 6 July 2020, 7:58 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Congratulations to Ms. Marcher Jean for all the hard work and dedication it required for her to graduate Valedictorian from C. R. Walker Senior High School!
However, If Ms. Marchar Jean was born in the Bahamas to illegal immigrants, she too should be classified as an illegal immigrant. If at least one of the parents is of Haitian origin or decent, according to the Haitian Constitution, she too is automatically a citizen of Haiti. Her being born in the Bahamas does not negate the fact of her heritage, and benefits thereof. "She is trapped" by irresponsible parents that put her in the position she now finds herself. The Bahamas had nothing to do with her being here, and ultimately should not be held accountable for her parents' choice of trying to exploit her as an anchor baby.
Rest assured if Haiti were to become a very rich country tomorrow, Fred Smith and half of the population of the Bahamas would be abandoning the Bahamas and beating down Haiti's doors claiming their Haitian Constitutional birthright!
As Haitians are staunch believers of instilling their culture onto their children, Ms. Jean is 100% equipped to function and live in Haiti. In fact, she is 1000% more equipped to survive and thrive in Haiti than her parents were to live and survive in the Bahamas when they first arrived, not knowing anything about the country, people, language, or culture of the Bahamas!
If Ms. Jean's parents arrived here as illegal migrants and she obtained a free education at the expense of the Bahamian people, she should be extremely grateful and take that education back to Haiti and use it to help her people and country to become better.
The Bahamas, as a country, does not owe Ms. Jean and untold 1000,s more like her citizenship, belongers status, or anything else just because her parents successfully evaded deportation for decades or successive lousy governments failed immigration system didn't do what Bahamians taxpayers pay them to do.
Again, I congratulate Ms. Marcher Jean on her accomplishment and wish her all the best. However, I DO NOT pretend to want her, her parents, or/and the 10's of 1000's of illegal Haitians and others that broke our countries laws by entering illegally, burdened **me** with paying for their education, health care, security, social services, displaced Bahamians and legal migrants in the job market, and turn a blind eye to or facilitate human, drugs, weapons smuggling, and contribute to a parallel economy undermining the Bahamian economy!
I sincerely bless Ms. Jean and **ALL** like her. They are more than welcome to the "stolen" education and exposure they have gained in the Bahamas and I wish them all the success they can attain......**in haiti - not here!!**
On INSIGHT: Marchar Jean was her school’s star pupil - today she’s trapped by a nonsensical system which is a stain on our nation
Posted 6 July 2020, 7:49 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, this is by no means rocket science & even below rudimentary!
Fast-talking, slick, politicians that lead us to where we are have always been the problem. Get back to us when you figure out how to get politicians to do what they are elected to do and actually work for benefit of average Bahamians.
On More Bahamian ownership will deliver optimum returns
Posted 6 July 2020, 6:45 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
How do you figure Bahamians in the equation at all? Bahamians are discriminated against by their own black governments. They can't get jobs and are begging for food everyday, while ex-pats work and repatriate excess funds, Bahamians can't gamble in casinos, while Haitians, Asians, Latinos, and vertually anyone from anywhere else can, only foreigners benefit from Bahamas natural resources, while Bahamians are totally locked out, iliegals can build shantytowns and make addons to below code dwellings, while Bahamians have to make applications jump through hoops and make bribes for the smallest insignificant building changes.
Drive around Nassau, look and listen to the people you encounter working and you will find 80% of them are from somewhere else!
Keep driving through the inner city, look and listen to the people who are unemployed, destitute, bums begging on the streets and people standing in soup kitchen food lines waiting for handouts. You will find they are 100% Bahamians only.
How is it possible that foreigners and illegals live and enjoy the freedoms, perks and fruits of the country while Bahamians suffer?
These are some of the things affecting ALL Bahamians everyday 325/24/7 that we should be marching and protesting loudly against!
On Abaco alarm over new shanty construction
Posted 5 July 2020, 12:01 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Everybody STFU and get it through your ignorant skulls that obviouly Haitians run things here!
On Abaco alarm over new shanty construction
Posted 4 July 2020, 8:16 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I don't understand why people are acting surprised. **Bahamians were NEVER first in anything by any party.** There is absolutely no discernable difference between the PLP or FNM. Both parties promise "Bahamians first" "We believe in Bahamians" and "It's' the people's time", But their actions prove differently!
This situation, mushrooming shantytowns, illegal immigrants everywhere, and ex-pats working and repatriating funds while Bahamians standing in food lines begging for handouts are some of the things Bahamians should REALLY be marching about.
On 'Why aren't we being put first?'
Posted 3 July 2020, 6:52 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah! Decades of blabbing, rattling sabers, and jokey threats while Haitians build shanty city's throughout the country. Whose side is the courts on?
When will somebody begin standing up for Bahamians?
On Abaconians promised action on unregulated shanty development
Posted 2 July 2020, 3:36 p.m. Suggest removal