**... Your Singular Circumstance Is Not Relative to "Every" Bahamian ...**
Absolute steaming horse manure!
Expats and trendy Bahamians predominately hire foreign domestic labour. The Attorney General is a well known prima-donna witch that couldn't keep Bahamians employed at any rate due to her nasty disposition.
My experience with a string of live in Jamaican care givers was opposite to yours and totally disastrous! Finally a wonderful Bahamian was found for the position that is more than I could ever have hoped for.
The moral is, it a totally unfair, and a poor misconception for you to characterize a "people" by the acts of a few!
All Jamaicans are not honest, law abiding people, just as all Bahamians are not dishonest. It is ludicrous, irresponsible and asinine to suggest otherwise.
**......... As Usual Government Too Compromised To Act In The Interest Of Bahamians .......**
Nothing new or surprising about governments lack of ability to open their mouths to protect our people. This has always been the case and will continue as long as governments are allowed to make secret heads of agreement deals for self benefit of ministers with developers.
Every Bahamian is cognizant of successive governments corruption that work against the interest of our people.
**........... plp & fnm Are The Architects Of Bahamas Economic & Financial Crises ..............**
Director of Immigration William Pratt suggested that the 2015 immigration statistics are "similar to previous years", adding that the majority of work permits are typically given to people in the "unskilled" category.
This average annual issuance of 9,208 work permits equates to 46,040 work permits being issued during the PLP 5 years in office!
Brent Symonette confirmed the FNM sold $40M in work permits. At an average of $1,500.00ea this equates to **26,666.66** non essential blue collar foreign workers entering the workforce. These foreign workers cohabitate, or are live in domestic workers, allowing them to repatriate 50% or more of earned income in US Dollars to home countries.
With an average mean income of $275.00 p.w. / $1,100.00 Monthly, each foreign worker repatriates $550.00 Monthly.
26,666.66 foreign workers repatriating $550.00ea equates to $14,666,663M USD leaving the country Monthly or $175,999,956M annually.
This huge amount of dollars leaving the financial system and local economy is the major cause of local business closures, cutbacks and bank layoffs as foreign workers do not patronize local business's, forcing banks/business's to adjust staffing due to the decrease volumes of business.
Foreign worker remittances are also a major cause of tremendous downward pressure on foreign reserves, undeniably intensifying the currant foreign reserves shortfall.
Due to massive corruption and lack of ability growing the economy to add alternative revenue streams, lack of backbone and resolve to remove non essential workers to plug the hemorrhage of foreign reserves, PLP and FNM governments will continue relying on foreign currency borrowing support to cover imports and debt servicing costs which will lead the country further down an already very slippery slope to devaluation and into further financial crises.
No one with an once of sense could possibly believe that those that brought us from a robust, buoyant & best economy in the region, to the present brink of failed state status could be remotely capable of getting us out of this mess created by them!
**We must rid ourselves of these corrupt, incompetent people and asinine sweet talking political parties that led our country to this sorrowful position, decimated our country and people, and are now giving whats left to foreigners!**
**................ Your "rich" are spinning Ryan Lochte's style lies ..................**
Banker, I too am an employer, and over decades have hired Jamaicans, Haitians and Bahamians. **A properly treated, well paid Bahamian** is by far the better employee than any Jamaican or Haitian ever will be!
You sit back and allow a so called rich foreigner to sell you a stupid "interesting story" and are fool enough to repeat such nonsense denigrating your own country and people?
I am disgusted at people like you that allow the "rich" to degrade our people for their own selfish benefit.
**............. Unconscionable To Issue Work Permits For Jobs Bahamians Can Do ...............**
With an historical unemployment level especially in blue collar sectors, it is totally unacceptable that we are issuing work permits for jobs Bahamians qualify for.
Bahamas is shooting itself in the head as these expats repatriate earnings to care for families and invest in home countries, deplete foreign reserves and contribute very little to the local economy.
Bringing in unskilled Haitians, low skilled Asians, Latinos and others should be made **totally illigal same as it is in the Philippines**, and Philippine government sponsored one Month training programs model should be made available for Bahamians to quickly fill these blue collar positions and repay government for training after job placements.
Philippines earns 14% of GDP from remittances of workers in foreign countries. Why haven't successive governments duplicated Philippines one Month domestic training programs and made literally 1,000's of these blue collar jobs now occupied by Asians, Latinos and West Indians available to starving Bahamians?
After 43 years of PLP and FNM leadership, they never once properly addressed the lack of training, or implemented minimal cost short term training programs to fill the void for low skill blue collar employees.
The need for foreign domestic and grounds workers could be 100% eliminated in 12 months providing 1000's of new jobs for newly qualified Bahamians.
Bahamians have had enough of "lip service" from people standing around for photo ops, talking stupidness and throwing around useless words and phrases.
This nonsensical notion that we cannot control who employers want working around them is utter foolishness. Many countries make it illegal to bring in workers for jobs citizens can be quickly and easily trained for.
The proof that consecutive governments do not have the well being of Bahamians at heart has been all around us for decades.
SP says...
**.......Translation: Chinese & Christie New Agreement To Deep Shaft Bahamians Again......**
PM Christie sold the country out to the Chinese in last ditch attempt save his own ass!
This too will fail.
On BREAKING NEWS: Baha Mar construction to resume in September under new agreement
Posted 23 August 2016, 5:19 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**Truer words have never been penned!..... Lol**
On BREAKING NEWS: Baha Mar construction to resume in September under new agreement
Posted 23 August 2016, 5:11 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**... Your Singular Circumstance Is Not Relative to "Every" Bahamian ...**
Absolute steaming horse manure!
Expats and trendy Bahamians predominately hire foreign domestic labour. The Attorney General is a well known prima-donna witch that couldn't keep Bahamians employed at any rate due to her nasty disposition.
My experience with a string of live in Jamaican care givers was opposite to yours and totally disastrous! Finally a wonderful Bahamian was found for the position that is more than I could ever have hoped for.
The moral is, it a totally unfair, and a poor misconception for you to characterize a "people" by the acts of a few!
All Jamaicans are not honest, law abiding people, just as all Bahamians are not dishonest. It is ludicrous, irresponsible and asinine to suggest otherwise.
On 9,208 work permits issued in 2015 - 36 per cent to Haitian nationals
Posted 21 August 2016, 8:56 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**......... As Usual Government Too Compromised To Act In The Interest Of Bahamians .......**
Nothing new or surprising about governments lack of ability to open their mouths to protect our people. This has always been the case and will continue as long as governments are allowed to make secret heads of agreement deals for self benefit of ministers with developers.
Every Bahamian is cognizant of successive governments corruption that work against the interest of our people.
PLP and FNM are equally guilty of treason!
On Gibson: FNM is exploiting Sandals job cuts
Posted 21 August 2016, 7:35 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
"They are inherently corrupt! Not voting for the PLP regardless who leads it"
On Gibson: FNM is exploiting Sandals job cuts
Posted 21 August 2016, 9:44 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**........... plp & fnm Are The Architects Of Bahamas Economic & Financial Crises ..............**
Director of Immigration William Pratt suggested that the 2015 immigration statistics are "similar to previous years", adding that the majority of work permits are typically given to people in the "unskilled" category.
This average annual issuance of 9,208 work permits equates to 46,040 work permits being issued during the PLP 5 years in office!
Brent Symonette confirmed the FNM sold $40M in work permits. At an average of $1,500.00ea this equates to **26,666.66** non essential blue collar foreign workers entering the workforce.
These foreign workers cohabitate, or are live in domestic workers, allowing them to repatriate 50% or more of earned income in US Dollars to home countries.
With an average mean income of $275.00 p.w. / $1,100.00 Monthly, each foreign worker repatriates $550.00 Monthly.
26,666.66 foreign workers repatriating $550.00ea equates to $14,666,663M USD leaving the country Monthly or $175,999,956M annually.
This huge amount of dollars leaving the financial system and local economy is the major cause of local business closures, cutbacks and bank layoffs as foreign workers do not patronize local business's, forcing banks/business's to adjust staffing due to the decrease volumes of business.
Foreign worker remittances are also a major cause of tremendous downward pressure on foreign reserves, undeniably intensifying the currant foreign reserves shortfall.
Due to massive corruption and lack of ability growing the economy to add alternative revenue streams, lack of backbone and resolve to remove non essential workers to plug the hemorrhage of foreign reserves, PLP and FNM governments will continue relying on foreign currency borrowing support to cover imports and debt servicing costs which will lead the country further down an already very slippery slope to devaluation and into further financial crises.
No one with an once of sense could possibly believe that those that brought us from a robust, buoyant & best economy in the region, to the present brink of failed state status could be remotely capable of getting us out of this mess created by them!
**We must rid ourselves of these corrupt, incompetent people and asinine sweet talking political parties that led our country to this sorrowful position, decimated our country and people, and are now giving whats left to foreigners!**
On 9,208 work permits issued in 2015 - 36 per cent to Haitian nationals
Posted 21 August 2016, 9:36 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**................ Your "rich" are spinning Ryan Lochte's style lies ..................**
Banker, I too am an employer, and over decades have hired Jamaicans, Haitians and Bahamians. **A properly treated, well paid Bahamian** is by far the better employee than any Jamaican or Haitian ever will be!
You sit back and allow a so called rich foreigner to sell you a stupid "interesting story" and are fool enough to repeat such nonsense denigrating your own country and people?
I am disgusted at people like you that allow the "rich" to degrade our people for their own selfish benefit.
On 9,208 work permits issued in 2015 - 36 per cent to Haitian nationals
Posted 20 August 2016, noon Suggest removal
SP says...
**............. Unconscionable To Issue Work Permits For Jobs Bahamians Can Do ...............**
With an historical unemployment level especially in blue collar sectors, it is totally unacceptable that we are issuing work permits for jobs Bahamians qualify for.
Bahamas is shooting itself in the head as these expats repatriate earnings to care for families and invest in home countries, deplete foreign reserves and contribute very little to the local economy.
Bringing in unskilled Haitians, low skilled Asians, Latinos and others should be made **totally illigal same as it is in the Philippines**, and Philippine government sponsored one Month training programs model should be made available for Bahamians to quickly fill these blue collar positions and repay government for training after job placements.
**Again, same as it is in the Philippines!** ........ https://youtu.be/WSD5nCs30SA
Philippines earns 14% of GDP from remittances of workers in foreign countries. Why haven't successive governments duplicated Philippines one Month domestic training programs and made literally 1,000's of these blue collar jobs now occupied by Asians, Latinos and West Indians available to starving Bahamians?
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/19243/…
After 43 years of PLP and FNM leadership, they never once properly addressed the lack of training, or implemented minimal cost short term training programs to fill the void for low skill blue collar employees.
The need for foreign domestic and grounds workers could be 100% eliminated in 12 months providing 1000's of new jobs for newly qualified Bahamians.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02lbnzj
Bahamians have had enough of "lip service" from people standing around for photo ops, talking stupidness and throwing around useless words and phrases.
This nonsensical notion that we cannot control who employers want working around them is utter foolishness. Many countries make it illegal to bring in workers for jobs citizens can be quickly and easily trained for.
The proof that consecutive governments do not have the well being of Bahamians at heart has been all around us for decades.
On 9,208 work permits issued in 2015 - 36 per cent to Haitian nationals
Posted 20 August 2016, 11:42 a.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**........................... anthony capron Is Obviously an Uncle Tom Idiot .........................**
Least we forget the 45+% like this idiot who wanted to remain in slavery!
On Lightbourn’s fault is being white
Posted 16 August 2016, 8:45 p.m. Suggest removal
SP says...
**.. Allyson Felix Now Fully Understands The Meaning Of "Vell Mudda Sic!"..**
On UPDATED: Miller reflects on thrilling 400m final
Posted 16 August 2016, 8:32 p.m. Suggest removal