Sigh ... PLP's are all retards in one way or another. The very fact that the prime minister doesn't muzzle a loose cannon, means that he has lost control over his caucus. That is evident with Fweddie, Shane, Brad and the stinking lot of them.

The differences is that some doctors reduce their fees for poor patients. Lawyers never do. Accountants never do.

Hire a well-known, internationally credentialed public health administrator with a post-graduate tertiary degree, and give him unlimited powers that transcend the political masters to clean up the public health care situation. People need to go to jail to clean out the current corruption in the system.

Sad.

The Chinese will just phone Perry and this conversation will be moot.

Nice story. Succinctly demonstrates why the brain drain continues to happen. Until there is equal career opportunities in the Bahamas, as there is abroad, the brain drain will continue.

Totally impressed at you working with Mercedes Benz. However, I am a BMW addict. Until Mercedes gets the ride excitement into their vehicles like BMW, I will stick with BMW.

Poor Fweddie. We too, are awaiting to see what the courts will say.

He could get his work permit pulled if he weren't Bahamian.

You only live one life, and this young Bahamian got the golden opportunity to lead a fulfilled, career-satisfying, abundant life. Good on ya!

However, the brain drain continues. There are no opportunities in the Bahamas for a skilled young man such as this. Bravo!

Not pandering at all. Just pointing out the economic facts of life. It's the golden rule -- he who has the gold makes the rule.

If you think that Bahamians are in charge of their own economic destiny, you are wrong. Businesses are in business to make money. By doing so, they create jobs. And since we are generally unable to create the amount of jobs that Foreign Direct Investment creates, we must let foreigners run their businesses as they see fit.

To question whether I am a Bahamian based on a rational economic point of view is absurd. What this manager did was despicable and insulting to Bahamians. But a work permit holder must be treated like a Bahamian with respect to the law. You can't pull a work permit because he is an odious nasty individual, just as you can't fire a worker for being a pr*ck. He or she has to break the law or a published code of conduct that is part of the employment contract. This guy did no such thing.

This is the thin edge of the wedge. If a permit holder criticises the government, they may take away his work permit too. Having a work permit doesn't muzzle your rights.

The cogent question is: "Did this worker break the law?". If the answer is no, then he still has the right to work in the Bahamas until the expiration of his term. I work in financial services. If it wasn't for work permits, this segment of the industry would not even exist in the Bahamas. As such it is diminishing because of lack of foresight of Bahamians. The first time PGC won the prime ministership, he commissioned Brian Moree to "fix" financial services. Moree suggested diversification, opening up the field to experts, issuing more work permits to come and create innovative products and save the industry. There was a huge "Bahamianization" outcry over more foreign workers, and the commission report was deep-sixed. As a result we are dying.

In contrast, PGC issued thousand of Chinese work permits for jobs that Bahamians could have done.

Work permits are more important to your wellbeing, than you care to admit. But unfortunately, you will soon find out.