where do you get this figure of 25,000 blue collar foriegn workers ,was it campaign rhetoric or do you have actual data from the Department of immigration to back it up .As pro Bahamian as Mitchell is there is no way he would let 25,000 laborers renew work permits .I put it to you this was pure campaign rhetoric and you can find no facts to support there are 25,000 unskilled laborers w/ permits ,it is pure xenophopic campaign talk ..

THE breast cancer rate and others has to do w/ something called consangunity and b/c some people are gluttens and can,t control what they eat ,,i live on a family island w/ no fast food and the obesity rate here is alarming ,which leads to cancer ,diabetes ,etc etc ,,whatever you say boss ,for 200 yrs we been trying to farm rocks ,,i

@SP ahh maybe the fact that we did 4.9 % fewer stopover visitors in the 2013 season had something to do w/ it , maybe the fact that other destinations in the region % of s stop over visitors have been growing while ours are declining . The tourist have found better value and service for there money ,,

ONE ,who is going to work these farms ,our little darlins , better get ready to give more hatians permits ,if we grow more and import less the goverment will lose a lot of revenue ,but i guess they will make it up w/ all the firtilizer and equipment we have to import .Three who is going work these farms our lil smart phone totin ,lotion wearing darlins ,,come on man get real ,farming is like fishing its in your blood or its not .Four we don,t have 5 million stopover tourist a year we have 1.35 million the Domminican republic has 4 million a year and on an economy of scale they can farm b/c they have the volcanic soil and cheap labor ,,really yeah by the time you import the fertilizer ,soil ,equipment etc to farm on coral rocks you can grow a 10 dollar tomatoe ..and when people go on about how are bananas our better then doles ,,bullshit ,,its like saying you can grow apples like the annapolis valley in nova scotia in cat island and they will be as good ,,baloney ,certain soils ,temperature and regions grow different fruits and we don,t have the right mix to farm profitably on an economy of scale ,,shit we been trying since the loyalist ,,

NO BODY can tell a soveriegn independent nation they have to borrow one red cent ..We have been running in overdraft and borrowing from the mid seventies to pay our ever increasing civil service ,when nearley 2/3 of your budget goes just to civil service salaries ,thats not pensions ,expenses etc ,you have to keep borrowing //when 1 in 4 people work for the public service you can only tax the other 3 so much to pay them ,thus the borrowing and taxing ..mathmaticaly it can,t continue ,,Why would the U/S want an broke poverty ridden Bahamas ,seriously where do you come up w/ this nonsense.??

i am using capitals b/c no one seems to get it ..we are losing tourist numbers to others in the region .in the previous 8 months "the season " our stopover visitor room nights dropped 4.9 % while the d,r ,cuba and jamaicas grew . b/c of the cost of our overstaffed public sector we have a very expensive tourist product and service that is mediocre at best ..we are arrogant under educated and see service as beneath us . it will not get better and very few of the politicians tell the people the truth ..it is not the wto , imf or the u/s fault .the people tourist have found better value for there money ,we are not the only ones w/ sun ,sand and see although the politicians keep telling us how special we are ,,well guess what the d,r must be really special b/c they did 4 million stopover last year ,,we did 1.35 million ..numbers don,t lie ..we have priced our selves out of the market absorbing prolific baby making w/ public service jobs ..

if you think a "white ' Brent could ever be PM you are either brain dead or just like to disagree w/ everything Hai ever said .The PLP would spread such fear and use such emotive language about slavery and lynching et all ,that long before the election there would be discord and violence ,,come on Tals your smarter than that .

little man give it a rest w/ the name calling ,The PLP fought long and hard for the right to run the country ..The good or bad is in their hands no ..

1 referen DUM ,one bag man Bethel ,numerous consular and consular generals all over the globe ,numerous trips to the far east studying gaming for the in crowd and all dey entourage , 2 Hours of unabated ass whupping at the dentention center , about 30 cubans deported setting a new record in deportation time ,and Urrrrrrrrrrben renewal ,,web shop casinos poppin up like weeds ,,did i miss anything Tals

Are you still using bad language and calling people names from the safety of your parents home ,i bet you don,t talk to grown ups like that when you are interacting in person .