Comments on: Minister Responds To Chamber On Immigration

By: Crazy

Crazy — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:30:59 +0000

Enjoy being a government worker but if things keep getting worse they will be next to go can’t be a gomint worker with no people to pay tax ie your wages , common sense wait till after the election cuts will be made ,it’s where all the money is going there are more workers in global house than tourists we get all year. It won’t take long .

By: Awake

Awake — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:44:29 +0000

@Amazed: Who said work permits were created by the PLP? No one…that’s who! When you learn to READ and UNDERSTAND, then maybe you might make some sense when you speak!

By: Amazed

Amazed — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:12:54 +0000

So you think work permits were created by the PLP and you dont like being FORCED to hire Bermudians! This speaks volumes!!

By: Truth is killin' me...

Truth is killin' me... — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:27:03 +0000

Being a Government worker pays FAT cheques BYE! I’VE WON THE LOTTERY BYE!!!!

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:06:56 +0000

Oh you are too kind Victor. Tell us how you really feel. Agree with you 100% BTW.

Really, nothing better can be expected of them. How many business owners are there in their line up vs how many have spent most of their lives on a Government paycheck?

By: Victor

Victor — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:57:51 +0000

The basic problem is that nobody in Government has a clue what it takes to run a business, whether it be a guy running a landscaping crew or an IB employing several hundred. Nor are they interested in learning and have instead chosen to suck the enthusiasm and verve out of businesses in Bermuda with stupid, ignorant, sel-defeating rules that serve no real purpose other than to make life difficult for those who are in fact the life blood of this place.

And let’s not forget how this Government managed to destroy future prosperity by taking a 200 million dollar surplus and turning it into a billion plus of debt, i.e not a safe place to invest because the Government is likely to want your money…for its own disgusting nouveau riche, parasitic cronies who have destroyed Bermuda.

By: Awake

Awake — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:10:26 +0000

Patrice, I’m not a PLP supporter. I had supported some of what they did at first, until this Term Limit jive was introduced! Then I lost all respect. I also don’t appreciate, as a business owner, being FORCED to hire a Bermudian in order to retain foreigners! STOP treating them like they’re aliens! Instead, hire people that go around and check on illegal workers (those WITHOUT permits), and fine the employers in addition to NEVER allowing them to ever hire another foreigner again! TALK to the employers and LISTEN to what they have to say! Especially the ones that know what they’re talking about and who work hard in the community! This country is CRYING and it’s deeply troubling the divisiveness caused by the PLP! Good luck, Ms. Minors! I truly hope you can get past the stupidity!

By: Scared of Our Own Shadow

Scared of Our Own Shadow — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:35:10 +0000

both Parties must stop ignoringbthe need for fairness and equality in the immigratiom system

our success is as a result of a high concentration of intellectual capital in IB

free up the work permits, but also give bermudians and their families some equity and respect

did Louise Jackson wait 10 years for Bermuda status?

how long did uncle Bob’s wife wait

time to stop disciminating against talented foreign workers and bermudians who deserve equality

By: Rockfish#1

Rockfish#1 — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:25:37 +0000

A reduction from 10 weeks to 4.

The defective machine at the Marsh Folly Dump which has been out of service for 5 months,will now be repaired in a few days.

Must be an election on the horizon!

By: Cancer

Cancer — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:32:37 +0000

Firstly it was the coronal Burch that caused this mess that were in. And this guy wants to return to politics!!! He needs to stay on the sidelines and P lease L eave P olitics to the people who know what their doing (OBA)! Secondly Patrice Minors was the worse tourism minister we’ve ever seen and had and she’s just as bad in her new portfolio as Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry – she makes one decision then flip flops and makes another. She should do like Burch and the rest of the PLP and P atrice L eave P olitics! PLP all the way! Please Leave Politics – you all don’t know what your doing and you have ruined Bermuda. We can’t take it anymore! Paula please call the election so the PLP can P.L.P.

By: Mad Dawg

Mad Dawg — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:25:41 +0000

So after 14 years of letting IB know that it was not welcome, suddenly, right before the election, Work Permits will be processed in 4 weeks rather than 10 weeks? What a bunch of amateurs.

Too late, you idiots. They’ve all either gone, or have plans to leave.

And hoe is it the processing can suddenly now be done in less than half the time, by the way? Have you decided not to be such p…..s about it, or are Immigration going to do a full days work for once? It must be one or the other. You can’t suddenly miraculously do things 60% faster.

By: ABC

ABC — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:53:18 +0000

how tru
PARENTS HERE FOR 30 PLUS YEARS AND NO STATUS

DAM THE ONE ON PERMITS NO CAR AND NO FAMILYS ALLOWED

DE RICH GET 2 CARS BERMUDA STATUS CAUSE OF DIS $$$$$$$ DE LOVE OF MONEY IS DE ROOT OF ALL EVIL

ITS OK DE GOOD LORD DOESNT SLEEP ; – (

SAD BUT FUNNY

By: sandgrownan

sandgrownan — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:54:49 +0000

You and everyone else.

Companies don’t renew, they move personnel. Idiot PLP.

By: Red Carpet for All

Red Carpet for All — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:00:14 +0000

When work permits are liberalised to give IB more “Red Carpet and less Red Tape” can we then focus on liberalising the following human rights abuses:

1) Bermudians born after 2 August 1989 not being given Status.

2) Spouses of Bermudians waiting 10 years to be given Status, irrespective of the children, community ties and investment they have in Bermuda.

More Red Carpet for All who have a legitmate right to be here, not just “Job Creators” please.

Time for Equality and Time for Change.

OBA or PLP – deliver on these two (2) points and you have the election victory in the bag. Be “Bold” and take some “Bold Steps” as the Premier articulated before her most recent Cabinet shuffle.

Mr & Mrs Oppressed awaiting “Red Carpet”

By: Argosy

Argosy — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:48:58 +0000

This lot just don’t have a clue. They have neither understanding nor appreciation of how the world works outside their very limited local sphere. This is compounded by their refusal to listen and learn. IF they do, it’ll be way too late. Hopefully most voters will see this and get rid of them before they inflict further, fatal damage on our economy and Island.

They have already caused extreme harm and the dumbo circus rolls on….

By: your joking

your joking — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:44:27 +0000

May I suggest the wait period for a work permit should be down to 4 weeks already since there are probably less than half the amount of work permit requests than say in 2009….Everyone has left already..

By: Eastern

Eastern — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:59:35 +0000

Here’s another flip-flop.
Sorry Patrice but the horse has already left the stable (and flown to Zurich, Isl of Man, Ireland, etc., etc.,)
Have you seen the Colonel?

By: Navin Johnson

Navin Johnson — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:32:43 +0000

In other words Minister Minors “dont hold your breath waiting for immigration policy to change”…same statements issued time and time again….but whats the use? how many times do they have to hear that term limits for IB people are a big big problem and with all of the other problems we now face why dont you just get the message….IB people do not want to stay here forever and are perfectly happy to leave when their career ends of circumstances change…..there is no great groundswell to stay eternally just to take career and life changes out of the hands of PLP Immigration Ministers…..capish?

By: Joonya

Joonya — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:17:20 +0000

yeah but…. “Bermuda is another world….700 miles at sea..” lalalala

By: Anon Ymous

Anon Ymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:56:07 +0000

Most countries appreciate and encourage, on it’s own merit, that foreign business creates a revenue stream, produced by overseas commerce, which in turn generates wealth and employment in their own domain (currency exchange, taxes, property, support services, retail, entertainment, etc.) which would not be there otherwise………usually without need to impose further restrictive conditions such as who to employ, enforced training programmes, when they should leave, etc., etc.

By: Chewy

Chewy — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:22:41 +0000

We recently transferred a mid level employee to a European country on a multiyear contract. The immigration wait? None, there was simply a filing.