Comments on: Minister: ‘Principles First’ Immigration Mandate

By: Zevon

Zevon — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 07:29:27 +0000

It isn’t a loophole. It’s the law.

By: Zevon

Zevon — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 07:28:03 +0000

Was this doctor you spoke to your psychiatrist? Did you take the little tablets he recommended?

By: fu

fu — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 03:17:08 +0000

“Plug the loophole”

I wish you’d plug your hole

By: fu

fu — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 03:14:46 +0000

” So I told him I. The USA they have to pass a written test. He said that was nonsense. So I asked him how many parishes we should have and he said 5 or 6 whatever.”

You smokin’ meth?

By: Bda Nanny

Bda Nanny — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 02:06:50 +0000

He along with others caused a big problem, he had no right being involved. He was part of holding back politicians from doing their job that we pay them for.

No Rev in my eyes

By: Coffee

Coffee — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:38:37 +0000

Reform means one thing … Plug the loophole

By: just wondering

just wondering — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:07:33 +0000

what rights are those? Doesn’t the BIPA already provide for Bermudian rights in the workplace?

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:55:57 +0000

FYI ( and I bet you don’t know anything about this at all) there were 4 other very significant compulsory purchase orders in Bermuda’s history .
Large swaths of Devonshire , St David’s , everything north of Watford Bridge in Sandy’s and Morgan’s Point’s surrounding acreage were all transferred in similar fashion.
There were far more people affected , in many multiples , than those affected by the T/Town CPO and they weren’t compensated as well as the T/T residents . But for some reason we never hear from their ‘progeny’ . I wonder why ?

Oh yeah , that’s right , T/T land went from a rough rural farm area into a wealthy man’s neighbourhood .

By: Silence Do Good

Silence Do Good — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:34:07 +0000

“Bermudian status, if applicable.”

What do you mean by that statement Minister Brown?

Please do not create a class system based on heritage or one parent is an expat etc.

Solve the human rights issues first of separating families.

Then solve the annoying controversial problem of persons who spent a significant portion of their life here have some means of obtaining Bermudian status. Not some form of second class status or PRC but a finish line in belonger status.

By: bdaboy

bdaboy — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:17:46 +0000

“Tweed fought for Rights and Justice for Bermudians,”

LOL, more comedy from oj.

Tweed did nothing for bermuda except divide….you disgust me.

By: Fernando G

Fernando G — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:47:33 +0000

We’re proud of you, dear Walton! This is politics at its best. Abrazo, Fernando

By: Nikon

Nikon — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:02:46 +0000

As the progeny of the one of the “evicted” family I would gladly welcome justice to be done. Would you not?

By: CT

CT — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:48:56 +0000

Please can we get rid of the requirement for Bermudians who have children abroad to be Bermuda domiciled? Domicile is passed via the individual’s father in common law so if the Bermudian’s father was born abroad, the Bermudian’s domicile is not Bermuda. This means that we have the situation where a born Bermudian may not pass Bermuda status onto his/her child at birth if that child is born abroad (although can apply for status at age 18 with red tape and cost). If you’re a born Bermudian, you should be able to pass status onto your child regardless if the child was born here. This is particularly relevant for Bermudians who are mature students abroad or working abroad in their 20s and 30s. We have a declining Bermudian birth rate so let’s take the low hanging fruit to increase the birth rate and, therefore, the Bermudian population in the future.

By: JUNK YARD DOG

JUNK YARD DOG — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:36:16 +0000

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, it took all the kings horses and all the kings men to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:14:24 +0000

You disgust me. I hope to god you are not a bermudian and just some troll. I dont want people like you in my country. Get crackin yaself!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 12:12:23 +0000

Lol. So funny. What happens when they realize that they have to do pathways? For two main reasons: its morally and legally required and the other reason, it is necessary to kepp the lifestyle we bermudians, including the xenophobic bigots on here, are used to. So ironic. The plp and their followers should be known as the irony party from now on. Lol.

By: Coffee

Coffee — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:28:33 +0000

Glad to see the concrete trucks outside of Govt.Admid building sealing the loophole

Because of Fayhe , the amendments made should further discourage people from thinking that Bermuda is wide open for immigration abuses

Fayhe in his time put a bad taste in Bermudians mouths for comprehensive reforms

He destroyed confidence in govt. To protect the locals from invasive minded foreigners

By: Hair

Hair — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 02:19:04 +0000

Too Backbone, what you talking about??? Lotta Bermudians moving to England and living off that government, so what you saying to that, send them back.. Ouch

By: SC

SC — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 01:17:48 +0000

To read all these comments of how certain people want non-bermudians or prc holders to go is sad. I don’t agree what Fahy wanted to do but as a child of two Portuguese parents and was born in bermuda, I feel like I am out of place. I can not control that my parents were not born here but the fact that there kids who were born here, and went to school here, get told to go back to their country is outright disrespectful, by law I am not consider bermudian but my birth certificate says I am born here. I AM BERMUDIAN!!!! If I’m Portuguese, Asian, Jamaican, etc. We should have our rights to be bermudians, and have our status. My parents have pay their dues to this country, belco, rent, food, clothing, medical bills, insurance, payroll tax, and more add 30years of that to bermudas economy. PLP says there is two bermudas, well maybe there is because they make it feel that way! They same way PLP fought for their rights, I will fight for mines. If you don’t want to give people with work permits bermuda status at least think about the kids who were born here. To be honest I don’t think a lot of you realize of how many kids get deported back to their parents countries, why because after the age of 18 they can get go to college if their parents can afford it or leave the country. Tell me is this government fair?

By: Cmkbda

Cmkbda — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 23:41:21 +0000

I’m happy to hear from Fahy again. While he may not have approached issues, or introduced them to the public in the best way, he still had legitimate ideas in order to solve problems which need addressing.

By: 4ner

4ner — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 22:49:04 +0000

Sink the island! King of the ashes… or little bit remaining, in this case

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 21:22:54 +0000

Tweed fought for Rights and Justice for Bermudians, Fahy legislated Laws that disadvantaged Bermudians.
Mmmmmmmm

By: Wow

Wow — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 21:01:02 +0000

So I bump into a foreign doctor who has been here since 1992 thus missing the deadline for PRC and status. At his level I am sure he has been paid a fortune but said out loudly to everyone present he was a slave waiting each year for his permit to be renewed. Can you imagine he could have gone elsewhere and was demanding his right to status. He never said a word to the oba and clearly if he felt he was a slave why did he and his family stay when they were told over and over that renewals did not mean he could have expectation to citizenship and he knew I would not be afforded so many rights in his native country. We hear it all the time. So I told him I. The USA they have to pass a written test. He said that was nonsense. So I asked him how many parishes we should have and he said 5 or 6 whatever.

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 20:46:05 +0000

Remember how the PLP raised the emotions a few years ago by demanding an inquiry into Tuckers Town and the land transfers way back? It was a big issue and they threatened not going back to the House if the Governor refused, which he did and they did?

I will lay odds nothing will be said now, despite them being the Government? Why, because they knew the OBA would not bite because the PLP could use it against them. It won’t be demanded now because the PLP know many of their supporters have benefited. It would result in many families in Hamilton Parish to pay reparations or give up their property interests. All connected to Immigration and history.

By: Just the facts

Just the facts — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 20:07:39 +0000

Sadly, I think we might need to get used to that.
First 100 days shall prove interesting. Talk about the need to “get cracking!”

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:41:10 +0000

@havesomebackbone. Careful what you wish for. Maybe there are skeletons in your family history and you’ll be told to leave.

By: Bad nanny

Bad nanny — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:08:02 +0000

Um Fahy is Bermudian.Tweed not so much

By: Bad nanny

Bad nanny — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:07:09 +0000

You all forget who put feet first on this island……

By: Bad nanny

Bad nanny — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:05:21 +0000

Hopefully Tweed is the first to go

By: Chaos Theory

Chaos Theory — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 18:03:46 +0000

Xenophobic much?

By: jt

jt — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 17:55:31 +0000

So carry on. Got it. Thanks for that.

By: bdaboy

bdaboy — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 17:46:38 +0000

” Sift them out and then tell them,”Get cracking.””

You talking about tweed?

By: Zevon

Zevon — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 17:44:49 +0000

Well there’s a whole load of nothing.

By: frank

frank — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 17:43:35 +0000

no body wants to ever hear from Fahy again

By: What?

What? — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 17:19:24 +0000

Never have so many words been used to say so little.

By: John Joseph

John Joseph — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 17:01:17 +0000

Maybe Mr Fahy can take Walton’s place.

By: Mr. Mike H

Mr. Mike H — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 16:55:41 +0000

I walk around like everything is fine, but deep down, inside my shoe, my sock is sliding off.

By: Onion

Onion — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 16:44:26 +0000

What principles?

By: have some backbone

have some backbone — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 16:37:37 +0000

Get ‘em Brown. Gotta be persons here under that horrible oba. Sift them out and then tell them,”Get cracking.”
Can’t go to their countries and do anything like they have done here.
The lengthy rope has FINALLY reached its end.
Thank God!!!