Having a go at the Bahamas Nationality Act talk as report in one of the dailies. I find the reporting absent of important details to allow the public to form an opinion on it. The amendment to the Bahamas Nationality Act ("BNA") needs to be viewed with an understanding of the difference between CITIZENSHIP and PERMANENT RESIDENCE. The amendment does not allow anyone to become a Bahamian citizen for a fee of $500.00. Section 7 of the BNA provides for applicants who are entitled under articles 5, 7, 9 or 10 of the Constitution to apply. The Bahamas Nationality Act is here (pages 5 & 6): immigration.gov.bs/wp-conten… The word "may" is present in the section which means it is a discretion to be exercised, not an automatic right. The link to the constitutional articles is here (pages 19 - 21): mofa.gov.bs/wp-content/uploa… The distinction between citizenship and permanent residence, which is governed by the provisions of the Immigration Act, is that you do not get the right to vote, but you can get the right to work, you also do not get a Bahamian Passport. You do not become a citizen of The Bahamas when you receive permanent residence. You get a long term right to reside. The $500 fee for those who have been refused citizenship, in order to apply for permanent residence should in my view be more, but otherwise we should not mischaracterize it as a means by which people can get citizenship. That's not what it is. Being denied citizenship means you did not qualify under the eligibility/criteria in the Constitution to receive a Bahamian passport by lineage or otherwise. It does not mean you are a bad person, or as is used in the Immigration Act an "undesirable". It just means you didn't make the constitutional cut. Citizenship is a product of the Constitution. Permanent Residence is a product of the Immigration Act. They are not now and never have been the same thing.

Fixed it.

Nobody: Me at McDonalds: Hi, I’ll have a Sha’carri please. Them: A what? Also me: A number 2, I’ll have a number 2.

Kartel gonna pull a Lady Saw on yall and say he stop all the dancehall music and singing gospel now.

Once is a mistake, twice is a decision.

The Bahamas is not a destination for people without money. That simple.

This was a pretty costume bey, the light spank this so right and man this was glowing.

My little valentine 💘 ❤️

I unashamedly google words I don’t know, or ask people what something means if they use a word I don’t in conversation.

Unpopular food opinion: Good fries really don’t need ketchup.

I vow to thee, my country All earthly things above Entire and whole and perfect The service of my love 🇧🇸

My prayer for everyone this year is that we all hit a lick for $75,000 before the summer time.

Bahamians 🤝🏿 Getting ice cream on Sunday

I’ve got to say thanks to @bahamasair for getting my wife, our family, friends, and vendors to North Eleuthera on time and safely. This was the most epic and enjoyable weekend of our lives.

Now this is flexing. My boy getting his Gatsby on.

Balenciaga could kill 😂😂😂😂 Black folks know what this pattern is lmaooo

May your mornings be filled with sheep tongue souse, yella grits and a cold Kalik!

There is a Bahamian WNBA Champ & MVP on the billboard at 34th & 7th in NYC. 🇧🇸 @jus242 🙏🏿 🥂

So, In light of this Rob Kardashian shit, I just want to issue a friendly reminder - publishing someone's nudes isn't fucking okay.

The Greatest Bahamian Lie: Conchy conch fritters.

Accent bias is a real thing in The Bahamas. I’ve called a local restaurant, tried to make a reservation with what one could reasonably assume to be a Bahamian accent. They were full. I called back and put on a reasonably polished British accent. A miracle. A table for four.

My misery doesn’t like company. When somethings bother me, I prefer to be left alone. I’m not sure why that is, but it’s a thing.

This the Long Island mafia

I hope Jamaica gets through this storm with minimal damage and loss.

Normal People: Did it work? Bahamians: It do?

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One of the most beautiful pictures I’ve ever taken. Those Bahamian blues 🇧🇸

A Bahamian, a Jamaican and a Trinidadian were in a ship…..

Bahamians so unserious. Someone could start choking, or even fall out and you bet there’ll be one of us in the room who ga say “ay big man don’t dead in here.” 😂😂😂😂

Bahamian women fine. That’s the tweet.

This is a sheep tongue appreciation tweet.

Drake gave us an album filled with rooftop music vibe, champagne pouring in titties on the boat vibes, feel jiggy off the 818 shots vibes but y’all ain’t woke

What’s the worst airport to connect through and why is it MIA?

This is the cleanest most respectful boiled fish in The Bahamas 🤣🇧🇸 (Buccaneer Club, Eleuthera)

Dad life. Welcome to the world baby girl 👶🏽😭

Bahamian Grill Out Rule: If you miss and go behind the bar, you the bartender. 😂

"She only into men that have money" is something that men need to stop saying about women. Why should that possibly be a problem? In fact, it's only a problem if you are a broke man and can't provide financial security for a woman. Chief, ya can't take love to the bank.

My name is Nicholas.

This is a Sheep Tongue Souse Republic. All ye who are loyal to the cause may join 😂😂😂 Man this slapping this morning. 😂

New Sous Chef; 0/10 knife skills, dribbles in the roux, giggles when Daddy burns his finger😂

Princess Islay ✨ 9th Dec 2024 🙏🏿🌹💜

I pledge my allegiance to the flag and to The Commonwealth of The Bahamas for which it stands. One people united in love, and service. 🇧🇸

You better take your smooth brain and use it for a curling stone and stop talking shxt on this app.

Playing the blues, Bahamian style #view #thebahamas 🇧🇸

Like for Pineapple, Retweet for coconut. Trying to see who to send the police for.

❤️ ✈️ 🌍 Lyndah Wells really did her magnum opus with our wedding photos man. Beautiful moments from an iconic day.

The Nick Burger🍔. Ultra simple, garlic and jalapeño in the ground beef (sirloin), olive oil on the inside of the bun to toast. Patty, lettuce, tomatoes, onions and cheese (gotta be that hard block yellow cheese still), smoked sea salt, and black pepper. Boom.

Road ready mean muggin’

All hail the power of sheep tongue souse 😋

Good Morning to everyone except the Bahamas Government.

Nobody: Flash Mob: breaks out dancing Bahamians: bey y’all freaking out ay?

There needs to be a word for the feeling that overcomes a Bahamian when you fly home and spot the water out of the airplane window. Something about seeing that blue makes your spirit shift an’ all.

This a juicy boongey ay?

A Bahamian passport is now ranked 26th in the world by the latest Henley Q3 passport index. Japan is number 1 with access to 193 countries. With a 🇧🇸 passport we have access to 155 countries.

My condolences 🕊️ 🙏🏿

Bahamians will always say Good Mornkng/Good Day when entering a room because everyone of us can hear some form of “So you walk in this room and only you in here ay?” from an elder in our head 😂 What y’all parents used to say?

The only souse that matters. 🐑

Every day somewhere on this app.

When your parents said “wash dishes” that actual is Bahamian speak for wash the dishes, wipe the cabinets, the stove and so forth. 😂

Happy Holidays 🌲 🎅🏿

Going to the Family Islands will make you resent Nassau. I understand fully now.

Mine don't care as long as I don't curse AT them.

Sheep Tongue souse should be VAT free. Under my Government we will not tax souse!

Gal twerking on the Lady Rosalind

Jerk chicken and pork from the grill man opposite the detention centre. Mission Accomplished:

The Bahamian flag being flown over Westminster Abbey in London as is tradition on the Independence Day of commonwealth nations.

What’s the point of savings accounts in The Bahamas? Honestly, you could leave $50,000 sitting for 10 years and come back to $97.62 in interest.

THE BAHAMAS IS NOT A REAL PLACE 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I love us bey 🇧🇸 lol Bahamian math:

If Vybz Kartel was free, this would never have happened.

How do we get maternity leave extended to 1 year? Women need to be able to stay home and be Mothers, if they choose to/wish to. There is a benefit to society in allowing nurturing of children to go beyond arbitrary statutory limits that suit employers.

“If Bahamians were around in Biblical days” 😂😂😂

What that pxssy talk? Youth, sports and culture. 💰

I love being Bahamian but I find The Bahamas a very frustrating country sometimes, especially when it comes to doing business.

“Bey you cocktailing again?” Me after I check my scotia app and see that 500k:

Ya’ll problem is yinna keep ask God for money, and tings. Pray for WISDOM, PATIENCE AND DISCIPLINE and you will see all other things fall in line swiftly and in abundance.

One of the prettiest pictures of The Glass Window Bridge, Eleuthera. A friend shot this with his drone on a truly beautiful day. The contrast is mesmerising. #naturalart

Which side are you on? RT for coconut, Like for Pineapple. I’m trynna see something. 😂

Other people: I don’t think that’s a good idea. Bahamians 🇧🇸: No no, don’t fuck with that.

I wish The Bahamas could become a hub for regional travel. It’s very annoying that to get to Barbados I have to fly to Miami (the opposite damn direction) and then ti Bridgetown.

No one likes corruption until they need it to get themselves or their family sorted out.

Someone saw me walking the cable beach strip (I was walking from my house to Meze Grill) and called my cousin to ask if I was losing it 😂 Bahamians so weird. I like walking places, spent too much time in Europe mussy lol

If you miss her, send her money.

Dear Summer, May the boat days be plentiful, the storms be none, the days be filled with rum and sun. May we catch flights and not Covid, get drunk but be safe and responsible. All good vibes. We need this. Signed, Nick 🤣

Everyone deserves to go to one family island and one international destination per year. Getting out Nassau is the BEST thing you can do for your mental health. Firmly believe this.

Gun man in she hole! She like that!

If I send you this, I bout to tell you ine got it to spend chief.

Send her $350 today gents, she needs lunch.

One of the jokiest election nights ever 😂

Unpack?

Employers, particularly those with younger staff, need to realise that employee loyalty and commitment isn’t automatic gratitude just because you gave someone a job. Our generation ain’t the ones to sit on a job and be dissatisfied in the name of a pay cheque. We will leave with the swiftness and move on to other pastures unapologetically.

A man held his 12 year old daughter at gunpoint and forced her to masturbate while he took photos and recorded it. You guys still don’t think we have some serious social issues in this country?

Women so funny. My wife is a cover stealer. She’ll roll up in the blanket so tight the people wrapping burritos at Chipotle would be jealous. So, I got another blanket. Nobody: Her last night: So, are you enjoying your blanket apartheid? 😂😂😂

Y’all: Brave ain doing nothing for his constituency, look how he got Cat Island looking shabby! Brave: Breaks ground on airport for Cat Island Also y’all: WHY CAT ISLAND GETTING A NEW AIRPORT? I swear on the spirit of Bradley Roberts y’all need to give it a damn break.

Happy Anniversary #Year2 🥂 ❤️ ✈️

A broke person came to The Bahamas and had a bad time - boo hoo 😭. Let me tell you, I do not feel remotely sorry for her. Whether you’re a tourist, permanent resident or ya born and bred here one thing is for sure: Ya can’t do nothin’ without money.

You could cut this with a plastic fork. Da Hot Spot in Cat Island don’t play.

“What did the police find when they dusted Chris Rocks face?” “Fresh prints” 😂😂😂😂

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What if I suggested Nygard isn't the only one here wilding like that, he is just the one that got caught? There is a whole different world west of the airport.