Take ‘a serious look’ @ how work permits are issued- Hon Maduro-Caines
Hon Maduro-Caines noted it is the time of year when students are graduating from their respective schools and she was very worried they would end up being unable to find jobs in the territory.
According to the Sixth District Representative, “Some 100 plus children will be graduating from HLSCC (H. Lavity Stoutt Community College) this year. We have another set that’s going to be graduating from the high school, and another set returning home from college (abroad). What plans do we have for these children in terms of work? I think we have to take a serious look at how work permits are being issued in this country.”
She noted that the Prime Minister of Bahamas, Dr Hubert A. Minnis, gave a statement that no work permits will be issued if the Bahamians are capable to do the jobs.
The Virgin Island Constitution has a similar requirement that gives priority to belongers.
Additionally, Mrs Maduro-Caines suggested that not all locals who study abroad are reluctant to return home, and those who return should not spend a long period of time unemployed.
‘We have to fix this’
“We cannot afford to be sending our children away to school, coming back with these Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees and sit for years without getting a job. So, we have to, as a government, fix this.”
She continued, “A lot of children will be coming home. It’s not every child that goes away want to stay away but some feel they have no choice but to stay because they come home and they can’t get a job. So I am hoping that this would get sorted out in the near future.”
In recalling a conversation with Honorable Ronnie W. Skelton, the Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Maduro-Caines said he pointed out that “we are our own enemies.”
In response to his statement, she argued that people in the territory are not confident in their own people to hold certain jobs. She added that the committees are referring non belongers in positions that natives should be placed in.
“We have to have the confidence in our people that when we send them away to study to do a certain job, that when they come back, they can take up these positions and run that department or that agency as effective as anybody else from overseas.”
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31 Responses to “Take ‘a serious look’ @ how work permits are issued- Hon Maduro-Caines”
Don't fall for statements that they already know about and can't get under control so the easy way out is to make you think that they are on top of it. They are below it because they don't have an answer to the many unsolved issues in the territory.
Like Donald Trump I consider them to be FAKE POLITICIANS!
Most of them want JOBS, not WORK, there is a difference. When you start your own business and experience the f@#&*ry first hand then you can talk!
Society is telling everyone that they can make it, be their own boss, get everything they want. They forget to mention all the hard work it takes to get there. All the local successful businesses didn't become this way overnight, long hours are required and how are they able to do this and maintain their snapchat, instagram and facebook posts....
Speaking about working, unless the locals get a fat pay check for little work and off on a weekend, they will not work...
check the stats
An air freshener? You all need to understand the hassle some of those backbenchers is up against when it comes to getting things done in their districts. Can $100,000 do all the work in any district? If the minister for the subject don't give from his capital to help, how the hell would they get things done.
Yasss ask the hill man in Immigration about that. At one point he was the only one in there with any kind of college degree and speak other languages. Bastards.
Guess what? They don't need work permits so their decisions meet no scrutiny at all. Force these anti-local departments and statutory boards to pay for work permits at the newer higher rates so that they can stop their crap!
Such practice is widespread throughout the Virgin Islands. Employers do as they please. There are few jobs that a college educated person cannot do once the job function is described. We shouldn't expect college graduates to apply for dishwashing work.