Flipping Grand Bahama

I would like to thank all those persons who took the time to comment on my blog. To Tristan Lockhart, sorry that I didn't add that the tax concessions and other taxes would expire in 2015, and I like the comment you made about the fact that the Hawksbill Creek Agreement was amended in 1993 and how it can be amended. Going forward we need to look at what we can do. Kudos again to  LaReina DelMundo Sharez  who commented: "We have vocational training in our public high schools, but not many industries, especially technical ones to place all of our students in after they leave school. Here in Freeport the GBPA is supposed attract investments in industry for the city of Freeport. Not much has happened in that department - taxes after the incentive period is over, high electricity costs, high landing fees (that they directly control) have all scared potentials away. If scholarships are especially provided for students interested in specialty fields along with sure internships ...

The old pain of Grand Bahama has been explored and brought up a lot of unpleasantness. What it has not done is made anyone come up with more ideas of how to fix the problems. As I have said before, it's not just about the Government. It's not just a Port issue. It's an everyday people issue. Things change when people change and we are changing all the time.... so let's make an effort to all change for the better! I remember a few years ago I was listening to a speaker at a conference talking about a country to exemplify as it spoke of Singapore. The speaker (whom unfortunately I cannot recall at this time) spoke of how the country decided what sort of jobs and professions that they would need in the future and through the education system steering the students in those directions. With a concerted effort they changed their country for the best. I heard this speech and was inspired because I was thinking here is the answer to a perplexing question posed every year ...