Flipping Grand Bahama

Soo  I was going through my Facebook feed this week and came across this bit of information that rocked my work. I always remind my self that because it is written does not mean it is all true but you ready this except and you decide if you think its true. What caught my eye was the title: HOW THE BAHAMAS BECAME THE BAHAMAS, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM SOME VERY STRANGE MEN .... AND CANADA. Hmmm I thought. Very interesting. Then I saw the length of the article and immediately thought it was going to be boring. Well I was left trying to buy the book. If you dont hear from me for a while, I'm still contemplation ways forward. Posted: June 25, 2013 | Author: jr | Filed under: Insights , Jeffrey Robinson's eBooks , Money Laundering | Comments Off on HOW THE BAHAMAS BECAME THE BAHAMAS, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM SOME VERY STRANGE MEN… AND CANADA EXCERPT FROM: “THE SINK – Terror, Crime and Dirty Money in the Offshore World” (C) JEFFREY ROBINSON 2003, 2011 ...

Whimsy and fanciful are feelings being expressed today and we explore the subject of "What Ifs...." Hmmm.... Where can I start. Yesterday talking with friends I realized that there could be sufficient jobs for those persons simply looking for jobs, if... And there would be other opportunities for middle men in all professions if.... What is this if? Well I can start by looking at something close to me.... golf courses. Now you may laugh and say what does the golf courses have to do with the economy of Grand Bahama? Once upon a time, Grand Bahama have about seven golf courses - Jack Tar, Shannon, Reef, Lucayan, Fortune, Ruby and Emerald. Today we have only three with a possible four - Reef, Ruby, Fortune and the non-functioning Old Bahama Bay which is actually almost ready. Where are the jobs? In the club houses, at their bars, cutting their lawns, maintaining their equipment, etc. Most of these are attached to hotels, but ... what about the hotels? Wait ...

On our regularly scheduled day we continue to bring you the speeches from the 16th Annual Grand Bahama Business Outlook hosted by TCLGroupLtd on Thursday February 27th, 2014. Today we have the Minister of Tourism, Hon. Obie Wilchcombe: Ms. Agatha Marcelle, Director, National Training Agency: Mr. George Gobin, Microsoft Country Manager for Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Belize and the Turks and Caicos Islands: More to come on Friday. Enjoy!

Grand Bahamas has seen a series of ups and downs and I think one of the hardest was during this era. As we came into the 90s there was great political upheaval all around the islands, but particularly here. The champion of Grand Bahama and leader of the then official opposition - the Free National Movement, died just before we came into this era. But it is reported that on his death bed he asked a former member of the ruling Progressive Liberal Party, who had been kicked out, to take on the leadership role of the Free National Movement. This was the only position that the ousted man could pridefully take considering the fact that in previous times he stated that he could never join this party. So with elections fresh in the air in beginning of the 1990s, this buck gave it all he had and together in 1992 they won the election from the 25 rule of the Progressive Liberal Party. It would have been the second time I was eligible to vote and yet, I was still unregistered and cared ...