Flipping Grand Bahama

Following the recent Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce Installation I had to ask for the new presidents (Kevin Seymour's) speech just to share here. It is a speech of hope and a longing for change. Out of respect for the entire body of work, I hereby present the speech in its entirety. “THE PATIENT” ANALOGY I begin my presentation by asking you to indulge me for a few minutes while I share with you a highly improbable, fictional scenario involving a hospital patient: A patient arrives at the emergency room of the hospital seeking urgent medical attention for his condition. As usual, the hospital’s emergency room is crowded and therefore after registering, the patient has no choice, but to take a seat in the waiting area just outside the emergency room. The attending physician and his team are given the patient’s file for review. They note that not long ago, the patient use to be a model of health, strong, muscular and attractive. However, due to certain destructiv...

Is the Grand Bahama Port Authority still for sale? Some years about, within the last five years, there has been a few rumours about persons who were interested in purchasing the "Port"and one that stuck out in my mind was the British Parliamentarian Lord Michael Ashcroft. This flirting idea I was made to believe was rejected. True or not, we are left to speculate. Earlier this year I was able to get my hands on another investor who wanted to purchase shares in the Grand Bahama Port Authority, I guess with the hopes of being the major shareholders promising the world. Their report was left with members of the Grand Bahama Port Authority and is called "the Flemming Strategy" which took a look at the island as it is (was in 2009) and gave their ideas which would bring in lots of money and jobs to the island, beginning with a $26 billion injection right away. The report was compiled by Global Fulfillment Services in 2008. But I wonder, what were the circumsta...