Flipping Grand Bahama

With a new government are we expecting more unlikely surprises? First, it was a record election that was completed earlier than expected, the landslide was not foreseen and the Ministry for Grand Bahama going to Sen. Kwasi Thompson also a surprise. None of these were bad surprises, just surprises. Now to rebuild and hopefully with better ways of doing things. A CPA to balance books, our very own Member of East End, who is the Deputy Prime Minister K. Peter Turnquest says he will change the way the money is handled. This is something the country needs and we can't wait to see. What does this mean for Grand Bahama? Well, we promise to have a word with the new Minister for the island to find out. Many changes are expected and the way of the past is expected to change, despite the fact that the majority of the cabinet members are old/career politicians. Hopefully, there will be a push to have things changed. We are looking for a great ease of doing business in Gran...

With painstaking detail the Minister for Grand Bahama, Hon Dr. Michael Darville spoke to a packed room on Thursday evening in Eight Mile Rock on the already implemented business concessions that has been put in place as of July 1, 2014. So all the businesses in Grand Bahama will be able to apply for duty free concessions ... provided they have a business license and the concessions they are asking for pertain to their business. Also of great interest, the owners with these concessions can now build duty free homes. Here I have put it rather succinctly but there are some complications but this is the gist of what will be taking place. A story was ran recently in the local daily about the first person to take advantage of this new business perk. Also of great interest was the representative of the Bahamas Entrepreneur Venture Fund who spoke of the funds that will be available to those persons who are in need of help to further their business ideas. Of course there are some thin...