What you forgot is that at the airport departure lounge they pick up a very expensive bottle of Paris Bahamas skin care products http://paris-bahamas.com/en/ Notice that it is not Paris-The Bahamas, just Bahamas.
Here is the kicker. The German woman who owns the company, pays to have sea grape leaves picked in The Bahamas, shipped to France, and processed into skin care products. So the Bahamians who pick the sea grape leaves get peanuts and this woman makes a whole crapload of money. How does this happen?
The German woman dates or was dating a Bahamian architect. She is entrepreneur-minded. The French government invests in her and gives her a grant to hire a French laboratory to study the biology of Bahamian tropical plants. As it turns out, the sea grape leaf has anti-oxidant properties that is way off the scale. Hugely beneficial. So they give her another grant to find ways to process it into cosmetics. That is why sea grape leaves from the Bahamas are shipped to Paris and made into expensive cosmetics and foreigners (again !) yield the profits.
Now if the government invested just one tenth of the money, that they spent on Carnival, or trips to China, or paying for Fweddie's joy junkets around the world, in Bahamians and our natural resources, we wouldn't be braiding hair, or driving half-starving horses hitched to surreys or bugging tourists to ride in our beat-up taxis to make money. We would be hiring beautiful coiffed women to sell expensive cosmetics to women lined up to look younger with Bahamian tropical products.
Of course this is all premised on the fact that we have enough Bahamians who had a good enough education to even know what an anti-oxidant is or a science/discovery/business frame of mind to recognise a business opportunity.
It is still my contention, that the Bahamas is actually rich in natural resources that technology can exploit, but we are too dumb to create the conditions to "mine" this treasure. So instead we come up with cockamamie schemes to entice unsuspecting people to visit the gun-infested limestone rock for some sun, sand & sea. Where's the Love?
There building that you speak of, is a travesty. Records are just thrown into cabinets, unsorted, growing mouldy and pages stacked upon one another in no particular order. I will try to find the picture of a records cabinet in that building and post it or send it to you.
There is absolutely no way in hell that there is a complete set of court records that could be retrieved in its entirely from more than a year ago. I pity the criminal cases where someone innocent is jailed and the court records become unfindable. A reporter should actually go into that building with a camera. If the total picture were made public, Amnesty International, the UN and any major civilised body concerned with justice would have a fit and blacklist the Bahamas.
As far as the Attorney General is concerned, she is a prevaricating, un-electable, amateurish, helpless, inadequate, incapable, ineffectual, inefficient, inept, inexperienced, unqualified, unskilled, useless, amateur, raw, awkward, bungling, bush-league, clumsy, floundering, ineligible, inexpert, insufficient, maladroit, not cut out for, not equal to, out to lunch, unadapted, unequipped, unfit, uninitiated, unproficient, untrained poor excuse for a lawyer, as well as a decent human being. Quite frankly Allyson Maynard Gibson doesn't have what it takes to practice law, administer a justice system, or lead anything. Her moral compass is as askew as her hair and ears, and she is an embarrassment to The Bahamas.
Or is it inconvenient to have Hutchison Whampoa in the picture after the Prime Minister snuck off to Switzerland to have shipping talks with his new friends, and they brought up the monopoly fact as well, and Christie, speaking from both sides of his mouth and from both faces, said that it was no problem?
I was at a banking/economic conference in Ottawa Canada, and one of my colleagues drove me past the Chinese embassy there. It was a heritage stone building, built in I would guess would be a baroque style with Gothic windows. It used to be a convent for a group of Catholic nuns for years and years stretching back. Apparently the nuns died off, and the Chinese picked up this wonderfully huge building for a song.
When we drove by, there were Chinese lanterns and all of the Chinese crap that you see hanging from the windshield of an Asian taxicab. It looked grotesque. I hear you about tawdry Chinese decorations.
With the deceleration of the Bahamian economy, and the hugely speculative nature of a junior exchange, who is going to invest?
The inherent problems with juniors are:
1. Lack of Information Available to the Public
2. No Minimum Standards -either fiduciary, or reporting
3. Lack of History
4. Periods of No Liquidity
5. High Risk
6. Denominated in Bahamian dollars which limits investors to Bahamians
Good Luck with this, but I feel that the Bahamian economy is not diversified enough to support a junior exchange. It will be a moribund exchange like big board on BISX. Investing in web shop products brings higher returns more quickly, and we all know the web shop odds.
banker says...
The fact that the PLP not only tolerates Roberts, but elected him as chairman, speaks volumes about the PLP -- especially with his "history".
But then again, we all know that. And that is why this country is going to hell in a handcart. The Education strategy is working for them.
On Keep Roberts quiet for all our sakes!
Posted 19 February 2016, 10:20 a.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
Love it!
http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2016…
On Headlights on full
Posted 19 February 2016, 10:18 a.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
What you forgot is that at the airport departure lounge they pick up a very expensive bottle of Paris Bahamas skin care products http://paris-bahamas.com/en/ Notice that it is not Paris-The Bahamas, just Bahamas.
Here is the kicker. The German woman who owns the company, pays to have sea grape leaves picked in The Bahamas, shipped to France, and processed into skin care products. So the Bahamians who pick the sea grape leaves get peanuts and this woman makes a whole crapload of money. How does this happen?
The German woman dates or was dating a Bahamian architect. She is entrepreneur-minded. The French government invests in her and gives her a grant to hire a French laboratory to study the biology of Bahamian tropical plants. As it turns out, the sea grape leaf has anti-oxidant properties that is way off the scale. Hugely beneficial. So they give her another grant to find ways to process it into cosmetics. That is why sea grape leaves from the Bahamas are shipped to Paris and made into expensive cosmetics and foreigners (again !) yield the profits.
Now if the government invested just one tenth of the money, that they spent on Carnival, or trips to China, or paying for Fweddie's joy junkets around the world, in Bahamians and our natural resources, we wouldn't be braiding hair, or driving half-starving horses hitched to surreys or bugging tourists to ride in our beat-up taxis to make money. We would be hiring beautiful coiffed women to sell expensive cosmetics to women lined up to look younger with Bahamian tropical products.
Of course this is all premised on the fact that we have enough Bahamians who had a good enough education to even know what an anti-oxidant is or a science/discovery/business frame of mind to recognise a business opportunity.
It is still my contention, that the Bahamas is actually rich in natural resources that technology can exploit, but we are too dumb to create the conditions to "mine" this treasure. So instead we come up with cockamamie schemes to entice unsuspecting people to visit the gun-infested limestone rock for some sun, sand & sea. Where's the Love?
On Falling in love with the Bahamas
Posted 19 February 2016, 6:20 a.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
There building that you speak of, is a travesty. Records are just thrown into cabinets, unsorted, growing mouldy and pages stacked upon one another in no particular order. I will try to find the picture of a records cabinet in that building and post it or send it to you.
There is absolutely no way in hell that there is a complete set of court records that could be retrieved in its entirely from more than a year ago. I pity the criminal cases where someone innocent is jailed and the court records become unfindable. A reporter should actually go into that building with a camera. If the total picture were made public, Amnesty International, the UN and any major civilised body concerned with justice would have a fit and blacklist the Bahamas.
As far as the Attorney General is concerned, she is a prevaricating, un-electable, amateurish, helpless, inadequate, incapable, ineffectual, inefficient, inept, inexperienced, unqualified, unskilled, useless, amateur, raw, awkward, bungling, bush-league, clumsy, floundering, ineligible, inexpert, insufficient, maladroit, not cut out for, not equal to, out to lunch, unadapted, unequipped, unfit, uninitiated, unproficient, untrained poor excuse for a lawyer, as well as a decent human being. Quite frankly Allyson Maynard Gibson doesn't have what it takes to practice law, administer a justice system, or lead anything. Her moral compass is as askew as her hair and ears, and she is an embarrassment to The Bahamas.
On A YOUNG MAN'S VIEW – Swift Justice: A response
Posted 18 February 2016, 4:56 p.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
Or is it inconvenient to have Hutchison Whampoa in the picture after the Prime Minister snuck off to Switzerland to have shipping talks with his new friends, and they brought up the monopoly fact as well, and Christie, speaking from both sides of his mouth and from both faces, said that it was no problem?
On PM slams Ingraham Gov’t on Hutchison GB port monopoly
Posted 18 February 2016, 3:47 p.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
Something is rotten in Denmark.
I'd like the Prime Minister to disclose how many rides he has taken on Phil Ruffin's private jet.
On Ruffin blasts Obie on casino tax claim
Posted 18 February 2016, 3:42 p.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
LOL at the gaudy Chinese symbolism.
I was at a banking/economic conference in Ottawa Canada, and one of my colleagues drove me past the Chinese embassy there. It was a heritage stone building, built in I would guess would be a baroque style with Gothic windows. It used to be a convent for a group of Catholic nuns for years and years stretching back. Apparently the nuns died off, and the Chinese picked up this wonderfully huge building for a song.
When we drove by, there were Chinese lanterns and all of the Chinese crap that you see hanging from the windshield of an Asian taxicab. It looked grotesque. I hear you about tawdry Chinese decorations.
On Enough business for Bahamas and Cuba
Posted 18 February 2016, 9:22 a.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
I'd buy 5 copies for mudda!
On BISX targets 100 new debt listings
Posted 18 February 2016, 9:13 a.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
Larry, you forgot the pic of this Bahamian woman circulating on social media:
http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2016…
On TOUGH CALL: What Bahamians are discussing on social media
Posted 18 February 2016, 9:11 a.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
With the deceleration of the Bahamian economy, and the hugely speculative nature of a junior exchange, who is going to invest?
The inherent problems with juniors are:
1. Lack of Information Available to the Public
2. No Minimum Standards -either fiduciary, or reporting
3. Lack of History
4. Periods of No Liquidity
5. High Risk
6. Denominated in Bahamian dollars which limits investors to Bahamians
Good Luck with this, but I feel that the Bahamian economy is not diversified enough to support a junior exchange. It will be a moribund exchange like big board on BISX. Investing in web shop products brings higher returns more quickly, and we all know the web shop odds.
http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2016…
On Chamber: BISX tie-up ‘fantastic new method’ for financing SMEs
Posted 17 February 2016, 4:58 p.m. Suggest removal