My motives are quite simple. I dream of a country that formally acknowledges the criminal past of the independence government. I dream of a country where everyone has a shot at economic independence. I believe in an open country with a great ease of doing business. We are in a prime geographic position to be traders like the Phoenicians who had no island resources but dominated trade. I wish for an openly convertible currency, that would give every Bahamian a chance to invest in foreign opportunities and access to foreign capital in the Bahamas. I want an open, non-corrupt government. I want to see a Bahamas where anyone .. repeat ANYONE can come in and set up a business. That is how you create jobs. No government approval cycle -- just a background criminal check. I want the Bahamas to have the same standard of living as the Cayman Islands. I want the education system to turn out knowledge workers instead of illiterate criminal thugs. I just want to be the best and the fairest that we could be. The cognitive dissonance of who we are and where we are is astounding if you have a world view of how things operate in other countries. My motives revolve around patriotism.
Don't know why you are so emotionally invested in this as a writer. I checked the bios of the management teams for both Exim and CCA's parent. There has been no cross-fertilization like you see on North American boards. In fact the Exim management team has experience with a Big Five Accounting Firm (Cooper Lybrand or something like that) and others have been educated at the University of Arizona and University of Toronto). One would think with a western education and western view point, success metrics would be more important than anything else, seeing how 'saving face' is huge in the Chinese culture. If Exim comes to the same conclusion as Izmirlian, as a profit-driven company they hold the power.
If this goes to the Privy Council, and it ultimately will because of the PLP government's unfortunate meddling, then Izmirlian has a decent chance of winning. The Supreme Court of the Bahamas is so parochial and provincial and the Privy Council respect the treaty that the Bahamas signed to recognise the international court dealings. Since the judiciary is visibly not free from partisan influence (the presiding judge should have recused himself because he worked in the law office of the deputy prime minister), the Privy Council will surely overturn the ruling.
The best bet is to get all sides working together with a compromise, and hopefully Exim is the wiser head. Your judgement of Izmirlian, is anti-business, anti-capitalist and contrary to American law? Who is paying you to post this stuff?
Fred just says stuff that he thinks will resonate with the dumbest Bahamians. Unfortunately, he has sunk so low, that he is now below the level of the dumbest Bahamians, and even they don't believe him any more. Fox Hillians are a good strange breed. They will give you the benefit of the doubt until you destroy all doubt. Fred has now crossed that line. He couldn't win another election in Fox Hill or anywhere. He should become more acquainted with the truth, and seek to attain the level of human again.
This was the Chinese strategy all along. The trouble is that we will get cheap Chinese crap with the same quality that they put into dollar store items.
Is this another albatross that Bodie claimed to be extinct in his last no-so-transparent missive? As it turns out, history will treat Obama kindly. He enacted health care, he instituted immigration reforms, he got Osama bin Laden .... his legacy is quite rich.
banker says...
Listening to the Obama speech in Africa today. It sounded like he was talking to the Bahamas. Here are some quotes:
>This one is for China - economic relationships cannot simply be about other countries building infrastructure with foreign labor
Obama actually called out China --
and that is a lesson that Christie doesn't understand, or any of those corrupt PLP for that matter.
>Nothing will unlock economic potential more than ending the cancer of corruption
Christie's government is rife with corruption, from Gray, Shame, to Allyson -- chock a block full
>The best single indicator of whether a nation will succeed is how it treats its women
It was the PLP who campaigned against the equality referendum years ago, and they have done nothing after 3 years in power again.
On Baha Mar wants contractor out
Posted 28 July 2015, 11:30 a.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
Yes .. Dead Good News coming! That's just one of many.
On Baha Mar wants contractor out
Posted 28 July 2015, 11:19 a.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
Poor you.
http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2015…
By the way, in your photo the word should be "repossessed". "Reposed" means died or gone to sleep.
On Baha Mar wants contractor out
Posted 27 July 2015, 10:43 p.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
My motives are quite simple. I dream of a country that formally acknowledges the criminal past of the independence government. I dream of a country where everyone has a shot at economic independence. I believe in an open country with a great ease of doing business. We are in a prime geographic position to be traders like the Phoenicians who had no island resources but dominated trade. I wish for an openly convertible currency, that would give every Bahamian a chance to invest in foreign opportunities and access to foreign capital in the Bahamas. I want an open, non-corrupt government. I want to see a Bahamas where anyone .. repeat ANYONE can come in and set up a business. That is how you create jobs. No government approval cycle -- just a background criminal check. I want the Bahamas to have the same standard of living as the Cayman Islands. I want the education system to turn out knowledge workers instead of illiterate criminal thugs. I just want to be the best and the fairest that we could be. The cognitive dissonance of who we are and where we are is astounding if you have a world view of how things operate in other countries. My motives revolve around patriotism.
On Baha Mar wants contractor out
Posted 27 July 2015, 12:28 p.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
Don't know why you are so emotionally invested in this as a writer. I checked the bios of the management teams for both Exim and CCA's parent. There has been no cross-fertilization like you see on North American boards. In fact the Exim management team has experience with a Big Five Accounting Firm (Cooper Lybrand or something like that) and others have been educated at the University of Arizona and University of Toronto). One would think with a western education and western view point, success metrics would be more important than anything else, seeing how 'saving face' is huge in the Chinese culture. If Exim comes to the same conclusion as Izmirlian, as a profit-driven company they hold the power.
If this goes to the Privy Council, and it ultimately will because of the PLP government's unfortunate meddling, then Izmirlian has a decent chance of winning. The Supreme Court of the Bahamas is so parochial and provincial and the Privy Council respect the treaty that the Bahamas signed to recognise the international court dealings. Since the judiciary is visibly not free from partisan influence (the presiding judge should have recused himself because he worked in the law office of the deputy prime minister), the Privy Council will surely overturn the ruling.
The best bet is to get all sides working together with a compromise, and hopefully Exim is the wiser head. Your judgement of Izmirlian, is anti-business, anti-capitalist and contrary to American law? Who is paying you to post this stuff?
On Baha Mar wants contractor out
Posted 27 July 2015, 11:59 a.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
Fred just says stuff that he thinks will resonate with the dumbest Bahamians. Unfortunately, he has sunk so low, that he is now below the level of the dumbest Bahamians, and even they don't believe him any more. Fox Hillians are a good strange breed. They will give you the benefit of the doubt until you destroy all doubt. Fred has now crossed that line. He couldn't win another election in Fox Hill or anywhere. He should become more acquainted with the truth, and seek to attain the level of human again.
On Mitchell says investors won’t be scared off
Posted 26 July 2015, 3:59 p.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
This was the Chinese strategy all along. The trouble is that we will get cheap Chinese crap with the same quality that they put into dollar store items.
On CCA Bahamas believes swift resolution could see Baha Mar open for winter season
Posted 26 July 2015, 3:47 p.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
Is this another albatross that Bodie claimed to be extinct in his last no-so-transparent missive? As it turns out, history will treat Obama kindly. He enacted health care, he instituted immigration reforms, he got Osama bin Laden .... his legacy is quite rich.
Once again Ortland shows his ignorance.
On The Amateur
Posted 24 July 2015, 8:04 p.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
So Pindling era drug dealers cannot go to Canada, nor people who cannot go to the US now.
On New rules for travel to Canada
Posted 24 July 2015, 8 p.m. Suggest removal
banker says...
Says it all. Cuban embassy opening in Washington.
http://tribune242.com/users/photos/2015…
So long. Goodbye. Farewell.
On Chapter 11 bid refused: Baha Mar application denied, Govt ‘vindicated’ by ruling
Posted 23 July 2015, 11:48 a.m. Suggest removal