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Cable Bahamas-Three Cheers for a Stunning Deal which Shows what’s Really Possible

by Richard Coulson Cable Bahamas’ deal to sell their Florida subsidiary Summit Broadband is a truly extraordinary event—both for Cable itself, and also for the entire Bahamian capital markets. On Friday August 16th an agreement was signed that will pay Cable about $332 million cash. This was not a woolly... Read more →

Thirty years of Hurricanes: is the time not right for a Public Inquiry?

Since ~1990, we in The Bahamas have been a destination, birthplace or ‘thoroughfare’ for 15 major hurricanes and hurricanes. We are ‘battle weary’ from surviving these natural disasters and have achieved the dubious distinction of ‘knowing a thing or two’ about these dangerous tropical storms. However, it can be argued... Read more →

Rotary Bahamas Relief Efforts In Hurricane Dorian's Aftermath

Want to help The Bahamas in the aftermath of Dorian?

If you can help in any way. No donation too big or too small. For International Donors: Click here: Rotary Foundation Donor Advised Fund # 574 Or Rotary District 7020 For Local Donors: ROTARY DISASTER RELIEF FUND Commonwealth Bank Account No: 1004195 Read more →

Hurricane Dorian 2019 and Some Hurricane History of Abaco

In the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian Messers Pericles Maillis and Sean McWeeney circulated the following historical briefs about massive storms that struck Abaco in the past. Historical perspective is so important. Thank you gentlemen: The Forgotten 1932 Great Abaco Hurricane This one flattened Abaco, shattered Man O War Cay and... Read more →

George Will's Uphill Battle Against Trump's GOP and the Democratic Socialist Left

A defense of the conservative sensibility in an era of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. From Reason.com" Watch Reason's interview below. From the books liner notes: "The Founders' vision, articulated first in the Declaration of Independence and carried out in the Constitution, gave the new republic a framework for government... Read more →

Be Safe Abaco, Grand Bahama & Florida Folks

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Wade Davis – A Story of Colombia

ideacity is one of my favourite sites and they recently celebrated their 20th anniversary.There are over 40 videos to choose from but I found this one fascinating. Touching on the beauty of Columbia and the horrors of the drug war, I hope you enjoy it too. Enjoy more fascinating presentations... Read more →

The Fairytale of Hegemonic Neoliberalism

by Phillip W. Magness First published at AEIR... and posted here with the kind permission of the author. Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz recently made waves in academic circles by declaring the end of something called “neoliberalism” and pondering the contours of a suitable replacement. “That question has come to... Read more →

And then there’s Oban

by Richard Coulson Our second oil-related venture is Oban Energies, a very different animal. The Heads Of Agreement signed in February 2018 contemplated importing foreign crude oil to a Grand Bahamas facility where it would be stored, refined, and shipped to buyers in the US and elsewhere, an ambitious scheme... Read more →