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Happy New Year 2011 !

2011-01-04T19:48:00.000-05:00

Well we are on our way starting a new year fresh with ideas and energized with hope ! After all the hurrays, cheers and cheers we complete Tuesday January 4th 2011 first day of work. I trust that you finished your day not with blues but with new plans, ideas, and a positive outlook in general. Even as I am still spending time at home due to unexpected car problems and in search of its solutions, I vowed to myself that this-type set back must not and will not dampen my start of this brand new year in an upbeat spirit and hopeful note. No way ! My 1999 VW Passat will not cause me to start my new year 2011 with a sour face.......no sir!

Not one but two male angels (Louis and Dougie) are on my path and doing all they can to bring over to Nassau from the US of A the replacement parts this cutie VW needs; and with their help and after a few thou dollars $$$ this cutie VW Passat will happily run again on the streets of Nassau.

Owning a European car on an island can be challenging and if not careful a huge $$$ costly frustration ! and having a knowledgeable, honest, and reliable mechanic is KEY to peace of mind and the protection of your pocketbook. So thanks so very, very much Louis and Dougie for assisting me in my hour of need !

and Happy New Year!

I know the peoples' auto (Volswagen) are good automoviles what do you think?

Priscilla Prichy Hudson

Farewell my lovely year 2010

2010-12-30T19:15:00.000-05:00

The moment is fast approaching as we watch the clock ticking witnessing the last hours of 2010. Incredible another year has gone by as it was not long ago we bid the previous one goodbye ! Now once again we prepare for that moment of farewell ........to 2010.
Looking back we should stop and give thanks for having survived a challenging year, for some of us the year passed with little changed, kept our jobs, paid our bills, and with a sigh of relief we come to the end of December 2010. Perhaps we saw a love one become engaged or get married, a son or daughter, a niece or a nephew, or just a good friend graduate from school, perhaps the year brought us the loss of a love one -as I did- making that one experience a year always to remember. Each day of each month is the moment to live it as best we can and as our expectations wear on through each day let's embrace the present moment and make it the gem in the treasure we'll go back to time after time for the now, for the moment and for the memories.
Let's look to the New Year fondly remembering the recent past, what will it be for you? Will you smile remembering meeting that special someone, will you feel a sense of pride remembering your mortgage got paid off, or your child achieving the honor roll, will it be apprehension as you are still out of a job, or face possible lay off, or perhaps you realize the year went well after all. What was it like for me? the year went well after all, well; considering what happened to those in Haiti with the earthquake, the long rainy season in so much of the world that left many homeless and in pain, yes the year went well after all considering I do have a job, my sons and I are in good health, our home is still standing, and generally speaking our Caribbean weather has been relatively okay. Yes the year went well after all.
Let's share our hope that in the New Year we'll be wiser, better and stronger to receive each day with optimism, with the right attitude, towards ourselves and towards others in all areas of our lives. I wish you all a New Year filled with hope, love and faith and a life lived to the fullest.

This I say specially in memory of my brother-in-law Fred Sprickman of Buffalo NY who lived a life to the fullest to that moment when he left earth but went on to live an even fuller life.

Cheers ! Happy New Year

Receiver’s update on status of Emerald Bay Development

2009-07-21T13:11:00.001-04:00

Receiver’s update on status of Emerald Bay Development

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Small Hotels

2009-07-21T13:08:00.003-04:00

Small Hotels

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2009-07-21T13:08:00.001-04:00

Small Hotels

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Business Overview

2009-07-21T13:01:00.001-04:00

Business Overview

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Buy Tickets to Miss Universe 2009

2009-07-21T12:59:00.001-04:00

Buy Tickets to Miss Universe 2009

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Junkanoo Summer Festival Entertainment Schedule for 07/11/09

2009-07-21T12:58:00.001-04:00

Junkanoo Summer Festival Entertainment Schedule for 07/11/09

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Celebrity News (July 14)

2009-07-21T12:57:00.001-04:00

Celebrity News (July 14)

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Miss Universe Pageant 2009 in The Bahamas

2009-07-21T12:33:00.003-04:00

ATLANTIS RESORT at PARADISE ISLAND, BAHAMAS
will host the Miss Universe Pageant 2009. We are delighted to welcome the Pageant to our Island of Paradise which is connected by bridge to the capital Island of Nassau. The contestants will be busy visiting other Islands of the Archipelago and they are sure to enjoy the Bahamas at its best, its pristine and natural beauty, the white sandy beaches, unspoiled creation combined with the luxury resorts offer our visitors a perfect setting for this year's Miss Universe Pageant.

There are many options in the islands for lodging, transport, dining, boating, with the local flavour of our communities; make sure that when you are here you visit those out of the way places look to taste our local cuisine, friendly folks, and best of all, enjoy our shores.

By Priscilla (Prichy) Hudson

Why Do Home Foreclosures Keep Rising? 6 Things You Need to Know

2009-07-21T12:03:00.004-04:00

by Luke Mullins, USNews.com

Jul 20th, 2009

Five months after the Obama administration unveiled a sweeping initiative designed to reach 9 million struggling homeowners, home foreclosures continue to rise at an alarming rate. Foreclosure filings were reported on more than 1.5 million properties in the first six months of the year, a 15 percent increase over the same period of last year, according to RealtyTrac. All told, 1 in 84 American homes--or 1.19 percent--received a foreclosure filing during the period. "We talk about green shoots or about things getting worse at a slower rate, but this is one thing that is getting worse month by month," says Patrick Newport, an economist for IHS Global Insight.

Here are six things you need to know about the rise in home foreclosures:

1. Unemployment: The erosion of the labor market--the unemployment rate recently hit 9.5 percent--is the key factor in the rise of home foreclosures, says Celia Chen, an economist at Moody's Economy.com. "Employers continue to shed jobs, and that makes it difficult for even people with good credit who were doing fine to keep up with their mortgage payment," Chen says. For example, a recent report issued by federal bank regulators found that home loans to borrowers with solid credit histories were going bad at a rapid clip. "Prime loans, which represented two thirds of all mortgages in the portfolio, experienced the highest percentage increase in serious delinquencies, climbing by more than 20 percent from the prior quarter to 2.9 percent of prime mortgages," the report stated.

2. Plunging home values: Nearly three years after its peak, the painful decline in home prices continues. Although the pace of decline moderated slightly from the previous month, home prices in 20 major metro areas dropped 18.1 percent in April from a year earlier. Falling home values have dragged more than 20 percent of American homeowners "underwater"--meaning they owe more on their mortgages than the property is worth--as of the first quarter. By sucking equity out of homes, the price declines have also evaporated much of a homeowner's financial incentive for paying their mortgage bill, Chen says. "When somebody doesn't have equity in their house and they are struggling to pay their mortgage, the likelihood of a foreclosure is much higher," she says. In addition, home owners with less equity in their homes will have a more difficult time refinancing their mortgage.

3. End of foreclosure moratoriums: The end of certain foreclosure moratoriums-including those of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which were lifted in late March-also contributed to the rise in foreclosures during the period, Chen says. As these efforts unwound, lenders and servicers put additional properties into their foreclosure pipelines, she says.

4. Is Obama's plan working?: A key component of Obama's housing rescue plan is an effort to restructure--or modify--as many as 4 million troubled loans. So far, about 325,000 modification offers have been made through the program, according to Bloomberg news. Chen says the program is having an impact for certain individual borrowers, but the efforts--at least so far--have not put much of a dent into the national foreclosure epidemic. "The program is making progress. It's just that there are a large number of distressed borrowers out there," she says. "It's so hard to process all of those loans, and then second of all, not all of those borrowers will qualify for the program." Borrowers have complained of long delays and bureaucratic hurdles in their efforts to modify their mortgages.

Though the administration's effort includes incentive payments to convince servicers to modify the loans, Newport says some may find it less costly to foreclose on the property. "My understanding is that there is going to be some pressure from the administration to get banks to start renegotiating more loans," he says. "But if [modification is] not in [the servicer's] self-interest, I don't think that they are going to do much."

5. Mounting political pressure: Mortgage services appear to be facing mounting pressure from Washington to redouble their efforts. "We believe there is a general need for servicers to devote substantially more resources to this program for it to fully succeed and achieve the objectives we all share," Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and HUD chief Shaun Donovan said in a recent letter to 25 mortgage servicing
firms. In a hearing last week, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, a Democrat from Connecticut, expressed his frustration more directly. "Why am I still reading about lost files, understaffed and undertrained servicers, and hours spent on hold on the phone?" Dodd said in a prepared opening statement. "Why are servicers and lenders refusing to accept principal reduction so that homeowners can start building equity and get the housing market moving again?"

6. Foreclosure outlook: Despite this pressure, Newport expects foreclosure rates to creep higher for the next year or so. "It's going to keep on getting worse until the unemployment rate peaks, which we think will happen in about the middle of next year," he says. For her part, Chen argues that a successful mortgage rescue program could expedite a housing recovery. "The hope is that we will be able to push through enough mortgage modifications to prevent home prices from falling too much more," she said.

Oceanfront Townhouse with Vacant Lot in Nassau

2009-07-17T23:36:00.001-04:00

Oceanfront Home with short steps to the Sandyport beach, on West Bay Street Nassau Bahamas offered for sale. This three story home is One recently renovated of Three homes located along the seashore on the Island of Nassau in the West.

The home features two bedrooms, three bathrooms, spacious balconies, pool, a one car garage. The property also comes with a large portion of vacant land ideal for various uses; the oceanfront patio area features a gazebo, with a sandy beach area great for outdoor entertainment with additional parking, a solid waterfront retaining wall that can accomodate a couple of boat lifts. The property features an attractive stone wall and is fully enclosed and gated

Beachfront Condo in Nassau Bahamas

2009-07-17T23:19:00.001-04:00

This Beachfront Condo offer views that take your breath away. Step into this two bedrooms, two bathrooms paradise and you will want to make it yours!
A perfect island vacation retreat or that second home, offered furnished and equipped along with a pool and stunning oceanfront views framed through glass windows and doors.

Oceanfront Home with Beach for Sale in Nassau Bahamas

2009-07-01T19:40:00.006-04:00

Oceanfront Home with short steps to the Sandyport beach, on West Bay Street Nassau Bahamas offered for sale. This three story home is One recently renovated of Three homes located along the seashore on the Island of Nassau in the West. The location of this home is ideal for income potential through short term vacation rentals.

BBC NEWS - Petrocaribe Oil News For The Caribbean Region

2009-07-01T01:00:00.001-04:00

BBC NEWS- Petrocaribe

Important Caribbean Leaders Sign Oil Pact and related News supply for the Countries of the Caribbean Region and Agreements with Hugo Chavez of Venezuela

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2009-07-01T00:41:00.001-04:00

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All About Albany a Luxury Resort Community in Nasau

2009-06-23T20:41:00.005-04:00

Nestled among 565 oceanfront acres, Albany is a new luxury resort community on the southwestern end of New Providence in The Bahamas. Scheduled to open in 2010, Albany is the collective vision of its developers, private investment company Tavistock Group and golf icons Tiger Woods and Ernie Els who wanted to create a special playground for themselves, their family and friends............

Nutrition Made Simple........Life Made Rich

2009-06-23T19:06:00.003-04:00

Ask me how you can get started on the road to a healthier happier you! Not only do I care in assisting you with any real estate needs you may have; but more importantly about your well being, really I mean it. I came into the knowledge of these life enrichment products some five years ago and today I am still consuming them. I like to say as in that famous expression for another well known albeit different product "I don't leave home without it".

These products cover various needs for, essential nutrition, weight loss, blood sugar control, (yes for those of you suffering of Diabetis), digestive health, energy and performance, women's health, joint health, heart health, anti-aging (inside and out)

So do drop me a line about it!

Fiesta Hispana at the Balmoral in Nassau

2009-06-23T16:48:00.005-04:00

Check it out the Bahamas International Film Festival Presents "Fiesta Hispana" at the Balmoral Club, Sandford Dr., on August 22nd 2009, lots of attractions, music, flamenco dancing, food, vibrant colors and flavors in lively Hispanic style. Sponsored by Bacardi.

Permanent Residence in The Bahamas

2007-02-18T20:20:00.000-05:00

In recent days the life and death of Anna Nicole Smith and her connection to The Bahamas has brought into the international spot light the question of how can you obtain legal residence in our Country? The laws of The Bahamas allow a foreign investor to become an annual or permanent resident through the purchase of real estate with a minimum price of USD500,000.00. While this is true it is important to consider the process, the cost etc., to achieve this. Please read on the full details.

For Investors

2007-02-16T22:25:00.000-05:00

Attention Investors: Check out information in my website about

THE BAHAMAS is hot, hot as in the place to be, currently there are 112 development projects on the board with active ventures on 12 islands that represent $12.6 Billion in investment creating new communities and opportunities in a shared vision of growth for the country. (source: The Bahamas Investor Magazine). These projects are in the Islands of Exuma, Grand Isle Villas in Emerald Bay, Eleuthera, Eleuthera Properties Ltd. Cotton Bay Estates & Villas, Rum Cay, Rum Cay Resort, Mayaguana, Group Joint Venture, Rose Island, RC Rose Island Hotel Co., Paradise Island, Kerzner Int'l Atlantis Phase III, Cable Beach, Cable Beach Resort Baha-Mar Group, Grand Bahama, Ginn Development Co., Bock Cay Exuma, Lignum Vitae Cay Ltd, Bock Cay Resort., Chub Cay The Berry Islands, Int'l Marinas Chub Cay.

Junkanoo in The Bahamas

2006-03-30T13:26:00.000-05:00

This is a great site for Junkanoo and entertainment in The Bahamas. www.junkanoobeat.com Junkanoo is a street festival celebrated in Nassau during the month of December to celebrate Christmas and New Year's. Junkanoo is a contagious rhytm and beat. Check it out.

There are a few places that show off the junkanoo during the year, like Johnny-Canoe restaurant.

About Dolphins, the real dolphins, not the football

2006-03-23T06:21:00.000-05:00

Amazing, I've been looking for info on dolphins, the mammals, the sweet dolphins that swim in the ocean, the sea, but have not found much.
We do have dolphins in the bahamas, and I recently visited Dolphin Encounters in Blue Lagoon, I understand that there is an international law that prohibits the sale of dolphins for commercial gain.......

So if you can comment on this let me know,

Priscilla

Welcome to Bahamas living and more

2006-03-23T01:09:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone,

I am inviting you to come on over to my website http://www.bahamahomes.comto check out some really cool homes I am marketing, you may want to check out also some info on my area...bahamas
I want you to know I appreciate you looking into my blog, specially because I am new to this, but really for me it's so exciting, being able to stay in touch from my island of Nassau
check me back and please leave your comment
thanks
Priscilla

2006-03-20T17:56:00.000-05:00

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