It’s time for us — government, entrepreneurs, investors, and everyday Bahamians — to unite behind one bold vision: HOPE (Home Ownership Provides Empowerment).

This island has a lot to offer as a cruise destination, but it hasn’t gotten the attention that others have — until now.

It’s been several months since Kimberly Burch, the fiancee of Faster Pussycat founder and frontman Taime Downe, died after jumping overboard from a Royal Caribbean ship cruise ship. Now Downe has come ...