Prime Minister Philip Davis’s Remarks at the Bozine Town Land Deed Presentation

Bozine Town, today is your day.

For years, you have lived with uncertainty over land that has been your home.

You built your houses here. You built relationships. You raised your families here.

And you’ve watched generations grow up here. 

And yet, for too long, the security that should have come with calling a place home remained out of reach.

My friends, that changes today.

We take another important step toward giving the people of Bozine Town what they have waited so long to receive – the security of having formal title to the land that they have called home for years.

Today is an important day because land is where families put down roots, where homes are built, and memories are made. 

Most importantly, it is something that can be passed from one generation to the next. 

When ownership remains uncertain, that uncertainty does not stay on paper.

It follows families into their homes. It affects what they can build, what they can invest in, and what they can confidently leave to their children.

That is why land reform matters.

And that is why the story of Bozine Town matters.

For generations, families from across our islands came here and made a life. 

They built a community through work, family and perseverance. And they created a place where people looked after one another, where children were known by more than their own families, and where generations remained connected.

Bozine Town was not created by a document – it was created by people.

It was created by the families who lived here, worked here, raised their children here and invested their lives in this community.

But in 2004, that community was placed under tremendous pressure. Residents were told to leave the homes they had known for years.

And so the people of Bozine Town did what Bahamians know how to do when something fundamental is at stake.

They stood together, and they organized.

And they fought to protect their homes and their community.

That determination matters.

Because the resolution we are moving toward today is not simply the result of government action.

It is also the result of residents who refused to give up.

Residents who believed that their homes were worth fighting for.

Community members who understood that this place, which was built over generations, should not disappear because the legal status of the land had remained unresolved.

Today, after years of uncertainty, court battles and waiting, we are helping to bring that chapter to a close.

And this is just one of the reasons why this administration has chosen to confront land reform directly.

We have chosen to address longstanding claims and to bring greater certainty to families and communities that have waited too long.

Bozine Town is part of that wider effort.

And we must see Bozine Town not as an isolated case, but as part of a broader commitment to making our land system work better for Bahamians.

Government cannot undo the years that have passed. But we can make sure that those years do not define what comes next.

I want to speak directly to the families of Bozine Town.

Your determination has not gone unnoticed, and your love for this community has not gone unnoticed.

For the families who stood together through the difficult years, today is a reminder that perseverance matters.

You built this community.
You protected this community.
And now, we are taking another important step toward securing its future.

This is your home. This is your community. And now you can call this land your own.

You have indeed waited long enough.

My friends, this is progress.

May God continue bless you and the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.