Lecture at Middle Tennessee State University by Prime Minister Philip Davis: “Who Sets the Terms? Developing Nations and the Fight Against Digital Colonization”

Thank you. Please be seated. President McPhee. Chair Stephen Smith and members of the Board of Trustees. Members of the faculty and staff. Student Government Association President R.J. Ware. Distinguished guests. And, most important of all, the students of Middle Tennessee State University. Good afternoon. I bring you warm greetings from the Government and people […]

Prime Minister Philip Davis’s Remarks at the 14th Commonwealth Business Forum: “Powering the Commonwealth’s Future: Youth, Jobs, and the New Economy”

Prime Minister Browne, our host and our brother. Madam Secretary-General. Lord Marland. Excellencies. Leaders of business. And the young people of the Commonwealth, in this room and watching from home. Antigua and Barbuda, thank you for welcoming fifty-six nations with a warmth only the Caribbean knows how to give. Lord Marland, thank you for inviting […]

Prime Minister Davis’s Remarks at the 14th Commonwealth Youth Forum: High-Level Intergenerational Dialogue – “Investing in Youth Agency: Co-Creating Pathways towards Shared Prosperity”

Thank you, Moderator. Excellencies, colleague Heads of Government, young leaders of the Commonwealth. I have three things to speak to you about this afternoon.  A promise broken.  A man from St Lucia.  And what we owe you. The promise first. For decades, my generation told yours: stay in school, qualify yourself, and jobs will be […]

Prime Minister Philip Davis: “A New Framework for Grand Bahama”

Friends,  We meet tonight in a shipyard, and I chose this location with care. I thank the management and the men and women of this yard for welcoming us. For every vessel that comes into this yard, the owner has a decision to make. Patch the hull, send her back to sea, and hope she […]