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Communication to Parliament on Clico (Bahamas) Ltd. by Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister
COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS 2009/10 BUDGET COMMUNICATION
Presented to the Honourable House of Assembly by The Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham, M.P., Minister of Finance
Wednesday, 27th May, 2009
Senate Presentation by Senator the Hon. Dion Foulkes, Minister of Labour and Social Development on a Bill for an Act to Revise the law regulating the carrying on of External Insurance Business from within The Bahamas
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- Big-hearted Freeport businessmen may be finding the economy tough but are still ready to help out those less fortunate than themselves.
NASSAU, Bahamas -- If you were in high school in the 1980s then you know all about the young lady who encouraged girls to have fun, and whose unique blend of punk and new wave style, and her free-spirited persona, was a hit with almost every genre of music lovers.
Nassau, Bahamas – The Ministry of Public Works and Transport and Bahamas Construction International Limited have signed a $2.3 million contract for the structural refurbishment of Prince George Wharf and installation of mooring bollards there.
REMARKS BY SENATOR THE HON. DION FOULKES, 25 May 2009, on the Resignation of Senator Kay Smith
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- For their Sixth Grade Final Exhibition at Lucaya International School, (left to right) Acacia Bain, Jade Dobinson, and Nikolas Olssen have been studying children’s rights and how children are affected by poverty, abuse or being orphaned.
NASSAU, Bahamas — Lyford Cay Foundation, Inc. has made a $25,000 donation to The Salvation Army of The Bahamas to support its three feeding centres, which have experienced a sharp rise in the number of people seeking assistance during these tough economic times.
NASSAU, Bahamas -The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and its emergency support teams staged a three-day exhibition at the Mall at Marathon to underscore the importance of disaster preparedness.
EXUMA -- Captain Robert Arrington and the Florida-based 'Reel Adventures' crew came out to experience Staniel Cay and the Exumas in mid-February 2009.
NASSAU -- Education has found its muse. Fashion! Two hundred guests supported education and the Doctors Hospital Dr. Meyer Rassin Foundation as patrons made their way to Luciano’s of Chicago to enjoy a luncheon and fashion show “Dollars for Scholars” to raise scholarship monies for Bahamian students studying in the healthcare field.
Public Works and Transport Minister Neko Grant is pictured with contractors who received contracts to reconstruct and resurface Abaco roads and construct sidewalks in Cooper’s Town on Thursday, May 21, 2009.
NASSAU, Bahamas – T G Glover Primary School honoured 28 of their teachers during a special Appreciation Assembly on Friday, May 22.
MARSH HARBOUR, Abaco -- The Ministry of Works and Vancouver Airport Services signed a contract for the terminal design of the new Marsh Harbour International Airport.
A commercial fishery operation targeting the invasive Lionfish species could produce a "win-win” situation for the Bahamian economy, fishing industry and the environment, a leading environmental consultant told Tribune Business Wednesday, generating the perfect ‘triple bottom line’ impact.
In observance of Memorial Day, the U.S. Embassy will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2009.
NASSAU, Bahamas - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has submitted to the Secretary General of the United Nations, preliminary scientific information indicative of the outer limits of its Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.
Nassau, Bahamas May 11, 2009 - Now making good on their promise to bring daily flights into Cat Island, SkyBahamas Airlines Ltd., the Bahamian Regional Airline, will be launching the first of its daily flights into New Bight, Cat Island on Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
Hywel Jones has always been a great friend and supporter of Bahamas Rugby and his death is an enormous loss both to the sport and the people involved in it.
Luther Blissett as defenders remembered him - in black and white days!FREEPORT, Grand Bahama -- The best youth soccer players on Grand Bahama are going to get a top-level challenge at this year’s soccer camp: “You think you’re good – well, prove it.”
NASSAU, Bahamas --- The two new aircraft commissioned Monday by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force will improve its reconnaissance and maritime efforts by providing surveillance over larger areas while assisting in the strategic deployment of surface crafts.
Communication by Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister, on closure of Emerald Bay Resort Ocean Bight, Exuma, May 18, 2009
Contestants in the Miss Bahamas Universe Pageant along with committee members paid a courtesy call on Governor General His Excellency Arthur D. Hanna at Government House
NASSAU, Bahamas -- Hands for Hunger, a Bahamian non-profit organization that works to provide food to Bahamians in need, has signed up two major beverage suppliers as partners in their first-ever major fundraising event.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is readying shelters throughout the country as the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season approaches.
Miss Bahamas World Tinnyse Johnson, Executives of Miss Bahamas World Organization, and contestants in the 2009 pageant paid a courtesy call on the Governor General, His Excellency Arthur Hanna on Monday, May 11, 2009 at Government House.
Freeport, Grand Bahama – The Year 2 class of Lucaya International School became true tourism ambassadors this week as they created unique posters to welcome the Commonwealth Local Government delegates and regular tourists to Grand Bahama.
NASSAU, Bahamas – Proposed legislation to upgrade the communications sector will give the Bahamas the competitive edge it needs, Minister of Tourism, Senator Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace said. “Efficient communications systems are fundamental to a modern society and to modern commerce,” he said.
The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce has announced plans to hold its 2009 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 beginning at 12:30pm at the British Colonial Hilton.
The Grand Bahama Power Company is staying true to their mantra - Keeping Grand Bahama’s Future Bright, each day with their commitment to their Corporate Lands for Learning project
Remarks to Opening Plenary of the 5th Commonwealth Local Government Conference - Freeport, Grand Bahama, by Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham
The Chief Justice has advised His Excellency, the Governor-General, that the Honourable Mr. Justice Lyons, Senior Justice, has given notice that he will retire as a justice of the Supreme Court with effect from 1 August 2009.
On Wednesday, a local property owner, checking the condition of his seawall along the southeast side of the Grand Lucaya Canal, found a CAR sunken slighly east of mid-channel of the main canal.
Freeport, Grand Bahama -- The team of Carry Your Candle, Light The Bahamas has a mission, and that is to stir up love in action within the communities of the Bahamas and to create awareness of brotherly love.
NASSAU, The Bahamas -- The Ministry of Health has tightened inventory controls at the three state-owned healthcare facilities and at the community clinic level to ensure that a readily available supply of fast-moving drugs “is kept on hand,” Minister of Health Dr. the Hon. Hubert A Minnis said Thursday.
Minister of the Environment the Hon. Earl Deveaux, planted a horseflesh mahogany tree at the St. George's High School, Freeport
Nassau, Bahamas -- Rhonda Waton, an H.G. Christie real estate agent for Eleuthera, has become the first real estate agent in The Bahamas to complete the courses necessary for, and be awarded with, the Green Designation from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).
Response to Leader of the Opposition on Privatisation of BTC, by Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister, House of Assembly, May 7, 2009
Hon. Tommy Turnquest, M.P., Contribution on the new Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority
NASSAU, The Bahamas --- Public Service Broadcasting is expected to diversify programming at the state-owned Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas (BCB) by accommodating diverse interests, tastes and concerns, National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest told Parliament Wednesday. It will also provide a vital space for free expression, editorial independence and open debate, he added.
CONTRIBUTION ON A BILL FOR AN ACT TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION SERVICES
HON. TOMMY TURNQUEST, MP
May 6, 2009
More than three thousand people got a taste of The Bahamas this past weekend, when The Embassy of The Bahamas to the United States participated in two events that raised the Embassy’s profile in Washington, DC, exposing the metropolitan DC community to Bahamian culture and furthering cultural relations between the neighbours.
Coral Harbour Base (RBDF) -- Family members and friends of the four (4) marines killed in action 29 years ago during the sinking of HMBS Flamingo, will join the Officers and Marines of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force for a brief ceremony at the Coral Harbour base on Monday May 11th 2009 at 8:30 a.m.
Mr Deveaux (left) holding a piece of locally harvested pine after it passed through the saw, is pictured with Foreign Affairs Minister Brent Symonette. (BIS photo/Patrick Hanna) The Government has granted $300,000 to the Bahamas National Trust to expand public access to Harold and Wilson Pond Parks, Bonefish Pond, and the wetlands at Skyline Drive using pine from the local forest, Environment Minister Earl Deveaux confirmed.
Contribution on Communications Bill, Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority Bill and the Utilities Appeal Tribunal Bill, J. Kwasi Thompson MP Pineridge
House contribution on the Communications Bill 2009 by Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister, House of Assembly, May 4, 2009
NASSAU, Bahamas – Local Chefs from thirteen different restaurants are busy preparing to showcase exciting new creations or their well-loved signature fare to guests of Paradise Plates, Hands For Hunger’s first annual fundraiser event being held on Saturday, May 23rd from 7 – 11 p.m. at the Atlantis Crown Ballroom.
Contribution to Debate on the Communications Act 2009 by Education Minister, the Hon. Carl W. Bethel, M.P., 4th May 2009
MasterCard Worldwide recently announced the Merchant Champion Award winners for the MasterCard “Find Your Way” program, launched last October. This program seeks to offer merchants the opportunity to give cardholders unique experiences and exclusive benefits.
The Caribbean Central American Action and the National Emergency Management Agency held a Disaster Management and Recovery Workshop in Freeport, Grand Bahama on April 30, 2009.
Freeport, Grand Bahama Island - The Chairman and President of The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Derek O. Newbold as Business Development Manager for the GBPA Group of Companies effective Monday, 4th May 2009.
Hutchison Port Holdings announces that six (6) unscheduled calls have been requested for the month of May for Grand Bahama.
After nearly a month idle due to mechanical problems, Discovery Sun resumed its scheduled trips plying between Ft Lauderdale and Grand Bahama on May 2.
Full two-year scholarships to Keiser University, Florida were awarded to Raynard Salesman and Latonia Seymour on Friday. Pictured from left are Ben Shank, Keiser University representative; Herbert Brown Managing Director, PHA; Dr Hubert Minnis, Minister of Health, and Philabertha Carter, Director of Projects, PHA. (BIS photo/Patrick Hanna)Nassau, Bahamas - Bahamians Raynard Salesman and Latonia Seymour were awarded two-year full scholarships to Keiser University, Florida to train as laboratory technicians.
NASSAU, Bahamas - The Immigration Department donated 37 pints of blood to the Princess Margaret Hospital’s Blood Bank on Thursday, as past of its 70th anniversary celebration.
Minister of State for Immigration Branville McCartney, the first to donate, said that it was a pleasure for him to give back to the community. “As we celebrate our 70th anniversary, we are giving blood and hopefully we would help save many, many lives,” Mr. McCartney said.
Nassau, Bahamas – Students from more than 30 schools gathered at the R. M. Bailey Park on Thursday to celebrate the second annual ‘Peace Rally 2009’, organized by coordinators of the Urban Renewal Livable Neighbourhood Programme.
Winners of the first annual youth photography competition jointly held by the Grand Bahama Labyrinth and Garden of the Groves were announced Friday. Medals were awarded to two of the first prize winners present and other outstanding entrants were recognised during the ceremony held with friends and family on the grounds of the Grand Bahama Labyrinth in Lucaya.
We are very excited to report that the 2009 Ride for Hope has raised nearly $230,000, and - monies are still coming in!
Nassau, Bahamas - Bahamians Raynard Salesman and Latonia Seymour were awarded two-year full scholarships to Keiser University, Florida to train as laboratory technicians.
“So how many miles IS it from Gordons to Stella Maris?” Mario Carey is puzzling this one over. “Some say 90 miles, others 93.” Carey is calculating the distance from one end of Long Island to the other and he chuckles at the thought of checking with locals, who are likely to provide a number with more authority in their voice than fact in their calculation. “Not a good idea to find out on the road,” he laughs.
Resolution to Amend the National Insurance Benefit and Assistance Regulations (Unemployment Benefit Scheme) by Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham
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