Nassau, Bahamas - On December 21st, 2011, the Historic City of Nassau opened the new Nassau Straw Market.

Enclosed are photos by Derek Smith (BIS) and the remarks made by the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, the Rt Hon Hubert A. Ingraham.

I am especially grateful for the opportunity, along with my colleagues in Government, to play an instrumental role in the creation and reopening of the new Nassau Straw Market at the site where the previous market was destroyed by fire in 2001 when I was earlier in office...