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- Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Chairs CARICOM COFCOR...
- NEMA participates in Bahamas First General Insurance Co.'...
- BDB Heads to Acklins
- Ministry of Labour's Eigth Labour on the Blocks at CV Bethel
- The Governor General Welcomes Students and Teacher so Uri...
- Passing of Mrs. Audrey Wright
- Instagram founders Systrom and Krieger leaving facebook-o...
- Inaugural PHA Rehabilitation Services Week Opens and PHA ...
Cat Island airport's future in balance
THE Minnis administration is reportedly at a "crossroads" over whether it will repair or permanently close the Arthur's Town, Cat Island airport, Tourism and Aviation minister Dionisio D'Aguilar said yesterday...
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Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Chairs CARICOM COFCOR at the UN
Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Darren Henfield, pictured centre, chaired the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) meeting of the Council for Foreign...read more »
NEMA participates in Bahamas First General Insurance Co.'s public education forum on hurricane preparedness
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, participated in Bahamas First General Insurance Company’s second public forum dubbed -- Hurricane Prep 101 -- on Saturday, September 22, 2018...read more »
BDB Heads to Acklins
In continuation of fulfilling its mandate to expand the Bahamian economy, The Bahamas Development Bank (BDB) travels to Acklins, Crooked Island and Samana Cay, to advance its program to industrialize cascarilla... read more »
Ministry of Labour's Eigth Labour on the Blocks at CV Bethel
The Ministry of Labour held its eighth 'Labour on the Blocks Job Fair at C.V. Bethel High School' on Saturday, September 22, 2018, thereby convenient for residents of Bamboo Town, Pinewood, South Beach...read more »
The Governor General Welcomes Students and Teacher so Uriah McPhee Primary School
Grade 6 students and teachers of Uriah McPhee Primary School called upon Governor General Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling at Government...read more »
Passing of Mrs. Audrey Wright
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has learned with great sadness of the passing of Mrs. Audrey Wright, following a long illness...Mrs. Wright was the spouse of former Foreign Service Officer and Ambassador of The Bahamas... read more »
Instagram founders Systrom and Krieger leaving facebook-owned firm
The co-founders of photo-sharing giant Instagram, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, are both leaving the firm. read more »
Inaugural PHA Rehabilitation Services Week Opens and PHA Retirees and Staff
As the first Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) Rehabilitation Services Week officially opened, Monday, September 24, 2018, Catherine Weech, Managing Director, PHA, assured rehabilitative professionals that improving the quality of rehabilitative services..read more »
D'Aguilar: Right development plan for Grand Lucayan could be catalyst for Grand Bahama Rebirth
The redevelopment of the Grand Lucayan property has the capability to change the direction of visitor arrivals into Grand Bahama “with the right development plan,” Minister of Tourism and Aviation the Hon. Dionisio D’Aguilar...read more »
It would be an act of “sheer cruelty and neglect” toward the people of Grand Bahama for the government “to idly stand by and let the Grand Lucayan, a prime hotel property, go the way of the Royal Oasis,” Minister of Tourism and Aviation, the Hon. Dionisio D’Aguilar told Parliament...
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NOON UPDATE on Post-Tropical Cyclone Leslie
This is a News Item on Post-Tropical Cyclone Leslie issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology Forecast Office at12PM TUESDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER 2018...read more »
Prime Minister addresses the Nelson Mandela Summit at the UN
Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis delivered a statement today at the United Nations, New York, on the Occasion of the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit, during which he highlighted the role The Bahamas played to bring about the release in 1990 of Mr. Mandela from long imprisonment under apartheid in South Africa...read more »
The Bahamas Football Association getting ready for the start of their Soccer Leagues by hosting CPR/First Aid training course
The Bahamas Football Association’s youth League is schedule to begin October 19, 2018. To this end the Football Association with the assistance of Doctor’s Hospital held a one day training course centered on CPR/ First Aid training... read more »
News Item on Subtropical Depression Leslie
This is a News Item on Subtropical Depression Leslie issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology Forecast Office, at 6AM, TUESDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER, 2018...read more »
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News Item Update on Sub-Tropical Storm Leslie (Noon)
This is a News Item on Sub-Tropical Storm Leslie issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology Forecast Office, at 2PM, MONDAY, 24TH SEPTEMBER, 2018...read more »
Seven Day Forecast for The Bahamas September 24-30, 2018
A surface trough will gradually weaken across the NW Bahamas as it is pulled northward by a surface low pressure northeast of the area. A broad high pressure ridge will build across the Bahamas through the end of the weekend... read more »
Noon Update on Remnants from Tropical Depression Kirk
This is a News Item on Remnants of Kirk issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology Forecast Office, at 12PM, MONDAY, 24TH SEPTEMBER, 2018.read more »
Marine Protection Plan Present to Government
Plan to Expand Bahamian Marine Protected Areas Will Protect our Future...Members of the Bahamas Protected project team submitted a Marine Protection Plan to the Government for expanding marine protected areas in the country in an effort to protect future jobs... read more »
DPM Encourages Young Bahamians to Make Use of the Small Business Centre
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest encouraged Bahamians, especially young Bahamians, to make use of advisors within the Small Business Development Centre to help them get their new innovative and creative entrepreneurial ideas off the ground...read more »