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Senators Pass Notaries Amendment Bill
Senators Pass Notaries Amendment Bill
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Notaries Public Amendment Bill 2023 was read for a second time and passed in the senate.
OAG Launches New Online Notary Application System
OAG Launches New Online Notary Application System
Just last week, I announced that now, Marriage Officers and Justices of the Peace are listed online. Marriage Officers can initiate and complete marriage licenses through the Civil Registry Information System on the Registrar General Department?s website. Citizens may find JPs online at the Office of the Attorney General?s website.
Gibson: I performed citizenship oaths too
Gibson: I performed citizenship oaths too
FORMER Immigration Minister Shane Gibson said he always administered citizenship oaths, adding that the ceremony granting the status has sometimes been performed in people's homes.
Bell says employers should go to court on third violation
Minister of Immigration Keith Bell is pushing for a three-strikes immigration law which would empower the director of immigration to fine violators for the first two breaches before that individual is taken to court and charged if there is a third violation.
Bell warns doctors, lawyers not to make false declarations to Dept. of Immigration
After uncovering several instances of Bahamian doctors and lawyers making false declarations in support of work permit applications for other individuals, Minister of Labour and Immigration Keith Bell warned Bahamian professionals that the Department of Immigration will prosecute them for providing false information. "In my previous communication, I advised the public that all applications coming ...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - LEVEL OF JUDICIAL PROPRIETY
LETTER TO THE EDITOR - LEVEL OF JUDICIAL PROPRIETY
Over a 30-plus year career in law and as a former magistrate, I am pleased to say there has been a steady positive evolution in both our judiciary and our jurisprudence. Unlike in the past, the present complement of our judiciary each possesses the comportment and temperament the esteemed position demands. They are in all respects judicious, something which those of us who are senior attorneys tru...
Paradise Island Lighthouse & Beach Club Co. Ltd. Press Release 25th August, 2021
Why is the government of The Bahamas and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines complicit in negotiating Bahamian Crown Land while Paradise Island Lighthouse & Beach Club is in litigation before the Supreme Court of The Bahamas against the Government of The Bahamas?
On the 24th August, 2021 Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines (RCL) publicly announced their Town Hall meeting via zoom in conjunction with the Dep...
AAAWU Signs Industrial Agreement with Nassau Flight Services
Executives of the Airport Airline and Allied Workers Union (AAAWU) and the management of Nassau Flight Services signed an industrial agreement on Friday, December 14, 2018 at the Department of Labour’s, City Corporate Office on Rosetta Street...
Registrar General need not be a lawyer
Registrar General need not be a lawyer
The Registrar General of the Courts does not have to be a lawyer, a bill passed by Members of Parliament stated.
According to the amendment to the Registrar General Act, a person who holds a Master of Business Administration or is trained in Public Administration may hold the post.
Commentary by Elcott Coleby - This Week in The Bahamas (October 31- November 4, 2016)
The Bahamas Parliament met on Wednesday of this week and as expected Parliamentarians provided updates on the restoration efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. Additionally and at long last the Public Accounts Committee tabled its report on the Urban Renewal Small Homes repair program.