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February 01, 2024
DPM unveils strategic media engagement plan to 'counteract' bad press over crime wave

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper asserted that recent international media coverage has sensationalized or misrepresented the country's surge in crime. He outlined a strategy to mitigate potential harm to the nation's reputation through proactive media engagement. Cooper, the Minister of Tourism, Aviation and Investment, while contributing to the debate on the amendments [.....

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May 12, 2016
1.57 mil. for referendum

The gender equality referendum has been budgeted at $1.57 million, Minister of National Security Dr. Bernard Nottage advised Parliament yesterday.

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January 05, 2013
Hundreds Register to Vote Ahead of Gambling Referendum

Bahamians who did not register to vote in the general election have until Thursday to register to vote in the referendum on gambling set for January 28, Acting Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall said yesterday. As of December 12, there were 172,617 Bahamians on the register.
As of yesterday, there were a few hundred more newly registered people, Hall said.

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April 06, 2016
Moss pushes reform of financial services model

While both offshore and onshore financial institutions -- and the nations hosting them -- continue to wrestle with the tremendous fallout from the leaking of 2.6 terabytes of information covering 40 years of the workings of an international law firm dealing in incorporation of offshore entities, Paul Moss, managing director of Dominion Management Services Ltd., told Guardian Business that the so-c...

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September 11, 2017
Ministry of Foreign Affairs -Hurricane Irma-Bahamas Overseas Office

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to advise that The Bahamas Consulate General in Atlanta will be closed Monday and Tuesday, 11 and 12 September, respectively...

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October 12, 2016
Bahamians urged to protect passports

With Hurricane Matthew beginning to impact The Bahamas last night, Chief Passport Officer Clarence Russell is urging residents to take steps to protect their documents from irreparable flood damage to avoid a "national crisis" in the storm's aftermath.

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