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Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation Appoints 14 Diving & Boating Ambassadors
The Goodwill Ambassadors Are Influential Experts in Scuba Diving, Boating, Travel,
Underwater Photography and Marketing and Will Help Promote The Bahamas to the World...
2020/2021 National Junkanoo Parades Postponed Until it is Safe
The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture The Government of The Bahamas wishes to inform the general public that the National Junkanoo Parades for the 2020/2021 Season...
New COVID-19 Initiatives to Curb Rise in Family Island Cases
The Minister of Health the Hon. Renward Wells rolled out new initiatives aimed at curbing the recent spike in COVID-19 cases...
Budget Debate Contribution - Minister Tommy Turnquest
I rise to speak on the 2010/2011 Budget package of Bills
I do so, ever grateful to the wonderful people of the Mount Moriah Constituency, who have been an integral part of my life and work since 1987, (23 years ago) when I first contested the Oakes Field Constituency. As I contribute to the Budget debate for the 18th consecutive time, I thank the people of Mount Moriah, and publicly acknowledg...
Grand Bahama Children’s Home Receives Outpouring of Support From Local and International Groups
Grand Bahama Children’s Home Receives Outpouring of Support From Local and International Groups
For the past two months, executives, staff and volunteers at the Grand Bahama Children’s Home (GBCH) have been consumed with the task of rebuilding the facility which was heavily flooded as a result of Hurricane Dorian. For more than forty years, the Home has provided a safe haven for abused and neglected children and, at the time of the storm, housed thirty-two children ranging in age, from thr...
ALERT #19 ON TROPICAL STORM ETA
ALERT #19 ON TROPICAL STORM ETA
ALERT #19 ON TROPICAL STORM ETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, SUNDAY 8 TH NOVEMBER, 2020, AT 2 AM EST...
Eleuthera pays the price for ignoring rules
Eleuthera pays the price for ignoring rules
WHILE New Providence and Abaco have reduced the number of new cases, the island of Eleuthera has not had the same success, sparking more strict measures for the mainland, where 117 cases have been recorded...
PM Touts $8 Billion in International Investments
PM Touts $8 Billion in International Investments
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis announced that $8 billion in international investments have been approved as at May 2019...
Minister Fred Mitchell On Immigration as A National Security Issue
I wish on behalf of the Department of Immigration and the wider government to give public thanks in this House to the Member of Parliament for Central and South Eleuthera for the excellent representation and advocacy which he executed on the country?s...
Bahamas Development Bank Holds One-Day Leadership Forum To Assess Funding And Support For Small Businesses
Bahamas Development Bank Holds One-Day Leadership Forum To Assess Funding And Support For Small Businesses
As a part of the Bahamas Development Bank?s (BDB) and the Ministry of Finance?s on going efforts to assess the best options and models to effectively finance, promote, and sustain the development of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the country, the BDB recently hosted a one-day Leadership Forum on small business development at the British Colonial Hilton on February 3, 2011.
Mass Rally Remarks - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham
Mass Rally Remarks - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham
Fellow Bahamians, Fellow FNMs:
There are more of us than there are of them!
We are meeting at the beginning of the celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of our great Free National Movement.
Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham On Resolution to Privatise BTC
Today we commence debate on the final process required for the privatisation of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC). This has been a long journey commencing with my Party?s determination before the 1997 General Election to privatise BTC.
An afternoon with JGV
An afternoon with JGV
Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten has been coming to The Bahamas and staying at The Ocean Club since he opened Dune in October 2000, and over the years he has grown to love the island nation, its culture and the people, so when Hurricane Dorian devastated two of the country’s 16 populated islands, it was a no-brainer for the world-renowned chef to host a fundraising event in an effort to assist in ...
Scottish Football Association & UEFA Assist, Donates over 40k of Equipment to Dorian Affected Islands
Scottish Football Association & UEFA Assist, Donates over 40k of Equipment to Dorian Affected Islands
Whether you call it soccer or football, the game has gained a reputation as one of the world’s most popular team sports. With a history that dates back some three thousand years, football is played by 250 million players...
SEVENTY-THREE (73) ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES, TWO (2) ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED COVID-19 DEATHS, AND SIXTY-TWO (62) PERSONS RECOVERED FROM COVID-19 Update #189
The Ministry of Health confirms today that there are seventy-three (73) additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to four thousand six hundred thirtytwo (4,632)...
ONE HUNDRED SEVEN (107) ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES, ONE (1) ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED COVID-19 DEATH, FIVE (5) DEATHS UNDER INVESTIGATION NOW CONFIRMED AND ONE HUNDRED (100) PERSONS RECOVERED FROM COVID-19 Update #188
The Ministry of Health confirms today that there are one hundred seven (107) additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to four thousand five hundred fifty-nine (4,559)...
FORTY-THREE (43) ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES Update #187
The Ministry of Health confirms today that there are forty-three (43) additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to four thousand four hundred fiftytwo (4,452)...
ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN (119) ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES, FOUR (4) COVID RELATED DEATHS AND SIXTY- NINE (69) ADDITIONAL PERSONS RECOVERED FROM COVID-19 Update #182
The Ministry of Health confirms today that there are one hundred nineteen (119) additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to four thousand twenty-two (4,022)...
FORTY-EIGHT (48) ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES, ONE (1) DEATH UNDER INVESTIGATION AND SIX (6) ADDITIONAL PERSONS RECOVERED FROM COVID-19 Update #178
The Ministry of Health confirms today that there are forty-eight (48) additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to three thousand eight hundred thirty-eight (3,838)...
EIGHTY-ONE (81) ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES, ONE (1) ADDITIONAL CONFIRMED DEATH, THREE (3) NON-COVID RELATED DEATHS, FIVE (5) DEATHS UNDER INVESTIGATION NOW CONFIRMED AND ONE (1) ADDITIONAL DEATH UNDER INVESTIGATION Update #176
The Ministry of Health confirms today that there are eighty-one (81) additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to three thousand six hundred ninety-nine (3,699)...
Minister Dames Congratulates the RBPF for International Recognition for Neighbourhood Watch Program
Minister Dames Congratulates the RBPF for International Recognition for Neighbourhood Watch Program
Minister of National Security the Hon. Marvin Dames said, on September 21, 2020, that he was “extremely pleased” to announce that the International Association of Chiefs of Police awarded the Royal Bahamas Police Force...
BAMSI Launches Roots and Tubers Distribution programme
THE MINISTRY of Agriculture and Marine Resources’ Food Substitution initiative received a ‘shot in the arm’ recently as farmers across the Bahamas, beginning in Abaco, Grand Bahama and Ragged Island...
Forty-Eight (48) Additional Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, One (1) Additional Confirmed Death and Three (3) Additional Deaths Investigation Update#172
The Ministry of Health confirms today that there are forty-eight (48) additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to three thousand four hundred eighteen (3,418)...
Alert #49 on Hurricane Dorian
Alert #49 on Hurricane Dorian
… HURRICANE DORIAN NOW LASHING THE CENTRAL COAST OF EAST FLORIDA AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM GRAND BAHAMA…
Remarks by Captain Stephen Russell-Director The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA
Remarks by Captain Stephen Russell-Director The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA
CEREMONY FOR HANDOVER OF DISASTER RELIEF EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY...CORAL HARBOUR BASE, ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENCE FORCE...
Campbell provides detailed accounting of ministry’s food assistance to Bahamians in light of COVID-19 Pandemic
Campbell provides detailed accounting of ministry’s food assistance to Bahamians in light of COVID-19 Pandemic
The process of feeding its “fellow brothers and sisters” remains a major priority for the Government of the Bahamas, especially during this period of COVID-19, Minister of Social Services and Urban Development, the Hon. Frankie A. Campbell, said Thursday...
Blue Lagoon Island Invites Bahamians To Take FREE Weather Course
As the Bahamas is now in what is traditionally its peak hurricane season period, Blue Lagoon Island is inviting Bahamians of all ages to learn more about the weather that has such a tremendous impact on the island
'Grow What We can and Buy What We Must'
'Grow What We can and Buy What We Must'
?Grow what we can and buy what we must? said Minister V. Alfred Gray, Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Local Government during a press conference to launch the ?Bahamas Agricultural, Marine Resources and Agribusiness Expositions 2015?...
Tourism holds Cacique Awards in Golden Celebration
Tourism holds Cacique Awards in Golden Celebration
The best in service, arts and entertainment was showcased during the 16th Cacique Awards ceremony held at the Meli? Nassau Resort on Saturday, January 24, 2015...
The Baha Men and The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Launch #LETS'S GO BAHAMAS Tourism Campaign
The Baha Men and The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism Launch #LETS'S GO BAHAMAS Tourism Campaign
The Baha Men have created a new video for their song 'Lets Go', specifically for the #LetsGoBahamas campaign and have chosen to donate royalties to the Bahamas Red Cross...