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PM Davis: Fisheries Institute Conference will have dialogue that will lead to ‘a range of auspicious, actionable outcomes for the region’
While bringing Keynote Remarks at the 76th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute conference, on November 6, 2023, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Philip Davis noted that that forum would be filled with “fruitful dialogue that, through sustained and considered collaboration, will lead to a range of auspicious, actionable outcomes for the region."
The Bahamas Hosts JMEA Companies with a Goal to Increase Trade in the Caribbean
The Bahamas is hosting several Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) companies following a trade and business fact-finding mission by representatives from the Small Business Development Centre (SBDC), The Bahamas Trade Commission and The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce in March 2023 to that country with a goal to increasing trade throughout the Caribbean.
Call to enact article 238 of Economic Partnership Agreement for regional trade
During the opening of Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association's Trade Mission, Director of Trade and Industry Brickell Pinder called on regional business people to advocate for their governments to implement article 238 of the region's trade Economic Partnership Agreement with European Union (EU) states that would allow the same trade concession when trading between Cariforum ...
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Government initiaites project aimed at attracting food manufacturers
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The government has initiated a project that would allow companies within and outside the region to set up shop and manufacture goods primarily for export to North America and for local consumption, according to the Bahamas' Ambassador to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Winston Pinnock. While speaking [...]
Organizations call for end to shark fishing
Organizations call for end to shark fishing
By JASMIN BONIMY
Guardian Staff Reporter
jasmin@nasguard.com
A group of commercial fishermen and environmental organizations is calling for the government to enact legislation aimed at clamping down on shark fishing.
In press releases sent out over the weekend the Bahamas Marine Exporters Association(BMEA)and the Bahamas Commercial Fishers Alliances(BCFA), as well as the Bahamas National Trust(BNT...
Officers investigate death of man found hanged in his home
By TANEKA THOMPSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
tthompson@tribunemedia.net
INVESTIGATORS from the Central Detective Unit were in Abaco yesterday probing the death of a man who was found hanged in his Marsh Harbour home.
While police did not release the man's identity yesterday, a source close to the family identified him as Gill Stratton, said to be 39-years-old, part owner of the fish house Marsh H...
IDB launches program to boost US business investment in region
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched a new program yesterday it calls Bid for the Americas, which is meant to strengthen and grow economic ties between the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, the IDB said in a statement.
Towards a hemispheric partnership for food security
Towards a hemispheric partnership for food security
The looming global food crisis will also significantly impact Latin America and the Caribbean. Failing to address it or tackling it in a disjointed manner will have painful consequences and will endanger the peace and future of our societies, which have been hard hit by the pandemic in the last two years, amidst a decade ...
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First Bahamian rum to be distributed in UK placed in specialty high-end category
Bassett's rum, produced by Bahamas Distilling Company in Freeport, Grand Bahama, is the first Bahamian rum to be distributed in the United Kingdom, according to a statement from The Bahamas' UK mission. The statement explained that the British High Commission in The Bahamas assisted Bassett's in securing a distribution contract with Chelsea Vintners, "a prestigious British wine ...
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Grand Bahamian rum becomes first-ever Bahamian rum distributed in the UK
Bassett's rum launches in London with support from the British and Bahamian High Commissions NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A rum from Grand Bahama has won the race to become the first Bahamian rum ever to be distributed in the UK. With support from the British High Commission in The Bahamas, Bassett's rum—produced by Bahamas Distilling Company [...]