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News Article
November 11, 2016
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.

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News Article
June 29, 2023
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.

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News Article
March 03, 2023
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.

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News Article
November 07, 2016
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.

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News Article
November 02, 2016
AG responds to ease of doing business concerns

Struggling with a sliding ranking which now stands at 121 out of 190 economies on the World Bank Group's "Ease of Doing Business" index, Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson announced yesterday the digitalization of more services at the Registrar General's Department (RGD) in an effort to fulfill the government's mandate of improving the ease of doing business in The Bahamas.

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News Article
November 02, 2016
Attorney General Announces New Initiatives at Registrar General's Department

The Registrar General?s Department (RGD) is making it more efficient for customers to do business.

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