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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...
Registration for the Advanced Poll as an Overseas Voter (Form J) or Special Voter (Form K)
Registration for the Advanced Poll as an Overseas Voter (Form J) or Special Voter (Form K)
Eligible registered voters in the West Grand Bahama and Bimini constituency mayapply to vote in the Advanced Poll for the West Grand Bahama and Bimini ByeElection, as an Overseas or Special Voter as defined below:
A new relationship for the overseas territories
A new relationship for the overseas territories
While most of the world has been focussed on the outcome of the U.S. presidential elections, other events of long-term importance to the region have been taking place.
NHI to ensure some of $80 million spent overseas remain at home; Gomez sheds light on funding
NHI to ensure some of $80 million spent overseas remain at home; Gomez sheds light on funding
Payments from the National Health Insurance Plan/National Health Insurance Fund will be ?focused only to local facilities and Providers? in order to funnel some of the more than $80 million in health spending which currently goes overseas, Minister of Health the Hon. Dr. Perry Gomez announced.
Overseas Voter Registration Now Open!
Overseas Voter Registration Now Open!
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"The current legislation allows ONLY for students and Bahamian Government workers, their spouses and any immediate member of the family living within their household, to register and vote from overseas.
Bethel: No Voters Have Registered Overseas Yet
Bethel: No Voters Have Registered Overseas Yet
Parliamentary Commissioner Errol Bethel said yesterday no one has registered overseas to vote as yet.
Bill would allow overseas voting
Bill would allow overseas voting
Amendments to the Parliamentary Elections Act would empower the parliamentary commissioner to establish polling stations outside The Bahamas and allow for early voting for a wider range of Bahamians.
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham introduced the bill in Parliament yesterday.
The bill contains a broad spectrum of amendments and changes aimed at streamlining the voting process.
Under the new legi...
'Mother 'Pratt alive and well: 'How many times are they going to say I'm dead'?
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Cynthia "Mother" Pratt questioned "how many times are they going to say I'm dead?" yesterday, after it was reported that she passed away from COVID-19.
Covid: UK to close all travel corridors from Monday
Covid: UK to close all travel corridors from Monday
The UK is to close all travel corridors from Monday morning to "protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains" of Covid, the PM has said...
Symonette: Govt must bring Bahamians home 'as quickly as possible'
St. Anne’s MP Brent Symonette said yesterday that the government needs to send daily Bahamasair flights to repatriate Bahamians stuck in South Florida during the COVID-19 pandemic...