Piquet Realty, a luxury real estate firm with ties to the high-end Brazilian investor community, announced a new exclusive offering at the Palm Cay development, located in Nassau, The Bahamas.

Palm Cay is a private oceanfront community situated on 69 acres, with more than 300 beachfront homes, ocean view townhomes, condos, marina cottages and single-family homes.

Piquet Realty has announced that it is exclusively marketing these oceanfront residences in Brazil and co-exclusively in the United States. All clients in Miami and other locations, outside of New York, can work with Piquet Realty Miami.

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APIA, Samoa – The Bahamas took a major step on its journey towards the implementation of renewable energy standards and policies this week with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) agreeing to assist the country in developing its national standards for renewable energy.

“The International Renewable Energy Agency is a very important component for The Bahamas’ road map for the deployment of renewable energy technologies,” said Minister for the Environment and Housing Kenred Dorsette during the SIDS Conference held in Samoa this week.

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The Bahamas government is seeking Private Public Partnerships for projects on the Family Islands. Read the report here.

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Lake Mary, FL (PRWEB) September 04, 2014 – Doctors Hospital in Nassau, Bahamas, prides itself on providing acute care services as well as latest medical technology. The hospital provides primary, specialty and sub specialty care both on an in-patient and out-patient basis for medical issues including laboratory services and the latest imaging technology. Today, the 72-bed Doctors Hospital with over 400 personnel is the highest state of the art acute care privately owned hospital facility in the Bahamas. The Emergency Room at Doctors Hospital is open 24/7 in order to provide patients with the best emergency services. Doctors and nurses on the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) staff must possess Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.

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Here follows the Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchombe’s Communication on the Gaming Bill presented to the House of Assembly September 3, 2014:
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NASSAU, The Bahamas, Sept. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Baha Mar Ltd. today applauded the Parliament ofthe Commonwealth of The Bahamas for tabling a sweeping revitalization of the country’s gaming regulations, the first such major update since Bahamian casinos were legalized in 1969.

The regulatory changes would allow Bahamian casinos to offer international travelers the latest gaming-industry amenities, including Internet, interactive and mobile gaming; in-play sports betting; and proxy wagering.

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The Arawak Port Development Ltd (APD) is “leading the way” with new technology after it became the first company in the Caribbean region to implement the Navis software for marine terminals at the Nassau Container Port (NCP).

Navis enables marine terminal operators worldwide to maximize performance with reduced risk.

The cutting-edge technology will go live November 18.

Patrick Bukowski, Navis’s director for professional services for North America, recently paid a courtesy call on APD’s executive team.

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Philip Davis, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Urban Development of The Bahamas, spoke at the 3rd International Conference on Small Island Developing States. Watch a video of his address here.

This is an excerpt from UN Web TV as it appeared on September 3, 2014. For updates or to read the current version of this post in its entirety, please click here.

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The Bahamas has been chosen by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL) as one of three priority cruise destinations to receive a matching grant to participate in the Sustainable Destination Alliance for the Americas (SDAA) initiative.

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Here follows a press release from the Ministry of Finance regarding Moody’s rating action:

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