Bahamian High Commissioner to Canada Dr Calsey W Johnson (left) paid a courtesy call on Indonesian ambassador Dienne H Moehario in Ottawa, Canada, April 10. (Photo courtesy BIS)

Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe says that the opening of the Memories Grand Bahama Beach and Casino Resort will help boost the local economy. Watch an interview with the Minister here. 

David Shark, deputy director-general of World Trade Organization (WTO), along with other members of the WTO were in The Bahamas last week to advise on the jurisdiction's continued efforts to achieve accession to the international trade group. Above: WTO representatives and government officials hold a press conference April 10 at the Grand Bahama MInistry in Freeport. Pictured: (left to right) Melvin Seymour, permanent secretary, Ministry for Grand Bahama: Jerome Fitzgerald, Minister of Education, Science and Technology; Dr Michael Darville, Minister for Grand Bahama; WTO deputy director general David Shark; Ryan Pinder, Minister of Financial Services; and Rhoda Jackson, Bahamas permanent representative to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland. (Photo courtesy BIS)

The Bahamas government has stepped up efforts to achieve accession to the World Trade Organization. Watch a ZNS Network news report here. 

Following the meetings of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel, the Nassau Declaration was signed, April 3, 2014. Pictured: (centre, seated) Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson and Attorney General of Cayman Islands, Samuel Bulgin. (All attendees named below – BIS Photo/Raymond A. Bethel)

The Grand Bahama Island Tourism Board has announced the appointment of Carmel Churchill as the new director of marketing services. Pictured: (left to right) Russell Miller, Chairman, GBITB; Carmel Churchill, director of Marketing Services, GBITB; Rembert Albury, consultant, GBITB. (Photo courtesy Grand Bahama Island Tourism Board)

Officials from the World Trade Organization were in The Bahamas this week to meet with Ministers. Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder (above, middle) and Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Deputy Prime Minister Philip Davis met with deputy director general of the World Trade Organization David Shark.

KRyS Global, a corporate asset recovery, insolvency, forensic accounting and business advisory services firm recently welcomed Michael Schulz into its Bahamas office. 

The Caribbean Export Development Agency has launched the In-Firm Design and Branding Project, which will provide participating CARIFORUM state firms with technical support and financial assistance for the strengthening of their packaging design and product branding. Pictured: Regional products are displayed at the recent launch of the Caribbean Export Developmental Agency (Caribbean Export) In-Firm Design and Branding Project. (Photo courtesy Caribbean Export)

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