Chef Todd English will introduce his Olives restaurant to Atlantis Paradise Island, opening June 1, 2013. Featuring his signature open kitchen and Mediterranean cuisine, Olives Atlantis will be cited in the Atlantis Casino.

Designed by interior architect and designer Jeffrey Beers, the restaurant is Olives’ first in the region.

“We are thrilled to welcome yet another celebrity chef to the Atlantis dining experience,” says George Markantonis, president and managing director of Atlantis Paradise Island.

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Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder was the special guest speaker at the monthly business meeting of the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce, January 30, at the Pelican Bay Hotel, Freeport.

Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder addresses the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce January 30, Freeport, Grand Bahama. (BIS Photo/Vandyke Hepburn)

Minister Pinder spoke on the Copyright and Intellectual Property Acts that he will be presenting to parliament.

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Sheraton Nassau Beach and Casino Resort chef and manager of the national culinary team, Devon Johnson, was awarded the Cacique Chef of the Year Award during a gala ceremony last weekend.

The Insurance Session at the upcoming International Business & Finance Summit will have a dual focus: covering insurance as a wealth management tool and, separately, the various factors involved in becoming a Captives Domicile. Presenters will be Bob Colvin of Robert D. Colvin & Associate and Nicholas Leighton and Lesley Thompson of Atlas Insurance Management. The Session will be moderated by Timothy N. Ingraham, FCII, General Manager & Director, Summit Insurance Co. Ltd.

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The Bahamas’ annual National Agricultural Agribusiness & Marine Resources Expo kicks off in Nassau next month, and will bring together producers and entrepreneurs in the fishing, agriculture and agri-business sectors in an event that will be “the largest ever,” according to Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Alfred Gray (pictured).

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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, January 29, 2013: RBC Capital Markets, working in conjunction with RBC Merchant Bank (Caribbean) Ltd, successfully placed a US$300 million amortizing bond issue (consistent with US Reg S and 144A markets) for the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), to bolster regional development and stimulate economic growth within the region.

CDB is the region’s only multilateral development financing organization, and has the highest long-term debt securities rating of all Caribbean financial institutions, with an AA grade from Standard and Poor’s, and an Aa1 rating from Moody’s.

Pictured: (left) Suresh Sookoo, Chief executive officer, RBC Financial (Caribbean).

RBC (Canada) is rated A by Standard & Poor’s and A1 by Moody’s for subordinated debt.

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Michael Lennard (left), chief of international tax cooperation and trade, Financing for Development Office, United Nations, and George Hodgson (right), deputy chief executive, STEP Worldwide.

The global focus on taxation, anti-money laundering and the call for greater transparency will be discussed at the upcoming International Business & Finance Summit (IBFS) to be held in Bimini February 1-3.

The Transparency and Related Initiatives session will centre on getting the balance right in terms of national development and global community obligations in the current tax cooperation environment.

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Bahamians have voted against the establishment of a national lottery and the regulation of web shop gaming.

NASSAU, Bahamas Jan. 2013 (AP) — Voters in the Bahamas on Monday overwhelmingly rejected a referendum to legalize gambling for citizens of the archipelago off Florida’s east coast, where locals were already barred from betting in casinos at the islands’ tourist resorts.

Underground gambling operations called “web shops” where Bahamians bet on numbers in televised U.S. lotteries have become commonplace in recent years. The shops operate in violation of Bahamian law, but police and political leaders have largely turned a blind eye to them for years.

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