
Key BFSB employee wins Minister’s award
Tuesday, December 15th, 2015 | Filed Under: News & Press...of Financial Services Hope Strachan has named the recipient of this year’s Minister’s Award, a recognition given to an individual deemed to have made outstanding contributions to the financial services sector. The 2015 recipient is Donna Nguyen-Comito (pictured, top) of the Bahamas Financial Services Board . Minister Strachan (left) said she was delighted to recognize the accomplishments of an individual who has devoted so much of her professional......
Tourism Minister bullish on 2015 prospects
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 | Filed Under: News & Press...m sports and culture to co-branding, major groups and romance tourism. The Minister said that the Tiger Woods Heroes Championship golfing event will be “the big event that will end the year,” adding that he expects “thousands of people to come.” Speaking of group events, the Minister said that delegates from the 43 countries that make up the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) will meet here in Ap......
PM announces major developments for GB, Abaco – PDF
Wednesday, February 12th, 2020 | Filed Under: News & Press...culture, fisheries, heritage tourism and many other areas,” said the Prime Minister. The project will also include the enhancement of the Sandy Point Airport. Prime Minister said the government and its agencies have delivered aid and assistance in various forms during the post-emergency phase of the Dorian response. In Grand Bahama, the Department of Social Services has helped 514 families with rent and paid out more than $700,000. Also, appliance......
PM breaks ground on corporate centre – photos
Tuesday, February 11th, 2020 | Filed Under: News & Press...its 10th anniversary with assets of $1 billion under management, the Prime Minister said he also understands that the company plans to expand its real estate holdings and its presence in the Latin American and Asian markets. He congratulated Leno on this milestone and said he looks forward as the company assists in local and international wealth growth. Pictured: Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis addresses the Leno Corporate Centre groundbreaking ce......
Bahamas delegation heads to UN General Assembly
Monday, September 23rd, 2013 | Filed Under: News & Press...ment to the general assembly for the first time during his tenure as Prime Minister,” Minister Mitchell said, at a press conference in the Diplomatic Lounge of the Lynden Pindling International Airport yesterday. His address is scheduled for September 28 at three o’clock in the afternoon. Also present at the press conference was Minister of Social Services and Community Development Melanie Sharon Griffin. Minister Griffin will sign the United Nati......
Minister Bell comments on ICON bills – PDF
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014 | Filed Under: News & Press...Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security Keith Bell addressing the House of Assembly. Read the report here.......
PM leads Bahamas delegation to CARICOM conference
Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 | Filed Under: News & Press...Wilchcombe; Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell; Transport and Aviation State Minister Hope Strachan; CARICOM ambassador HE Picewell Forbes; and several government officials and aides. These meetings are being held under the chairmanship of the newly elected Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, who will assume the Chair of the Conference for the six-month period from July 1, 2014, in accordance with the Rotation Schedule approv......
Insurance body meets Transport Minister – photo
Friday, November 9th, 2012 | Filed Under: News & Press...Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Aviation Hope Stachan met with members of the Bahamas Insurance Association (BGIA) at the Ministry November 8, 2012.......
Darville: GB heading in right direction
Monday, March 25th, 2013 | Filed Under: News & Press...in disciplines in which jobs will be available,” he said. “Our island has state of the art infrastructure; one of the largest man-made harbors in the world and the deepest in the region; crystal clear waters and an abundance of arable land. Grand Bahama is positioned to be a major player in the global market as a premier agricultural, maritime, trade, transhipment and logistics centre,” he said. The Minister also noted that with the expansion of......
Ministers in high level talks in US
Monday, March 25th, 2013 | Filed Under: News & Press...ing the December 2012 meetings. Pictured: (from left) Eric Holder, US Attorney General; Bernard Nottage, Minister of National Security; Allyson Maynard-Gibson, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs; and Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Justice)......
Bahamas Ministers meet with Dominican counterparts – photos
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 | Filed Under: News & Press...inister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Local Government Alfred Gray, Minister of National Security Bernard Nottage, Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder. The talks, which ran October 29-30, covered issues such as illegal fishing, migration and trade relations, particularly in the area of agricultural imports and medical products. Members of the Bahamian delegation hold a briefing, October 29, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (BIS Pho......
China pledges $3 billion to region
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 | Filed Under: News & Press...pson-Miller; Grenada’s Prime Minister, Dr Keith Mitchell; Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit; and Prime Minister of The Bahamas Perry Christie. Ramotar said he does see not the US$3 billion in concessional loans from People’s Republic of China to the Caricom States that support the One China policy as an attempt to gain influence internationally. “I don’t think China has to gain influence. I think China is a powerful and influential coun......
Prime Minister opens new Straw Market
Friday, December 23rd, 2011 | Filed Under: News & PressRemarks by Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham Prime Minister Official Opening, Historic City of Nassau Straw Market 21 December 2011 Ladies and Gentlemen: I am especially grateful for the opportunity, along with my colleagues in Government, to play an instrumental role in the creation and reopening of the new Nassau Straw Market at the site where the previous market was destroyed by fire in 2001 when I was earlier in office. With the official opening of......
Ultrapetrol announces Q4, 2013 full year results
Monday, March 17th, 2014 | Filed Under: News & Press...found atwww.ultrapetrol.net . Forward-Looking Language The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because the......
Economic panel session held at COB
Friday, March 23rd, 2012 | Filed Under: News & Press...el diverged sharply in their respective opinions. Panelist and Minister of State for Finance, Zhivargo Laing, asserted that borrowing for infrastructure spending was warranted and its benefits “have only now kicked in, and are lowering unemployment.” Halkitis disagreed and advocated a balanced budget amendment, noting that “17 per cent of national revenue goes to debt servicing. That’s absolutely not sustainable.” Laing responded that infrastructu......