The Bahamas Investor

...Transportation and Aviation Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin has said that the expansion of the Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau is of vital importance to the Bahamas’ economy and social cohesion. Watch an address by Hanna-Martin at the opening ceremony of the new International Terminal.......

...The Hon. Elsworth Johnson, Minister of Financial Services, Trade & Industry and Immigration (left) paid a courtesy call on Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Cornelius A. Smith at Government House, August 12, 2019.......

...f how different financial services institutions are capable of preparation for FATCA. For example, many of the international institutions will have directives from their parent institutions on the preparation for FATCA. Local institutions, many Bahamian owned, do not have the luxury of directives and programs provided by parent or global institutional frameworks. The government is appreciative of this fact, and in consultations will ensure that th......

...ZNS Network news recently conducted an in-depth interview with Minister of Financial Services, Trade, industry and Immigration Elsworth Johnson.......

...Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday. “We will liberalize the process of investment for the affected areas,” the Prime Minister told local and international delegates attending the Hurricane Dorian Pledging Conference January 13 at the Baha Mar Convention Centre. “Hard and difficult decisions must be made if we are to rebuild, rebuild quickly, smartly and with resilience.” Further details are expected to be released in the weeks ahead, said P......

Pictured: Members of the Canadian media join the Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar for a dinner presentation. (Photo Rossano Deal) Pictured: Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar shares with trade partners and members of the Canadian media news that the Bahamas is open for business. (Photo Rossano Deal) Pictured: Deputy High Commissioner Charnelle Brown along with Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar. (Photo Rossano Deal) Pictured: Direct......

...mas’ participation in Dubai Expo 2020 , during a check presentation at the Office of the Prime Minister October 28. The funds will go toward the development of The Bahamas Pavilion that will showcase the resilience of The Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian and what the country has to offer to the global community, including investment opportunities, skills and culture. The six-month Expo, which runs October 2020 to April 2021, will feature 18......

...Pictured: Kahlil Parker, president (centre right), and members of the Bahamas Bar Association pay a courtesy call on Minister of Financial Services, Trade & Industry and Immigration Elsworth Johnson (centre) at the Ministry’s offices, August 28, 2019. The Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, David Davis is at left. (BIS Photo/Raymond A Bethel Sr)......

...The Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar says that tourism has registered double-digit growth since the beginning of the year.......

...he Bahamas after more than a decade. The ceremony was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs Darren Henfield; Sir Simon McDonald, Head of the British Diplomatic Service; Sarah Dickson, British High Commissioner to The Bahamas, and other officials. The reopening of the Commission, said Prime Minister Minnis, will serve to deepen the warm relationship that already exists between The Bahamas and the UK. “This reopening symbolizes and reaffirms the c......

...de all other interventions require a more accelerated improvement in the economic lot of borrowers.” He said in the past, there were very compressed discussions on these topics usually in the margins of the annual meetings of the IMF, World Bank, IDB, and the CDB. “Happily as has been said, this forum allows for a more in depth review of these challenges with a few to finding solutions that regional policy makers and international financial instit......

...Non-resident ambassador designate of Switzerland to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Beat Nobs paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell, March 10, at the Ministry’s offices.......

...The board of directors of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP ) Bahamas, paid a courtesy call on Minister of Financial Services, Trade and Investment and Immigration Elsworth Johnson, July 22, 2019.......

...id via national broadcast stations. The Prime Minister highlighted major reform efforts underway to digitize and modernize government services, and the implementation of a system to clear the land application backlog and restructure the application process for Crown Land. “A major goal of our government is to continue the reform and modernization of our Bahamas through innovative ideas and technology,” he said. He added that this transformation is......

...Minister’s Delivery Unit. A Modernization Unit has been established in the Office of the Prime Minister, and senior government officials took part in e-Governance Training at Estonia’s e-Governance Academy in October 2018, sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank. Earlier this year, representatives from the e-Governance Academy visited The Bahamas to hold meetings with private and public stakeholders who will be involved in transforming go......