The Bahamas Investor

...ombe, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Jerome Fitzgerald and Minister for Grand Bahama Dr. Michael Darville. Pictured: Prime Minister Perry Christie (centre) with Pierfrancesco Vago, Executive Chairman of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Cruises September 1, 2016. Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchecombe is at left. (Photo courtesy BIS) Pictured: Prime Minister Christie (at centre) with Hutchison Whampoa Executives in London. (Photo......

...uction thus far, we can already see its potential.” Pictured: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Urban Development Philip Davis addresses The Pointe Phase II groundbreaking ceremony, March 11, 2017 at the Bay Street property. (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) Pictured: Deputy Prime Minister Davis, centre right, and president of China Construction America Ning Yuan, centre left, help break ground on The Pointe Phase II development March 11, 20......

...panying the Prime Minister are his wife, Patricia Minnis; Darren Henfield, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Jeffrey Lloyd, Minister of Education; Joshua Sears, senior policy advisor to Prime Minister Minnis; Reuben Rahming, Bahamas ambassador-designate to CARICOM; and Sharon Brennen-Haylock, director-general, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The opening ceremony begins July 4 at the Grenada Trade Centre, with Heads of Government Business Sessions, July 5-......

...umer Protection Commission and The Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality Services. Minister Foulkes also met with the Governor of The Central Bank of The Bahamas John Rolle in a separate meeting. Minister Foulkes and the banks had frank and open discussions on the recent increases in banking services. He said that he understood the challenges of the banks and also appreciate the concerns of consumers. Going forward the group all agreed to establ......

...ast 10 years, more than a million came who were connected to some wedding. So, just imagine what we can do with your support,” he said. The launch coincided with the unveiling of a billboard that will be displayed throughout 2014 in New York City’s Times Square. Social media platforms such as Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and Facebook, along with a Bahamas Romance Blog, newsletters and editorial banners, will allow widespread interaction with the......

...ation Ceremony at the Our Lucaya Resort June 14, 2015. (BIS photo) Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe was the featured speaker at the Commencement Exercise for the Grand Bahama Academy of Seventh-Day Adventists June 14, 2015. Twenty-four persons graduated during the ceremony, which took place at the Our Lucaya Resort. Minister Wilchcombe said he was pleased to participate in the event and noted the graduates’ achievements. He reminded the students t......

...ic of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid. Minister Henfield will represent the Prime Minister for the remainder of the Inter-Sessional meeting, along with High Commissioner Rahming and other senior government officials. Pictured: Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis (fourth left) attended a dinner meeting February 25 with United Nations Conference on Trade & Development Secretary General, Mukhisa Kituyi (centre), and other CARICOM leaders in Basseterre, St. Kitt......

..., and The Bahamas remains committed to environment-friendly practices. The Minister made the comments whilst addressing an audience at the College of The Bahamas (COB) Performing Arts Centre, which included representatives from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) last month. Minister Deveaux explained how the marine environment and integrated ecosystems are experiencing their own natural destruction as th......

...ss Bank that has been operating in the Bahamas since 1982. The bank offers financial services to private clients and has been in the private banking sector for over 170 years. Executive chairman of Gonet Bank & Trust Patrick Feuz said that they were pleased to be a part of this venture. “The Bahamas has been good to the bank since its arrival here, therefore we were excited for this opportunity to be good corporate citizens and gave back.” Picture......

...one of the most successful in the tourism calendar, according to Minister for Tourism and Aviation Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace. The Minister, who spoke at the 30th Caribbean Marketplace conference at Atlantis Paradise Island today, said there had been a strong surge in business during November and December 2011. “December was the best month ever in terms of room revenues,” he enthused. “It was an incredible month.” In December air arrivals rose 7.......

...tioners (STEP ) Bahamas Branch members paid a courtesy call on Minister of Financial Services, Trade & Industry and Immigration Elsworth Johnson at the Ministry October 31, 2019. Pictured: Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Bahamas Branch members pay a courtesy call on Minister of Financial Services, Trade & Industry and Immigration Elsworth Johnson at the Ministry October 31, 2019. Pictured from left: Permanent Secretary David Davis......

Michael Halkitis, Minister of State for Finance, urged a commitment to strong fiscal reform on Wednesday at the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) half-day seminar on banking and governance issues for professionals. “We have been able to achieve an enviable level of development in comparison to our peers in the Caribbean, with the highest per capita GDP (gross domestic product) of any independent state in the region and an exchange......

...that we are going to do everything in our power to ensure the environment for doing business is greatly improved.” Rolle, who is a former chairman of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) and chief marketing officer for Bahamas Ferries , says his experience in business gives him an advantage in terms of knowing exactly what is needed for the sector. “That [experience] gives me a very unique perspective in that I see......

...uty Prime Minister Turnquest is fifth left. At centre is Minister of State for Finance for Jamaica Fayval Williams. At her immediate left is Minister of Finance for Trinidad & Tobago, Camille Johnson-Regis; to her left is the executive director for the Caribbean Region, Jerry Butler; and to his left Mavis Culmer. Behind Minister Williams, to her right is Minister of Finance for Guayana, Winston Jordan; and to her left Acting Financial Secretary fo......

...es, Governor General, right, poses for an official photo with Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, during a courtesy call at Government House October 21, 2011. (BIS Photo/Derek Smith) NASSAU, The Bahamas – Ties between The Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the People’s Republic of China were further strengthened last week during the visit of Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, October 20-21, 2011. Yang pa......