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BTVI partners with Algonquin College

BY DESTINY JOHNSON The Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation’s series of Global Sales and MarketingMissions to Canada has yielded positive results as The Bahamas Technical and VocationalInstitute (BTVI) along with Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada has signed a letter of intentfor partnership between the two organizations.President of Algonquin College Claude Brule’ said the agreement […]

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Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

PM calls on UN to take action on blacklisting PM Slams OECD & EU Actions As Arbitrary

By Licec Bastian During the Group of 77 (G77) plus China Summit in Havana, Cuba last week, Prime Minister Philip Davis slammed both the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU) for its actions in blacklisting Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like The Bahamas and called on the United Nations […]

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BTVI partners with Algonquin College

BY DESTINY JOHNSON The Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation’s series of Global Sales and MarketingMissions to Canada has yielded positive results as The Bahamas Technical and VocationalInstitute (BTVI) along with Algonquin College in Ottawa, Canada has signed a letter of intentfor partnership between the two organizations.President of Algonquin College Claude Brule’ said the agreement […]

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New Energy Minister Says Light Bills Soon Lowered BPL informed URCA fuel charges have peaked

By Licec Bastian In October 2022, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) announced an initiative to increase its fuel charge to reflect the rising cost of fuel and to clear some of the outstanding debt it owed on prior fuel purchases. But that will soon come to an end as the power giant has informed the […]

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Photographed at the City Club of Chicago this week are from left: Mr. Leon Lundy, Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister; Hon. Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Emanuel Welch, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives; Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis; His Excellency Wendall Jones, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States; and Mr. Michael Fountain, Honorary Consul for Chicago.

“PRIMED FOR EXPANSION”

A Stable And Receptive Environment Promoting The Bahamas before a large number of Chicago business leaders on Monday, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Philip Davis said “our beautiful archipelago is a stable and receptive environment for doing business — one that is getting better every day.” In his remarks at the City Club of […]

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Prime Minister the Hon. Philip Davis this week welcomed the President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency Mokgweetsi E.K. Maisi.  The President and his delegation arrived in Nassau on Tuesday for a State Visit to The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

BOTSWANA PRESIDENT ON STATE VISIT TO THE BAHAMAS

Prime Minister the Hon. Philip Davis this week welcomed the President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency Mokgweetsi E.K. Maisi.  The President and his delegation arrived in Nassau on Tuesday for a State Visit to The Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

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Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis

PM Davis Calls On U.S To Reconsider On Climate Matters PM Responds to U.S Climate Envoy

By: Licec Bastian United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC), John Kerry shot downthe suggestion that the U.S could pay “climate reparations”. In fact, when he testifiedat a House of Foreign Affairs Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee hearing onthe State Department’s climate budget back in July this year, Mr. Kerry, based oninternational media outlets, exclaimed: […]

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FNM Chairman Dr. Duane Sands

FNM Chairman Duane Sands accuses government of victimizing women

By: Keile Campbell In the backdrop of Director of Immigration Keturah Ferguson reportedly forced to retire, theFree National Movement (FNM) Chairman Dr. Duane Sands accused the Davisadministration of “systematically terminating” women in the public sector.Though he acknowledged some women being part of Prime Minister Philip Davis’ cabinetand Cynthia ‘Mother’ Pratt recently named and seated as […]

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FNM Chairman Dr. Duane Sands

FNM Chairman critical over cancelled cabinet briefings

By Gerrino J. Saunders Many members of the media were caught by surprise this week after learning thatthe popular weekly cabinet press briefings may be a thing of the past.On Monday Italia Clarke Press Officer in the Office Of The Prime Minister (OPM)sent a notice to media houses informing that moving forward the  cabinet briefingon […]

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Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander

Top COP Defending Police Reward System RBPF recently launched reward points system for Police

By Licec Bastian Police officers who make arrests, find and recover illegal weapons with an arrest andthose who make arrests for dangerous drugs and recover dangerous drugs duringsearches will be rewarded in a new arrest incentive system within the Royal BahamasPolice Force (RBPF).Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander while defending the new points systemthat was revealed […]

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