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TWO NEW MAJOR INVESTMENTS (BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT BOOM) GOVERNMENT SIGNS $55 M LOAN AGREEMENT FOR NORTH ELEUTHERA AIRPORT
 
BAHAMAS INVESTMENT FORUM IN WASHINGTON, DC --  Photographed above are some the participants of the first Bahamas Business and Investment Forum in Washington, DC organized by The Embassy of The Bahamas. From left to right are Senator Barry Griffin; Central Bank Governor John Rolle; Senator Quinton Lightbourn; Senator Michael Halkitis, Minister of Economic Affairs; Barbara Feinstein, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; The  Bahamas Ambassador to the United States His Excellency Wendall Jones; The Hon. I. Chester Cooper, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Investments; Ambassador Chet Neymour; Consul General Washington Patrick Adderley; Consul General New York Leroy Major; and Michael Fountain, Honorary Consul Chicago.

TWO NEW MAJOR INVESTMENTS (BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT BOOM)

The Deputy Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation, I. Chester Cooper has announced that the government will execute heads of agreements this month for more than $1billion of new investments in major touristic developments. It is understood that these projects are slated for Paradise Island and Cable Beach. Mr. Cooper made the announcement […]

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GOVERNMENT SIGNS $55 M LOAN AGREEMENT FOR NORTH ELEUTHERA AIRPORT

Shenia RobertsJournal Staff Writer Prime Minister Philip Davis and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and AviationChester Cooper visited the island of Eleuthera on Monday to sign a $55 million dollar loanagreement with the Saudi Fund for Development to facilitate updates to North Eleuthera’s airportterminal.The updates to North Eleuthera International Airport have been long […]

FNM Deputy Leader questioned over Beaches and Parks contracts

22 September 2023

Deputy Commissioner of Police Leamond Deleveaux has confirmed that the police have begun aprobe into irregularities at the Public Parks and Beaches Authority for the period leading up tothe 2021 elections.The Deputy Commissioner made it clear that the investigation is not targeting anyone inparticular. However, he also confirmed that Free National Movement Deputy Leader ShanendonCartwright […]

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BTVI partners with Algonquin College

22 September 2023

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

22 September 2023

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

22 September 2023

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

22 September 2023

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”

15 September 2023

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

15 September 2023

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

15 September 2023

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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Hon. Chester Cooper

Billions of dollars in pipeline for tourism investments

15 September 2023

Destiny Johnson Billions of dollars in tourism investments are in the pipeline for all islands across The Bahamas.This coming from Minister of Tourism Investments and Aviation Deputy Prime Minister ChesterCooper as he again applauded the growth in stop over visitors coming into the country year afteryear.He said up to 3,000 jobs will be created out […]

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FNM Chairman Dr. Duane Sands

FNM Chairman Duane Sands accuses government of victimizing women

15 September 2023

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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