Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, the Hon. Carl Bethel led a Bahamian delegation to represent The Bahamas at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary session in Paris this week, during which he addressed the task force.

A Public Treasury Seminar for Accounting Officers was held February 21, 2020 entitled "Enhancing Accounting Controls 2020" at the Paul Farquharson Centre, Police Headquarters with facilitators Mary Mitchell, treasurer; Khristi Ferguson, deputy director, Financial Intelligence Unit; and Kevin Archer, deputy director of Internal Audit. 

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The advisory committee for National Honours announced, Thursday, February 20 during a press conference at Cabinet Office that it is inviting the general public to nominate persons fit to be conferred with an award under the National Honors Act 2016 and Regulations thereunder.  Committee chairman Mark Humes (seated second from left) said among the established Societies of Honour under Section 5 of the Act are the Order of National Hero; the Order of The Bahamas; the Order of Merit; the Order of Excellence and the Order of the Lignum Vitae...

The Bahamas will be part of a CARICOM fact finding mission to Haiti in a move to come up with a solution to the ongoing social and political unrest in the Caribbean nation, Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis told the media on Thursday.

Minister of Social Services and Urban Development, the Hon. Frankie A. Campbell, told a group of fifty young males that love and respect are two key factors on the road to peaceful co-existence – a co-existence, he said, that must be extended to the female population.

Training students to become good candidates for positions in the hospitality industry, coaching students how to secure internship and work experience, exposing Generation Z to the hospitality industry, and teaching Math for Night Auditing in the Hotel Industry are among the lessons covered at the Family and Consumer Science Education Unit Spring Professional Development Workshops Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at C.C. Sweeting Senior High School.

Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, HE Pertti Ikonen (right), paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Financial Services, Trade & Industry and Immigration, the Hon. Elsworth Johnson at the ministry's offices, February 19, 2020. 

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Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis stepped away from the CARICOM Inter-Sessional Meeting on Wednesday to view first-hand a sustainable housing community that could be used as a model for the Government’s planned housing development project on Abaco.

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis stepped away from the CARICOM Inter-Sessional Meeting on Wednesday to view first-hand a sustainable housing community that could be used as a model for the Government’s planned housing development project on Abaco.  He toured the Villages at Coverley, a modern housing development located in Christ Church, featuring low- to middle-cost energy-efficient homes built to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, a 5.0 earthquake, storm surges and major flooding....

Executive members of the Bahamas Insurance Association called upon the Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Cornelius A. Smith at Government House on Monday, February 17, 2020. 

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Minister of Social Services and Urban Development, the Hon. Frankie A. Campbell Wednesday applauded the cross government collaborations in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.

United World College Selection Committee paid a courtesy call upon Governor General His Excellency the Most Hon. Cornelius A. Smith at Government House on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. 

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Minister of Social Services and Urban Development, the Hon Frankie A. Campbell, applauded 50 young boys who are members of the L.W. Young Boys Empowerment Club for having the strength of courage, and conviction, to take a “deliberate step in the right direction.”

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force Veterans Association paid a courtesy call on Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Cornelius A. Smith (seated centre), January 31, 2020.

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Acting Prime Minister the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest stated that at every level, The Bahamas is doing its part in the global effort to tackle harmful tax practices and dismantle artificial tax practices.

“We have worked diligently to demonstrate our commitment at the highest political level,” the Acting Prime Minister added as he brought remarks at the Bahamas Financial Services Board Industry Development Series: ‘Financial Crimes Enforcement, Compliance and Risk Management’...

Minister of Social Services and Urban Development, the Hon. Frankie A. Campbell, Wednesday refuted criticisms that there was a lack of preparation in the face of the monster storm, Hurricane Dorian, in 2019.

Acting Prime Minister the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest explained that the removal of The Bahamas from the European Union’s (EU) tax watch list is confirmation that The Bahamas has implemented the necessary reforms to meet the EU criteria on tax governance and cooperation on tax matters.

"Crime is not a Ministry of National Security challenge, crime is a national challenge," said the Hon. Marvin Dames Minister of National Security during a press conference held at the Paul Farquharson Centre by the ministry and the National Neighbourhood Watch Council (NNWC). Minister Dames said the council will focus on crime deterrence and youth violence prevention among other things this year. He said the Ministry of National Security and the NNWC are one, and encouraged the public to join them in the 2nd annual "peace march" on Saturday, February 22 from Windsor Park to Arawak Cay...

The Ministry of Transport and Local Government held an International Ship and Port Facility Security Seminar.  The opening for the two-day seminar was held on Wednesday, 19th February at the Paul Farquharson Center, Police Headquarters.  Delivering remarks was Acting Port Controller, Lieutenant Commander Berne Wright. The seminar features several presentations by various stakeholders including the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Bahamas Customs Department...

The Ministry of Health wishes to advise the public that to date, there remains no suspected or reported cases of COVID-19 in The Bahamas.  Currently, there are more than seventy thousand (70,000) cases reported in China, with at least one thousand eight hundred (1,800) deaths. The virus has spread to at least twenty-seven (27) countries.