Vaccinations for COVID-19 will be open to all persons 18 years of age and older, effective Monday 26 April 2021.

This applies to New Providence, Grand Bahama and all Family Islands.

The Directors of Champ’s Community Center and the Falcon’s Boys Club were encouraged to expand their programs to other islands in The Bahamas by Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert A. Minnis said on Saturday, April 24, 2021.

Describing the Recommissioning Ceremony of the newly renovated wards and departments of the Rand Memorial Hospital as a special milestone in the restoration of health services on the island, Minister of Health, the Hon. Renward Wells added that he could not be “more proud” of the staff in the delivery of their services.

The Ministry of Education (MOE) expressed gratitude to public/private partners who participated in a national initiative for the provision of devices and data plans for public school students.

The Postmaster General advises the public that the Parcel Post Section, General Post Office Town Center Mall will be closed for a period of two weeks due to a staff member testing positive for the covid-19 virus. Out of an abundance of caution, the entire section will be closed to allow the staff to quarantine.

Students from across The Bahamas recently participated in a virtual Disability Awareness High School forum that allowed officials to take their education and awareness campaign to a key sector of society – young persons of High School age.

The Department of Immigration wishes to advise that it has investigated an allegation of inappropriate conduct of a male immigration officer toward a female migrant, which conduct is alleged to have occurred at a Department Safe House.

Non-Resident Ambassador of Italy to The Commonwealth of The Bahamas His Excellency Armando Varricchio, paid a Farewell Courtesy call on Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert A. Minnis, at the Cabinet Office, Churchill Building Rawson Square on Thursday, April 22, 2021.  Also in attendance were Honorary Consul for Italy, Alberto Suighi and Permanent Secretary, the Office of the Prime Minister, David Davis.

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- Minister of Health the Hon. Renward Wells assured the public that the health system stands ready to cope with the upsurge in COVID-19 cases facing The Bahamas. He made the statement while giving a COVID-19 update in the House of Assembly on Wednesday, April 21, 2021...

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) confirms that the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases requiring admission.  Measures have been implemented to manage the increase in cases which have required adjustments to hospital operations, including the discharge of patients who meet the criteria for discharge, and the temporary suspension of in-person clinics...

His Excellency Alejandro Garcia del Toro, Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to The Commonwealth of The Bahamas paid a Courtesy Call on the Hon. Pakesia Parker-Edgecombe, Minister of State for the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, at the Ministry on West Bay Street. Diplomatic Relations were established between the countries more than 40 years ago. And in that vein, talks focused on strengthening those ties in disaster management and related areas...

See enclosed Remarks by Minister of Health, the Hon. Renward Wells today in the House of Assembly:

Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has reached an all-time high. COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to surge. The world is now seeing the highest rate of infection. The Director-General Dr. Tedros Adnonim Ghebreyesus, in a press conference on Friday, 16th April, 2021, reported that “around the world cases and deaths...

Please see encolsed Remarks by Prime Minister, The Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis today in the House of Assembly:

Mr. Speaker:

Pre-School Week is being celebrated this week throughout the country. The Hon. Jeffrey Lloyd, Minister of Education (MOE), officially opened the 17th annual event during a ceremony at the Ministry’s headquarters, University Drive on Monday, April 19.

From April 19 to 22, 2021, the Ministry of the Environment and Housing will be hosting a schedule of activities to commemorate Earth Day 2021, which is being celebrated worldwide under the theme “Restore our Earth”. This theme may be interpreted as doing more as it relates to environmental cleanup efforts, but it may also be interpreted as doing less to create pollution in the first place.  This would allow the earth to restore itself.  On Tuesday, April 20, Ministry officials including Environmental Health Services Department Director, Melony Mckenzie and Royal Bahamas Police Force officer...

The explosive eruption of the volcano, La Soufriere, in St Vincent (Eastern Caribbean) on the 9th April 2021 and subsequent moderate eruptions have increased the level of ash and sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere significantly in the vicinity of the Eastern Caribbean.  The latest advisory issued by the Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center, indicated that the plume of ash from La Soufriere has diminished and is no longer visible via satellite. Westerly winds in the upper levels have taken the majority of the volcanic ash eastward across the Atlantic to as far as the Indian Ocean,

One of the country’s leading corporate citizens has stepped up to assist the nation’s children. As the Ministry of Education seeks to provide electronic devices to all children in need of one in the educational system, CG Atlantic Group of Companies joined other corporate citizens who have been assisting the government with this objective.

On 19th April, 2021 a joint operation consisting of officers from the Department’s Abaco District, the Royal Bahamas Police Force, and officials from the Departments of Housing and Environmental Health, led to the arrest and subsequent conviction of three (3) Haitian adult male migrants.

The Ministry of Education informs the public, based on information received from the Surveillance Unit of the Ministry of Health, that suspected cases of Covid19 were reported in the following New Providence schools within the past week.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to advise members of the public that the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Mr Peter Deveaux-Isaacs, received the Copie d’Usage of the High Commissioner-Designate of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Peter Mohan Maithree Peiris, during a virtual meeting on Monday, 19 April 2021.