More than 125 children from the surrounding communities participated in the Free Town (Kemp Road) Urban Renewal Centre’s Back-to-School Jamboree held Friday (September 25, 2020) at the Pilgrim Baptist Temple Community Centre, St. James Road.

The jamboree, which was originally scheduled to be held at the Free Town Urban Renewal Centre, but was moved to the Church’s Community Centre due to weather, was attended by First Spouse, Mrs. Patricia Minnis, wife of Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis...

Godfrey Kenneth Kelly has been presented the Insignia of Knight Commander, the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, KCMG.   Governor General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Cornelius A. Smith, ON, GCMG, made the presentation during an Investiture Ceremony held at Government House, September 28, 2020. 

Sir Godfrey is the second person to be knighted at a local investiture, in The Bahamas...

Minister of State for Grand Bahama, Senator the Hon. Kwasi Thompson said he is pleased that the Grand Bahama Power Company has made the determination to delay its proposed Storm Recovery and Stabilization charge from October 1st this year, to 2021.

During a press conference in the Office of the Prime Minister on Friday, September 25, 2020, Minister Thompson acknowledged that the power company has done a good job at building and rebuilding the infrastructure throughout Grand Bahama following the passing of Hurricane Dorian in 2019...

The Cabinet Offices announces for general information that the offices of Bahamas Information Services (BIS), located in the old radio section of the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas on Rusty Bethel Drive, will be closed to the public for three days from Monday, 28 September 2020 for cleaning and sanitization following the positive testing of a staff member for COVID 19.

BIS will be open for normal business on 1 October 2020...

Grand Bahama Urban Renewal Centers received a generous donation of food supply from MSC for the residents of Grand Bahama. The supply of food items and dry goods was delivered on Monday, September 28, 2020, at Freeport Harbour.  On hand to accept the goods was Senator the Hon. Jasmin Dareus, Deputy Director of Urban Renewal.

“We’re really excited about this donation from MSC and on behalf of the Office of the Prime Minister in Grand Bahama and for Urban Renewal, we’re really grateful to be able to distribute all of these food items to the residents of Grand Bahama," she said...

The onsite review by the Financial Action Task Force’s International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) of the Americas was slated to take place before mid-September 2020 and would have been a deciding factor at the October 2020 FATF Plenary, on whether FATF deems The Bahamas as having  addressed action items on its agreed Action Plan to resolve identified strategic AML/CFT/CFP deficiencies identified in the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force Mutual Evaluation Report (CFATF MER)...

The Ministry of Health announces that due to circumstances beyond its control, the pharmacies at the following venues will be closed tomorrow, Monday, 28th September, 2020:

During the Commissioning of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) Ship’s Bridge Simulator, on September 24, 2020, Minister of National Security the Hon. Marvin H. Dames said that the simulator was built under the $232 million Sandy Bottom Project, that was signed in 2014.

“The Alphatron / NAUTIS Full Mission Bridge Simulator was built by Alphatron Marine and V-Step for DAMEN in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and installed at HMBS Coral Harbour in January 2018,” Minister Dames said at the ceremony held in the Training Auditorium of HMBS Coral Habour... 

The Ministry of Health confirms today that there are forty-eight (48) additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to three thousand eight hundred thirty-eight (3,838).  There have been two thousand seven hundred fifty-seven (2,757) confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Providence, six hundred twenty-eight (628) confirmed cases in Grand Bahama, one hundred thirty-five (135) confirmed cases in Abaco, fifty-four (54) confirmed cases in Bimini, twenty-eight (28) confirmed cases in Exuma, twenty-two (22) confirmed cases in Eleuthera, nineteen (19) confirmed cases in Inagua...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis reiterated the call for the institutionalization of a vulnerability index that allows countries like The Bahamas to access international financing based on the level of exposure, vulnerability and ability to recover from exogenous shocks.

The Prime Minister made the call today in a pre-recorded address to the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly...

As school children navigate return to school, Urban Renewal Fox Hill provided supplies for them. 

(BIS Photos/Ulric Woodside)...

The Ministry of Health confirms today that there are ninety-one (91) additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to three thousand seven hundred ninety (3,790).  There have been two thousand seven hundred ten (2,710) confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Providence, six hundred twenty-seven (627) confirmed cases in Grand Bahama, one hundred thirty-five (135) confirmed cases in Abaco, fifty-four (54) confirmed cases in Bimini, twenty-eight (28) confirmed cases in Exuma, twenty-two (22) confirmed cases in Eleuthera, nineteen (19) confirmed cases in Inagua, fifteen (15) confirmed cases in the Berry Islands, twelve (12) confirmed cases in Long Island, eight (8) confirmed cases in Cat Island...

The Cabinet Office announces for general information that the headquarters building of the Ministry of Health on the corner of Meeting and Augusta Streets will be deep cleaned and sanitized tomorrow, Saturday 26th September 2020.

It was discovered that a member of staff tested positive for COVID-19 but has not been into work since Thursday 17th September 2020...

Minister of State for Grand Bahama, Senator Kwasi Thompson says the reopening of the Bahamian Brewery Company’s production facility is an example of what it means to go through hard and difficult times and come back out bigger and better.

The Minister’s comments came during a private tour of Bahamian Brewery on Friday morning, September 25, where president of the company James Sands took Minister Thompson, along with Ian Rolle, president of the Grand Bahama Port Authority, on a tour of the renovation of the facility...

The Ministry of Health confirms today that there are eighty-one (81) additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to three thousand six hundred ninety-nine (3,699).  There have been two thousand six hundred twenty-five (2,625) confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New Providence, six hundred twenty-five (625) confirmed cases in Grand Bahama, one hundred thirty-four (134) confirmed cases in Abaco, fifty-four (54) confirmed cases in Bimini, twenty-seven (27) confirmed cases in Exuma, twenty-two (22) confirmed cases in Eleuthera, nineteen (19) confirmed cases in Inagua...

See the Contribution by Senator the Hon. Carl W. Bethel, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, in the Senate, September 24, 2020:

Madam President,

I rise to move for the Second Reading and Committal of the Register of Beneficial Ownership Amendment Bill.

As Bahamians are all aware, The Bahamas faces the immediate imposition of a potentially devastating Blacklisting by the European Union. This Blacklisting was imposed upon the European Commission by a Law passed...

See enclosed remarks in Report to the Nation on COVID-19 Initiatives by Minister of the Environment and Housing, the Hon. Romauld Ferreira, September 24, 2020:

GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.  THE COVID19 PANDAMIC HAS WRACKED HAVOC ON THE LIVES OF ALL BAHAMAMIANS.  LARGE NUMBERS OF FELLOW CITIZENS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, LAYED-OFF, FURLOUHGED OR TERMINATED.  THESE PERSONS HAVE SUFFERED A LOT...

Minister of Social Services and Urban Development, the Hon. Frankie A. Campbell, commended The Bahamas Girl Guides Association for the “monumental role” Guiding has played in the social development and empowerment of women and girls throughout the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

Minister Campbell said thousands, if not tens of thousands, of Bahamian girls and women have not only benefitted from the principles of guiding, but also the empowerment and leadership training that have been at the core of the Association’s focus since its establishment in The Bahamas in 1915...

While making his Report to the nation on COVID-19 Initiatives of his Ministry, on September 24, 2020, Minister of the Environment and Housing the Hon. Romauld Ferreira said that, during the initial month of lockdown, the Department of Environmental Health Services (DEHS) conducted daily washing and disinfection of building exteriors, streets and sidewalks.

“Disinfection solution was provided gratis by Blanco chemicals limited,” Minister Ferreira said.  “This activity targeted places where there were large gatherings and included food stores, and banks...