Duke of Sussex presents innovation awards at Commonwealth 70th anniversary garden party

The public is hereby notified that with effect from June 19, 2019 the Land Unit, Office of the Prime Minister currently located at #14 Collins Avenue, will be relocated to the Lands & Surveys Building on Bay & Armstrong Streets.

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U.S. Fleet Forces Command commander (Four-Star) Admiral Christopher Grady greets Minister of National Security the Hon. Marvin Dames, during a courtesy call at Cabinet Office, in Nassau, The Bahamas, on June 14, 2019.  Admiral Grady also serves as Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Northern Command; and assumed duties of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Strategic Command (NAVSTRAT) and U.S. Strategic Command Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC), on February 1, 2019...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Darren Henfield says that the Passport Office has some challenges but help is on the way.  During his 2019/2020 Budget contribution, the Minister said that the Passport Office has always been challenged with providing services in a building with inadequate space.

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for East Grand Bahama, the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest told the 2019 graduating class of Sunland Baptist Academy that in securing their high school diploma, they have accomplished something which just 46 percent of their peers complete successfully.

During her Contribution to the 2019/2020 Budget Debate on June 12, 2019 Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Lanisha Rolle said that her Ministry forms part of a strong foundation upon which The Bahamas stands.

Governor General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling was greeted by Deputy to the Governor-General, Cornelius A. Smith at Lynden Pindling International Airport on Thursday, June 13, 2019, upon her return from an official farewell courtesy call on Her Majesty the Queen in London. 

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Bahamas Institute of Business and Technology (BIBT) Alumni honourees and members of Student Government paid a courtesy call on Deputy to the Governor General, Cornelius A. Smith, at Government House on Thursday, June 13, 2019. 

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The Ministry of Education (MOE) is focused on several key objectives that are expected to usher a “new dispensation” in the educational enterprise, the Hon. Jeff Lloyd, Minister of Education announced in his contribution to the ongoing Budget Debate Wednesday, June 12, 2019.

Bahamas Power and Light Company Limited (BPL) is pleased to convey the dynamic traffic management plan for movement of our new high-efficiency Wärtsilä tri-fuel engines, for this evening, Thursday, June 13, 2019, at 8PM. A small, multi-agency convoy will move along with the BPL flatbed – which will be moving at a controlled speed of 2MPH – implementing road closures and traffic diversions in stages as required in an effort to minimize the disruption to the motoring public...

Minister of National Security the Hon. Marvin Dames and Director of Education Marcellus Taylor applauded President and CEO of Electro Telecom Limited Paul Smith, and his company, for encouraging Bahamian students by awarding laptops to promising scholars for more than 15 years.  Mr. Smith and his company, during an official ceremony at the Paul Farquharson Conference Centre, June 12, 2019 presented laptops to the most improved students of 24 schools on New Providence, and 19 laptops to the most outstanding students at schools on Exuma, Cat Island and San Salvador....

During his Contribution on the 2019/2020 Budget Debate, on June 11, 2019, Minister of the Environment and Housing the Hon. Romauld Ferreira announced a number of new and ongoing initiatives that his Ministry is working on for the benefit of all in The Bahamas.

During the first week of June, 30 international incentive travel partners received the opportunity to experience The Bahamas firsthand as they participated in the inaugural Destination Bahamas Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events ( MICE) Conference hosted at Baha Mar by the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation (BMOTA), led by BMOTA’s Director of  Group Sales, North America, Janet Johnson- Cuffie.

Minister of National Security the Hon. Marvin Dames said in the House of Assembly, on June 11, 2019, that the Royal Bahamas Police Force's (RBPF) Commissioner and his Officers have been successful in translating the Government’s crime agenda into effective operational strategies, so far that year.  

Officials at the Urban Renewal Commission (URC), are in discussions with the Royal Bahamas Police Force to have the two Youth Summer Programmes staggered over July and August in order to offer a full programme of activities during the eleven weeks of the school summer break.

Matthew Town, Inagua, is set to get a new school in the upcoming year and plans are on the drawing board for the construction of new schools in Gregory Town, Eleuthera and George Town, Exuma.

A joint combined operation  between Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) HELO, a United States Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter, a USCG aircraft, and two Royal Bahamas Defence Force patrol craft resulted in the arrest of of a motorized wooden vessel that was smuggling undocumented migrants in waters southwest of The Bahamas during the afternoon of Wednesday 12 June 2019.

Through the Public Financial Management and Performance Monitoring Reform Project, the government digitization effort and other initiatives, the Bahamas Government is actively pursuing transformative reform in the way that the public service operates, the Deputy Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Athena Marche said.

The launch of the Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) of The Bahamas Ltd. -- whose purpose is to create linkages between the country’s growing Tourism market and its domestic economy – is expected to allow more, ordinary Bahamians to benefit from larger, economic roles in the Tourism sector.

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55) arrived in Nassau, Bahamas, for a scheduled port visit, June 12.