U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Herschel Walker, a renowned athlete, businessman, and philanthropist, as the next U.S. Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Walker,...
The latest Caribbean Salary Survey Report: PayPulse 2024 Report reveals a persistent pay gap across the region, with The Bahamas solidifying its position as the highest-paying...
Bahamian Prime Minister Phillip Davis has ordered the closure of schools on several islands as Hurricane Milton intensifies and moves closer to Florida’s west coast. In...
Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis highlighted that the government’s initiatives to manage debt and introduce new energy reforms have resulted in Standard & Poor’s (S&P) decision...
Bahamas Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell has announced that Prime Minister Phillip Davis has been “ordered” to take bed rest after overexerting himself following recent surgery....
The Bahamian government has announced plans to reestablish its diplomatic presence in Haiti after the evacuation of its diplomats in March due to escalating violence from...
Bahamas Prime Minister Phillip Davis has announced his support for a series of bills aimed at legalizing cannabis for medical and religious purposes and decriminalizing the...
Michael Pintard, leader of the main opposition Free National Movement (FNM), has voiced his support for establishing term limits for the office of Prime Minister. During...
Press Release | The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have today signed the Agreement for The Bahamas to host...
The Bahamas government has criticised the European Union (EU) for relying on what it said is outdated information in order to keep the country on a...
Hailing the two-day official state visit by Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi to The Bahamas as a success, Bahamas Prime Minister Philip E. Davis said that a...
Cynthia A. Pratt was sworn in as the 12th Governor General of The Bahamas during a ceremony at Government House in Nassau on Friday, September 1....
The Bahamas government on Wednesday says it is committed to sending 150 officers to support a multi-national force in Haiti as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country...
Bahamians are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their political independence from Britain with street parades and a call by Prime Minister Phillip Davis that independence is...
The 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping on Monday, June 5 said it is committed to addressing the issue of plastic pollution and promoting sustainable consumption and...
The Central bank of the Bahamas (CBB) Monday said the robust recovery of the Bahamian economy was sustained in 2022, underpinned by the further rebound in...
Bloomberg | Jamaica has created a Constitutional Reform Committee with the task of changing the island-nation from a constitutional monarchy, which sees the English royal as...
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness left the island nation Monday morning to lead a special CARICOM mission to Haiti. According to a media release from the...
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders began their 44th regular summit in The Bahamas on Wednesday night overshadowed by the continued deterioration of the situation in the member...
Bahamas Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander says an investigation is underway following death threats against Prime Minister Phillip Davis. Speaking during an emergency press conference, the police...
By Gregory Simpkins Being left out of industrialization for so long has been an obstacle for emerging markets in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean...
The Bahamas government has announced an increase in the minimum wage as well as placing 38 new items under price control amid efforts to diversify the...
Senior financial officials from the region will on Thursday discuss how Caribbean people can benefit from the digitization of their country’s payments systems when the Central...
AFP | The Queen’s death has put the wind at the back of republican movements in a region once dominated by the British empire, analysts say,...
The Bahamaian government says it remains “cautiously optimistic” about the country’s progress in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic as it announced a further relaxation...
Growth predicted for 2022, is also underpinned by expectations of accelerated implementation of several large infrastructure projects across the region.
Barbadians are today casting their ballots for a new government, 3½ years after they had overwhelming elected the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to victory in 2018....
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The Bahamas government has reversed its policy of imposing travel restrictions on persons coming from certain African countries, indicating that the decision had been taken due...
Davis' opposition Progressive Liberal Party won last weeks' election in a landslide victory.
Heads of government condemn the excessive economic pressure on CARICOM states by the European Union with the inclusion of several member states on blacklists with respect...
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in Jamaica has said it will send a Rapid Needs Assessment Team (RNAT) to the Bahamas on...
Hurricane Joaquin has ripped off roofs, uprooted trees and unleashed heavy flooding as the Category 4 storm dumped torrential rains across the eastern and central Bahamas...
The Bahamas government say it has increased the national minimum wage by 40 percent. Labor, National Insurance and Public Service Minister Shane Gibson said that he...
Bahamas Health Minister Perry Gomez has dismissed as “bogus” a report that a confirmed case of the Ebola virus, which has infected thousands of people in...
Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie has presented a US$2.1 billion budget to parliament outlining a number of revenue measures and warning that the administration cannot afford...
Bahamas Prime Minister, Perry Christie, has called on the University of the West Indies (UWI) to be more engaged in the area of research and public...
The Bahamas government predicting that Eleuthera is “on a course headed for major economic growth” Friday said it would continue to encourage public-private partnerships and significant...
Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie has welcomed the liberalization of the telecommunications sector saying “Bahamians would for the first time have competition and competition breeds greater...
The Bahamas has reassured the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) that it stands ready to stage the inaugural World Relays next year. A delegation from...
There is mounting concern in the Bahamas that the country is losing out on a potentially lucrative revenue stream to the Cayman Islands in light of...
(PRNewswire via COMTEX) – Nassau, Bahamas, March 19, 2013 – While the global economy lurches unpredictably, it seems something rather interesting is happening in The Bahamas....
The government in the Bahamas has ordered its various departments and agencies to cut 10 percent from their budgets in response to serious challenges facing public...
The LPGA Tour has a new tournament this year that will be played in The Bahamas. Commissioner Mike Whan said Monday that Pure Silk will be...
AP – The owner of a salvage company says a damaged cargo ship in the Bahamas has leaked more than 1,000 gallons (3,785 liters) of oil....
An oil spill has occurred three miles off of Grand Bahama. Officials say a cargo ship is slowly leaking oil off the northernmost island of the...
(Caribbean Journal) – Renardo Curry of the Bahamas’ ruling Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) has won the by-election for the seat of former Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert...
Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie. PHOTO/File Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie is seeking to add to his party’s big parliamentary majority by winning even in his...
Doctors in the Bahamas will perform the country’s first stem cell procedure essentially opening the flood gates to a cutting-edge technique with serious medical tourism potential....
The Bahamas has the Caribbean’s freest economy, according to the Economic Freedom of the World rankings released by the Fraser Institute. The index published in Economic...
Standard & Poor’s (S & P) have revised the outlook on The Bahamas BBB rating from stable to negative. In the latest report from the S...
Charles Maynard. PHOTO/Patrice A. Johnson Charles Maynard, the chairman of the main opposition party in the Bahamas and a former cabinet minister, died Tuesday while campaigning...
Newly elected Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie has defended the decision of his administration to regain majority control of the Bahamas Telephone Company that had been...
The new government (the Perry Christie administration) in the Bahamas is planning to modernize the tax code to generate new revenue. The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP)...
New Minister of State of Finance of the Bahamas., Michael Halkitis The incoming minister of state of finance, Michael Halkitis has revealed that the people of...
Bahamas Prime Minister., Perry Christie New Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie has announced eight new cabinet appointments, following the decision to name Philip Brave Davis as...
Perry Christie sworn in as Bahamas Prime Minister. PHOTO/Edward Russell III/TNG The leader of the Bahamas’ former main opposition party has been sworn in as prime...
Bahamas Prime Minister-elect., Perry Christie. PHOTO/File Outgoing prime minister and Free National Movement (FNM) leader, Hubert Ingraham has conceded defeat and announced that he will not...
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) leader Perry Christie, left and Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, right. PHOTO/File The Bahamas begins its 2012 election Monday, as voters head to...
Incumbent Prime Minister of The Bahamas., Hubert Ingraham. PHOTO/BIS/Sharon Turner (Reuters) – A struggling economy, rising crime and posturing over offshore oil exploration dominate the campaign...
(Reuters) – Bahamas Petroleum Company sought to reassure investors on Monday that its drilling permits would be renewed, after local media reports last week raised fears...
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham says the Bahamas will hold general elections next month. Ingraham said in a televised address Tuesday that his Free National Movement would...
China’s economic might has rolled up to America’s doorstep in the Caribbean, with a flurry of loans from state banks, investments by companies and outright gifts...
Sir Clifford Darling speaks at a previous engagement.Photo/Tim Aylen Sir Clifford Darling, the fourth Bahamian-born Governor-General died at the Princess Margaret Hospital early yesterday morning at...
The Bahamas and Cuban governments on Oct. 3 signed an agreement delimiting the two nations’ maritime borders after nearly 40 years of negotiations. The move cleared...
The Bahamas is reaping the benefits of a push by one US-based clean energy company to prove that the ocean can meet all of a country’s...
The Bahamas Governments’ blanket ban on the trade in scrap metal is financially hurting the ferry services that shipped the metal overseas.
wo people were killed when Hurricane Irene passed off the north coast of Haiti, drenching the island with heavy rains that flooded houses, cut roads, unleashed...
THE BAHAMAS has banned the export of scrap metal for at least three months as copper theft cases continue to increase.The government said in a statement...
The United States’ newest big jet, low-cost carrier Vision Airlines will begin direct air service between Grand Bahama Island and at least five US cities in...
