Residents of Moore’s Island, Abaco were update at a town hall meeting Thursday on the benefits available to them through the Bahamas Disaster Reconstruction Authority’s Small Home Repair Programme. Katherine Forbes-Smith, Managing Director of the Authority, detailed her organisation’s new [...]
A Commonwealth gathering has called for an end to gender inequality by 2030 so every girl can have the same opportunities as boys. Ahead of International Women’s Day, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland joined a gathering of leaders, celebrities, academics and [...]
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Hon. Peter Turnquest said it is imperative for Bahamians to be open to knowledge sharing, given the new realities The Bahamas faces when it comes to catastrophic hurricanes. As keynote speaker during [...]
BAHAMAS MINISTRY OF HEALTH COVID-19 DASHBOARD March 6th, 2020 *CURRENT NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES WORLDWIDE 100,347 *CURRENT NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES IN MAINLAND CHINA 80,573... Source: https://www.thebahamasweekly.com
The Bahamas Ministry of Health is working closely with all pertinent government agencies throughout the destination to execute The Bahamas National Preparedness and Response Plan for COVID-19. At this time, there are no reported cases of the coronavirus in The [...]
High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to The Bahamas Her Excellency Kshenuka Dhireni Senewiratne paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Financial Services, Trade & Industry and Immigration the Hon. Elsworth Johnson, March 6, 2020 at the ministry's offices. (BIS [...]
THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FROM 11:30 AM EDT UNTIL 1:30 PM FRIDAY 6TH MARCH 2020. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GRAND BAHAMA, BERRY ISLANDS, ABACO AND THEIR ADJACENT WATERS. [...]
The international observer missions from the Commonwealth, the Organization of American States, the European Union, and The Carter Center issue the following statement: The tabulation of results for the election in Region 4 was interrupted and remains incomplete. The law [...]
During a special award ceremony held this morning at the LJM Maritime Academy in Nassau, Disney Cruise Line awarded scholarships to four female cadets to attend the maritime academy. The scholarships, one for each of the ships in the Disney [...]
Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba, His Excellency Alejandro García del Toro (left) paid a courtesy call on the Minister of National Security the Hon. Marvin Dames at the Ministry of National Security, Thursday, March 5, 2020. (BIS Photos/Derek Smith)... [...]
