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NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Acting Registrar General Deirdre Clarke-Maycock addressed opening sessions of the Intellectual Property Consultative Stakeholders' Meeting with public sector personnel today to discuss draft intellectual property regulations, at Paul Farquharson Centre, Police Headquarters.  Day Two of the meetings is scheduled for tomorrow, with consultations involving private sector stakeholders.  (BIS Photos/Patrick Hanna)

NASSAU, The Bahamas - The Bahamas Primary School Student of the Year Foundation Board of Directors paid a Courtesy Call on Governor General Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling yesterday at Government House. The Foundation officially kicked off its search for the best and brightest primary school student of the year. The purpose of the call was to advise Her Excellency...

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Florida native Brittany Lincicome, 32, walked away with the Sixth Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic title on Sunday, January 28, 2018 at the world-famous Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island. It was Lincicome’s second victory in the $1.4 million Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic held January 25 to 28, 2018.  Despite a slow start in the opening round,...

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis, centre, leads a high level delegation of Cabinet Ministers and Government officials to Abaco for a full assessment on yesterday's fire in the Mud settlement that has destroyed an estimated 55 structures, displacing some 150 persons.  There were no major injuries reported. The Department of Social Services and...

  By Matt Maura, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Government of The Bahamas’ plan for the restoration of the Grand Bahama economy is well underway with the private acquisition and management of the Grand Lucayan assets, including the hotels, the golf courses and the casino, Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis told the nation Monday...

By Matt Maura, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Grand Palm Beach Acquisitions Ltd. has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement for the purchase of a large-scale resort, known as “Ginn Sur Mer” in the West End of Grand Bahama. Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis said the Government of The Bahamas recently received an application...

By Robyn Adderley, Bahamas Information Services FREEPORT, Grand Bahama – There has been an increase in the Labour Force of 1.8 percent in the country, giving hope that “we’re turning the corner” the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest, said on Friday. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance made this announcement during...

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Governor General Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling was welcomed to the Red Cross Ball upon arrival at Baha Mar on Saturday evening, January 27, 2018 by Bahamas Red Cross Society's President Craig Gomez, Red Cross Director General Caroline Turnquest, and Baha Mar's Senior Vice-President of Administration and External Affairs Robert Sands, who led her into the...

By Robyn Adderley, Bahamas Information Services FREEPORT, Grand Bahama – Small business license fees may soon fall in line with the rest of The Bahamas, said Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator the Hon. J. Kwasi Thompson on Friday. Minister Thompson was addressing the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce Annual Installation of...

By Gena Gibbs, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Building an oil containment tank at the Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) Headquarters is the Bahamas Government’s latest priority: On Thursday, Minister of the Environment & Housing, the Hon. Romauld S. Ferreira visited Clifton Pier to inspect the construction, view the plans, and speak one-on-one with those working in the...

More than 50 homes were destroyed after a fire in the Mud, Abaco burned yesterday. The inferno, according to police reports began shortly after 6:00 a.m. Abaco Volunteer Fire Services were called to the scene and officers from Police Fire Services in Freeport were flown in to assist. While no lives were lost, scores of residents of the Haitian shanty...

NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Government of The Bahamas has appointed Desmond Frank L. Edwards as the new Ambassador, Permanent Delegate, to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) effective October 3, 2017. He succeeds H.E. Elwood Donaldson. Mr. Edwards has served as Chairman of the Bahamas Commission for UNESCO, and attended the 39th Session of the General...

Police are investigating a stabbing incident which left a female dead yesterday. According to reports, shortly before 6:00 pm, a young woman was walking on Key West Street, when a silver Honda vehicle stopped next to her. Three females came from the vehicle, armed with sharp instruments. The females stabbed the woman about her body before getting back into the...

By Matt Maura NASSAU, The Bahamas – There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politically expedient, nor popular, but must do it because conscience says it is the right thing to do,” Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis told members of the Progressive National Baptist Convention Inc., (PNBC) Thursday. “Those...

By Kathryn Campbell NASSAU, The Bahamas – Diversification of fuels, a comprehensive regulatory framework, the introduction of renewable energy sources, a new generating plant and green island project are among the strides the Bahamas Government has made in the energy sector. The Hon. Desmond, Minister of Works, underscored that notwithstanding the country’s challenges it has and continues to make “incremental”...

Police are searching for the suspects responsible for a shooting which left a male dead yesterday. According to reports, shortly after 10:00 pm, a man was sitting in the doorway of his home on Irish Spring Court off Plantol Street, when a vehicle came through the corner and stopped in front of his house. Two men, one armed with a firearm came...

Shortly before 9:00 pm yesterday, Royal Bahamas Police Force Mobile Division officers acting on in formation, went to Talbot Street, where they saw a male sitting in a truck. Upon seeing the officers, the male began acting in a suspicious manner. The officers conducted a search of the male and his truck, and recovered a quantity of cocaine. The male...