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AUSTIN, Texas -- Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis was the guest speaker at the Austin Technology Council/Texas Association of Business forum, Austin, Texas, on January 22th. The Prime Minister and delegation are currently visiting Texas to identify foreign investment and business opportunities.  The delegation attending with Prime Minister are: The Hon. Darren Henfield, Minister of Foreign Affairs;...

The Government of The Bahamas wishes to advise the public that the ‘Alert Bahamas’ pilot period expired in December 2017. The pilot solution was provided by Unified Messaging Systems Americas (UMS) on a pro-bono basis as part of the Sustainable Nassau initiative, and led by the Office of The Prime Minister with technical assistance from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)....

Nassau, The Bahamas – Due to the high output of Bahamian farms throughout the country, the Ministry of Agriculture & Marine Resources has instituted restrictions on the importation of sweet peppers or bell peppers and table tomatoes into The Bahamas. Until further notice, imports of these foods as well as material needed to grow them will be restricted from entering...

Police in Abaco discovered a large marijuana field earlier this afternoon. Reports are that shortly after 1:00 pm, officers acting on information went to an area off S.C. Bootle Highway in Marsh Harbor, Abaco, where they discovered a marijuana field with approximately 3,103 plants, ranging between three inches to four feet in height. The plants have a street value of 1.5 million dollars....

Police are searching for the suspect responsible for a shooting that has left one male dead on Saturday, January 20th. According to reports, shortly after 5:00 am, a man was walking on Rupert Dean Lane when he was approached by another man armed with a firearm, who shot him about the body before fleeing on foot. Paramedics were called to the scene...

According to reports, shortly after 4:00 pm yesterday, police received information that the body of a black male was seen floating some 50 ft. off the shore of Bimini near Bailey Town. The body was recovered and identified as the other missing male, who was reported missing and last seen sitting in a small boat anchored at the rear of a business...

Nassau, Bahamas, --  AML Foods Limited officially opened its newest retail outlet Solomon’s Yamacraw on Thursday. The 38,000 square-foot grocery store is located on Yamacraw Hill Road. AML invested a total of $14.5 million into the development. The Hon. Ellsworth Johnson, Minister of State for Legal Affairs and Member of Parliament for Yamacraw joined the company’s Board of Directors and leadership...

By Matt Maura, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Government of The Bahamas will “respond aggressively” to recommendations made by the Ease of Doing Business Committee in an effort to address the global outlook on ease of doing business in The Bahamas. The ‘Ease of Doing Business’ Committee was appointed last year by Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert...

  By Matt Maura, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Preliminary estimates indicate that more than 13,000 cubic yards of debris was removed from the Bain and Grants Town community during the first two days of the Over-the-Hill Clean-up and Bulk Waste Removal Campaign. The campaign began on Friday and ramped up its operation on Saturday. Some of the work had to be...

By Kathryn Campbell, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas – Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP), the Bahamas branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Americas and Atlantic Region, called on Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General, at Government House, Friday, January 19, 2018. The women, led by CWP Chairperson, the Hon. Lanisha Rolle, Minister of Social Services and Urban Renewal, exchanged courtesies...

By Lindsay Thompson, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas – Multitudes of persons turned up at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs Gymnasium on Saturday, January 20, 2018 for the second installment of the Ministry of Labour’s Public Employment Services Initiative, “Labour on the Blocks.” Facilitated by the Department of Labour, the purpose of this weekend’s initiative was to register job seekers interested...

By Matt Maura, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Bahamas will attain world-class status as a country and a people only when all of its citizens unite under a One Bahamas or Team Bahamas concept, Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis said. “We are first and foremost Team Bahamas. While we have our different political, religious and...

Fire officials responded to a reported blaze at the Thomas Robinson Stadium shortly after noon on Sunday. Due to prevailing winds, Fire Chief, Walter Evans, told EyeWitness News that additional resources and man power were sent to the location. The fire caused extensive damage to the announcers booth and seating in the surrounding area. Evans confirmed that security guards were...

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- Jones Communications Network (JCN) honoured Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis as the 2017 'Person of The Year' on Friday evening, January 19, 2018 at JCN. Pictured is the Prime Minister, right, accepting the award from CEO of JCN, Wendall Jones. In the audience are Cabinet Ministers, family, and friends who attended to share...

By Llonella Gilbert, Bahamas Information Services NASSAU, The Bahamas -- The Government signed a new Industrial Agreement with the Bahamas Customs, Immigration & Allied Workers Union at the Ministry of the Public Service, Thursday, January 18, 2018. Minister of the Public Service and National Insurance the Hon. Brensil Rolle thanked the Minister of Labour, Senator the Hon. Dion Foulkes who he said was...

By Andrew Coakley: Bahamas Information Services   FREEPORT, Grand Bahama - Investor confidence is returns to Grand Bahama: in a press conference at the Office of The Prime Minister on Tuesday, Minister of State for Grand Bahama, the Hon. Kwasi Thompson hosted investors Philip Ward and Mike Hayhurst, developers of a series of village-styled homes on marina-front lots in Deadman’s Reef that...

His Excellency Jeffrey Williams, Ambassador of The Bahamas to Haiti, presented his Letters of Credence to the His Excellency Jovenel Moise, President of the Republic of Haiti on Wednesday, 17 January 2018 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. President Jovenel Moise engaged Ambassador Williams in a brief discussion on cooperation in the areas migration, fisheries, agriculture and investment promotion and protection between The...

The North Andros community has been devastated after six of their own perished in a plane crash sometime Wednesday morning. According to Eyewitness News sources, the flight on a small Aztec aircraft, which left North Andros Airport with one pilot and five passengers, including one minor, attempted to make what is believed to have been an emergency landing in Fresh...