Ministry of Finance releases 2021 Fiscal Strategy Report and Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Ministry of Finance (MOF) projects an increase in revenues of up to 25 percent of GDP by the fiscal year 2025/26 with a cap on recurrent and capital expenditure to 20 percent and 3.5 percent of GDP, within […]
Some 900 employees to return to work Jamaican PM says investments like Sandals Royal Bahamian will “bear bountiful fruits” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said yesterday that this nation must redouble its efforts to remain competitive in the tourism industry and diversify its economy while allowing for more tourism integration. Davis was […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The northern parts of The Bahamas will experience “significant” drops in temperature beginning Friday evening until Monday as a cold front sweeps the east coast of Florida, according to meteorologists. In an interview with Eyewitness News, Department of Meteorology Deputy Director Jeffrey Simmons said temperatures could reach as low as 40 on Grand […]
Jamaican tourism minister hails Caribbean’s resilience NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas’ tourism industry is rebounding even faster than the rest of the Caribbean, according to Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation Chester Cooper. Cooper, who was speaking at the reopening of the Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort and Offshore Island yesterday, noted: “This is a […]
They are excited about what they can do in their communities and they have already expressed to me their needs and how we can best address them [and] assist them as a governing body for their district — Clay Sweeting NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Parliamentary Registration Department continued to receive the unofficial results of the […]
Dear Editor, After more than 30 years in the hospitality industry, with the last six years as a taxi driver, I am convinced that there must be a change in the building of our tourism model in our country. There needs to be more discussion not only with developers but with Bahamian stakeholders in open […]
Pinder stresses importance of Bahamas growing its own food “If you want something, you’re going to have to pay 10, 20 or 100 percent more” NASSAU, BAHAMAS — An Abaco-based poultry producer said yesterday that inflationary prices have driven its operational costs up by as much as 30 percent, noting that it could no longer hold […]
Moultrie also calls for MPs’ salaries to be increased NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Former Speaker of the House of Assembly Halson Moultrie yesterday commended Parliament for passing a resolution to establish a standing committee to assist in managing the office of the House as a step in the right direction. The resolution was passed on Wednesday. Among […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Lyford Cay Foundations (LCF) has announced the launch of the “Bahamas Resilience and Excellence Education Programme”, a new scholarship initiative focused on graduate and technical studies in Canada. Over a four-year period, the programme will provide for a total of 10 graduate and 10 technical scholarships to study in Canada, in […]
Collage-based exhibition featuring Cydne Jasmin Coleby, Ronald Cyrille, Gherdai Hassell and Steven Schmid on view from January 27 to March 12, 2022 NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Amalgamating images, textures and textiles and remixing these resources into new compositions — whether digitally, paper-based or through mixed media — is an integral act in the collective approaches of […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Bahamas Girl Guides Association (BGGA) is a step closer to providing an empowerment and training hub for their girls throughout The Bahamas and around the globe. CIBC FirstCaribbean recently donated $5,000 to the BGGA to assist in completing the interior of its $1.5 million, West Bay Street headquarters, which will feature […]
Over 600 candidates nominated; Sweeting pleased about diverse group NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs Clay Sweeting is leading a delegation to a number of islands today for local government elections. Over 600 candidates nominated on January 6. The minister is expected to travel to Eleuthera, Abaco and Grand […]
NICHOLLS TOWN, ANDROS — Police found the charred remains of a woman crouched in a bathtub after a concrete structure in Mastic Point was fully engulfed in flames last night. According to Superintendent Audley Peters, officers in Nicholls Town, Andros were alerted to the structural fire shortly before 6pm yesterday. “A team of officers along […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Bahamas Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson yesterday claimed more than 1,200 teachers have engaged in some form of industrial action in protest of working conditions, the hybrid schedule, and disrespectful treatment as public schools across the country return to hybrid learning this week. Dozens of teachers at the T.A Thompson and […]
Teachers stage a sickout over poor working conditions NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Dozens of teachers at the T.A Thompson and Sybil Strachan Schools staged a sick out yesterday after returning to the classroom to “unsafe working conditions”. One teacher told Eyewitness News that the condition at the schools is not conducive for learning in a pandemic, […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of State for Social Services Lisa Rahming yesterday outlined several measures her ministry intends to take to begin tackling the issue of gender-based violence throughout the country in the aftermath of a murder-suicide of a young couple. Loved ones, religious leaders, the police, and residents in the surrounding community of Miami […]
