I join Bahamians everywhere as we mourn the passing of The Honourable Arthur Dion Hanna, O.N., (Order of the Nation) Former Deputy Prime Minister and Governor General of ...

The Hon. Arthur Dion Hanna, a founder of the modern Bahamas, passed away on August 3, 2021 at the age of 93. He was the seventh Bahamian Governor General of the Commonwea...

A Bahamian giant and statesman has passed away. It is with deep regret and profound sadness that the country has learned of the passing of former Governor General the Hon. Arthur Dion Hanna, the seventh Bahamian Governor-General of Th...

“Officials from the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation (BMOTA) are actively pursuing new business opportunities for the destination while at the 2021 Exper...

Bahamahost 2021 Graduation Ceremony was held July 29, aired via Zoom and Facebook -- a grand virtual event.  Minister of Tourism and Aviation the Hon. Dionisio D...

Minister Wells; Officials; Members of the Vaccine Consultative Committee; Members of the Press; Ladies and Gentlemen: Good Morning, Today’s delivery of 33,600 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine represents the third tranche ...

The Minister of Health the Hon. Renward Wells accompanied Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis in receiving another batch of vaccines as the government continue...

Her Excellency Maria O’Brien, Ambassador of The Bahamas to the Kingdom of Belgium and Head of Mission to the European Union, paid a courtesy call of the Chairman Bishop...

The Office of the Prime Minister wishes to advise that, effective Friday 6 August 2021, those persons applying for a travel health visa to enter The Bahamas or travel within The Bahamas will be subjected to the following new testing requirem...

Members of the Kemp Road Community Association (KRCA), recently teamed up with officials from the Free Town Urban Renewal Centre, private citizens, community-based an...

Urban Renewal Centres across New Providence concluded their second week of hosting Monday-Friday luncheons for children in the various communities they serve (July 26...

The Department of Marine Resources takes this opportunity to advise the general public that the crawfish season opens on Sunday, 1st August, 2021.The public is reminded regarding the following:- 1. the legal measurement for whole crawfish is ...

The Cabinet Office advises for general information that it has relocated from the Churchill Building to the Tradewinds Building (2nd Floor), Bay Street, effective 3 August 2021...

Statement from Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis: It was a moment of great pride for the country last night when Kai Jones was drafted 19th overall in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft. He will play for t...

To celebrate 100 years of banking in the region, CIBC FirstCaribbean is planting 100 trees across the 16 territories in which it operates. The first tree planting in The ...

Since the establishment of the Dive Section within the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, a strategic approach has been taken to perpetuate this unit. The newly revamped dive p...

The Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) has toured several islands to check the pulse of Crystal Cruises' homeporting to determine how businesses have been impacte...

His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Cornelius A. Smith, Governor General, administered the Oath of Allegiance and Judicial Oath during a swearing in ceremony of Senior ...

His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Cornelius A. Smith, Governor General, received successful recipients of the 2021 United World College Scholarship in ...

Charge d'Affaires, Greg Quinn of the UK High Commission called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Darren Henfield, July 28, 2021 at the Ministry's offices. ...

On behalf of The Government of The Bahamas, the Hon. Renward Wells Minister of Health, accepted the sixth batch of medical supplies worth $78,000 -- a gift of the Chi...

The Government will spend $7.2 million to engage medical staff, and 18 hospital beds will be added to the PMH inventory as part of the continued aggressive and comprehens...

Grand Bahama Health Services executive management confirmed today that more than seventeen (17) nurses at the Rand Memorial Hospital in Freeport, Grand Bahama called in sick today in an apparent sickout. Hospital officials confirm that the f...

Minister of National Security the Hon. Marvin Dames recently lauded the support of the public and private sector in the obtaining and installing of security cameras in th...

To celebrate its 43rd anniversary, The Bahamas Development Bank (BDB) has selected its second Warren L Rolle apprentice, Merisha Butler. Butler, who will be studying Econ...

Twelve of New Providence’s 14 top female scholars from the Public and Private School Systems participated in what was billed as the inaugural Girls in Leadership Rec...

The Government has temporarily suspended the implementation of a Customs processing fee, approved during the 2021/22 budget exercise to allow for additional training and customer education. The recent change was made to bring the procedure...

On July 29, the Ministry of Tourism & Aviation will host a grand virtual ceremony to mark the graduation of a total of 760 tourism professionals from BahamaHost, its signature industry training program. Held under the theme, "The People...

During the 2021/2022 budget contribution of the Minister of Health, the Honourable Renward R. Wells, advised the general public that approval was given for the pay-out of $1,040,600.00 in honourarium and death benefits to a limited number of...

Members of The Bahamas Integrated Toastmasters Club, 7820731, the country’s newest Toastmasters Club, were challenged to become Agents of Change during the Club’...

The Urban Renewal Commission hosted its inaugural Independence Cultural Icon Awards Ceremony at Salem Union Baptist Church Hall, Taylor Street, as a key component of the ...

The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation (BMOTA) team returns to the 2021 Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh Show, July 25-August 1, in ...

Mrs. Elma Garraway, Deputy to the Governor General, gave a Tribute to Ms. Constance Miller honouring Ms. Miller for 48 years of dedicated service to the Bahamas Girl Guid...

As a part of the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King’s strategic plans for community relations as a socially corporate partner, members of the Suppl...

The New Providence Ecology Park (NPEP) announced its sponsorship of a two-week STEM Waste Management Summer Camp for girls ages thirteen to eighteen. The project-based c...

The signing of a lease agreement for 40 acres of Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BIAC) land in Norman's Castle, Abaco for a church farming project took ...

A boat captain is being questioned by Police officials after his vessel was brought into the capital late Sunday evening by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force aft...

Before cheering supporters, family, Ministry of Education (MOE) officials, and his coach, and backed by a contingent from Lyford Cay International School (LCIS), Roy Seli...

A 10pm to 5am daily curfew will take effect on Monday 26 July 2021 for the islands of New Providence, Grand Bahama and North and South Eleuthera, including Harbour Island. The curfew is part of a series of new health measures that...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis will address the country on Wednesday night, 28 July 2021 at 8pm, regarding the continued comprehensive measures his administration is taking to combat the recent surge in COVI...

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) and the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) are aware of photos and a video circulating on social media which portrays the West Porch Area of the Critical Care Block being battered by rain during the early m...

Come September, a new wave of technology will be transforming public schools in New Providence.   The Technical Studies Unit of the Ministry of Education (MOE) presen...

The Government marked a significant milestone on the long road to recovery from Hurricane Dorian today with the commissioning of the High Rock and McLean’s Town Community clinics. In 2019, the historic devastation wrought by Hurricane D...

See enclosed today's COVID-19 press conference statement by Minister of Health, the Hon. Renward Wells: Good Afternoon, Bahamas! Here is the latest national COVID-19 Report. On Thu...

Jamaica’s agri-entrepreneurs will get access to a range of manufacturing, training and marketing support under a new two-year project launched today which is being impl...

Former Defence Force Marine, Mr. Herbert Marshall, recently paid a courtesy call on the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King on July 20th, 2021, at Defence...

The Department of Social Services has relaunched its national 24-hour hotline to assist those suffering from mental and physical issues said Acting Deputy Director of Soc...

The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) wishes to apologize to the Class of 2021 for the inconvenience caused regarding the unsuccessful broadcast of our 2021 virtual graduation. We continue to work on the technical difficultie...

The Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) is collaborating with the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) to pr...

Owing to a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, one psychologist is urging essential workers to prioritize their mental health. “There is a concept of shared trauma tha...

The Dolphin Swim Club and Team Orca Swimming recently fused their competitive swimming groups to form Lightning Aquatics. The team, supported by Consolidated Water (Baham...

The Cable Bahamas Group of Companies continued its partnership with, and support of, the National Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) and its disaster management/mitig...

The Government intends to address the issue of too many derelict buildings in downtown Nassau through legislation and other legal means, Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. ...

The Bahamas has received 3,496 doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine as the result of a donation from the British Overseas Territories of Montserrat and Anguilla, wit...

The University of The Bahamas (UB) Presidential Search Committee (PSC), appointed by the UB Board of Trustees, is pleased to announce that it has selected its top three finalists for the position of President of University of The Bahamas, to...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction, Mr. Carl F. Smith, called on members of the public to be aware of the �...

Hospital administration at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) today announced the implementation of measures to manage the institution’s already strained services as a result of a surge in COVID-19 cases presenting at the Emergency Depar...

In continuation of their partnership, the incoming representative for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Mari Dunleavy paid a courtes...