ROCK SOUND, Eleuthera (BIS) Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis and delegation, including Minister of Tourism & Aviation the Hon. Dionisio D’Aguilar, arrived in Rock Sound, Eleuthera, on Thursday morning January 31, 2019 and were met by the Island Administrator and police before setting off for Half Moon Cay to tour Holland America...
Monthly Archives: January 2019
Rianna Sweeting Technical Scholar_Lyford Cay Foundations (NASSAU, BAHAMAS) – Lyford Cay Foundations’ online scholarship application is now open. For consideration, applications need to be submitted online at www.lyfordcayfoundation.org by a deadline of March 15th at 5 pm. For the more than 1,400 Lyford Cay Foundations Scholars contributing...
PM Minnis addresses House of Assembly January 30, 2019 NASSAU, The Bahamas – The government is making good on its promise to upgrade its digital platform in order to provide efficient services to the public and external customers. This will be possible through a loan in the amount of $30 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for the...
File photo: PM Minnis in Eleuthera – October 2018. The following national report on Family Islands is one of a series of reports by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis, which his Office announced would be given to provide updates and information to the people of The Bahamas on a broad range of national issues during the next several...
New students at the University of the Bahamas. University of The Bahamas (UB) has added another pathway for prospective students to be eligible for admission into the institution earlier in the admission cycle, in fulfillment of the University’s mandate to expand access to tertiary education. The anticipated impact is an increased efficiency in advising...
JANUARY 26, 2019, The Bahamas – OPM Statement: Fake reports are circulating on social media falsely claiming that Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday morning after experiencing an above normal blood pressure reading. The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) wishes to advise the Bahamian public...
Resort-Style Living. According to Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty, the demand for luxury resort-style properties such as those found on Kamalame Cay (above) saw a significant surge in 2018. According to Damianos Sotheby’s International Realty, 2018 was another healthy year for luxury residential real estate sales with the company’s list...
In a bid to streamline operational costs and increase the economic sustainability of the Institute, the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) is redefining its business model and will focus solely on the wholesale sector, a move which is expected to translate into increased revenue by tens of thousands of dollars, a top official with...
According to police reports, shortly after 7:00am on Friday morning, January 18th, 2019, Eleuthera Division Officers, armed with a search warrant, went to the Grant Street home of a Harbour Island man, and conducted a search, from which they recovered three packages of suspected marijuana – weighing 1.5 lbs, a .40 pistol, three (3) rounds of ammunition...
Central Eleuthera High girls on the sideline, cheering on their teammates. The Tony Crean Eleuthera Pre-Season Basketball Invitational kicked off on Friday, January 18th, 2019 in Governor’s Harbour, Central Eleuthera, where all six high schools in Eleuthera began competition in three divisions (2 boys divisions and 1 girls division) which would...