The Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality (BBSQ) released a communication on Thursday, September 21st, 2023 confirming the Bahamas’ election to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Council 2024-2026. The release hailed the achievement as, ‘an historic milestone’, as the Bahamas became the first member state from...
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Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Philip Davis and his delegation returned to The Bahamas, on November 5, 2021, from the World Leaders Summit which formed part of ‘COP26’, the ‘UN Conference on Climate Change’ in Glasgow, Scotland. He also held a press conference at the Lynden Pindling International Airport, where he...
BMOTA Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation (BMOTA) announced its affiliation as a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) on Tuesday, May 25th, 2021, joining other tourism organizations around the world in the commitment to meeting global standards in sustainability in travel and tourism. During...
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has a global mandate to ensure the protection and fair treatment of persons fleeing persecution, conflict and other forms of violence. In the Caribbean region, UNHCR works with individual states and promotes regional cooperation to achieve this end. At the end of 2012, UNHCR recorded over 2,500 persons intercepted...