Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie brings remarks at the launch of enrolment for NHI Bahamas at Enoch Backford Memorial Auditorium, Monday, April 24, 2017. (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) NASSAU, Bahamas — Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie said NHI Bahamas has been strengthened by...
Monthly Archives: April 2017
Prime Minister Christie toured the Abaco Mini-Hospital after the official opening on Wednesday, April 19th, 2017. He was accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Bernadette Christie; Grand Bahama Minister, Dr. Michael Darville; PHA Chair, Sen. Frank Smith; PHA Managing Director, Herbert Brown; Central and South Abaco MP, Edison Key and other government officials. ...
Police and Immigration officials saw an uptick in illegal arrivals this past month, with available reports revealing more than two dozen people taken into custody in reference to illegal landing or having no legal documentation. Three (3) undocumented migrants were taken into custody by Police on Harbour Island on Monday, April 17th, 2017. They were...
Following up on an anonymous call during the afternoon on Friday, April 14th, 2017, Police came upon an accident in Rock Sound in the area of Coco Plum Restaurant, involving a Silver Honda Fit SD vehicle licence #SD 1428 with one male passenger clad in a green shirt and dark coloured pants appearing to be in a semi-conscious state. According to authorities,...
An adult male was taken into custody by police in Eleuthera on the morning of Friday, April 14th, 2017, for possession of dangerous drugs found in his luggage during a random search conducted of the Bahamas Fast Ferries vessel as it docked into Governor’s Harbour this morning with hundreds of people arriving on island for the weekend’s...
Of the 65 athletes ratified by the Bahamas Association of Athletics Associations (BAAA) to compete for Team Bahamas, at the 2017 Flow CARIFTA Games slated for April 15-17 in Willemstad, Curacao, one young Eleutheran, Sean Rolle from Preston H. Albury High School, made it through in grand style in the under 18 javelin. Sean is a member of the Golden...
Photo credit: Canadian Food Inspection Agency STATEMENT FROM THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MARINE RESOURCES: The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources has been advised by our Embassy in Ottawa, Canada, that there has been a recall of Robin Hood Flour in Canada. Merchants and consumers are asked to check the following product number for the...
Prime Minister Perry G. Christie, in a brief statement on Tuesday, April 11th, called on the nation to maintain the longstanding tradition of the fair, peaceful General Elections. He announced that the country would have the responsibility of electing the next Parliament and thereby the next Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, on Wednesday,...
Enrico Garzaroli, owner of the historic and world-renowned Graycliff was presented the Clement T. Maynard Lifetime Achievement Award at the 17th Cacique Awards held at Baha Mar Convention Centre, Cable Beach, on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Pictured from left: Cherell Williamson, Miss Universe Bahamas; Jamal Rolle, Celebrity Artist, who produced the image...
Tillia Leary, Eleuthera’s winner in the Jr. Minister of Tourism Speech Competition held on March 24th, 2017, at the Cancer Society’s Wellness Center in Palmetto Point, went on to take second place in the national Jr. Minister of Tourism Speech Competition in New Providence this month. Fourteen young finalists from islands throughout the...