Bahamas
Empowering Women in the Bahamas
June 26, 2011 | 10:44 pm | 0 Comment
From left: Pauline Allen-Dean, Social Development Minister Loretta Butler-Turner and retired Assistant Commissioner of the Royal Bahamas Police Force Juanita Colebrooke (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is working to support women's empowerment in the country, with a series of initiatives aimed at cementing equality. "It appears that more...
China Officially Hands over $30 Million National Stadium to Bahamas
June 23, 2011 | 2:53 pm | 0 Comment
Ambassador Hu Shan and Cabinet Secretary Anita Bernard (BIS Photo/Peter Ramsay) The new Bahamas National Stadium, a $30 million gift from China to the Bahamas, was officially handed over yesterday. Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham held the ceremony for the project, which was built using primarily Chinese labour. Chinese Ambassador Hu Shan and Bahamas Cabinet Secretary more...
Bahamas’ Symonette: CARICOM States Must Close Security Gaps
June 22, 2011 | 9:26 am | 0 Comment
(BIS Photo/Kris Ingraham) CARICOM member states are "particularly vulnerable and susceptible to the risks and threats posed by weapons of mass destruction and terrorism," Bahamas Foreign Minister Brent Symonette said yesterday. The minister said that due to their small size, geographical configuration and limited technical and financial resources, the member states more...
Bahamas Telecom Extends Cable to Haiti
June 21, 2011 | 9:48 am | 0 Comment
Above: an undersea cable Bahamas Telecom Company will be extending its U.S.-Caribbean cable to improve connectivity in Haiti. "We are going to make a significant investment into expanding the capacity of the Miami cable," said BTC CEO Geoff Houston in a statement. "We're looking at expanding the capacity of the Haiti cable. We expect to do both of these this year and more...
Bahamian AG Drops Charges against American Baseball Player Garrett Wittels
June 20, 2011 | 4:26 pm | 0 Comment
Garrett Wittels (FIU Photo/Samuel Lewis) The Bahamian Attorney General dropped rape charges on American collegiate baseball player Garrett Wittels, according to his attorney, Richard Sharpstein. "It's over," Sharpstein said. "The fact lady has sung in the Bahamas." The attorney general entered a nolle prosequi (no prosecution) motion this morning. "The negative and more...
Bahamas, Norway Strengthen Ties
June 20, 2011 | 10:05 am | 0 Comment
New Ambassador Peter Opdahl arrives at Government House (BIS Photo) The Bahamas accredited a new Norwegian Ambassador to the Bahamas, aiming to strengthen diplomatic ties between the two countries. Peter Opdahl was named Non-Resident Ambassador, although he will be resident in Cuba. "Your accreditation symbolizes a new chapter in our relations," Governor General Sir more...
In Andros, Tackling the Food-Price Problem at the Grassroots
June 19, 2011 | 2:54 pm | 0 Comment
Above: BAIC Executive Chairman Edison Key tours the North Andros High School's mini-greenhouse with teacher Shivanandah Ackloo (BIS Photo) By Gladstone Thurston With food prices an increasing challenge for the Caribbean, a group of students in the Bahamas are working to tackle the problem. Central Andros High School's fledgling agricultural program has won the more...
China’s Lequan Visits New Bahamas National Stadium Project
June 17, 2011 | 9:32 am | 0 Comment
Bahamian track legend Thomas Robinson with Wang Lequan (BIS Photo/Gena Gibbs) China's Wang Lequan, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of China's Communist Party, visited the new Bahamian national stadium this week, which was a joint Sino-Bahamian project. The Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre is still under construction. --Bahamas Information more...
Bahamas Security Minister Tommy Turnquest Defends Privy Council
June 16, 2011 | 9:44 am | 0 Comment
Minister Tommy Turnquest (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) Bahamas Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest defended the London-based Privy Council, the Bahamas' final court of appeal yesterday, arguing that the court was not an obstacle to the death penalty as it had been portrayed. "While members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council may have views against the more...
Bahamian, Chinese Officials Meet on National Security, Transnational Crime
June 11, 2011 | 10:19 am | 0 Comment
Wang Lequan, left, and Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham (BIS Photo/Peter Ramsay) Officials from China visited the Bahamas this week, discussing issues of national security and law enforcement. The two countries' dialogue actually followed a stint by two Bahamian police officers in China, one which Bahamian officials hope will lead to "additional collaboration and more...
