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Bahamas, Cuba Sign Border Agreement
Above: MFA Brent Symonette and Ambassador Jose Luis Ponce Caraballo (BIS Photo/Kris Ingraham) By the Caribbean Journal staff After 18 years of negotiations, the Bahamas and Cuba have officially signed an agreement for maritime delimitations between the two countries. Minister […]
Bahamas, Cuba to Agree on Sea Border
Above: From left, Foreign Minister Brent Symonette and Ambassador Ponce (BIS Photo/Kris Ingraham) By the Caribbean Journal staff After 13 years of negotiations, the Bahamas and Cuba will officially sign an agreement on the delimitation of sea boundaries between the […]
Guyana, IDB Sign Loan Agreement
Above: President Bharrat Jagdeo and IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo and Finance Minister Ashni Singh met yesterday with the President of the Innter-American Development Bank, Luis Alberto Moreno, at the bank’s […]
A New Life for Nassau’s Montagu
Above: Environment Minister Earl Deveaux, Montagu MP Loretta Butler-Turner and George Markantonis, president of Kerzner International Bahamas (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson) The Bahamas officially launched its Montagu Foreshore Redevelopment project, a large-scale facelift for one of New Providence’s historic waterfront areas. […]
For Bahamian Women, a Story in Art
Above: Lyndah Wells’ The Walking Reds (Courtesy of BIS) The Bahamas’ Public Treasury Department has turned its first five floors on Nassau’s East Street into an art gallery featuring the works of Bahamas’ female artists. Entitled “Bahama Mama,” the exhibition […]
Bahamas, China to Sign Cooperation Pact
Above: China handed over a $30 million national stadium to the Bahamas in July. (BIS Photo: Peter Ramsay) The Bahamas and China will sign an Economic Technical Cooperation Agreement during the visit of China’s Wang Qishan to the country next […]
Bahamas, China Meet on Infrastructure
Above: Chinese Ambassador Hu Shan and Bahamas Works Minister Neko Grant (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson) Chinese Ambassador to the Bahamas Hu Shan met today with Bahamian Works and Transport Minister Neko Grant at Grant’s office in Nassau. China and the Bahamas […]
Marriott BVI Foray Completes First Phase
Above: Scrub Island By the Caribbean Journal staff The first Marriott destination in the British Virgin Islands, and the first Caribbean resort to join the company’s new Autograph Collection has completed phase one of the Scrub Island project, according to […]
China’s Hu Visits Grand Bahama
Above: Ambassador Hu Shan, Bradley Armbrister, Island Administrator for the Bahamas’ East End District and Madame Liu Ping (BIS Photo/Vandyke Hepburn) Chinese Ambassador to the Bahamas Hu Shan made his first official visit to Grand Bahama Wednesday, looking at the […]
Barbados Preps Agriculture for Hurricanes
Above: a cane field in Barbados With the hurricane season officially under way in June, Barbados’ Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and Water Resource Management is working to ensure the island’s food and fisheries infrastructure are secure in the event […]
Bahamas Completes BTC Sale
The government of the Bahamas has completed a 51 percent sale of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company to British firm Cable and Wireless Communications, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham announced today in a statement. The deal was the subject of a great […]
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