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Bahamian Government Says Potential Buyers Emerging for Baha Mar
A Baha Mar “Breakthrough”
“Much-anticipated breakthrough” By the Caribbean Journal staff Baha Mar contractor China Construction America has returned to the major project’s construction site, the development’s joint liquidators confirmed this week. The company has “returned to the site for analysis and assessment of …
Is a Major Economic Boom Coming to Eleuthera?
Above: Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie at the recent Eleuthera Business Outlook By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamian island of Eleuthera is on track for a “major economic boom,” according to Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie. Christie said the …
Bahamas Assumes Chairmanship of Caribbean Community
Above: Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas has officially assumed the rotating chairmanship of the Caribbean Community. New CARICOM Chairman and Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie said it would be his “duty” to work …
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Raul Castro Pledges Cuba’s Cooperation With CARICOM
Above: Raul Castro By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba is pledging its continued cooperation with its neighbours in the Caribbean Community, according to Cuba President Raul Castro. The Cuban leader was addressing the Cuba-CARICOM Summit in Havana on Monday. “We …
Bahamas Planning to Introduce 7.5 Percent Value Added Tax in 2015
Above: Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas is planning to introduce a new 7.5 percent value added tax, the government announced this week. The tax will be a single VAT rate across the board, …
Blue Marlin Cove Opens in Grand Bahama
Above: the Blue Marlin Cove in Grand Bahama By the Caribbean Journal staff Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie was on hand this week to officially open the new Blue Marlin Cove Resort and Marina at Bootle Bay in Grand Bahama. …
Licence Renewed for Bahamas Petroleum Company Oil Exploration, Company Says
By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas’ government has renewed the oil exploration licence for offshore oil firm Bahamas Petroleum, the company announced in a statement Monday. The licences were renewed as of Sept. 7, and the company has been …
Perry Christie: Bahamas Will Hold Referendum on National Lottery
Above: Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamian government will soon be calling a referendum on the issue of a national lottery in the country, according to Prime Minister Perry Christie. The referendum …
Construction of Bahamas’ Baha Mar Resort Project Reaches 100-Foot Mark
Above: officials at the ceremony in Nassau (BIS Photo/Peter Ramsay) By the Caribbean Journal staff Construction of the casino tower at the multi-billion-dollar Baha Mar project in the Bahamas reached the 100-foot mark this week. The project has signed a …
Bahamas Prime Minister Christie: Let People Decide on National Lottery
Above: Bahamas PM Perry Christie (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamian people should decide on the question of creating a national lottery, according to Prime Minister Perry Christie. “The major parties agreed that they will put it …
Bahamas to Focus on Urban Renewal Programme, Mulls National Lottery
Above: Perry Christie (centre) and other MPs head to Parliament ahead of the Budget Communication (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamian government is planning to revive the country’s Urban Renewal programme and is considering a national …
Bahamas Completes Senate Appointments
Above: Prime Minister Perry Christie By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamian cabinet has made its final three appointments to round out the country’s new Senate. Former Senate President Sharon Wilson, former diplomat Joseph Curry and attorney Cheryl Bazard have …
Former Bahamas PM Ingraham Bids Farewell to Public Life in Abaco
Above: Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham in Abaco By the Caribbean Journal staff Former Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, whose Free National Movement government was ousted by the Progressive Liberal Party in the country’s May 7 vote, has bid farewell …
Bahamas Cabinet Members Finish Swearing-In at Government House
Above: Incoming Foreign Minister Frederick Mitchell is sworn in (BIS Photo/Letisha Henderson) By the Caribbean Journal staff The 11 recently-appointed members of the new Bahamas Cabinet let by Prime Minister Perry Christie completed their swearing-in Friday in a ceremony at …
Bahamas Prime Minister Christie Appoints Complete Slate of Cabinet Ministers
Above: Prime Minister Perry Christie at his swearing-in this week (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie has completed the formation of his entire cabinet, naming an additional 11 Ministers after the eight who were …
Bahamas PM Names Philip Brave Davis Deputy PM and Works Minister
Above: Deputy Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis By the Caribbean Journal staff New Bahamas Prime Minister Perry Christie has appointed Philip “Brave” Davis as the country’s new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Urban Development. Davis is the …
Bahamas Swears in Perry Christie as PM: “The Voice of the People Was Heard”
Above: Prime Minister Perry Christie and Governor-General Sir Arthur Foulkes (BIS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Perry Christie has been sworn in as the Bahamas’ Prime Minister for the second time, following a ceremony Tuesday afternoon at Government House. …
After PLP Election Victory, Bahamian PM Ingraham Resigns as FNM Leader
Above: Hubert Ingraham By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the Bahamas election results that returned the Opposition Progressive Liberal Party to power, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has resigned as leader of the Free National Movement. Ingraham, known as “Papa,” had …
