BARBADOS TO REMOVE QUEEN ELIZABETH AS HEAD OF STATE
LONDON — Barbados has announced its intention to remove Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic, BBC News reported September 17. “The time has come to …
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GOVERNMENT HOPEFUL SMALLER HOTELS CAN JUMPSTART TOURISM
NASSAU, Bahamas, September 18, 2020 — Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest said the Minnis administration is hopeful that the re-opening of smaller hotels will help jumpstart …
Read MoreJAMAICA’S NEW EDUCATION MINISTER READY TO CONTINUE TRANSFORMATIONAL INITIATIVES
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 18, 2020 — New Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, says she is ready to continue the transformational initiatives in the Ministry for the …
Read MoreGBPA PREPARING THE PACE CENTRE FOR RETURN OF STUDENTS
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama, September 17, 2020 – Providing business services, utilities and investments are among the Grand Bahama Port Authority’s (GBPA) core responsibilities. But a healthy economy requires a skilled …
Read MoreTOURISM & AVIATION MINISTER SAYS RESORT DELAYS “NOT A COMPLETE SURPRISE”
NASSAU, Bahamas, September 16, 2020 — Days after several major resorts announced they will not reopen on October 15, Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday admitted the news was not a …
Read MoreSOME SAGE COVID-19 RECOMMENDATIONS
(EDITOR’S NOTE: My good friend Winston “Shem” Sherman, who lives in Freeport, Grand Bahama, posted these sage COVID-19 recommendations with this request, “I copied and posted……Who else will do the …
Read MoreTHE STALWART CONTRIBUTIONS OF GEORGE SMITH TO BAHAMIAN POLITICS
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Sales of my novel WOES OF LIFE have been very disappointing, so I have decided to abandon plans to write a sequel, which would have been entitled ATHOL …
Read MoreBAHAMAS PLANS E-CURRENCY TO CONNECT FAR-FLUNG ISLANDS
The Bahamas is set to beat some of the world’s superpowers in launching a sovereign digital currency, Bloomberg reported on September 15, in an article written by Jim Wyss. After …
Read MoreJAMAICA’S TOURISM MINISTER FOCUSED ON RECOVERY
KINGSTON, Jamaica, September 15, 2020 — Newly reappointed Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, will be intensifying his focus on the recovery of the sector, which has been severely impacted …
Read MoreHOLNESS NAMES NEW SLATE OF CABINET MINISTERS
KINGSTON — Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced his full 19-member cabinet with several new, young ministers appointed among those with years of cabinet experience. Prior to the announcement, …
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