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FREEPORT, Grand Bahama, March 25, 2020 – The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA) is collaborating with key stakeholders on the potential impact of COVID-19 on Grand Bahama. “We have …
Read MoreNASSAU, Bahamas, March 24, 2020 – The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation is following guidance from the Bahamas Ministry of Health and other government agencies pertaining to the country’s …
Read MoreBy OSWALD T. BROWN (EDITOR’S NOTE: I started to write this as brief caption for TODAY’S FACEBOOK MEMORIES photo, but because of pressing concerns that have become more urgent to …
Read MoreNASSAU, Bahamas, March 23, 2020 – In an address to the nation tonight (Monday, March 23), Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced expanded emergency orders in response to the COVID-19 …
Read MoreBy LLONELLA GILBERT NASSAU, Bahamas, March 23, 2020 (BIS) — Minister of Health the Hon. Dr. Duane Sands said that as of Sunday, March 22, the Ministry of Health had …
Read MoreSAINT LUCIA, March 23, 2020 — The Government of Saint Lucia has announced the closure of Saint Lucia’s airports to all incoming commercial and private flights effective 11:59 pm on …
Read MoreNASSAU, Bahamas — Baha Mar will close until further notice starting March 25 at 3pm, with a temporary layoff of all nonessential staff. In a letter to employees, Baha Mar …
Read MoreNASSAU, Bahamas — The country’s major hotels are shutting down because of the coronavirus crisis and temporarily laying off staff, with Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar saying the unemployment rate is …
Read MoreBy OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22, 2020 — Today would have been the 90th birthday of the late Sir Lynden Pindling, the first Prime Minister of The …
Read MoreHAVANA, CUBA, March 22, 2020 — Communist-run Cuba said it dispatched a brigade of doctors and nurses to Italy for the first time this weekend to help in the fight …
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