DPM CHESTER COOPER ON FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO GRAND BAHAMA.

On his arrival in Freeport shortly after 9 a.m., the Hon. Chester Cooper, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism , Investments and Aviation, and his delegation were met at the airport by the Hon. Ginger Moxey, Minister for Grand Bahama, accompanied by Permanent Secretary Harcourt Brown and other officials. (BIS Photo/Lisa Davis)

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama – The Hon. Chester Cooper, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation, made his first official visit to Grand Bahama on Thursday, September 30.

As a part of his first official visit to Grand Bahama, Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Chester Cooper toured the Grand Lucayan. Seen looking out onto the property are Senator the Hon. Ryan Pinder, Attorney General; the Hon. Ginger Moxey, Minister for Grand Bahama; and Deputy Prime Minister Cooper. (BIS Photo/Lisa Davis)

He was accompanied by Senator the Hon. Ryan Pinder, Attorney General; the Hon. John Pinder, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation (MOTIA); Reginald Saunders, Permanent Secretary, MOTIA; Joy Jibrilu, Director General, MOTIA; and Algernon Cargill, Director of Aviation.

The delegation arrived in Freeport shortly before 9 a.m., and were met at the airport by the Hon. Ginger Moxey,Minister for Grand Bahama, accompanied by Permanent Secretary Harcourt Brown and other officials.

The DPM noted that the Grand Lucayan property is front and centre on the government’s radar, and a meeting with the Lucayan Renewal Holdings Board at the Grand Lucayan, after which DPM Cooper addressed the media.