SURINAME IMPLEMENTING VESSEL-MONITORING SYSTEM
GUYANA — A fishing-vessel monitoring system is being implemented in Suriname in the aftermath of the recent pirate attack on 20 Guyanese fishermen, as that country grapples to regulate its …
Read MoreGOVERNMENT STILL HOPES TO JOIN THE CCJ
ANTIGUA — The government has not totally abandoned the campaign to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Antigua and Barbuda’s final court of appeal, replacing the London-based Privy Council, …
Read MoreGOVERNMENT EXPLORING CODE OF CONDUCT FOR CARNIVAL
NASSAU — While the government has pulled its subvention from Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, which was relaunched privately this year as “Bahamas Carnival”, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Michael Pintard …
Read More120 OBTAIN CITIZENSHIP IN THREE MONTHS
NASSAU — The government has approved more than 100 applications for citizenship since the Citizenship Committee was formed in February and is on pace, if the rate is sustained, to …
Read MorePOTTERS CAY VENDORS DISGRUNTLED
NASSAU — Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources’ officials, in response to Potter’s Cay Vendors Association on renovation plans, have dismissed the notion that nothing’s been done to renovate Potter’s …
Read MoreEXPAT EXPERT TO STUDY BPL SYSTEM
NASSAU — A foreign expert who will be contracted by Bahamas Power and Light to gauge its electrical service system for potential instabilities will arrive in the country next month, according to BPL chairwoman Darnell …
Read MoreLAND SURVEYORS CONCERNED ABOUT WTO ACCESSION
NASSAU — The Bahamas Association of Land Surveyors (BALS) has joined the growing list of professional services groups that are concerned with The Bahamas’ accession to the World Trade Organization …
Read MoreRE: HENFIELD IS COFCOR CHAIRMAN
NASSAU, Bahamas — The Hon. Darren A. Henfield, Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs, has described his selection as incoming Chairman of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) as …
Read MoreBAHAMAS MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER TWO CONTESTANTS IN SCRIPPS SPELLING BEE
By OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON,D.C. — The Bahamas National Spelling Bee Committee (BNSBC) missed a golden opportunity to enter two contestants from The Bahamas in the 91st annual Scripps National Spelling Bee …
Read MoreST JOHN FOLK URGED TO GIVE BLP A CHANCE
BARBADOS — People in the Democratic Labour Party stronghold of St John have been told to put partyand politics aside and vote person, Barbados Nation reported on May 9. That …
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