WASHINGTON, D.C.– Bahamians in the Washington, D.C. area diaspora mingled with a cross-section of Washington’s business, political and diplomatic communities at a lavish reception hosted by His Excellency Sidney Collie, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the OAS, and Mr. Theo Neilly, Bahamas Consul General to Washington, D.C. on Friday, July 6, 2018 at the St. Regis Hotel in downtown Washington celebrating the 45th anniversary of The Bahamas’ attainment of independence from Great Britain. Pictured from left to right in the top photo are Van Isaacs; Ambassador Collie; Oswald T. Brown, President of THE BROWN AGENCY, a Public Relations and Marketing Company based in D.C.; and Dr. Roger Weir, Associate Professor of Neurology at Howard University Hospital, In the second photo from left to right are Elisabeth Ann Brown, Vice President and Creative Director of THE BROWN AGENCY; Ambassador Collie; Oswald T. Brown; Colleen Isaacs, former Financial Officer at The Bahamas Embassy; and Nesta Pathirana, Private Secretary at The Bahamas Embassy.
