Frederick Mitchell sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration during an Appointment Ceremony of Cabinet Ministers at Government House May 11, 2012. (BIS photo Letisha Henderson)

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Parliament is set to open on May 23 and officials are working to put everything in place for that date. Watch a ZNS news report on the preparations here.

The Cabinet Office announced today that Prime Minister Perry Christie has advised the Governor-General to complete the formation of the new cabinet with the following additional ministerial appointments:

HON. FREDERICK A. MITCHELL MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS and IMMIGRATION	HON. DR. MICHAEL DARVILLE MINISTER FOR GRAND BAHAMA
HON. V. ALFRED GRAY MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, MARINE RESOURCES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT	HON. DR. PERRY GOMEZ MINISTER OF HEALTH
HON. SHANE GIBSON MINISTER OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL INSURANCE	HON. KENDRED DORSETT MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOUSING
HON. GLENYS HANNA MARTIN MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AND AVIATION	HON. DANIEL JOHNSON MINISTER OF YOUTH SPORTS AND CULTURE
HON. MELANIE GRIFFIN MINISTER OF SOCIAL SERVICES	HON. HOPE STRACHAN MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND AVIATION
HON. KHAALIS ROLLE MINISTER OF STATE FOR INVESTMENTS IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER

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Existing Citrix customers in The Bahamas can apply their existing renewal budget to trade-up to the latest version of XenDesktop.

Nassau, Bahamas (PRWEB) May 10, 2012 – Cloud Carib announces the general availability of the Citrix “Trade-up to XenDesktop” program in The Bahamas. Any customer with active or expired Subscription Advantage can take advantage of these Trade-up Program offers. The Trade-up to XenDesktop Program gives XenApp customers the ability to add desktop virtualization to Citrix XenApp and expand their desktop virtualization footprint—at a fraction of the usual cost. The program includes three permanent offers and a limited-time promotion:

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Nassau Airport Development Co (NAD) this week announced the appointment of Chris Ryan as its new vice president of finance and chief financial officer.

“We are very pleased to welcome Chris to our executive management team. He brings more than 30 years of accounting experience in aviation, oil and gas, mining and healthcare services to the position,” says Stewart Steeves, president and chief executive officer of NAD. “As we welcome our new chief financial officer, I would like to especially thank our outgoing CFO, Paul Ward, for his leadership and the role he played to help us get to this point in our financing.”

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Eight Cabinet Ministers of the new Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) government took the Oath of Office in the presence of Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes May 10 at Government House.

The new Ministers are: Bernard Nottage, Minister of National Security and Government Leader in the House of Assembly; Obediah Wilchcombe, Minister of Tourism; Jerome Fitzgerald, Minister of Education Science and Technology; Ryan Pinder, Minister of Financial Services; Allyson Maynard Gibson, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs; Damian Gomez, Minister of State in the Ministry of Legal Affairs; Michael Halkitis, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance; Keith Bell, Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security.

OLDWICK, N.J., May 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Colina Insurance Limited (Colina) (Nassau, Bahamas). Colina is a wholly owned subsidiary of its publicly traded parent, Colina Holdings Bahamas Limited (CHBL) [BISX: CHL], which is majority owned by AF Holdings Ltd. (AFH). Concurrently, A.M. Best assigned an issuer credit rating of “bbb-” to CHBL. The outlook for all ratings is negative.

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ZNS news broadcast network reported this week that the international election observers from the Organization Of American States said that they were satisfied that the 2012 Bahamian elections were free and fair. Watch the news report here.

Sir Alan Collins, director general and chief executive of the Commonwealth Business Council paid a courtesy call on Marilyn Zonicle, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head Multilateral Relations/Organisations (Political Division), at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, May 7, 2012.

Sir Alan Collins, director general and chief executive of the Commonwealth Business Council paid a courtesy call at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Goodman’s Bay Corporate Centre May 7, 2012. Pictured are Marilyn Zonicle, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head Multilateral Relations/Organisations (Political Division), and Sir Alan. (BIS Photo/Kristaan H A Ingraham II)

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Flying Fish restaurant on Grand Bahama uses molecular gastronomy to produce its sustainable menu. See an interview with the owners Rebecca and Tim Tibbits here.