Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham heralds the new Straw Market in downtown Nassau as being a symbol of Bahamian ingenuity and creativity. Read the Prime Minister's remarks here.

The Bahamas government recently signed a guarantee contract with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for a loan totalling $81 million for an entire upgrade of the water and sewerage facilities on New Providence. The objective of the programme is to improve efficiency and quality of service provision of potable water and address immediate problems of sanitation. For a closer look at the terms of the agreement view PDFs of the contract here.