PM Hubert Ingraham on Sunday officially opened the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association's Caribbean Marketplace conference being held at Atlantis Paradise Island. The Prime Minster heralded the three-day summit as a "first-class event conducive of a successful buying and selling environment." Read the full opening speech here.

Pictured from left: State Minister in the Ministry of Finance Zhivargo Laing; IDB Bahamas representative Astrid Wynter; Hiroshi Yamagushi, Ambassador of Japan; Robert Sands, Honorary Consul-General of Japan. (BIS Photo/Kristaan Ingraham). Inter-American Development Bank's Japan Special Fund will provide a $612,000 technical co-operation grant to help strengthen The Bahamas' fiscal policy. The programme will focus on tax administration.