Prime Minister Perry Christie has shown his support for the development of the Cove Eleuthera Resort during a tour of the site at the beginning of the week. Watch a ZNS news report on the investment project here.

Triple jumper Leevan Sands talks about his hopes for London 2012. Watch an interview with Sands here.

Prime Minister Perry Christie has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to regain majority control of the Bahamas Telecommunications Co (BTC).

He made the statement during a press conference July 31, 2012, in the committee room at the House of Assembly.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Fred Mitchell addressed the Regular Session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) with the country’s response to a report by OAS electoral observer teams during the 2012 general election.

Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration addresses the Regular Session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States in Washington DC August 1, 2012. (Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS)

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Prime Minister Perry Christie has appointed Picewell Forbes, the Member of Parliament for Central and South Andros, as The Bahamas Non-Resident High Commissioner to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

The Prime Minister presented Forbes with his Instrument of Appointment during the official announcement ceremony in the House of Assembly Committee room on July 31, 2012.

Forbes will be accredited to the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, and to all Commonwealth Caribbean countries as High Commissioner. However, he will operate his duties from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nassau.

Bahamian Olympic runners Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder and Sheniqua Ferguson talk about what it means for them to be representing their country at the London 2012 Olympics. Watch interviews with the athletes here.

Speaking at the 16th Annual International African American Hotel Ownership & Investment Summit and Trade Show held in Miami, Florida, at the end of last week, Prime Minister Perry Christie said The Bahamas offered many opportunities for investment. Watch a ZNS news report of the event here.

According to preliminary statistics released by the Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA) and The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism (MOT), the 14-major New Providence hotels recorded a 77.7 per cent occupancy rate for June 2012 compared to 68.7 per cent in June 2011.

Room revenue increased by 8.3 per cent on the strength of a 12.6 per cent increase in room nights sold. However, the June 2012 average daily rate (ADR) was $228.04 compared to $237.05 in June 2011.

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Prime Minister Perry Christie toured the site of the new Cove Eleuthera Resort set to open in November on the island of Eleuthera. New Orleans entrepreneur and French Quarter hotelier Sidney Torres IV recently purchased the 32-acre ocean front property.

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Sports Ministers and senior officials from 43 Commonwealth nations met at the Sixth Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting 25 July 2012 in London. Click on photo for enlargement. (Photo courtesy of Bahamas High Commission in London)

Minister of Youth Sports and Culture Daniel Johnson met with Sports Ministers and senior officials from 43 Commonwealth nations in London on July 25 for the sixth Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting.

The meeting was chaired by Hugh Robertson, Minister for Sport and the Olympics for the UK.

During the meeting, the delegates strongly endorsed a set of guidelines that will assist governments to strengthen sport development and incorporate sport-based activities into development programmes.

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