The Bahamas Investor

...cludes Wilchcombe; Marcian Cooper, minister’s aide; Damian Gomez, Minister of State in the Ministry of Legal Affairs; Andre Rollins, chairman, Gaming Board; Patricia Rodgers, permanent secretary, Ministry of Tourism; Alva Coakley, legal counsel, Ministry of Tourism; Camille Johnson, permanent secretary, Ministry of the Environment & Housing; Sir Baltron Bethel, senior policy advisor, Office of the Prime Minister/tourism development consultant, Min......

...24, 2014 in preparation for the convening of the Third Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Community of American and Caribbean States (CELAC). Prime Minister Perry Christie will head the Bahamian delegation scheduled to arrive January 28, and will attend the summit in his capacity as chair of CARICOM and as CARICOM’S Representative on the CELAC Quartet. Also included in the delegation is Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs an......

...wCo. “We are seeking a partner to manage the operations of NewCo, bringing state of the art business practices, processes and technology to the transmission distribution systems,” Dorsett said. The government expects to have a clear cost reduction targets and incentives, as well as performance benchmarks embedded into the contract. The performance benchmarks will address issues such as network reliability, average outage periods, frequency of outa......

...e Head of the Secretariat of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes. The meetings centred around the high-level commitments that the government has made with respect to the EU’s criteria on economic substance and transparency and the OECD’s anti-Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) minimum standards. Deputy Prime Minister Turnquest provided an update of The Bahamas’ efforts to fulfil its commitments and re......

...oring Grand Bahama, there is still a lot of work to be done, said Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister Kwasi Thompson on the first anniversary of the current Dr Hubert Minnis administration. Minister Thompson said: “We have made significant progress, however, there is a lot more work to be done. I believe that throughout this year, there has been a lot of progress on a number of fronts and in a number of areas, ho......

...ces, Trade & Industry and Immigration Brent Symonette, May 25, 2017 at the offices of the Ministry. Pictured from left: Kendrick Anderson, Financial Trade Officer MFS; Tanya Murray, Project Manager; LaTonya Symonette-Tinker, Consultant; Sherrylee Smith, Permanent Secretary; Minister Symonette; Maria Florencia Attademo-Hirt, Country Representative/The Bahamas, Inter-American Development Bank Group; Alexandria Newbold, Project Manager BFS; and Allen......

...Information Portal in Grand Bahama March 24, 2017. (BIS Photo/Lisa Davis) Minister of Financial Services and Local Government Hope Strachan was in Grand Bahama at the end of last week to begin the process of increasing awareness among the business community ahead of the launch of Bahamas Trade Information Service Portal April 6, 2017. Minister Strachan joined the Minister for Grand Bahama Dr. Michael Darville at a press conference at the Ministry......

...the new Acting Cabinet Secretary,” he said. Perry Christie reads the Oath of Office as he is sworn in as Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas by Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes at Government House May 8, 2012. (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna) Christie (second from left) poses with the Governor General for an official photograph with their respective wives, Bernadette Christie (far left) and Lady Foulkes (far right). (BIS Photo/Patrick H......

...murmurings of a possible collaboration since 2001. But it took three years for a formal meeting to be held and for the respective groups to realize that a combined organization would be beneficial to both entities. “Both organizations felt it would be strategic to pool their resources to become a more unified and stronger voice for the private sector, and to help improve [the organizations’] weak institutional capacities brought on by high debts,......

Hon Khaalis Rolle, Minister of State for Investments speaking at the National Conclave of Chambers of Commerce in The Bahamas held last week at SuperClubs Breezes in Nassau. (Photo Harry Cutting/©Dupuch) The government is one step closer to drawing up its comprehensive National Economic Plan, with the longlist of consultancy firms bidding to spearhead the strategy narrowing to six candidates, according to Minister of State for Investments Khaalis......

...oral conservation work that Nikita Shiel-Rolle (pictured), chief executive officer and president of Young Marine Explorers has been conducting throughout The Bahamas. Pictured: Nassau youth coral conservation team members preparing data collection sheets while being filmed by a National History Museum of London documentary producer. (Photo courtesy Nikita Shiel-Rolle) The documentary was filmed in New Providence and Cat Island with Young Marine Ex......

...Minister of State for Investments Khaalis Rolle says that The Bahamas is set to reap the benefits of large development projects taking place on New Providence and Abaco. Watch an interview with Rolle here.......

...as accompanied by Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder, and Minister of State for Investments in the Office of the Prime Minister Khaalis Rolle. Whilst in Cuba, the Prime Minister also attended the Fifth CARICOM-Cuba Summit yesterday. The Prime Minister (centre) and Ryan Pinder (left) arriving at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana December 7. (BIS Photos/Peter L. Ramsay) The Prime Minister (centre) is greeted by Raul Modesto Castro R......

...the facility with marketing and publicity. The Prime Minister’s delegation to Rose Island also included the Minister of Tourism Obie Wilchcombe; Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin; Minister of State for Investments Khaalis Rolle; and government officials from the Ministry of Tourism and members of the local media. Tourism Today video: Bahamian launches Grantanna Resort, Rose Island......

...he Minister for Financial Services and International Trade Ryan Pinder and State Minister for Investment in the Office of the Prime Minister Khaalis Rolle. Prime Minister Christie is expected to offer assurances of The Bahamas’ commitment to the relationship between the two nations as they continue to find ways to work with each other, both bilaterally and within a regional context on a number of issues including trade and technical cooperation, f......