On July 29, the Ministry of Tourism & Aviation will host a grand virtual ceremony to mark the graduation of a total of 760 tourism professionals from BahamaHost, its signature industry training program. Held under the theme, "The People...

Members of The Bahamas Integrated Toastmasters Club, 7820731, the country’s newest Toastmasters Club, were challenged to become Agents of Change during the Club’...

The Urban Renewal Commission hosted its inaugural Independence Cultural Icon Awards Ceremony at Salem Union Baptist Church Hall, Taylor Street, as a key component of the ...

The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation (BMOTA) team returns to the 2021 Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh Show, July 25-August 1, in ...

Mrs. Elma Garraway, Deputy to the Governor General, gave a Tribute to Ms. Constance Miller honouring Ms. Miller for 48 years of dedicated service to the Bahamas Girl Guid...

As a part of the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King’s strategic plans for community relations as a socially corporate partner, members of the Suppl...

The New Providence Ecology Park (NPEP) announced its sponsorship of a two-week STEM Waste Management Summer Camp for girls ages thirteen to eighteen. The project-based c...

The signing of a lease agreement for 40 acres of Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BIAC) land in Norman's Castle, Abaco for a church farming project took ...

A boat captain is being questioned by Police officials after his vessel was brought into the capital late Sunday evening by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force aft...

Before cheering supporters, family, Ministry of Education (MOE) officials, and his coach, and backed by a contingent from Lyford Cay International School (LCIS), Roy Seli...

A 10pm to 5am daily curfew will take effect on Monday 26 July 2021 for the islands of New Providence, Grand Bahama and North and South Eleuthera, including Harbour Island. The curfew is part of a series of new health measures that...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis will address the country on Wednesday night, 28 July 2021 at 8pm, regarding the continued comprehensive measures his administration is taking to combat the recent surge in COVI...

The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) and the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) are aware of photos and a video circulating on social media which portrays the West Porch Area of the Critical Care Block being battered by rain during the early m...

Come September, a new wave of technology will be transforming public schools in New Providence.   The Technical Studies Unit of the Ministry of Education (MOE) presen...

The Government marked a significant milestone on the long road to recovery from Hurricane Dorian today with the commissioning of the High Rock and McLean’s Town Community clinics. In 2019, the historic devastation wrought by Hurricane D...

See enclosed today's COVID-19 press conference statement by Minister of Health, the Hon. Renward Wells: Good Afternoon, Bahamas! Here is the latest national COVID-19 Report. On Thu...

Jamaica’s agri-entrepreneurs will get access to a range of manufacturing, training and marketing support under a new two-year project launched today which is being impl...

Former Defence Force Marine, Mr. Herbert Marshall, recently paid a courtesy call on the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Dr. Raymond King on July 20th, 2021, at Defence...

The Department of Social Services has relaunched its national 24-hour hotline to assist those suffering from mental and physical issues said Acting Deputy Director of Soc...

The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) wishes to apologize to the Class of 2021 for the inconvenience caused regarding the unsuccessful broadcast of our 2021 virtual graduation. We continue to work on the technical difficultie...

The Tourism Development Corporation (TDC) is collaborating with the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) to pr...

Owing to a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, one psychologist is urging essential workers to prioritize their mental health. “There is a concept of shared trauma tha...

The Dolphin Swim Club and Team Orca Swimming recently fused their competitive swimming groups to form Lightning Aquatics. The team, supported by Consolidated Water (Baham...

The Cable Bahamas Group of Companies continued its partnership with, and support of, the National Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) and its disaster management/mitig...

The Government intends to address the issue of too many derelict buildings in downtown Nassau through legislation and other legal means, Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. ...

The Bahamas has received 3,496 doses of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine as the result of a donation from the British Overseas Territories of Montserrat and Anguilla, wit...

The University of The Bahamas (UB) Presidential Search Committee (PSC), appointed by the UB Board of Trustees, is pleased to announce that it has selected its top three finalists for the position of President of University of The Bahamas, to...

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction, Mr. Carl F. Smith, called on members of the public to be aware of the �...

Hospital administration at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) today announced the implementation of measures to manage the institution’s already strained services as a result of a surge in COVID-19 cases presenting at the Emergency Depar...

In continuation of their partnership, the incoming representative for the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Mari Dunleavy paid a courtes...

Prime Minister  the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis visited the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti  on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 to sign the Book of Condo...

Dear Editor, For the first time in over 14 years there are no active foreign oil drilling licenses in Bahamian waters.  We applaud the government for refusing t...

The Information and Communication Technology Program in Grand Bahama was birthed by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis, endorsed by Minister of Education the...

New officers of the Bahamas Bar Association (BBA) paid a courtesy call on Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, the Hon. Carl Bethel, QC,  (centre rig...

As more public spaces open in The Bahamas, JWB Prime Steak and Seafood restaurant named after Jimmy W Buffet located in the Margaritaville Beach Resort was a welcome out...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to advise that the Passport Office, Thompson Blvd. will reopen on Wednesday 21st July, 2021 at 8 a.m. The public is advised that the office will be operating with a reduced staffing complement, that m...

Mrs. Elma Garraway took the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office during a swearing in as Deputy to the Governor General, which was administered by the Hon. Chief Justic...

The Investiture of the Queen’s New Year and Birthday Honours, 2020 and 2021 as well as the Presentation of Insignia and Warrants of Appointment by the Governor General, ...

Senior Administrator for Grand Bahama, Ms. Katherine Smith, on Tuesday, July 20, visited the offices of Bahamas Information Services at Millennium House, in Freeport.&nbs...

The Government of The Bahamas recently announced that Police Character References, also known as police records, are now available for collection at the Centralized Collection Centre in the General Post Office at the Town Center Mall. The Ce...

Village Road is earmarked for improvement. The Ministry of Public Works has allocated some $7,141,788.80 to the 2021/2022 Budget to rehabilitate the single carriage way b...

It is a flat out lie for the Leader of the Opposition to say or suggest that I am planning on raising taxes immediately following any prospective election. Unlike the PLP when they were in office, my government operates on the basis of sound...

University of The Bahamas (UB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Andrew Moxey as Dean of Faculty of UB-North. Dr. Moxey’s appointment officially began on 1...

Bahamian residents will now be able to pay for government services with the new digital Sand Dollars.  The Central Bank’s Sand Dollar roll-out has reached a ne...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to advise that as a result of COVID exposure following the identification of several positive COVID cases of employees, and the unfortunate passing of an employee of the Passport Office on Thompson Blvd...

Public Hospitals Authority Princess Margaret Hospital URGENT REQUEST BLOOD DONATION The Princess Margaret Hospital Blood Bank is in URGENT NEED of Blood Donation of ALL ...

Bahamian citizens and residents who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 outside of The Bahamas are now able to register their vaccination status online through the vax.gov.bs web portal, the National COVID-19 Vaccine Consultative Committ...

The Government has identified 50 acres of land for a serviced-lots development on Eleuthera, Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis announced today. The developme...

On Tuesday, 13th July, 2021 the Bahamas lost another of its giants and diligent sports administrators in the person of Roscow A.L. Davies.   Mr. Davies, a certifi...

The Bahamas Customs Department is starting the process of transitioning its Grand Bahama operations to Click2Clear effective September 1. The transition has become even more critical given the recent system failure of its AS400 - Custo...

During the Citizens Security and Justice Program (CJSP) Judiciary LAN/WAN and Electrical Upgrades Contract Signing, on July 8, 2021, Minister of National Security the Hon...

The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute’s (BTVI) Media Technology program (BTVI) has been described as a “little known gem” that is helping its students to k...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs refers to the reports of the protests that took place in the Republic of Cuba, 11 July 2021, resulting from food and medicine shortages. Reportedly, there were injuries with at least one fatality confirmed b...

As The Bahamas celebrates the complexities of its achievements 48 years after it became a sovereign nation, a panel of UB alumni is urging Bahamians to consider and embra...

The administration of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will be limited to second doses until additional doses of the vaccine are received in-country. The administration of first doses will resume once additional vaccination supplies have been...

Religious Tourism is making a rebound on Grand Bahama, with the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation partnering with New Horizon Worship Center for their third ann...

The public is advised that in an effort to facilitate more effective social distancing measures as part of COVID-19 prevention requirements, the Princess Margaret Hospital has implemented enhanced protocols for mortuary services at the Morgu...

Today Haiti received 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated by the United States through the COVAX Facility. The country is the fourth in the region to receive these donated shipments, after Honduras, El Salvador and Bolivia, with a tota...