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Second Secretary Charisse Rolle, CICTE Point of Concact Peter Deveaux Isaacs, Ambassador Cornelius Smith, and Shevaun Culmer, who will be The Bahamas' representative at the CICTE Secretariat NASSAU, Bahamas -- The Bahamas has proposed that governments in the region work with the private sector to leverage the economic and innovative power of the ...

The government is moving "resolutely to reposition agriculture as a strong pillar of the Bahamian economy," Agriculture and Marine Resources Minister Lawrence S 'Larry' Cartwright told industry stakeholders Wednesday.

While city living is always fun and full of activities, sometimes all you want to do is get it away from it all.

A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted two men on charges they were involved in a $900,000 money-laundering scheme with Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion.

Hubert Alexander Ingraham, 62, was sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister of the Bahamas on May 4, 2007, following the May 2 general election in which the Free National Movement party triumphed over the Progressive Liberal Party .

The Bahamas on Thursday signed a tax information exchange agreement with Britain, in a move it heralded as another step toward inclusion on an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development "white list" of countries that meet internationally agreed tax standards.

The UK will be sharing tax details with the Bahamas after the Caribbean region became the latest offshore area to sign a tax information exchange agreement.

The Bahamas lawmaker who caused a mistrial in the John Travolta extortion case has been "rightly ridiculed" but will not be charged with contempt of court, the judge said Thursday.

The Committee for the Privatisation of The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd announced on Wednesday that the privatisation of BTC continues to progress with significant interest from prospective parties.

On Saturday night, at the Bahamas National Trust 50th Gala Ball in Nassau, Prime Minister Hubert A. Ingraham reconfirmed his governmenta s commitment to the Caribbean Challenge and a oethe orderly expansion of our national parks system to include up to 10 percent of the terrestrial areas and 20 percent of the near-shore marine resources of the ...

Actor John Travolta arrives at the premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios' 'Bolt' held at the El Capitan Theatre on November 17, 2008 in Hollywood, California.

Minister of National Security, O A T 'Tommy' Turnquest is pictured with delegates at the Caribbean Community Heads of Social Security Organizations which was held October 22-23 in New Providence.

The Bahamas welcomed the 13th Ambassador of the United States of America, on Thursday, October 22, 2009 in a ceremony at Government House.

Bahamas judge orders retrial in Travolta extortion case because of possible juror misconduct.

Secretary General of the Organisation of American States , Jose Miguel Insulza, made an Official Visit to The Bahamas from October 15 to 16, 2009, to discuss matters relating to tourism and trade in the Americas.

Vlugt of Trinidad & Tobago. Other featured designers gracing the runway with their creations are Spicebox of Grenada, Hesani Cay Designs of The Bahamas, K-Bobby of Jamaica, Murielle Leconte of Haiti, Four Seasons Colonade of Barbados, Harl Taylor BAG of The Bahamas, and Eric Raisina of Madagascar.

By Lindsay Thompson NASSAU, Bahamas - The Bahamas is amending its Criminal Justice Act, 2000 in order to facilitate effective exchange of information in tax matters.

U.S. actor John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston leave the court building in Nassau, Bahamas, in this Sept.

What do you do after you've built a 140-acre aquatic-themed luxury resort in the Bahamas and filled it up with over 50,000 marine animals tucked away in various lagoons and displays? If you're the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island , you launch an array of different packages that guests can purchase to interact with everything from mantas to sea ...

Roger Carron, the Eastbourne-born retired managing editor of The Tribune newspaper in Nassau, Bahamas, has died at the age of 77.