America Bahamas The EU has named the country on a list of those that have not fully complied with a criterion relating to base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) and having to do with a country's minimum reporting standard
America Bahamas Prime Minister Brave Davis said the government is working to restore investor confidence that has waned in Grand Bahama over the years
America Bahamas Authorities rescued and detained 31 migrants in waters southwest of Bimini on Friday; they are suspected of being involved in a human smuggling operation, the second of last week
America Bahamas Abaco is looking to form an economic development council, run by the private investors and companies, to attract investment to the island, forming an important bridge between government and the private sector
America Bahamas The 13th Annual Bahamas Marathon will now be held virtually for the second year in a row, allowing participants to complete the distance they registered for between now and January 16 at a location of their choosing: outdoors or on a treadmill
America Bahamas The Central Bank of The Bahamas has released its draft Recovery Planning Guidelines which will serve as a general guide for the implementation of a Supervised Financial Institution's SFI recovery plan
America Bahamas The country has become the first Caribbean country to launch a second-generation National Decent Work Programme, a five-year plan with three national priority areas: jobs and skills, social dialogue and governance
America Bahamas With projections for the tourism sector trending up for the first and second quarter of 2022, Tourism Director General suggested that the country could record one million stopover visitor arrivals for next year
America Bahamas The public will to be able to make requests for government information from at least seven government ministries and corporations as part of a pilot program of the Freedom of the Information Act (FOIA)
America Bahamas The Minister of Education and Technical Training called on all Bahamians to work to ensure that students do not fail because of their absence from virtual school; schools will reopen the second week of January 2022 with a form of hybrid education
America Bahamas Average prices of clothing and shoes increased by 12,7% as a result of the 42,3% increase in the price of crude oil, consequence of a steady rise of the country's inflation, as per data of The Central Bank of The Bahamas
America Bahamas The new Bahamas.com website has received top honours in the 2021 Travel Weekly Magellan Awards, having been deemed highly user-friendly, allowing travellers to dive deep into Bahamian culture as they plan their next holiday
America Bahamas The prime minister and his cabinet will discuss what to do with the Columbus statue that was damaged by a man with a sledgehammer, saying he empathises with those who want to erase memories of the colonial past, not condoning violence and destruction