Sen. The Hon. Allyson Maynard-Gibson, QC, Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs says modernizing government services is essential, especially if The Bahamas is to tap into the potential of young … Read More
The Economy
Elevating Industry Standards
The Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) has held its 2016 Annual General Meeting. President Osborne says, *”BICA must remain at the forefront through strong and decisive leadership and collaboration … Read More
Finding a New Value Proposition
In his contribution to the 2016 2017 Budget Debate, Member of Parliament, the Hon. L. Ryan Pinder spoke to his commitment to the development of financial services in The Bahamas … Read More
Strategic Planning for the Financial Services Sector
In her contribution to the Debate on the 2016/2017 Budget, the Hon. C.V. Hope Strachan, Minister of Financial Services, spoke to the important contribution of the sector to the Bahamian … Read More
Global Economy Stuck in Low-Growth Trap
*“Growth is flat in the advanced economies and has slowed in many of the emerging economies that have been the global locomotive since the crisis,”* OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said … Read More
CARICOM-UK Forum Hosted in The Bahamas
Foreign Ministers of the [Caribbean Community](http://caricom.org/media-center/communications/news-from-the-community/caricom-uk-forum-frank-and-cordial) (CARICOM) and the United Kingdom [Foreign Secretary](https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/foreign-secretary) have ended two sessions of *“frank and cordial”* talks in Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas at the … Read More
Planning for a New Bahamas
The Steering Committee for the [National Development Plan](http://www.vision2040bahamas.org/) (Vision 2040) presented the [State of the Nation ](http://www.cob.edu.bs/DOCS/VISION2040SNR.pdf)report in a special presentation ceremony in the Harry C. Moore Library at the … Read More
U.S. Engagement with the Caribbean
***US Lawmakers Call for Multiyear Strategy for U.S. Engagement with the Caribbean*** Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member on the House [Foreign Affairs Committee](https://democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/news/press-releases/engel-ros-lehtinen-introduce-us-caribbean-strategic-engagement-legislation), and Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), … Read More
New Providence, The Bahamas – World’s First “Smart Island”
Mr. Houlin Zhao, Secretary General of the UN International Telecommunication Union, has revealed that The Bahamas has made history. The Bahamian island of New Providence has been named the world’s … Read More
IMF World Economic Outlook
***Too Slow for Too Long*** The IMF has released the [2016 World Economic Outlook](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/01/pdf/text.pdf) (WEO). It notes: *”The baseline projection for global growth in 2016 is a modest 3.2 percent, … Read More