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Domestic Commercial Banks to Help in Educating the Public on the Benefits of Digital Banking

Nassau, The Bahamas – The Chair of the Clearing Bank Association, Denise Turnquest said the Association and The Central Bank of The Bahamas have agreed to create an educational campaign to prepare consumers and businesses to become more comfortable with digital banking. “What we have determined is that whilst the world is increasingly using digital […]

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Social Services Deploys Digital Pathways To Disability Empowerment

Nassau, The Bahamas – Minister of Social Services, Information and Broadcasting, the Hon. Myles LaRoda at the Disability Empowerment Month launch press conference at Stephen Dillett Primary School, Saturday, May 25, 2024 relayed that empowerment of Persons with Disabilities is an initiative that is very intentional in its nature. For too long persons with disabilities […]

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Police Increase Patrols In The Hamilton Area, Residents Urged To Report Criminal Activity To Law Enforcement

Charlestown, Nevis – Residents in the Hamilton area on Nevis will be seeing increased police presence in their community as part of law enforcement’s response to a recent fatal incident. During his monthly press conference on May 28, Premier of Nevis The Honourable Mark Brantley once again extended condolences to the Huggins family on the […]

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St. Kitts Tourism Boss Hails Jamaica’s Tourism Rebound.

Chief Executive Officer of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority, Ellison Thompson, has praised Jamaica for the way its tourism industry has bounced back after the Covid-19 years. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Thompson credited Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, for leading the tourism resilience charge in the region. “[Mr. Bartlett] has been […]

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Olé! Colombia Bans Bullfighting.

Colombia’s Congress has passed a bill which will ban bullfights across the South American Andean country from 2027 onwards. The ban is the result of a noisy campaign by animal rights activists, who have long argued that the sport is cruel to bulls. Bullfighting was introduced in Colombia by the Spanish during colonial times and […]

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Ms. Smith Goes To China, Promotes Trade Links.

The British Virgin Islands Asia Trade Mission, led by Minister for Financial Services, Lorna Smith, held a meeting with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) in Shenzhen as part of an initiative to promote international economic and trade cooperation. The meeting, hosted by Deputy Director General Ms. Haobo Yang, focused on […]

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Kenya Will Definitely Show Up In Haiti, Says President Ruto.

Kenyan President William Ruto says Nairobi has met all legal and constitutional requirements to deploy troops to Haiti to help the Caribbean nation out of political and socioeconomic turmoil. In an exclusive interview with VOA’s Hubbah Abdi shortly after concluding his state visit to the United States last week, Ruto said the East African nation […]

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Haiti Appoints Medic As Latest Prime Minister, But Can He Heal His Nation?

Dr. Garry Conille has been named as  Haiti’s latest prime minister by the Transitional Presidential Council, its president Edgard Leblanc Fils said Tuesday. Conille, who was appointed by six out of seven voting members with voting power on the nine-member council, has already served a spell as prime minister from October 2011 to May 2012 […]

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