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At least two Caricom leaders left for Copenhagen, Denmark, yesterday hoping to assist other world leaders in reaching agreement on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The challenge is to prevent catastrophic climate change by "de-carbonising" economic growth.

Speaking in the House of Assembly back in February of 2008, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, commenting on the illegal numbers business in The Bahamas, posed this question: "Are we going to continue to have what is supposed to be an illegal activity openly flaunted in the society every day by thousands of Bahamians?" He then declared: "We must ...

Caribbean states feel they are getting a raw deal from former colonial power Britain and other developed countries set to introduce measures to counter climate change and crack down on offshore tax havens.

A victim of the recent spate of crimes targeting tourists in Nassau wants cruise lines to take Nassau off their itineraries until the Bahamas does something about it.

In response to the recent spate of crimes in tourist areas, Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham pledged more police patrols on foot and car in the tourist sectors and more timely hearings and trials in the courts, according to the Nassau Guardian.

Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham on Sunday announced the appointment of John Delaney as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs.

Yikang Jiang, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China visited The Bahamas from November 15 to 17, 2009.

Mohinder S Grover , High Commissioner of India to The Bahamas, paid a courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Brent Symonette at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, November 12.

Pictured from left are Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, Works and Transport Minister Neko Grant and Environment Minister Earl Deveaux on Monday as they observe work on the largest pool in the Caribbean under construction at the new Sandals property in Exuma.

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 .

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 ...

His column 'Front Porch' is published every Tuesday in the Nassau Guardian. He can be reached at frontporchguardian@gmail.com. Despite his talk, talk and more talk, Perry Christie is not a reformer, an innovator nor a paradigm shifter as he endlessly brags.

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

The Committee for the Privatisation of The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited has recommended to Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham that four interested groups be allowed to bid for a 51 per cent stake in the state-owned firm.

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.

The death of Sir Clement Maynard highlights the need for the Government to give "urgent attention" to a promise it made in the Speech from the Throne in May of 2007 to develop a National Heroes Park.

By Sharon Turner NASSAU, Bahamas -- In addition to its tax information exchange agreements established with the United States, Monaco and San Marino, The Bahamas has completed technical agreements with eight additional countries, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham advised Parliament on Thursday.

Banking secrecy is one of the pillars of The Bahamas' financial services sector and there's no plan to change that.

Reports persist that the Grand Bahama Port Authority has been sold to Hutchison Whampoa Limited with the latest information suggesting that an agreement has officially been signed between the two parties.