Pamela Coke-Hamilton, the Executive Director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), and John Denton, the Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will benefit the two organizations’ collaboration on supporting small businesses.
On November 24, 2021, Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in partnership with the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Department for International Trade, and with funding from the UK and the EU, convened a CARIFORUM-UK High level summit.
It is the intention of the Government to make centres of craft, souvenirs and creative products made by Bahamians the centre stage of the tourism product. The Hon. Alfred Sears, Minister of Works and Utilities, underscored this point as he addressed a press conference to officially announce the reopening of straw markets.
Virgin is expected to make two round-trip flights to The Bahamas per week.
In order for The Bahamas to emerge from the challenges faced, reforms must be put in place to see positive economic growth, and to ensure that it is easy to enter into, and conduct business in, all areas of the economy. This statement coming from Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senator the Hon. Ryan Pinder during his contribution in the Senate to the Speech from the Throne, on Monday, 8th November.
