London, United Kingdom: “On 8th December 2018 at 4:00 pm, The High Commission of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas hosted its Christmas Carol Service at the Grosvenor Chapel in Mayfair, London.  The event was attended by the High Commissioner, His Excellency Ellison E. Greenslade QPM and Mrs. Kimberley Greenslade; the Secretary General of the Commonwealth,…

The Bahamas hosts the Fourth Annual Friendship Retreat co-sponsored by the Governments of Argentina, The Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Liberia, South Africa and the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the International Women’s Health Coalition. The annual Retreat brings together delegates from UN Member States in a relaxed environment outside of the UN headquarters to promote decreased tensions and…

Washington, D.C. – The Embassy Consular Annex of The Bahamas joined over 50 other embassies at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center for the 7th Annual Embassy Showcase, Winternational, on Thursday, 6 December, 2018. More than 3,000 guests attended this lively mid-day celebration of international culture, travel, tourism and trade. The Embassy Consular…

  PRESS RELEASE   “DECEMBER 10, 2018: THE SEVENTIETH (70TH) ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS” Today, December 10, 2018, the Government and people of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas join the international community in commemorating the Seventieth Anniversary of the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights….

The 8th of December 2018 marks the Forty-Sixth Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, the four independent CARICOM countries and Cuba.  That historic act of 8 December 1972 has grown over the years into a strong fraternal relationship between all of the Member States of the…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas is pleased to announce that, during a short ceremony held at the Ministry in Nassau, the Minister of Foreign of The Bahamas, the Honourable Darren A. Henfield, MP, and the Indian High Commissioner to The Bahamas, His Excellency Mude Sevala Naik, signed today, Thursday,…

THE EMBASSY CONSULAR ANNEX CAMPUS OUTREACH TOUR – A DIASPORA INITIATIVE WASHINGTON, D.C.: Theo Neilly, Consul General embarked on the first leg of his Campus Outreach Tour, which began at Catholic University in October, 2018 and ended at Howard University in December, 2018. The Campus Outreach Tour is a multifaceted initiative with three (3) objectives….

Friday, 16th November, 2018,  Mr. Antonio Butler, Ms. Noelle Turnquest and Ms. Augustina Ferguson delivered a joint PowerPoint presentation on their participation in the 2018 Seminar on Strategic Planning and Project Management for Bahamian Government Officials. The Seminar, which was conducted by the Government of the People’s Republic of China, was held in Beijing, China, from 31st…

THE HONOURABLE ROMAULD S. FERREIRA, M.P. MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOUSING SUSTAINABLE BLUE ECONOMY CONFERENCE 26TH – 28TH NOVEMBER, 2018 NAIROBI, KENYA As an archipelagic state, comprising of 700 islands and over 2,000 rocks and cays, sprinkled over 100,000 square miles of ocean, The Bahamas is considered to be a big ocean state. With…

The Hon. Darren A. Henfield, Minister of Foreign Affairs and H.E. Ms. Majorie Espinoza, Vice-Minister of Consular Affairs and Dominicans Abroad of the Dominican Republic, met at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wednesday, 28th 2018.  The Ministers discussed the recent illegal fishing incident by Dominican fishermen that occurred in The Bahamas territorial waters on 13th…