Statement from the Office of the Prime Minister on the Trump Administration Transition Team Proposal
The Office of the Prime Minister wishes to address recent reports regarding a proposal from the Trump transition team in the United States for The Bahamas to accept deportation flights of migrants from other countries. This matter was presented to the Government of The Bahamas but was reviewed and firmly rejected by the Prime Minister. […]
Prime Minister Davis National Statement on the Recommendation of ACP Shanta Emily Knowles as Commissioner of Police
My fellow Bahamians, This morning, I made a Communication to Parliament updating the House and the Bahamian people on the steps we’ve taken since we first learned of an indictment in the United States which includes several members of our law enforcement agencies. During the Communication, I announced that I met with the Commissioner of […]
Office of The Prime Minister Statement on IMF’s The Bahamas: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2024 Article IV Mission
IMF Points to Our Country’s “Remarkable Recovery” The Davis administration entered government at a time of profound crisis. The government moved immediately to end harmful policies, offer relief to Bahamian families, stabilize the nation’s finances, and boost economic growth. Today’s IMF report, which refers to our country’s “remarkable recovery”, acknowledges our country’s progress moving from […]
Prime Minister Davis’s Intervention at the Leaders’ Summit of the Small Island Developing States on Climate Change Initiated by the Republic of Azerbaijan as the COP29 Presidency
Our people have a right to survival. They have a right to pass down to future generations a world better than the one they inherited. And yet, this most basic right—this right to life, to hope, to continuity—hangs by a thread. In this hour of crisis, it seems some would choose isolation over unity, self-interest […]
Prime Minister Davis’s National Statement UNFCCC COP 29
May I begin by expressing my thanks to the President and people of Azerbaijan for the warm welcome and gracious hospitality bestowed on us. We wish you peace and prosperity. Your Excellencies: This past year has been the hottest in recorded history. For the first time, for more than 12 months, global temperatures have exceeded […]