REMARKS: National Address COVID-19 Vaccine Update

Good afternoon. Today I would like to provide you with an update on the arrival and the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in The Bahamas. As announced Friday past, we were expecting the first batch of vaccines to arrive today; however, due to logistical issues overseas, the vaccines are scheduled to arrive this Wednesday, the […]

Bahamas to receive first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday

The Office of the Prime Minister announces that The Bahamas will receive its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday 7 March. This first batch consists of a donation from the Government of India of 20,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is also known as the Covishield vaccine. The vaccines were pre-qualified by the […]

REMARKS: Fiscal Strategy Debate

COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS DEBATE ON 2020 FISCAL STRATEGY REPORT & PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, DEBT MANAGEMENT, STATISTICS AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT BILLS THE MOST HONOURABLE DR. HUBERT MINNIS PRIME MINISTER & MINISTER OF FINANCE MONDAY MARCH 1 2021 Mr. Speaker, Last year I told Bahamians that we were in a fight against COVID-19 and a fight […]