Healthy Start to the School Day? Yes, Please: 20,000 Students Now Served by the Nation’s First National School Breakfast Programme
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Today, the National School Breakfast Programme (NSBP) reaches a major milestone, now providing meals to more than 20,000 students across all pre-primary and primary government schools nationwide. What began in 2023 as a pilot in eight schools has now expanded to all 115 government preschools, primary schools, all-age schools and most […]
Press Statement by Prime Minister Philip Davis on the Newest VAT Cut
Effective September 1, the Government reduced VAT from 10 per cent to 5 per cent on a range of essential items: medicines, medical supplies, feminine hygiene products, and baby and adult diapers. Medicines will now cost less at the pharmacy. Parents are now paying less for baby supplies. Women are now paying less for feminine […]
Press Statement from The Office of The Prime Minister on US Visa Announcement
In June of this year, the United States issued a policy fully restricting and limiting the entry of Haitian nationals to the United States. In light of that policy, today’s announcement that immigrant visa applications by Haitians to the United States can only be processed at the US Embassy in Nassau will result in no […]
Prime Minister Davis to Attend Second Africa-CARICOM Summit and Africa Climate Summit 2
Nassau, The Bahamas – Prime Minister Philip Edward Davis KC, MP, will travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the Second Africa-CARICOM Summit and the Africa Climate Summit 2 (ACS2) taking place September 7–10, 2025. This year’s Africa-CARICOM Summit will be held under the theme “Transcontinental Partnership in Pursuit of Reparatory Justice for Africans […]
Prime Minister Philip Davis’s Remarks at the Groundbreaking Ceremony of Yntegra Rosewood Exuma
Friends, Today, we stand together on Sampson Cay to begin a project that embodies the promise of Exuma and The Bahamas. As we place the first shovels into this soil, we break ground on a resort that represents opportunity, partnership, and a shared future for our islands. This project is being driven by Yntegra, whose […]