2020 National Honours Remarks from Prime Minister – 19 November 2020
Your Excellency: I thank you and the staff of Government House for your hospitality. Ordinarily, the annual National Honors ceremony would merit a larger celebration. But, we are not living in ordinary times. We find ourselves in an unprecedented time in the contemporary Bahamas. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the deaths or ill-health of […]
House of Assembly Communication – 18 November 2020
Mr. Speaker: I wish to provide the House and the country with a general update on the nation’s ongoing efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, I announced restrictive measures for mainland Exuma, and mainland Eleuthera, due to exponential increases in new cases of COVID-19 on those islands. As of yesterday, the 17th of November, […]
Official Launch of the NNWC/South Central Community ‘We are One’ Campaign
Thank you Minister Dames. For our nation to become even safer, communities must play an active and coordinated role in crime prevention and community development. In our 2017 Manifesto, we promised that we would establish a National Neighborhood Watch Council (NNWC). Such a Council is designed to oversee and to promote neighborhood watch and community […]
Statement on Exuma – 11 November, 2020
Good evening. I want to speak briefly this evening about a number of emergency measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 on Exuma. I also want to remind the country, that despite the recent good news of a possible vaccine in the months ahead, we still have quite a way to go before this pandemic […]
National Address – 8 November 2020
Good afternoon. It has been just over four weeks since I announced a number of measures aimed at reducing the transmission of COVID-19 in the country and particularly on New Providence and Abaco. At the Ministry of Health’s press conference this past Friday, health officials provided an update on the progress we have made. Between […]