WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the current chair of the Inter-American Committee on Education, The Bahamas will host the 9th Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education in Nassau in February 2017. During his working visit to Washington D.C. last week, the Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, presided over a preparatory meeting for… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wrapping up a highly successful working trip to Washington, D.C., that included education-related meetings at the Organization of American States (OAS), the Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, interacted with a students attending colleges and universities in the Washington area and a number of Bahamians in the diaspora during… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Accompanied by a prominent delegation of Bahamian academic and public sector officials, The Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald, Minister of Education, Science and Technology, convened a High-Level Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation with U.S. public and private sector stakeholders in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. The Bahamian delegation also included Dr…. Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mr. Derek Farquharson and his wife Mrs. Angie Farquharson, along with their daughter Dawn Akilah Farquharson, a student at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, visited the Embassy of The Bahamas, 2220 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., on Tuesday, October 25, 2016. They were welcomed by Deputy Chief of Mission Chet Neymour, in his… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Winners of the 2016 Earth Day Essay Competition are currently in Washington, D.C., participating in the 2016 Columbia Heights Educational Campus (CHEC) – Cat Island Student Exchange, which commenced on October 14, 2016, and is in its fourth year of existence. Under the supervision of Ms. Kendia Barr, Business Studies Teacher of… Read more »
During Diplomatic Week, the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, congratulated outstanding officers for their contributions to the Foreign Service during the presentation of Foreign Service Medals at the Balmoral Club on Sanford Drive on Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Noting that these individuals have also contributed to The Bahamas as a… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Sixth Annual Caribbean-United States Security Cooperation Dialogue, which is part of the Caribbean Security Basin Initiative (CBSI) launched by President Barack Obama in 2009, was held on October 18, 2016, in Washington, D.C. The Dialogue brought together Ministers of National Security and other high level representatives from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Approximately 100 guests enjoyed an evening of fun, Bahamian food and dancing to Caribbean music in patio and garden area of the Embassy of The Bahamas, 2220 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., on Friday, October 14, as THINGS TO DO D.C. held another social event for young professionals in the Washington, D.C. Billed as… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — His Excellency Dr. Eugene G. Newry, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States, met with Mr. Brad Freden, Director, and Ms. Margy Bond, Deputy Director, of the Office of Caribbean Affairs of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs on Friday, October 7, 2016, at the Embassy of The Bahamas, 2220… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mrs. Astrid Pinder, co-owner of Fine Ocean Jewellery in Nassau, and Ms. Amanda Diedrick, a Bahamian in the diaspora with deep roots in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Dr. Eugene Newry, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States, on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at the Embassy of… Read more »
