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Chamber's 2025-26 season opens with Bahamian prime minister
Palm Beach Daily News - Florida
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Following a two-month pause, the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce will resume its monthly breakfast meetings Sept. 4 with an appearance by the prime minister of The Bahamas. The Most Honourable Philip Edward “Brave” Davis, K.C., M.P., will speak at...
Urjit Patel, former RBI governor, is India's pick for IMF executive director
Hindustan Times
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August 29, 2025
India has approved the appointment of former RBI governor Urjit Patel as executive director at the International Monetary Fund for a period of three years. Urjit Patel, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and now executive director,...
“Nature’s Fury Terrifies All”: This Massive Hurricane’s Devastation Prompts Urgent US Government Response as Millions Affected
Sustainability Times
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August 29, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🌪️ Hurricane Erin rapidly intensified, posing risks along the U.S. East Coast. 📅 The Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 remains the deadliest U.S. storm, with over 8,000 deaths. ⚠️ Hurricane Maria in 2017 highlighted infrastructure...
Time for data-driven, comprehensive immigration reform in The Bahamas
The Nassau Guardian
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Dear Editor, The recent letter, titled “We need to be more aggressive on illegal migration” by former Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis highlights illegal migration, particularly from Haiti. While the concerns he raises about public services, jobs,...
Govt appoints former RBI Governor Urjit Patel as IMF Executive Director
Telengana Today
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August 29, 2025
The government has appointed former RBI Governor Urjit Patel as India’s Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund for three years, replacing KV Subramanian. Patel, who earlier served at the AIIB and IMF, resigned as RBI Governor in...
Courtney Celeste Fox appointed cultural ambassador to The Bahamas
The Nassau Guardian
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Courtney Celeste Fox (née Spears) has been appointed a cultural ambassador to The Bahamas. Fox received an appointment letter on July 8. “I was in shock, honestly. I read the email at least 10 times before it sank in,’’ said the global dance...
REVEREND CLAIRE ROBINSON OF BAHAMAS TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
Magnetic Media
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August 28, 2025
August 28, 2025 For the first time in its 213-year history, the Methodist Church of the Caribbean and the Americas (MCCA) will induct a female president/bishop for The Bahamas Turks and Caicos Islands Conference. Reverend Claire Robinson of...
The Bahamas’ Governor’s Harbour Airport in Eleuthera Just Got a Makeover
Caribbean Journal
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August 28, 2025
The Bahamian island of Eleuthera actually has three airports, one in its north, one in the middle, and another to the south. They’re all growing fast — and now the airport terminal in Governor’s Harbour has gotten a makeover. Governor’s Harbour...
Former Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel Appointed As Executive Director At The International Monetary Fund For Three Years
Free Press Journal
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August 29, 2025
New Delhi: The government has approved the appointment of former Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel as Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a period of three years. He would replace K V Subramanian, whose services were...
Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel To Represent India At IMF, Replaces KV Subramanian
ABP Live
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August 29, 2025
The government has approved the appointment of former Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel as Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a period of three years. He would replace K V Subramanian, whose services were terminated by...
Govt names former RBI Governor Urjit Patel as IMF Executive Director
Orissa Post
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August 29, 2025
New Delhi: The government has approved the appointment of former Reserve Bank Governor Urjit Patel as Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a period of three years. He would replace K V Subramanian, whose services were...
Former RBI Governor Urjit Patel appointed as India’s Executive Director at IMF
The New Indian Express
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Before assuming the RBI Governor position, Patel served as a Deputy Governor handling monetary policy, economic policy research, statistics and information management, deposit insurance, communication and Right to Information. Born in 1963, he...
Govt appoints former RBI Guv Urjit Patel as IMF executive director after Krishnamurthy Subramanian’s tumultuous exit
The Indian Express
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August 29, 2025
IMF Executive Director India: The government has named Urjit Patel as Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), nearly four months after it terminated the term of Krishnamurthy Subramanian six months before it was supposed to...
Bahamas government denies allegations of selling passports
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 27, 2025
The Bahamian government has “strongly denied” allegations that it is involved in selling passports “like candy,” dismissing the claims as “explosive” and unfounded. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Permanent Secretary in the...
Governed without consent: The silent decay of our democracy
The Nassau Guardian
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Dear Editor, “Governance without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.” This truth cuts to the core of our national condition. For too long, we, as a people, have capitulated to being ruled rather than represented, managed...
Minister Mitchell interacts with The Bahamas Carifesta XV delegation in Barbados
Bahamas Local
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Minister of Foreign Affairs the Hon. Frederick Mitchell interacted with Under Secretary at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, Gayle Outten-Moncur and a number of the members of The Bahamas Delegation to the Caribbean Festival of the Arts...
Madison, 10, represents The Bahamas at Inter-Caribbean Show Jumping Challenge
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 28, 2025
TEN-year-old Madison Miller became the youngest equestrian to compete for The Bahamas on the Caribbean equestrian circuit thus far, riding in the inaugural Inter-Caribbean Show Jumping Challenge held at St. Ann’s Polo Club in Drax Hall, Jamaica....
TT Chamber president: ‘Moving from promise to potential’
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 28, 2025
Business Newsday 7 Hrs Ago In this file photo, tourists and visitors flock to Store Bay, Tobago for the Easter holiday. - Visual Styles In this edition of the TT Chamber’s business column, we feature chamber president Sonji Pierre-Chase as she...
FRONT PORCH: Day of reckoning coming to BTC and Cable Bahamas
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 28, 2025
By SIMON When Cable Bahamas recently and abruptly suspended PBS from its lineup it was the last straw for many already angry customers sickened by the continuous and seemingly irreversible decline of the company’s quality of programs and poor...
OIOF: Challenger Energy’s Bahamas oil claims “speculative and misleading”
Eye Witness News
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August 28, 2025
NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Our Islands, Our Future (OIOF), a coalition of Bahamian and international organisations and citizens advocating for a permanent ban on oil exploration in The Bahamas, is pushing back against claims made by Challenger Energy Group...