News for Bahamians in Switzerland

 
June 2010 the website http://www.mfabahamas.org/ has "disappeared" - for rumours about possible background see here http://www.bahamasissues.com/showthread.php?t=30347 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on bahamas.gov.bs:
http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/ > Contacts > Agencies > Government Ministries > Foreign Affairs, Ministry of (shortcut)

17.03.10 "Due to shipment problems, Bahamians will have to do without their beloved Cadbury Easter chocolates this year. D'Albenas Agency, which purchases the chocolates from the United Kingdom and distributes it in the Bahamas, has called off the shipment of Easter products after it was determined that Cadbury would not be able to deliver them in time for the holiday in April.Michelle Ferguson, the purchasing manager at D'Albenas Agency, told The Tribune that the order was placed in December. "Cadbury was not able to produce them in time for us to get them in time for Easter. We cancelled the order because after the Easter season they don't sell much," she said. [...] Another said: "I always purchase the Cadbury Eggs, specifically during Easter time to prepare my kids' Easter baskets and for my church's annual Easter hunt. This is somewhat bitter. [...] " Tribune
19.02.10 "...It was by chance that I happened across a sign stuck to a freezer door in the Cable Beach City Market advertising frozen conch fritter batter for sale and I immediately got upset. The only thought that went through my head was here we go again, a uniquely Bahamian product made and packaged by some foreign nationality with the vision and foresight to see the market for it. But, I was in for a shock to read that the frozen conch fritter batter, sold under the Teekie's Nest label was made and packaged in The Bahamas — by a Bahamian no less — and that put a smile on my face...." "[Teekie's Nest/Francis:] My goal is that I want Teekie's Nest to sell just Bahamian treats, and I'm looking into exporting because I want the world to have a taste of the Bahamian stuff made by a Bahamian," http://www.thenassauguardian.com/spice/299502632259281.php
15.02.10 2010 is the final edition of The Bahamas High Commission (London) newsletter. But The Bahamas High Commission in London has created the Mission's first website and for updates and news from the High Commission and from The Bahamas please visit http://www.bahamashclondon.net
13.01.10 Bahamas Information Service, Press Release, Haiti Emergency Assistance & Reconstruction Fund
13.01.10 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Press Release, Earthquake in Haiti
19.11.09

COB College of The Bahamas Alumni Magazine

see scan of Cover, Index and Editorial

or go to http://my.cob.edu.bs

28.5.09 SHORT STAY VISA WAIVER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BAHAMAS AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
press release 27.5.2009
http://www.mfabahamas.org/Short%20stayh%20visa%20Bahamas%20and%20EU%20community.htm   
http://www.bahamashclondon.net/news-detail.php?news=36 
http://www.bahamas.de/download/Visa_Waiver_Agreement_between_The_Bahamas_&_EU.pdf


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