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The Bahamas (/ bəˈhɑːməz / ⓘ bə-HAH-məz), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, [13] is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and 88% of its population. The archipelagic country consists of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets in the ...
Headquarters. Nassau, New Providence. Minister responsible. Dr. Duane Sands [1], Minister. Maisie Evans [2], Secretary. The Ministry of Health and Wellness is a ministry in the Bahamas Government. Ministry plans, supervises, licenses and coordinates the country's healthcare services.
The Bahamas is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy headed by King Charles III in his role as King of the Bahamas. The politics of The Bahamas takes place within a framework of parliamentary democracy, with a Prime Minister as the Head of Government. The Bahamas is an Independent Country and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
The Parliament of The Bahamas is the bicameral national parliament of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The parliament is formally made up of the sovereign (represented by the governor-general), an appointed Senate, and an elected House of Assembly. It currently sits at the Bahamian Parliament Building in Nassau, the national capital.
v. t. e. The Cabinet constitutes the executive branch and has general direction and control of the Government of The Bahamas. It is necessary for the Cabinet to comprise at least nine Ministers inclusive of the Prime Minister and Attorney General. All Ministers are Members of Parliament of either the House of Assembly or the Senate.
The Ministry of Public Works, formerly Ministry of Works & Urban Development and Ministry of Public Works and Transport, is a government agency of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Its head office is in Nassau . As of May 2017, The Hon. Desmond Bannister, MP serves as the Minister, Iram Lewis, M.P. serves as Parliamentary Secretary, and ...
List of Attorneys-General of the Colony of the Bahamas. This is an incomplete listing of Attorneys-General before 1973. William Wylly [2] (1799-1821) Bruce Burnside [3] (1875-1879) [4] William Rees-Davies [5] (c. 1897-1902) Frederick Chester Wells-Durrant [6] (1909-1921) G T Watts (1930 [7] -unknown) John Bowes Griffin [8] (1936-1939)
BTC (Bahamas), Bahamas Telecommunications Company, primary telecommunications provider for the Bahamas, partly government owned. List of television stations in the Caribbean. Television in the Bahamas. ZNS-1, Radio Bahamas, state-owned. ZNS-TV 13, state-owned.