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Examining PRC engagement in the Bahamas
Chinese Ambassador Dai Qingli, left, presents Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis with a gift to mark the Chinese Year of the Rabbit.
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Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands negotiate maritime boundary
Royal Bahamas Defence Forces vessel HMBS Bahamas participated in a joint operation with Turks and Caicos personnel and the United States Coast Guard to…
USNORTHCOM and USSOUTHCOM stand with regional partners to combat rising…
Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, testifies before the Senate Armed Services…
USS Wasp celebrates 50 years of independence, friendship in the Bahamas
Dignitaries including U.S. Charge d’Affaires Usha E. Pitts, Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis, third from left, and USNORTHCOM Lt. Gen. A.C. Roper, fourth…
RBDF members boost capabilities through joint training
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Members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) sharpened their skills during recent joint training and exercises with the United States…
Defense leaders meet in Barbados to discuss Caribbean security…
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Defense leaders from 21 nations — including the Bahamas, Canada, Mexico and the United States — discussed their challenges during the recent…
Caribbean countries discuss strategies to fight IUU fishing
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Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing has become a scourge of the “blue economy,” contributing to the depletion of global fish…
Bahamas loosens pandemic rules
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A “cautiously optimistic” government of the Bahamas recently eased COVID-19 restrictions in the Caribbean island nation.
In making the…
Royal Bahamas Defence Force makes huge surge in migrant apprehensions
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The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) announced that its migrant apprehensions increased dramatically in 2021 when compared with the…
U.S. upgrades Bahamas’ maritime security
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The United States recently bolstered maritime security in the Bahamas by delivering a radar system to its partner in the Caribbean region.…