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The Crisis Centre has also impacted other institutions in the Bahamas, such as the use of rape kits in the local hospitals, two-way mirrors in the police stations, video recordings of case hearings for sexually abused children in court, and the establishment of a sexual assault room at the Princess Margaret Hospital.
The Office of the Attorney-General & Ministry of Legal Affairs provides legal advice to the government of the Bahamas in national and international matters. [ 1 ] List of Attorneys-General of the Colony of the Bahamas
Local government in the Bahamas exists at two levels: 32 districts and 41 towns. The boundaries of districts are defined by the First Schedule of The Bahamas Local Government Act 1996 (as amended by law and declarations of the Minister responsible for Family Island Affairs), [1] [2] defined with reference to parliamentary constituency boundaries.
LONDON — It’s been a strong year for fine jewelry — particularly for Threads, the social shopping platform that sells luxury via Instagram and WhatsApp and has a no-inventory business model ...
Other key responsibilities include administering the Office of the Prime Minister, the Government Printing Department, the National Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of Lands and Surveys as well as advising the Prime Minister on policy. The current Secretary of the Cabinet is Mrs. Nicole Campbell.
The prison was established at its current location in Fox Hill, Bahamas, in March 1952. It was originally named Her Majesty's Prisons, a name shared with other prisons in the former British Empire. On August 11, 2014, its name was changed to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services. [4] Fox Hill Prison was not the first prison in the ...
The Ministry of Finance is a government ministry of the Bahamas responsible for the care and management of public finances. The development and management of the annual government budget is a major aspect of the ministry's function. [1] Since 1984, Prime Minister of the Bahamas has mostly held the portfolio of Minister of Finance.
2 stations (one in Nassau and one in Freeport, a rebroadcast transmitter, commercially run Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB); multi-channel cable TV subscription service is available (2007). [1] Internet: 226,855 users, 152nd in the world (2012). [2] 71.7% of the population, 47th in the world (2012). [2]