Bahamas High Commissioner to London Updates on Investigations Into Deaths of Alrae Ramsey and Blair John

NASSAU, The Bahamas – His Excellency Ellison E. Greenslade, QPM, High Commissioner of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, said he is satisfied with the level of investigation into the deaths of the two Bahamian young men whose bodies were found in the River Po in the city of Turin, Italy, on June 4 and 5, 2019.   High Commissioner Greenslade, a former Commissioner of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, was dispatched to Italy on Saturday, June 8, 2019, to make further inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Foreign Service Officer Alrae Ramsey, 29, and Blair Rashad Randy John, 28, a Ph.D. student in Psychology.   High Commissioner Greenslade is accompanied by Wilfred Adderley II, Deputy to the High Commissioner in London, and Michelangela Vismara, Bahamas Honorary Consul to Italy.

DEATHS OF BAHAMIANS IN TURIN, ITALY

NASSAU, Bahamas, June 5, 2019 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is saddened by the death of one of its Foreign Services Officers, Mr. Alrae Ramsey, who was on study leave in Vienna, Austria, and who visited Turin, Italy, over the middle of last week. Mr Ramsey was employed with Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 9th December 2013. Formerly, he was posted at the Bahamas Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti as third Secretary/Vice-consul in 2016 – 2017. Then, last year, he was granted an In-Service Award to pursue a one-year Postgraduate Diploma programme in Diplomacy/International Relations and Languages at the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna in Austria for the period September 2018 – June 2019. According to the Ministry, officials arrived in Turin today and met with officials from the police force. They confirmed that the body pulled from the river was, indeed, that of Mr. Alrae Ramsey. https://bahamaschronicle.com/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-press-release-deaths-of-bahamians-in-turin-italy/

Third National Report

National Report

 

The Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis 

Prime Minister

Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Thursday, 16 May 2019

 

Royal Bahamas Defence Force Annual Memorial Service, Coral Harbour Base

NASSAU, The Bahamas Prime Minister, Dr the Hon Hubert A. Minnis laid a wreath at the Royal Bahamas Defence Force Annual Memorial Service, Coral Harbour Base, today, in honour of the four marines who died during the sinking of HMBS Flamingo by Cuban military jetfighters. The ceremony also honours other members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, who would have died in the line of duty since the Flamingo incident.   [gallery ids="2918,2919"]

CARICOM DAY – Planning Committee Meeting

As CARICOM Day 2019 is fast approaching the Planning Committee held their regular Meeting at the Bahamas High Commission, Ottawa on May 7^th 2019. Mr Nestor Sands, Second Secretary serves as Chair of the Planning Committee.

New Marketing Campaign Featuring Lenny Kravitz Invites Travelers to Fly Away to The Bahamas

NASSAU, Bahamas – May 2, 2019 – The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation presented its new creative campaign featuring Bahamian-American rock legend Lenny Kravitz to Canadian media and travel industry partners during a local campaign launch event May 2 at the Bisha Hotel. Set to the lyrics of Kravitz’s hit song Fly Away, the television commercial and supporting marketing campaign capture his deep personal connection to The Bahamas, as well as the pure adrenaline rush of exploring the archipelago’s 100,000 square miles by boat and plane. The campaign debuted in January in the U.S. and will begin running in broadcast markets across Canada this week.