AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoBahamas Politics: Prime Minister Philip Davis has formally sworn in an expanded 28-member Cabinet for his second term, with 21 Cabinet ministers and seven state ministers taking their posts over three days at Government House—highlighting a push to match the “scale of governance challenges” with a broader leadership team. Cabinet Moves: Chester Cooper becomes Minister of Education, Science and Technology; Wayne Munroe returns as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs; Fred Mitchell takes Foreign Affairs; Michael Halkitis is Finance; Glenys Hanna-Martin leads Tourism; Michael Darville heads Health; and Jobeth Coleby-Davis takes Energy, Utilities and Aviation. Gaming Act Debate: The new appointments immediately sparked online chatter over the 2014 Gaming Act’s rules on cabinet eligibility for those tied to gaming licenses. Regional Watch: Elsewhere in the Caribbean, the EU handed Jamaica $60m in fencing and monitoring gear for the Mason River Protected Area—another reminder of how environment and governance are moving in parallel across the region.
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