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September 19, 2017
Environment Ministry Supports BTVI Solar Energy Training

The Bahamas Technical & Vocational Institute (BTVI) paid a courtesy call on the Ministry of the Environment & Housing, September 15, at Charlotte House, downtown. BTVI President Dr. Robert Robertson met with the Minister, the Hon. Romauld Ferreira, to garner his support for the college's 15-week-long dual enrollment programme...

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September 12, 2017
Enhancing the classroom auditory environment

Classroom acoustics
For many hearing-impaired students, the classroom can be an extremely noisy and challenging listening environment. Even hearing-impaired students with permanent hearing loss, who receive help from their personal hearing aids, find they struggle to hear clearly in the classroom. However, this problem is not just limited to those with permanent hearing loss. The classroom is ofte...

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September 07, 2017
Concern over compromised court roof as storm approaches

As New Providence braces for the arrival of Hurricane Irma, which has already caused widespread destruction on other islands, many are concerned about whether the Supreme Court building can weather the storm.
The four courtrooms in the main Supreme Court on Bank Lane have been rendered unusable due to leaks from a compromised roof.
The roof sustained damage last year during Hurricane Matthew, and ...

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July 28, 2017
Studio visit: Jessica Colebrooke

Five days a week, you'll find Bahamian ceramicist Jessica Colebrooke in her Nassau studio, which is tucked away behind her home in the Gleniston Park community. 19 years ago, Colebrooke started out in a 10 x 10ft room with a sheet of plywood on two crates and a small kiln. Today she owns and manages "Jessica's Tileworks Studio," one of the leading ceramics and tile manufacturers in The Bahamas. A...

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January 06, 2012
Brian Gilbert Roker, 56

Funeral service for Brian Gilbert Roker, 56 yrs., a resident of Skyline Lakes, who died on 27th December, 2011, will be held at Evangelistic Pentecostal Church, Garden Hills, on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Rev. Stanley Seymour Sr. Interment follows in St. Agnes Cemetery, Nassau Street.

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March 05, 2017
From apprentice to employee

David Barry was a student of the painting and decorating program in 1969, back when the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) was known as Nassau Technical Centre. He went on to become an apprentice, and today is an employee who says he has had more highs than lows.
"This is the only job I know. I grew up here," said Barry, who retired as an employee of the Ministry of Education in 201...

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There is hope
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March 01, 2017
There is hope

"Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing 12 crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations." - Revelation 22:1-2

The Bahamas is my homeland and ...

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March 01, 2017
Beyond the Surface: From Apprentice to Employee

He became a student of the Painting and Decorating program in 1969, back when The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) was known as Nassau Technical Centre. He went on to become an apprentice and today is an employee, who says he has had more highs than lows.

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March 01, 2017
Beyond the Surface: From Apprentice to Employee

He became a student of the Painting and Decorating program in 1969, back when The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) was known as Nassau Technical Centre. He went on to become an apprentice and today is an employee, who says he has had more highs than lows.

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February 24, 2017
Record 2,200 turn out for Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, Anne Frank's stepsister

When the doors opened at 6 p.m. at Melia Nassau Beach resort on February 9 for an evening with 87-year-old Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, a crowd of 400 was expected. Twenty-two hundred showed up.
"They kept streaming in and streaming in," said Rabbi Sholom Bluming, director, Nassau Jewish Community. "They had to open an additional part of the ballroom, then another part, filling it with every ch...

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