The Bahamas Oil Refining Company (BORCO) donated $32,210 to the National Emergency Management Agency on Thursday afternoon to assist those persons in the Southern and Central Bahamas affected by the recent hurricane. Accepting the donation was the Administrator for the City of Freeport, Charles King. Greg Laroda, Terminal Operations Manager for BORCO explained that employees of the company made a decision to assist those persons affected by the storm, and management agreed to match whatever was donated by the workers. Mr. King assured the company that the funds would be directed to assist the hurricane victims and thanked the company on behalf of the Government of The Bahamas and NEMA.

Left to right in the photo are: Tyren Thomas, BORCO; Tammy Mitchell, NEMA; Charles King, Administrator, City of Freeport; Greg Laroda, BORCO; Kim Pratt, Business Co-ordinator, BORCO; and Alvin Forbes, Financial Analyst, BORCO.  (BIS Photo/Vandyke Hepburn)