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The Bahamas in a changing world
March 30, 2023
The Bahamas in a changing world
As we continue our approach to 50 years of independence, The Bahamas of today exists in a very different world than 1973. We have come a long way. We have evolved and so has the world. There have been many changes in the world and there have been many changes in The Bahamas.
The art of penmanship
July 13, 2011
The art of penmanship
In days gone by if you were told your handwriting was worse than a doctor's penmanship that was considered a definite insult. In today's world that phrase can literally mean nothing as the medical practitioner's handwritings seems to have improved while the legibility of the common man continues to slip.
Steve Jobs Speech to Stanford Students
October 06, 2011
Steve Jobs Speech to Stanford Students
This speech by Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple Inc, a widely regarded commencement address he gave to Stanford students in 2005, never gets old, no matter how many times you watch it.
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I?ve ever gotten to a college graduation. To...
April 29, 2016
Female Students Encouraged to be "Hands On" with Latest Technology
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Senator the Hon. Allyson Maynard-Gibson told female students attending The Bahamas? second observance of the International Telecommunications Union?s (ITU) International Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day, to engage with women role models and get ?hands on? experience with some of the latest technology.
August 12, 2015
Some improvement in BGCSEs, despite dismal Math and English scores
Student performance improved this year in under half of the 27 Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) exam categories compared to 2014, but students continued to average D's and E's
April 22, 2015
We need people who will be true ambassadors for the kingdom of God
"Ye did run well: Who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you."
- Galatians 5:7-8
February 09, 2015
Remarks by The Hon. Fred Mitchell, Bahamas Press Club Meeting
I wish to congratulate all of you who are journalists or work in the media for getting the Press Club going again...
Problems or opportunities
October 06, 2014
Problems or opportunities
In Dr. Deepak Chopra's great book 'The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success', one of the laws is The Law of Least Effort. In the chapter which deals with that particular law he states as follows "I know that every problem is an opportunity in disguise, and this alertness to the opportunities allows me to take the moment and transform it into a greater benefit". Wow, what a great concept this really i...
June 06, 2011
L W Young Junior High School makes technological leap
THE transition from typewriter to keyboard has been a success at L.W. Young Junior High School, which is leading the pack in computer education in the public school system.
While some students are still required to use typewriters to sit the annual keyboarding exam for the Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE), students at L.W. Young have access to some of the most modern t...
June 01, 2011
Customs rate on security equipment among duties reduced
Business owners are getting some relief in securing their businesses with the elimination of customs duty on surveillance equipment in the 2011/2012 budget.
It was one of a number of reductions in customs duty rates Ingraham listed during the budget debate Monday.
In addition to the security equipment exemption, rates were reduced on a number of food and other consumer items, medical equipment, bu...
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