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April 24, 2024
Diversity Programme prevents youth detentions on sexuality

THE Ministry of Social Services introduced a diversity programme that is helping to prevent gay youth from being sent to juvenile detention centres because of their sexuality, according to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex advocate Alexus D'Marco.

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April 22, 2024
Police Commissioner: Either We Charge You Or We Rule You Out

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Under the Anti-Gang Bill 2024, anyone found guilty of harboring a gang member could find themselves jailed up to 20 years. 

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March 23, 2011
(Photos) Governor-General's Youth Awards Banquet with the Earl of Wessex

Nassau, Bahamas - Governor-General Sir Arthur Foulkes greets
the Earl of Wessex as they meet at

the Governor-General's Youth Awards Banquet
on March 22 at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel. The Earl and the Countess
of Wessex arrived in The Bahamas on March 22 to take part in the 
Awards Presentation Ceremonies of the GGYA in Grand Bahama and in New
Providence.

Pictured from left to ri...

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April 22, 2024
300 Students attend MLK Global Youth Leadership Conference

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Martin Luther King (MLK) Memorial Foundation, along with the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity hosted some 300 students and international university executives at the University of The Bahamas (UB) on Saturday, April 20, 2024  for its 3rd consecutive MLK Global Youth Leadership Conference, where scholarships were given to students who seek to [...]

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December 03, 2019
Traditional and youth sports create perfect gender balance at Dakar 2022

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board today approved the sports and event programme for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Dakar 2022, which will see five sports join the initial 28 on the programme and full gender equality in terms of not only the number of athletes, but also the male and female representation in each sport and event for the first time in Olympic history...

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December 03, 2019
Bostwick-Dean looking to support youth and women

AS the country's newest senator, attorney Lisa Bostwick-Dean is vowing to fight for the rights of youth and women in the country. "(As senator), my particular interest would be about youth justice and youth matters and I believe quite frankly that i

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April 17, 2024
U.S. Chargé d'Affaires: You Don't Know The Bahamas Until You Go To The Family Islands

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - As she wraps up her tour here in The Bahamas after three and a half years, outgoing U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Usha Pitts says leaving The Bahamas is going to be hard for her.

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April 17, 2024
National Hurricane Center Director: You're At Risk, No Matter The Forecast

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Stay prepared, thats the message coming from the director of the National Hurricane Center.

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April 17, 2024
You Don't Know The Bahamas Until You Go To The Family Islands

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - As she wraps up her tour here in The Bahamas after three and a half years, outgoing U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Usha Pitts says leaving The Bahamas is going to be hard for her.

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April 13, 2024
PM: 'Why do you want to describe rape?'

PRIME Minister Philip "Brave" Davis questioned on Friday whether it was necessary to "describe rape" in response to criticism over the stalled pace of legislation to criminalize marital raped.

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