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March 31, 2016
Doctor raises concerns over landfill fires

A LOCAL doctor has expressed concern over recurrent fires at the New Providence landfill and the health problems subsequent smoke can have on area residents.

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January 27, 2016
BJC/BGCSE award honorees praised

Minister of Education, Science and Technology Jerome Fitzgerald told award honorees at the 2015 Bahamas Junior Certificate (BJC) and Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) National Awards Presentation Ceremony that they have shown they were willing to make sacrifices and organize their activities to allow time for them to complete their studies with optimum results.
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February 24, 2016
Scotiabank employees go red!

Scotiabank employees participated in Go Red Day to raise awareness of risks for cardiovascular disease. In addition to wearing red, employees donated monies to The Bahamas Heart Association with Scotiabank matching the funds they gave.

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February 22, 2016
Four more ways to burn fat

There is nothing quite as frustrating as seeing your results fizzle out. This is a common place to end up, and it usually happens after a few months on the same exercise routine.

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February 09, 2016
Scotiabank is platinum sponsor of the Heart Ball

Scotiabank is a platinum sponsor of the Heart Ball in aid of the Sir Victor Sassoon (Bahamas) Heart Foundation, again this year.

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February 05, 2016
3D printing helps to deliver organs on demand

The fight is on to save human limbs: As the rate of diabetes continues to rise, the foot ulcers and chronic wounds that can come with the condition ? and can lead to amputations in severe cases ? remain a persistent problem.

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January 27, 2016
BJC/BGCSE Award Honourees praised for achieving 'optimum results'

Minister of Education, Science and Technology the Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald told award honourees at the 2015 BJC and BGCSE National Awards Presentation Ceremony that they have shown they were willing to make sacrifices and organise their activities to allow time for them to complete their studies with optimum results.

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News Article
January 27, 2016
BJC/BGCSE award honourees praised for achieving 'optimum results'

Minister of Education, Science and Technology the Hon. Jerome Fitzgerald told award honourees at the 2015 BJC and BGCSE National Awards Presentation Ceremony that they have shown they were willing to make sacrifices and organise their activities to allow time for them to complete their studies with optimum results.

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A commendation
News Article
January 20, 2016
A commendation

Dear Editor,
As is often the case, you hit the nail right on the head in yesterday's editorial regarding the government's new healthcare initiative. As was stated, "NHI will not make Bahamians healthy".

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January 20, 2016
NHI will not make Bahamians healthy

"The important thing is we want to make sure that at the end of the day the primary focus is on creating a healthy Bahamas."

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