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January 26, 2012
UWI calls on Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Culture

Nassau, Bahamas- Director
of Youth in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture Darron Turnquest
poses with representatives from the University of the West Indies (UWI)
during a courtesy call at the Ministry, on January 25.  Two student ambassadors
from UWI's Mona and Cave Hill Campuses visited The Bahamas, representing
the UWI Vice Chancellor's "Students Today, Alumni Tomorrow"
program...

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August 06, 2010
Minister for Youth Sports and Culture opens 23rd Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships

Freeport, Grand Bahama -
The Hon. Charles Maynard, Minister for Youth Sports and Culture, 
officially opened the Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships
Wednesday evening at Grand Bahama's Radisson Our Lucaya Convention
Centre.

"I am pleased to have been invited to join you all today for this
year's Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships," said Minister
Maynard. ...

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March 13, 2024
Disney is Committed to Youth Development Through Culture

ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS - Junior Junkanooers in Eleuthera receiving a major boost for their parade recently.

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March 13, 2024
Agriculture Is Bahamian Culture

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - As the country moves towards reducing its reliance on importing foods, The Ministry Of Agriculture and Marine Resources's Agri-Business Expo is set to return next month.

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March 05, 2024
Minister Bowleg congratulates Grand Bahamians for keeping culture alive in spite of hardship

When it comes to the development of the Arts and Junkanoo, Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture, the Hon. Mario Bowleg says Grand Bahama has consistently shown remarkable enthusiasm and commitment, boasting the highest number of entrants for the National Arts Festival and the Junior Junkanoo Parades year after year.

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February 28, 2024
Culture Director: They're Not Bible Thumpers, They're Creative People

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Bahamas Plays and Films Control Board was created out of 1975's Theatres and Cinemas Act.

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February 05, 2024
"Huck" Remembered: He Gave a Sense of Hope and Pride in Our National Culture

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Junkanoo community saying farewell to a Junkanoo legend and icon, the late Anthony "Huck" Williams.

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January 31, 2024
Youth, Sports and Culture Minister admonishes Prodigal Sons to return $30k seed funding

NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Culture Minister Mario Bowleg says the government expects the Prodigal Sons Junkanoo group to return its $30K seed funding from the government after it refused to show up on Bay Street for the recent cultural parade. Bowleg says the group must "bring the money back," and asserted that his ministry intends on pursuing [...]

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January 26, 2024
US Embassy program fuses tech and culture

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Science Youth Nation Building Culture (SYNC), is a program created by the US Embassy which will off 50 Bahamian youth an opportunity to participate in a unique environment while utilizing Technology to create Junkanoo 3D figures. There is an entrepreneurship and business building aspect to the program as well, US Embassy officials

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January 18, 2024
Government aims to crush growing gang culture with tougher laws says Attorney General

NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Attorney General Ryan Pinder has explained that the government intends to target gangs as a criminal organization as it is currently in the process of redrafting laws to introduce stiffer laws to crack down on what has been described as a growing gang culture in the country. The AG told reporters on Thursday [...]

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