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February 28, 2024
Environmental Health Services Security Officers Successfully Complete Training Course

Thirty-one security officers of the Department of Environmental Health Services successfully completed a 40-hour Security Officers Course at the Police Training College of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, and are pictured with their certificates, February 23, 2024 at the college.

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December 12, 2023
Ethan S. Bain Environmental Health Foundation Supports Ranfurly Home

Local nonprofit, Ethan S. Bain Environmental Health Foundation (ESBEHF) recently made a donation in support of Ranfurly Home. Jacqueline Bain (center), ESBEHF’s Founder presented a monetary gift along with two heavy duty garbage bins to the home.

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June 08, 2010
Environmental Health staff prays for grace

Staff from the Department of Environmental Health attended a worship service as a part of strengthening their national commitment to protecting the surroundings.

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October 01, 2021
NPEP Recognizes World Environmental Health Day, Encourages Corporate Bahamas to Embrace Sustainability

On the heels of World Environmental Health Day, internationally recognized on September 26, the New Providence Ecology Park (NPEP) challenges Bahamian businesses to prioritize sustainable corporate governance in their long-term strategy.

World Environmental Health Day, launched by the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) council during a meeting in Indonesia in 2011, aims to...

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June 29, 2020
ETSU announces Ethan S. Bain Environmental Health Foundation Scholarship

A new endowed scholarship in memory of East Tennessee State University alumnus and Bahamian environmentalist Ethan S. Bain was recently established to assist students from The Bahamas and the Caribbean...

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March 24, 2020
Department of Environmental Health Services, disinfecting to limit spread of COVID-19

The Department of Environmental Health Services has embarked on a disinfecting exercise, as a preventive measure to limit the spread of COVID-19...

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January 08, 2019
Department of Environmental Health Services announces twice weekly garbage collections

Garbage collection on New Providence will be increased from once to twice weekly starting next month, the Department of Environmental Health Services (DEHS) announced today...

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November 15, 2016
Agricultural development and environmental health for The Bahamas, pt. 4

There are several points I would like to make in this final letter and they relate to the natural environment around us, the establishment of a healthy primary production environment (agriculture and fishing), and the protection of both.

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November 14, 2016
Agricultural development and environmental health for The Bahamas, pt. 3

The reality of investing in Bahamian agriculture is "harsh" because of the nature of our natural and economic environments. There is little that can be done with our natural surroundings, but the economic one may certainly be modified.

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November 08, 2016
Agricultural development and environmental health for The Bahamas, pt. 1

Historically The Bahamas has never been able to establish a permanently viable commercial agricultural sector. This is first reflected in the failure of the plantation system in islands throughout the archipelago.

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