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BTVI and Baha Mar Form Training Partnership
BTVI and Baha Mar Form Training Partnership
The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) and Baha Mar recently partnered to provide customized training to technical employees of the resort.
The disciplines included welding, carpentry, painting, electrical and plumbing. From learning about safe welding procedures and proper lighting and cutting techniques, to work ethics and safe work practices, the course ran for 16 contact hou...
Concern over compromised court roof as storm approaches
As New Providence braces for the arrival of Hurricane Irma, which has already caused widespread destruction on other islands, many are concerned about whether the Supreme Court building can weather the storm.
The four courtrooms in the main Supreme Court on Bank Lane have been rendered unusable due to leaks from a compromised roof.
The roof sustained damage last year during Hurricane Matthew, and ...
Studio visit: Jessica Colebrooke
Studio visit: Jessica Colebrooke
Five days a week, you'll find Bahamian ceramicist Jessica Colebrooke in her Nassau studio, which is tucked away behind her home in the Gleniston Park community. 19 years ago, Colebrooke started out in a 10 x 10ft room with a sheet of plywood on two crates and a small kiln. Today she owns and manages "Jessica's Tileworks Studio," one of the leading ceramics and tile manufacturers in The Bahamas. A...
Chiropractic and Your Balance and Agility
Chiropractic and Your Balance and Agility
My neighbor fell on some
slippery tiles in her garden and broke her fibula. She is a woman of about sixty. Over the course of the past
several years she has been hinting that she had some issues and would
like to consult with me about them. She has suggested
neck and hand pain as well as the inevitable struggle with her lower
back from time to time.
Being a bi...
Chiropractic and Your Balance and Agility
Chiropractic and Your Balance and Agility
My neighbor fell on some
slippery tiles in her garden and broke her fibula. She is a woman of about sixty. Over the course of the past
several years she has been hinting that she had some issues and would
like to consult with me about them. She has suggested
neck and hand pain as well as the inevitable struggle with her lower
back from time to time.
Being a bi...
Brian Gilbert Roker, 56
Brian Gilbert Roker, 56
Funeral service for Brian Gilbert Roker, 56 yrs., a resident of Skyline Lakes, who died on 27th December, 2011, will be held at Evangelistic Pentecostal Church, Garden Hills, on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Rev. Stanley Seymour Sr. Interment follows in St. Agnes Cemetery, Nassau Street.
From apprentice to employee
From apprentice to employee
David Barry was a student of the painting and decorating program in 1969, back when the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) was known as Nassau Technical Centre. He went on to become an apprentice, and today is an employee who says he has had more highs than lows.
"This is the only job I know. I grew up here," said Barry, who retired as an employee of the Ministry of Education in 201...
Beyond the Surface: From Apprentice to Employee
Beyond the Surface: From Apprentice to Employee
He became a student of the Painting and Decorating program in 1969, back when The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) was known as Nassau Technical Centre. He went on to become an apprentice and today is an employee, who says he has had more highs than lows.
Beyond the Surface: From Apprentice to Employee
Beyond the Surface: From Apprentice to Employee
He became a student of the Painting and Decorating program in 1969, back when The Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) was known as Nassau Technical Centre. He went on to become an apprentice and today is an employee, who says he has had more highs than lows.
Record 2,200 turn out for Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, Anne Frank's stepsister
When the doors opened at 6 p.m. at Melia Nassau Beach resort on February 9 for an evening with 87-year-old Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, a crowd of 400 was expected. Twenty-two hundred showed up.
"They kept streaming in and streaming in," said Rabbi Sholom Bluming, director, Nassau Jewish Community. "They had to open an additional part of the ballroom, then another part, filling it with every ch...