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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR COMMUNITY LEGAL AID PROGRAMME
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR COMMUNITY LEGAL AID PROGRAMME
Volunteer recruitment is underway for the Community Legal Aid Programme (CLAP), recently launched by The Eugene Dupuch Law School (EDLS) in partnership with the Office of the Attorney General, The Bahamas Bar Association and The Caribbean Agency for Justice Solutions (The Agency).
“Volunteers are a critical component to the success of this programme, which seeks to give the public greater acc...
PIONEERING COMMUNITY LEGAL AID PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED
PIONEERING COMMUNITY LEGAL AID PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED
The Eugene Dupuch Law School (EDLS) has announced the launch of its Community Legal Aid Programme (CLAP) in partnership with the Office of the Attorney General, The Bahamas Bar Association and The Caribbean Agency for Justice Solutions (The Agency).
At a recent press conference, the principal of EDLS, Tonya Bastian Galanis explained, “The chief objective of this Community Legal Aid Programme ...
Legal aid project launched by Eugene Dupuch Law School
THE Eugene Dupuch Law School (EDLS) has partnered with the Attorney General's Office, The Bahamas Bar Association and The Caribbean Agency for Justice Solutions (the Agency) to launch a Community-Based Legal Aid Project (CLAP).
'Over the Hill Weekend Institute' Legal Aid Seminar
'Over the Hill Weekend Institute' Legal Aid Seminar
As part of the Over-the-Hill Community Development Partnership Initiative, the Economic Development and Planning Unit (EDPU) in the Office of the Prime Minister is hosting a series...
Contracts signed to aid Police and Customs operations
Nassau,
The Bahamas - Two contracts were signed during a ceremony on April 6 at
the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to undertake general repairs
and minor reconfiguration of spaces occupied by departments in CDU,
Criminal Records Office, Crime Scene Investigation and Drug Enforcement
Unit and continue work on the Customs Scanner Building.
Among
those attending the ceremony was the Ho...
Concerns over food aid programme 'ludicrous'
Concerns over food aid programme 'ludicrous'
PHILIP Smith, former executive director of the Bahamas Feeding Network, says a probe into the operations of the former government's feeding initiative could potentially overshadow the magnitude of aid brought to thousands of people who were in need due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
$25m cocaine smugglers say officer aided them
$25m cocaine smugglers say officer aided them
TWO Venezuelan men who were caught trying to smuggle $25m worth of cocaine into the country last week were sentenced to five years in prison yesterday.
Thieves raid aid group's food store
4,000 more seek help from govt after food aid ends
4,000 more seek help from govt after food aid ends
SOCIAL Services and Urban Development Minister Obie Wilchcombe said yesterday that some 4,000 Bahamians who were receiving assistance from the government's national food distribution programme have now been added to his ministry's aid list since the food initiative ended.
National task force chief defends food aid
National task force chief defends food aid
SUSAN Larson, head of the National Food Distribution Task Force formed under the Minnis administration, has defended the programme after Social Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe questioned the nearly $800k weekly bill.