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January 21, 2020
Local Beekeepers Receive International Donation

The Apiary Program, a joint effort between the Ministry of Grand Bahama, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation of Agriculture (IICA) and the Bahamas Development Bank, received a boost of support on Wednesday, January 15th from the international community...

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January 21, 2020
Health Minister Thanks Samaritan’s Purse for Providing Medical Treatment to Many Post Hurricane Dorian

President of Samaritan’s Purse, Evangelist Franklin Graham, visited Grand Bahama on Friday to tour Samaritan’s Purse mobile medical unit and the Rand Memorial Hospital, which is currently being renovated following Hurricane Dorian. During his visit he was thanked by Cabinet Ministers on behalf of the Government and people of The Bahamas for the medical assistance Samaritan’s Purse has rende...

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January 20, 2020
AML Foods Limited & Bahamas Feeding Network Continue to help those in need on Grand Bahama

More than twenty-two nonprofit feeding centers and church outreach programs, members of the Bahamas Feeding Network (BFN) on Grand Bahama, were the recipients of some much-needed assistance through the Feed 5000 Families campaign spearheaded by AML Foods Limited (AML) at the end of the year. Representatives gathered at Solomon’s in Freeport to receive food vouchers from AML Foods which were dist...

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January 02, 2020
GBPA and Mercy Corps Partnership Provides First Grants to the Pilot Cohort of RISE

The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA) and Mercy Corps International (MC) awarded a number of grants valued at over $40,000 to local businesses to assist with their business recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian...

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December 16, 2019
URCA Hosts Successful Meetings on Grand Bahama with Pledge to Return in 2020

As the independent regulator for the country’s electricity and electronic communication sectors, the Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority (URCA) is committed to addressing the needs of Bahamians across the entire country. In that vein, URCA’s executives traveled back to Grand Bahama last week for their first series of meetings, post-Hurricane Dorian...

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December 16, 2019
Junkanoo to RUSH into Grand Bahama despite lack of funding after Storms

The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) is pleased to support the continued and valued tradition of Junkanoo in Grand Bahama...

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December 05, 2019
Minister Thompson Promotes ‘Rebuilding Smart,’ to Small Businesses Eligible for Technology Innovation Grant

Opening a ‘Rebuilding Smart, Using Technology’ workshop on Monday at the Grand Lucayan, Minister of State for Grand Bahama, the Hon. Kwasi Thompson noted that reconstruction and recovery of Grand Bahama’s small business community is critical to the island’s recovery since Hurricane Dorian, and that “rebuilding provides us with the opportunity to do so using smart technology. If we have t...

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November 17, 2011
Grand Bahama Shipyard Lends a Hand in Annual Food Drive!

Freeport, Grand Bahama - Not just satisfied teaching a trade to Bahamians the management of Grand Bahama Shipyard Ltd. (GBS) is also guiding their apprentices to give back to their community.

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November 22, 2019
Government Ministers Updated on the Progress of Works at the Airport in Grand Bahama

Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction, the Hon. Iram Lewis; Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator the Hon. J. Kwasi Thompson, along with Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Harcourt Brown, were given a progress report by airport officials on works being done at the airport in Grand Bahama, Thursday,...

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November 06, 2019
Carnival executives pay courtesy call on Minister for GB

Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator the Hon. J. Kwasi Thompson on Wednesday, November 6, welcomed the President of Carnival Cruise Line, Christine Duffy, along with other top executives...

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