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Social Services Continues To Assist at Shelter: More than 1,200 Residents Receive Help in Fire's Aftermath
Social Services Continues To Assist at Shelter: More than 1,200 Residents Receive Help in Fire's Aftermath
Social Workers from the Department of Social Services, Ministry of Social Services and Community Development, will continue to provide extended hours assistance at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs Gymnasium...
NEMA Led an Assessment of Landfill Fire Impacted Areas
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, led a coordinated assessment exercise to gather information on the impact the landfill fire is having on residents in the Jubilee Gardens and Tall Pines communities...
Residents in dark on air quality a week after fire
Residents in dark on air quality a week after fire
An official could not say yesterday whether the quality of air in Jubilee Gardens is safe, one week after a massive blaze at the New Providence Landfill caused an evacuation of the nearby community.
Anthony Ryan, a public analyst at the Department of Environmental Health Services, said officials conducted air quality tests on 19 homes closest to the dump.
While Ryan could not say whether the air i...
Foulkes, Griffin spar over gymnasium housing concerns
Former Minister of Labour and Social Development Dion Foulkes cried shame on the government for housing people impacted by the recent fire at the New Providence Landfill in the Kendal Isaacs National Gymnasium rather than in hotels. However, Minister of Social Services Melanie Griffin said Foulkes is the one who should be ashamed as only one family stayed in the gym for a night, while 180 people w...
Miller: How can we spend on Carnival but not on residents hit by dump fire
TALL Pines MP Leslie Miller said yesterday if the government can spend millions of dollars on Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, officials can also afford to "put the damn people of Jubilee Gardens" in motels instead of forcing residents to sleep on a "cot in a cold gym..."
Duty-free Concessions Poised to Stimulate Economic Growth in East and West Grand Bahama
Duty-free Concessions Poised to Stimulate Economic Growth in East and West Grand Bahama
As Grand Bahamians continue to rebuild their lives following destruction caused by Hurricane Matthew in October of this year, a government program is poised to make the island?s restoration a much smoother prospect.
Brothers cleared of rape charge
Brothers cleared of rape charge
After deliberating for just over an hour, a Supreme Court jury yesterday acquitted three brothers of raping a woman in their home.
Lawyers ask court to acquit brothers of rape
Lawyers ask court to acquit brothers of rape
Lawyers defending three brothers accused of raping a woman to whom they had offered a ride urged a Supreme Court to acquit them yesterday.
Mother testifies in rape trial
Mother testifies in rape trial
The mother of an alleged rape victim said that she took her daughter to a police station after learning about the assault.
Woman tells court she was gang raped by three men
Woman tells court she was gang raped by three men
A woman told a Supreme Court jury yesterday that she was gang raped by three men, two of whom she knew and trusted.