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June 15, 2016
Prime Minister Christie Declares New Mental Health Facility "a Bahamian Achievement"

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie declared the recent opening of the Child and Adolescent, Robert Smith and Special Education Complex, a "Bahamian achievement" that crossed changes in governments, citing former Prime Minister the Hon. Hubert Ingraham's role in its implementation as a former Minister of National Insurance, immediately following Prime Minister Christ...

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June 14, 2016
PM's Remarks at Commissioning of Child and Adolescent, Robert Smith, and Special Education Complex

My Cabinet colleagues and I are most pleased to join with you, the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre family, the Public Hospitals Authority and the Minister of Health as we open the doors of this new facility.

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May 06, 2016
The destruction of the gods

Dear Editor,
There is a famous quote that he who the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. This is the only explanation that fits the blunder after blunder by Leslie Miller.

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April 14, 2016
Pinwheel is new symbol for child protection in The Bahamas; Maycock calls for united front in fight against child abuse

Child Protection officials in The Bahamas Tuesday launched the new symbol for child protection with the planting of a Pinwheel Garden at Government House, Mount FitzWillam.

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For the love of Gia
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April 11, 2016
For the love of Gia

When Kayla Castillo thought of a child with autism, she thought of someone who was non-verbal and who rocked back and forth. So when her daughter exhibited milder traits of the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), it did not click for her as she wished it would have, looking back.

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Light it up blue
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April 04, 2016
Light it up blue

The numbers are unchanged from two years ago -- one in 68 is the estimate of autism prevalence in children by the United States Center for Disease Control -- a number that is high, but that is still a major shift in the past two decades.

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March 16, 2016
Personal Safety Curriculum for Children Launched

The Ministry of Social Services and Community Development, the Department of Social Services and the National Child Protection Council (NCPC), have moved to address the issue of child abuse in The Bahamas even more aggressively, with the production of a ?Say No, Then Go? Personal Safety Curriculum for children...

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March 16, 2016
Personal safety curriculum for children launched

The Ministry of Social Services and Community Development, the Department of Social Services and the National Child Protection Council (NCPC), have moved to address the issue of child abuse in The Bahamas even more aggressively, with the production of a ?Say No, Then Go? Personal Safety Curriculum for children

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July 23, 2010
Crisis centre appeals to public for new home

The Bahamas Crisis Centre is to close its doors at Knowles House in eight days amid claims by hospital doctors that the building is to be demolished to make way for a car park extension.

Workers at the only non-government and non-profit refuge are to be evicted from their current building on the grounds of Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH).

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December 24, 2015
Let your kids sleep in heavenly peace

Stick to bedtime routine through the holidays, expert says.

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