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December 04, 2020
SO MANY IN NEED: Food parcels giveaway swamped as desperate queue from dawn for aid

THOUSANDS travelled to the Thomas A Robinson Stadium to collect a box of food and supplies at Island Luck's IL Cares food drive yesterday, blocking roads for miles in every direction in a bracing showcase of the scale of need in the country.

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December 02, 2020
WAITING GAME FOR DESPERATE FAMILIES: Govt holds off a decision on whether aid schemes will extend into new year

THE government has not yet decided whether it will further extend its COVID-19 support initiatives - including the unemployment benefits programme - beyond the December deadline, according to Public Service Minister Brensil Rolle.

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November 28, 2020
Ministry of Health Receives Ventilators to Aid COVID-19 Fight

The Ministry of Health gained another shot in the arm in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic with receipt of four ventilators to augment its acute care efforts...

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November 04, 2020
Another 10m allocated to food aid programme

A NEW $10m budget has been allocated for the second phase of the National Food Distribution Task Force programme, which is now shifting focus toward the country's most vulnerable.

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October 24, 2016
Inner Wheel of East Nassau and John Bull Turn Bay St. Pink in Aid Cancer Society of The Bahamas

John Bull?s main store on Bay Street was awash with pink with members and friends of the Inner Wheel Club of East Nassau attending the Pretty In Pink Party to raise funds to assist the Cancer Society with their ongoing cancer screenings for breast and prostate cancer in the Family Islands and with research.

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October 28, 2020
AID would take 'nuisance' of curbside over closure any day

Although they described it as "tedious" and a "nuisance", the heads of AID said yesterday they would take curbside over being closed indefinitely any day. Harold Watson, chairman of one of the country's largest automotive and home goods chain of stores, and Jason Watson, the company's president, spoke yesterday to the challenges of condensing a ...The post AID would take 'nuisance' of curbside ove...

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February 08, 2012
Identifying Ways to Improve and Make More Effective International Aid to the Caribbean Country

The
Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José
Miguel Insulza, met today with the Prime Minister of Haiti, Garry
Conille, with whom he spoke about the importance of ensuring that the
international community's assistance is in line with the plans
established by the Haitian government.

At the meeting, held at
OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, Prime Minister ...

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October 02, 2020
Salvation Army offers aid

THE Salvation Army is continuing its COVID-19 support efforts - providing in August care packages valued at $100 each to 100 families, assisting more than 390 people. This initiative, facilitated by a $7,500 grant from the Citi Foundation, was a partnership with United Way Guatemala.

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September 23, 2020
'Hotel workers solely dependent on govt aid'

AFTER six months of hotels being closed, a hotel union official said industry workers are being negatively impacted by the uncertainty and are solely reliant on government assistance...

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September 18, 2020
Food aid programme to end next month

THE government's national food distribution programme will end next month, Minister of Social Services Frankie Campbell said yesterday...

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