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UN Reduces Gaza Aid Operations As Fuel Runs Out
UN Reduces Gaza Aid Operations As Fuel Runs Out
GAZA - UN aid agencies say they have begun to significantly reduce their operations in the Gaza Strip because they have almost exhausted their fuel reserves.
Haiti: Aid Delivery Depends On Talking To 300 Gangs
Haiti: Aid Delivery Depends On Talking To 300 Gangs
HAITI - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the level of armed violence in Haiti has become so extreme that it has had to engage with hundreds of gangs in order to be able to deliver humanitarian aid.
Baha Mar donates $100k to Red Cross to aid in replacing $80k of stolen equipment
BAHA MAR donated $100,000 to The Bahamas Red Cross yesterday after the non-profit organisation was robbed of $80,000 worth of equipment.
US donates $300k equipment to aid jail
US donates $300k equipment to aid jail
THE United States delivered nearly $300,000 worth of advanced imaging and scanning technology and radio equipment to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday.
Govt to pay $177,000 to aid straw vendors
Govt to pay $177,000 to aid straw vendors
GRAND Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey announced yesterday that the government will be providing monetary assistance to hurting straw vendors at Port Lucaya Marketplace and other industry workers on that island this week.
Woman accused of aiding murder bid
Woman accused of aiding murder bid
A 25-year-old woman was remanded to prison yesterday accused of aiding in the attempted murder of a man last week.
Laing:Legal aid needed for financial services
Laing:Legal aid needed for financial services
Greater participation from the legal sector would go a long way in increasing this jurisdiction’s competitiveness in the offshore world, said State Minister for Finance Zhivargo Laing.
“People say to us all the time I don’t do much more fund administration work with you because it’s difficult for us to get the kind of legal connection that [they get elsewhere],” he sa...
Haiti still waiting on more than half promised aid
Haiti still waiting on more than half promised aid
Haiti has seen less than 50 percent of the aid promised by the international community in the days and weeks after a deadly earthquake hit the country last year, according to Haitian Ambassador to The Bahamas Antonio Rodrigue.
Rodrigue said the Haitian people and government are not satisfied with the pace of reconstruction in the year since the tragedy claimed the lives of more than 300,000 peo...
Aid Reaches Some as Morocco Copes with Quake Aftermath
MOROCCO - Rescuers in Morocco raced against time to find survivors in the rubble more than 48 hours after its deadliest earthquake in more than six decades.
NGO gets more funding to extend post-Dorian aid
NGO gets more funding to extend post-Dorian aid
The SBP team, which has repaired 624 homes since Hurricane Dorian in 2019, is able to continue its mission of assisting Central and East Grand Bahama residents after receiving new funding. "To date, our non-government organization has invested more than $12 million through our various recovery programs on Grand Bahama and Abaco," said SBP's Executive ...
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