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March 05, 2024
Shanty town residents with children given extra time

SOME people with children in Abaco shanty towns were given extra time to find a place to live because they were not prepared to move when bulldozers showed up last week, Works Minister Clay Sweeting said yesterday.

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October 18, 2023
'Migrant mother didn't want her children to be deported'

ACTING Immigration Director William Pratt said three children fended for themselves in a shanty town earlier this month when their detained mother failed to reveal their existence because she feared they would be deported to Haiti.

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August 02, 2019
What did we do I felt so violated. My children were afraid. I was crying ...What I do Am I a criminal

RIGHTS Bahamas chairperson Mona Agenor yesterday said she feels deeply violated and humiliated after she and family members were arrested in a joint operation with police and immigration officers.

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April 24, 2024
Laroda unable to comment on US report which says Bahamian parents allegedly discriminate LGBTQIA+ children

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Social Services Minister Myles Laroda was unable to directly address comments made in a US Human Rights report, which revealed a claim made by local non-governmental agencies, that "self-identifying LGBTQI+ children were remanded to juvenile correctional facilities after their guardians deemed the children 'uncontrollable' based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, or ...

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March 26, 2024
The Governor General welcomes children of Fox Town Primary School

Students of grades four, five and six of Fox Town Primary School, Abaco, along with their teachers paid a courtesy call upon Governor General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Cynthia Pratt (centre) at the Office of the Governor General, March 19, 2024.

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January 23, 2024
Community activist calls for more action to support children of murder victims

NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Families Of All Murder Victims (F.O.A.M) Founder Khandi Gibson wants to see more assistance provided for children of murder victims. Gibson's comments came on the sidelines of the 2024 F.O.A.M Day Church Service held at the New Covenant Baptist Church Tuesday morning. Prime Minister Philip Davis officially proclaimed January 23 as F.O.A.M. Day [...]

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January 22, 2024
Abaco Pastor: You've Stopped Sending Your Children To Church

ABACO, BAHAMAS - Well-known Pastor and community leader in Abaco, Pastor Silbert Mills, is weighing in on the scourge of murders in the country.

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January 17, 2024
Colombia Landslide Toll Rises To 33 Including Children

COLOMBIA - In northwest Colombia, the death toll from a devastating landslide has reached 33, with children being the primary victims, according to the vice president.

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June 02, 2011
Bahamian award-winning film, Children of God to air on Showtime

Bahamian Kareem Mortimer's film, Children of God was named one of the Top 10 Best of 2010 by BET and now it moves on to being aired on the Showtime Network from Thursday, June 2nd through June 21st. BET said,
Children of God was featured at last week's New York International Latino Festival and it's the third film from director-to-watch Kareem Mortimer.

The flick, which was filmed in the Baham...

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August 01, 2019
37,000 donation for childrens home

ATTORNEY Brenford Christie, a trustee of the Alice Sauberli Trust, donated $37,000 to the Grand Bahama Children's Home yesterday.

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