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February 02, 2024
Verizon Media Group lends support to JA Bahamas to welcome past achievers back to the JA family

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — February marks National Junior Achievement Month, and in celebration, The Verizon Media Group (home of Eyewitness News and 103.5 The Beat) and JA Bahamas have joined forces to send a nationwide call for past Achievers to become a part of the prestigious, non-profit organization once again.   Bashar Issacs, Junior Achievement Bahamas' Alumni [...]

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June 15, 2010
More than 80 Students Nominated for JA Top Achiever Awards

More than 80 students, representing a cross-section of Bahamian private and public schools, are competing this year for the Junior Achievement Most Distinguished Achiever Award and more than a quarter of a million dollar in scholarships.

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July 19, 2023
Ayton donates to JA; remains non-committal about playing for The Bahamas

After being unceremoniously bounced from the playoffs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the second year in a row, the Phoenix Suns have retooled, and one who was at the center of trade talks, has returned to the nation of his birth.

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July 03, 2023
BOB EVOLVE is JA Company of the Year

Bank of The Bahamas Limited's (BOB) JA EVOLVE (Embarking on Visionary Opportunities while Living Valuable Experiences) is the Junior Achievement (JA) Company of the Year 2022-2023. BOB EVOLVE earned recognition for their achievements which included first places for product of the year for MuddaSick, their Bahamian Uno-inspired card game which features popular Bahamian comedians and ...
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February 15, 2018
BTC JA Students Plan for the Future

BTC recently held its fourth annual Future Leaders Conference, with over one hundred Junior Achievers participating...

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February 16, 2018
BOB's Amani Stuart wins JA New Providence's Annual Speech Competition 2018

Amani Stuart, president of Bank of The Bahamas? SPARK INNOVATION JA Company recently won Junior Achievement New Providence?s 2018 Annual Speech Competition. Amani beat out more than 100 entrants and twelve finalists to win the competition...

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February 26, 2018
JA takes college fair to Harbour Island and Eleuthera students

In an effort to ensure that children in the Family Islands receive the same experiences as their peers on New Providence, Junior Achievement (JA) Bahamas took its third annual college fair to the students of Harbour Island and Eleuthera, to give them direct access and [...]

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JA 4 Juniors
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March 19, 2018
JA 4 Juniors

Junior Achievement (JA) is the leading youth development organization for senior school students in The Bahamas, dedicated to fostering youth innovation, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, college preparedness and work readiness. A little-known part of the program is the JA 4 Juniors program, aimed at seventh through [...]

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February 13, 2011
Junior Achievement (JA) members call on the Governor General

Nassau, Bahamas -

Executive Members and Students of
Junior Achievement (JA) pay a courtesy call on Governor-General Sir
Arthur Foulkes (seated second from left) on February 11,  at Government
House.

Junior Achievement programs help prepare young people for the

real world by showing them how to generate wealth and

effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their

communities m...

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