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May 02, 2022
ADO Tours Lucayan Produce, Farming support NGO continues fact-finding mission to explore what works, what doesn’t for farms of all sizes

Farms, like just about everything else, come in all sizes and shapes. And like other items that come in various forms, what works for one may not work for all.

“That’s what we are learning as we go along,” says Philip Smith, Executive Chairman of the Agricultural Development Organization, the recently launched non-government organization formed to support farming and the culture of self-s...

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May 17, 2022
$10M IN FUNDING 'VANISHED': Prime Minister claims NGOs have not submitted accounts

PRIME Minister Philip "Brave" Davis said two non-governmental organisations have not submitted records to give an account of the combined more than $10m they received from the former Minnis administration under its national food programme.

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June 07, 2022
Beneath the Waves Earns Bahamian NGO Status, Praised for Research Leading to Shark Protection, Involving Students

A US-based non-profit whose decade-long research helped lead to The Bahamas becoming and remaining a shark sanctuary earned admiration and congratulations from deep sea divers this week on the organization’s latest achievement – its status as a Bahamian NGO (non-government organization).

Praise for Beneath the Waves came from divers Adrian Phillips and Jaran Rolle. Both men have worked with...

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March 02, 2023
'NGO went on spending spree with food money'

WHILE revealing new details about the former administration's food programme, Prime Minister Phillip "Brave" Davis yesterday accused a non-profit organisation of going on "a spending spree" to purchase two high end trucks and boats with public funds meant to provide food assistance to Bahamians during the pandemic.

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March 02, 2023
PM: NGO from food task force turned in $100k, other govt assets

In an apparent attempt to deliver on the "scandalous findings" he promised to make public in relation to the National Food Distribution Task Force, Prime Minister Philip Davis said in Parliament yesterday an NGO that had been involved in the program recently returned $100,000 in cash and equipment valued at another $300,000 to the government.

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March 02, 2023
PM: NGO went on "spending spree" with pandemic food assistance funds

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prime Minister Philip Davis yesterday revealed in Parliament that the principal of a local NGO went on a "spending spree" with funds from the COVID-19 food assistance program and roughly a month ago returned to the government cash, trucks, and boats totaling $400,000. Davis during his mid-year budget contribution again highlighted what [...]

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March 01, 2023
Thousands in Goods Returned from NGO

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - New revelations about the National Food Distribution Task Force spilling out on the floor of Parliament today as the prime minister detailed how hundreds of thousands of dollars in goods were recently returned to government.

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January 13, 2023
LISTEN TO US: Women-led NGOs call for more dialogue with government on marital rape

NASSAU, BAHAMAS — As the Department of Social Services continues consultation with various organizations in the community, on the Sexual Offenses Amendment Act draft legislation, which seeks to criminalize marital rape, some groups have expressed the need for more dialogue with the government. Minister of Social Services Obie Wilchcombe stated this week that his ministry [...]

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November 25, 2022
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) partners with fishing guides, local schools, businesses, NGOs, and community leaders to replant thousands of mangroves in East End Grand Bahama

Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT),alongside flats fishing guides, school children, and several local and international partners,undertook the next step last weekend in a major mangrove restoration project in East GrandBahama.

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June 27, 2022
Bahamian NGO Beneath the Waves to Attend UN Ocean Conference in Portugal

Research scientists from the Bahamian and US-registered non-government organization Beneath the Waves will participate in the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal from June 27 - July 1 where thousands are expected to gather in an effort to find innovative solutions to the climatic and natural events impacting the health of the world’s oceans.

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