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December 31, 2014
Person of the year: Alanna Rodgers of Hands for Hunger
Today Front Porch launches an annual tradition of naming its Person of the Year. In various magazines those chosen are typically high-profile individuals. In this venue, the individual selected is a Bahamian citizen or resident who, though likely not a high-profile individual, has contributed significantly to our national life in the past year. This year's choice is Alanna Rodgers, a leading Baham...
Kingsway student gives gifts to less fortunate
December 24, 2014
Kingsway student gives gifts to less fortunate
Kingsway Academy sixth-grade student Sierra Blair discovered the old adage that it's better to give than to receive is true after all, and the true meaning of the Christmas season.
Like most people, Sierra was looking forward to celebrating her 11th birthday on December 19, and of course the many gifts she would receive. But the conscientious pre-teen who always thinks of others and has donated ti...
Girls give B-Day gifts to Children's Home for Xmas
December 25, 2014
Girls give B-Day gifts to Children's Home for Xmas
This Christmas, sixth grader Sierra Blair discovered that the old adage, ?it?s better to give than to receive? is true after all...
Along Life's Road
February 09, 2012
Along Life's Road
And the maid was fair and beautiful whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. -- Esther 2:7. Many times, while driving here and there, and I see some of the faces of very young children, it does not paint a pretty picture.?
Kids' home saved
June 29, 2014
Kids' home saved
THE government will step in to assist the Ranfurly Home in an effort to ensure the subsidised orphanage can remain open, Minister of Social Services Melanie Griffin said yesterday.
June 27, 2014
Ranfurly must raise 400,000 or close its doors forever
THE Ranfurly Home may have to close its doors for good after nearly 60 years next month if it is not able to raise the $400,000 needed to keep the orphanage open.
Mount Tabor warns against Facebook fraudsters
April 11, 2014
Mount Tabor warns against Facebook fraudsters
Online fraudsters have set up fake profiles for Bishop Neil Ellis to solicit money from unsuspecting users, officials from Mount Tabor Church have warned.
Ellis is senior pastor at Mount Tabor.
The church has cautioned people from sending money to these fraudsters.
Several people have fallen victim to the scheme; however, church officials do not know how many have sent money to the imposters, acco...
There are still 'Esthers' left in our land
March 20, 2014
There are still 'Esthers' left in our land
And the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
- Esther 2:7.
Many times while I'm driving around town I see some of the faces of very young children and sometimes it's not a pretty picture. There are those who seem to be carrying heavy burdens of responsibility and the laughter of childhood has never crossed their doorsteps. The...
February 17, 2014
Lady Sassoon Golden Heart Award presented to Shelagh Pritchard
Attendees at the 50th Annual Heart Ball were treated to a glorious evening at the Melia Nassau Beach Resort on Saturday.This year's Lady Sassoon Golden Heart Award went to Shelagh Farrington-Pritchard for her work with children and the elderly in need of assistance.In presenting the Lady Sassoon Golden Heart Award to Pritchard, R.E. Barnes, chairman of the Sassoon Heart Foundation, said the award ...
February 17, 2014
Lady Sassoon Golden Heart Award presented to Shelagh Pritchard
NASSAU, Bahamas -- This past Saturday the patrons of the Fiftieth Annual Heart Ball were treated to a glorious evening celebrating the Sir Victor Sassoon (Bahamas) Heart Foundation's Fiftieth Annual Heart Ball.
This year's Lady Sassoon Golden Heart Award went to Shelagh Farrington- Pritchard for her work with children and the elderly in need of assistance. In presenting the Lady Sassoon Golden Hea...
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