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Social Services to go Online; Acklins and Crooked Island Urban Centres to Get Computer Labs in ‘Shortest Possible Time’
The Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development will make its products and services available online in order to meet clients’ needs in a more efficient and effective manner throughout The Commonwealth of The Bahamas...
Sen the Hon. Allyson Maynard-Gibson Contribution to thank the Governor General
Madam President, with your permission I start by thanking Almighty God whose grace and mercy has me and all of us in this place this morning. I thank the people who worked so closely with and on the Coordination Team to run a 21st century election campaign that captured the hearts and minds of Bahamians. Bahamians understand that the PLP is the party of the people. History will reflect that their ...
BTC PROVIDES BACK TO SCHOOL RELIEF FOR CHILDREN IMPACTED BY JENNY STREET FIRE
Nine children affected by the huge fire that destroyed several homes on Jenny Street earlier this year, were gifted with school supplies courtesy of BTC.
Senior Manager for Communications, Indira Collie said: “Our team is committed to supporting the communities that we serve and are always happy to have the opportunity to help those in need. Our Mall at Marathon team members were eager to he...
Sorority Responds to Uniform Needs
Sorority Responds to Uniform Needs
Just in time for the first day of school and as a response to weak economic conditions that make it difficult for some families to afford back-to-school uniforms, members of the Pi Upsilon Omega Chapter of the illustrious Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, have gifted three lucky female students with the necessary tools and fabric to craft three new skirts.
Maria Rolle passing on Sewing skills
Maria Rolle passing on Sewing skills
While some life skills are falling by the wayside or being considered old-fashioned, Maria Rolle is ensuring that sewing skills remain in the community.
"We've got to be able to pass on something to our generation," she says.
It's why she started The Sewing Lab this summer at her business, Maria's Sewing and Notions--to empower both young kids and adults in the practical art of sewing.
"If we get ...
School security guard fights for life after shooting
School security guard fights for life after shooting
A SECURITY guard is fighting for his life in hospital after he was shot multiple times by a gunman dressed in a school uniform yesterday afternoon.
Security guard shot at school
Security guard shot at school
A security guard at L. W. Young Junior High School was shot multiple times while he was on duty at the Bernard Road campus by a young man wearing a C. I. Gibson Senior High School uniform, Chief Superintendent Paul Rolle said yesterday.
Keeping your kids safe in the water this summer
Keeping your kids safe in the water this summer
Just in case you missed the heatwave outside, allow this to serve as your notice that summer is here! For the next few weeks, our kids will be trading in their school uniforms for swimsuits and looking for any opportunity to beat the heat whether it’s at the beach or the family’s swimming pool. While the water provides lots of opportunities for fun, there is also the ever-present risk of drown...
Sewing Programme aims to produce a new generation of entrepreneurs
Minister of Social Services and Urban Development, the Hon. Frankie A. Campbell, told an all-female graduating class of a joint Bain and Grants Town and Centreville Urban Renewal Centres Sewing Enhancement Programme that their successful completion of the programme has opened numerous possibilities for them – the road towards entrepreneurship and becoming small business owners in the initial sta...
Uniforms assistance - 'put the cash back'
Uniforms assistance - 'put the cash back'
BAIN and Grants Town MP Travis Robinson has said the government should reverse its budget cut for school uniform assistance, the first Free National Movement parliamentarian to criticise the move...