President of Rights Bahamas Stephanie St. Fleur on Thursday called on the government to offer the same concessions being offered to the Over-the-Hill communities to shantytown residents. While the government has rejected that suggestion, St. Fleur said, a major part of the problem lies with long wait times for status application approvals. St. Fleur said the issue is […]
Students at the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) College in North Andros have started a new tradition, the ‘Pajama Forum’. The students use the opportunity to educate themselves and bring awareness to important issues that face the agriculture and marine sectors and also their communities, with Wednesday’s event focusing on Sustainability. On hand for […]
Students from the University of Maryland recently visited the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute’s demonstration farm in North Andros. While there, an early morning start got the students up close and personal with the goats and sheep, with the BAMSI students also spending the morning farm skills session with the sheep and viewing the […]
Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis Saturday applauded the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church in The Bahamas for the community’s commitment to education and the promotion of family life. Prime Minister Minnis said the social health and wellbeing of a community, or society, requires healthy, loving families that nurture children, and which “promote” values […]
What started out as quiet visits to the shores of Bimini by the late Freedom Fighter Dr. Martin Luther King, not only introduced Biminites to a giant of a man, who would go on to capture the Nobel Peace Prize and the hearts of many, but connected two nations – The Bahamas and the United […]
The Department of Sports of the Ministry of Youth, Sports & Culture successfully concluded a two-day Sports Leaders’ Conclave (February 9th and 10th). The two-day event held at the National Stadium was very well attended by representatives of more than 20 sports federations. Presentations covered a broad range of topics such as Good Governance in […]
Minister of the Environment & Housing, the Hon. Romauld S. Ferreira, released the shortlist of seven qualified firms that were chosen from a total of 18 applicants who submitted Expressions of Interest (EOI), to be considered for submitting landfill remediation proposals to the government. A proposal to government would detail how the company plans to […]
