NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Minister of Social Services Obie Wilchcombe said yesterday that 11,300 people previously on the recently shuttered National Food Distribution Program have been absorbed by the ministry’s social assistance programme, which is costing the government just over $1.3 million monthly. The National Food Distribution Task Force was established in 2020 in response to concerns […]
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National Food Program to resize packages to reflect new data
53 percent of registrants are from two-family households NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The National Food Program is expected to resize its food parcels from four to two people, said the task force’s chairman Susan Larson, who said 53 percent of registrants are from two-family households,. In an interview with Eyewitness News yesterday, Larson assured that families […]