ABSORBED INTO THE SYSTEM: Govt supporting 11,300 people from shuttered food program at $1.3M monthly

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 […]