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Govt to demystify budget language
The Ministry of Finance is aiming to demystify fiscal and Budgetary terms through a collaboration with social media influencers designed to explain what they mean for ordinary Bahamians.
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Saying 'Yes to Education'
MORE than 160 educators from New Providence, Grand Bahama, Abaco, Andros and Exuma attended the third annual ‘Yes to Education’ conference under the theme: “Strengthening Student Engagement: Strategies that Work”.
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Economy 'running on 30% efficiency'
The Bahamian economy is “running on 30 percent efficiency” because of its public education woes, a governance reformer has warned, arguing that these have placed “the entire nation in peril”. Robert Myers, the Organisation for Responsible Governance
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Computer lab unveiled at EP Roberts
GOVERNMENT officials yesterday officially announced the donation of $25,000 worth of laptop computers from RBC Royal Bank (Bahamas) to furnish the computer lab at the EP Roberts Primary School.
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Data highlights social ills in inner-cities
RESIDENTS’ lack of education in the inner-city and high unemployment levels were highlighted as key social ills that continue to plague the Over-the-Hill community as the government moves closer to rejuvenating these impoverished areas. Data contain
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From readers to leaders at Eleuthera summer camp
UNDER the theme “Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader,” 58 primary school students attended The South Eleuthera Mission’s literacy and numeracy summer programme which ran from June 26 to July 21.Funded by a grant from the Cotton Bay Fund, formerly the C
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New computers to help school hit by burglars
NEARLY five months after a burglary left the Sandilands Primary School without computers, Mission: Educate Bahamas in conjunction with Aetos Holdings Limited, yesterday commissioned a brand new, state-of-the-art library and technology centre at the school’s Fox Hill campus.
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Royal Navy ship crew show support for Ican Community
THE crew from the British Royal Navy ship HMS Richmond came out to show their support of the Ican Community, an after-school and summer programme in New Providence.
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Young women of STRAW become financially savvy
Nearly 300 girls recently received some crucial financial literacy advice courtesy of CIBC FirstCaribbean’s Treasury and Finance Department, as part of STRAW Inc’s 15th annual Girls’ Leadership Conference.
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Joining forces to strengthen scholarship fund
THE Youth Empowerment Programme Bahamas and the Beta Beta Lambda Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc has announced a “strategic partnership” aimed at strengthening the YEP Scholarship Fund.
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Junior Achievers stage day of fun at stadium
JUNIOR Achievement Bahamas held its annual JA Day at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium over the weekend.
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SCHOOL RENAMED AFTER EDUCATOR
SCHOOL RENAMED AFTER EDUCATOR BELOVED Andros educator Reverend Bertram Newton was the first to be honoured in the month-long renaming schedule for several public schools in the country. Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham traveled to Andros on Friday, to offi
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Union leader calls for Productivity Council
A leading trade unionist has called for the creation of a tripartite National Productivity Council, arguing that the Bahamian education was “designed for students to fail”.
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Web gaming ‘belongs to Bahamians’
ISLAND Luck CEO Sebas Bastian yesterday charged that he would not “cop out” on the gaming industry as he felt ownership belonged in the “hands of Bahamian people”.
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Bahamas Autism Awareness Campaign. - Nassau Airport Development (NAD) company has presented Reach Bahamas with a donation that included contributions made by generous passengers who recently traveled through Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA).
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Help is on the way for teen parents
New programme seeks to alleviate hardships
Becoming pregnant at the age of 16 resulted in years of hardship for Felicia Campbell, who was forced to juggle motherhood and her education while working two jobs.To make life a bit easier for teenagers who find themselves in a similar situation, sh
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Books donated to church
URBAN Renewal donated hundreds of books to the Church of God of Prophecy at Palm Tree Avenue and 2nd Street, The Grove, this week in a drive to improve literacy and educational levels in the community.
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Davis tribute to legacy of colleague
DR Bernard Nottage’s “footprints will forever be etched on the Bahamian developmental landscape” through his work as a former president of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations, the Bahamas Medical Association, the Doctors’ Union and as a minister for consumer affairs, education, health and national security, Opposition Leader Philip “Brave” Davis said Wednesday.
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Beware the brain drain
Re:‘Stop beating up on private sector’. The Tribune, Business, December 31, 2019.
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Student spotlight
Ethan Martin is a sixth grade student at Excelsior Elementary School and was a Bahamas Primary School Student of the Year 2023 finalist.
