Twenty-two candidates – 12 males and 11 females – have been interviewed by the All Bahamas Merit Scholarship (ABMS) Committee, with each having the opportunity to be awarded $140,000 ($35,000 per year) in scholarship money intended for undergraduate studies, tenable at accredited international colleges and universities. The ABMS is the most prestigious national scholarship to
Kindergarten, primary, junior and high school students converged on Pioneers Way in downtown Freeport, commonly referred to as "The Boulevard", for the 2023 Junior Junkanoo Parade on Thursday evening. Youngsters from 24 schools dressed in artistically designed and colorfully decorated costumes, danced to the beat of drums, blaring of horns and shaking of cowbells, bringing
Grand Bahamian women in the fields of chemistry, dentistry, environment, education, medicine, meteorology and nursing were recognized for their achievements in a ceremony Friday at the Pelican Bay Resort, the highlight of a symposium hosted by the Keep Grand Bahama Clean Committee (KGBCC) of the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) and ALIV in observance of
Abaco’s Every Child Counts, Forest Heights Academy, Hope Town Primary School, Man-O-War Primary School, and Grand Bahama’s Bishop Michael Eldon School (BMES) and Lucaya International School were all successful in renewing their Green Flag status. Kevin Glinton, Bahamas Reef Environmental Educational Foundation’s (BREEF) Eco-Schools Bahamas (ESB) national operator, traveled to the islands to resume onsite
Twenty-five exemplary and outstanding Bahamians who have excelled academically and demonstrated commitment to community, leadership and service were honored for their efforts by the Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training. Alexis Godet, a graduate of Saint Augustine’s College (SAC), the 2022 All Bahamas Merit Scholarship (ABMS) recipient who is a chemical engineering major