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CDEMA to conduct post Hurricane Joaquin training in The Bahamas
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Jan. 11, CMC – The Caribbean Disaster Emergency (CDEMA) will conduct a three day training course in The Bahamas to strengthen the capacity of the National Coordination Systems. Twenty-eight technical personnel from the Bahamas National Disaster Management System will benefit from the course being done in collaboration with the National Emergency Management (NEMA) . The training, to be…
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New Registrar General E-Services ‘Perfect Example’ of Public-Private Partnership Effectiveness
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Prime Minister Christie said he is a “firm believer” in the critical importance of Public Private Partnerships (“PPP”) and that the launch of the Registrar General's Department E-Services facility has been a perfect example of the effectiveness of such partnerships. “We are opening new vistas for domestic and international business, and we are making it easy…
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Cruise company to create first ever marine reserve island in Bahamas
Geneva-based global cruise line MSC Cruises has unveiled plans to create an unprecedented exclusive marine reserve island experience in the Bahamas. The project was officially launched recently in Nassau, where Prime Minister Perry Christie and MSC Cruises Executive Chairman Pierfrancesco Vago signed a 100-year lease agreement that will enable MSC Cruises to occupy and develop the island to be called…
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CDEMA deploys teams to assess hurricane damage in The Bahamas
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) yesterday deployed three rapid damage and needs assessment teams to The Bahamas to determine the extent of damage suffered during the passage of Hurricane Joaquin over the weekend. The CDEMA-led teams will provide assistance to the disaster agencies in the Bahamas in the assessment of damage to critical facilities, infrastructure and housing, water,…
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Bahamian women in agriculture
(The Bahamas Weekly) YOUNG. Female. Educated. Farmer…Expert in the field of Agriculture???!!! Something seems amiss with this picture when the current line of thinking, current hypothesis, advances the view that the average Bahamian farmer is male and in his 60s. Shattering the mold and clearly unlike that imagined character – with his balding head, sun-scorched and leathery façade, and aged body –…
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