The new website, laws.bahamas.gov.bs, replaces the previous website at which laws were current to 2009. The Ministry of Legal Affairs has since made the site current to December 31, 2014.   

Over 400 young Bahamians have been inducted as Young Ambassadors of the organization in areas of peer leadership, counselling, and mentoring - including going into the communities to speak to their peers on HIV/AIDS, drugs, child abuse and teenage pregnancy, steering them towards making good decisions.

Mr. Collie retires after 46 continuous years of commendable service to the Government of The Bahamas first as an educator and then in the legal field as a Prosecutor in the Office of the Attorney General.    

The BJC committee met at Worker's House over the weekend with team leaders and their workers, vendors, volunteers, Junkanooers, fitness instructors,artists, DJs and local performers to finalize plans for the Taino Beach site which is being transformed into a Cultural Village.

The live extravaganza featured all local performing artists and showcased free-to-the-public performances, as the Ministry begins the countdown to Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival Festival this coming Thursday.    

"This is a great event and it's always good to bring our people together to celebrate who we are and what we are, and to refresh ourselves.  We speak through our music, we speak through our culture, it's the one thing that brings us to other people, and it unifies us," said the Hon. Obie Wilchcombe, Minister of Tourism, Bahamas Ministry of Tourism.  

Oh is Boov who is trying to understand why he does not have more friends in spite of his friendly nature, but when he makes a mistake that makes him a fugitive from his people he must find a way to hide from them on the new planet they have just invaded. Tip is a young girl who has just moved to the United States from Barbados and has lost her mother during the Boov's relocation of all humans to Australia so she must now set out with her pet cat Pig to find her. Captain Smeck is the leader of the Boov who has chosen Earth as their new place of residence as they hide from The Gorgs, but little does he know that his own incompetence may doom his people as they follow his example in how to interact with one another. Lucy is Tip's mom and she is trying her best to find her daughter on the relocation continent among the rest of the humans placed there.

The tournament will help raise money for Grand Bahama Children's Home and will offer free entertainment, food, drinks and lots of fun for all the land-loving family members and friends. But let's face it, they're in The Bahamas and finding something to do won't be an issue.

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NOTE: All dates, times, locations and other details are subject to change.   

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