The Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture wishes to extend sincere condolences to the family of the late Rev. Dr. Hervis Bain, a great cultural legend, who has made numerous outstanding contributions to the nation of The Bahamas.

As a nation builder, he ushered The Bahamas onto the scene with his exemplary creation of our National Symbols, the Flag and the Coat of Arms; for an Independent Bahamas in 1973 which gives him a special place in our national history.

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New Beginnings Missionary Baptist Church of Miami, Florida, and its partners New Birth Cathedral, Miami; Mt. Bethel of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Trinity Global Cathedral, The Bahamas, and TMF Aircraft in Florida presented an assortment of relief supplies, specifically to residents in Acklins Island, who suffered massive damage to their homes and businesses during the passage of Hurricane Joaquin.

The supplies were flown in from Miami on a DC-3 aircraft, and were presented to Director of NEMA Captain Stephen Russell on Friday, October 30, 2015 at Odyssey Aviation. The Hon Shane Gibson assisted in arranging the presentation.

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At an elegant launch at the gardens of Villa Doyle, Monique Hinsey introduced a large crowd of invited guests to a very practical and much needed Bahamian student resource.

Getting into college can be a complicated and stressful time for both parents and students. 'A Road Trip Guide to College' can help to alleviate that stress, as it is the perfect resource for junior and senior high school Bahamian students. The publication serves as a general college admissions guide for parents and students preparing for the transition from high school to college.

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Naomi Blatch Preschool celebrated its first annual reading in the park event under the theme, "Mother Goose on the Loose with a Passion for Early Literacy." Students performed renditions of fairy tales like "Three Blind Mice," "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," and "Little Miss Muffet" for an audience of parents and officials from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.

Snow White herself, gave a special reading of "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" while "Charlie the Yellow Bahamian" entertained the crowd with games and emphasized the importance of reading and parental involvement.

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Eleven young adults undertook a community service project at the Garden of the Groves during their October break to complete their 5 day Residential for the Gold Level of the Governor General Youth Award (GGYA). The students from Lyford Cay, Nassau, and Lucaya International School, Grand Bahama, worked together on the initial construction phase of an aquaponics system to be established at Garden of the Groves.

During that week the students worked alongside Wayne Hall, Director of Aquaponics Operations at Garden of the Groves, and his assistant Damiko Sawyer. Among other tasks they cleared brush, created a trail and underwent instruction by carpenter John Ash in building and erecting trusses for the facility.

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As everyone is beginning to work on his or her holiday calendars, the Bahamas National Trust's (BNT) Festival Noel committee hopes that everyone in Grand Bahama has already saved the date for their annual event on the first Friday of December (4th). This year's Festival Noel will be the 21st celebration for the Grand Bahama Regional Branch of the BNT and will feature a variety of Bristol Cellars wines, local artists, entertainment and of course food - all part of the Chef Noel competition.

Last year's champ Agave will be returning, along with Dive-In Bar and Restaurant, Senor Frogs and Newlife Natural Vegetation. Newcomers to the event will be Bahamas Adventures, showing off their lunch and dinner menu, as well as two dessert participants: Choclatess Island Delights and Better Than Roses, both featuring tasty and sweet choices!

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National Youth Month celebrations in the country closed out on Grand Bahama this past Sunday with a massive parade and rally in Eight Mile Rock, attended by many civic groups and organizations, church leaders, parents and teachers.

Young people from throughout Grand Bahama assembled at the Sea Grape Community Park and marched to St. Stephen's Park at the entrance of the town of Eight Mile Rock. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Hon. Dr. Daniel Johnson participated in the parade and addressed the young persons. He also took time out to pay tribute to former Member of Parliament, Mr. Lindy Russell for his contribution to community and youth development.

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The Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) plans to introduce Solar generation technology to its energy mix in 2016. In its rate submission filed with the Grand Bahama Port Authority in August, GBPC outlined solar as one of a variety of options to help diversify its energy mix. The introduction of solar technology is expected to replace GBPC's conventional generation located at Water Cay in 2016.

GBPC recognizes that the use of solar provides benefit to our customers, partly by enabling the deferral of future capital investment in fossil fuel generation assets. Solar, when combined with a cost effective energy storage system to capture the sun's daytime energy, will be a benefit to Grand Bahama if the energy can be released during the night when the island's energy demand is at its highest.

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The Salvation Army - Freeport Branch will be accepting applications for its Christmas Assistance Programs on the following dates:

November 24 & 25 - 10AM - 1PM
December 1st, 2nd, 3rd - 10AM - 2PM
December 9 & 10 - 10AM - 2PM

Only the first 40 persons will be accepted each day for registration.

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Phase One of the Government of The Bahamas' reconstruction and repair plan for those owner-occupied homes damaged by Hurricane Joaquin in the southeastern and central Bahamas got underway Monday with a "clear and detailed strategy" for how that plan will be executed.

The reconstruction and repair effort began with repairs to the roofs of the owner-occupied homes of the elderly in all of the islands hit by Hurricane Joaquin - San Salvador, Rum Cay, Acklins, Crooked Island, Mayaguana and Long Island - before work crews move on to repair the roofs of persons with disabilities and then those of single mothers with children.

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Doongalik Studios will host the Book Launch of Allan Murray's book The Colourful History of The Bahamas: A Souvenir Guide for Visitors on Sunday, November 15 from 3-6pm.

The origin of this new book can be traced back to the summer of 1972 when John Chaplin, Headmaster of St. Andrew's School, asked Murray, a newly recruited history teacher, to introduce an 8-week course in Bahamian History. During this time Murray's job was to prepare students for the British-based GCE examination so no Bahamian History was taught. It was not until 1992 that a Bahamian-based syllabus was finally introduced for the new BJC and BGCSE Exams to test students' knowledge of Bahamian and West Indian History.

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Bahamians Leonard, Rodger and Mario Steele, officially launched their novel, Generation Text, in Grand Bahama on Friday during a reception at Grand Lucayan. The novel - about texting and driving -- was launched in Freeport as the movie, when filmed, will use Grand Bahama as a backdrop.

When filmed, Generation Text will have a $3 million budget. Executive Producer is Mark Lipsky who produced the popular film 'Coming to America' starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall.

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One of the taglines for this movie: You Can't Save Them. All You Can Do Is Watch. When a family of three move into a new house and a relative visits they come across a video camera with a box of vhs tapes. The tapes show the goings on of a ritual by another family years ago and the video camera allows them to see into a world that is hidden from the naked eye.

First I feel it is my duty to explain why this movie is being advertised in some markets as Paranormal Activity 5 when in reality it is the 6th movie with the Paranormal Activity brand. Paranormal Activity The Marked Ones was seen as a spin-off and not a direct sequel to Paranormal Activity series of theatrical found footage films (but let's face the fact that is was a SEQUEL.)

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For a country as small and spread-out as The Bahamas it's a pretty exciting thing for athletes to know that there are five locally organised triathlons on the annual calendar. Each one of them is unique and offers a special experience for competitors of all levels. The grand-daddy of 'em all however is the Conchman, celebrating 29 years of swim-bike-run challenges this Saturday, November 7th.

From its start at Xanadu back in 1986 Conchman is now a fixture at Taino Beach and there couldn't be a better spot!  Visit Conchman.com to register and for more information.

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