An 18-year-old high school student will be getting a kidney transplant from his 27-year-old sister after being diagnosed with end stage kidney (renal) failure. When he was diagnosed, Nicholas Powery was told that he would need dialysis if he did not receive a kidney transplant. Nicholas and his family travelled to a kidney transplant centre in Houston to undergo testing... read more..
All things bright and beautiful...
A group of pre-School children, from Triple C School, their teachers and their parents, went on an outing to the Butterfly Farm on Thursday 13 April. The students were taken on a tour of the farm, which was also a ‘tour’ of the butterflies’ life cycle. The tour began in one corner of the butterfly enclosure, where the caterpillars were kept. Erin Gray showed the children how one caterpillar protects itself... read more..
Kids abusing drink and drugs
Although the figures from the most recent study on young people’s abuse of drugs are yet to be revealed, ganja use has gone up among children in the middle and high schools according to the National Drug Council’s (NDC) 2002 survey. As part of Alcohol awareness month, the NDC held a briefing to highlight some of the problems regarding teenage drinking and drug use... read more..
New CEO promises change at hospital
With four CEOs in four years, at the Health Services Authority (HSA), the latest recruit to the post Craig Brown is facing what some describe as a jinx that has hung over this high-profile position. Even as the recruiting process gets underway to fill two key senior positions of the Chief Financial Officer and the Human Resource Director, Mr Brown acknowledged that there has been a lack of continuity... read more..
Property owners need to update addresses
The Planning Department, and the Department of Lands and Survey, depend on the public to keep mailing addresses current on the land register. Hence the two departments are asking property owners to update their mailing address... read more..
Duker of the Week
Born in West Bay to Arthur and Lilah Ebanks, Jennifer King was the youngest of their four daughters. As a young girl she was a member of the West Bay Girls’ Brigade and is presently a leader of the Savannah company. She credits her years in this organization to many of her achievements in life, including being a recipient of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh awards... read more..
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An 18-year-old high school student will be getting a kidney transplant from his 27-year-old sister after being diagnosed with end stage kidney (renal) failure. When he was diagnosed, Nicholas Powery was told that he would need dialysis if he did not receive a kidney transplant. Nicholas and his family travelled to a kidney transplant centre in Houston to undergo testing... 
A group of pre-School children, from Triple C School, their teachers and their parents, went on an outing to the Butterfly Farm on Thursday 13 April. The students were taken on a tour of the farm, which was also a ‘tour’ of the butterflies’ life cycle. The tour began in one corner of the butterfly enclosure, where the caterpillars were kept. Erin Gray showed the children how one caterpillar protects itself... 
Although the figures from the most recent study on young people’s abuse of drugs are yet to be revealed, ganja use has gone up among children in the middle and high schools according to the National Drug Council’s (NDC) 2002 survey. As part of Alcohol awareness month, the NDC held a briefing to highlight some of the problems regarding teenage drinking and drug use... 
With four CEOs in four years, at the Health Services Authority (HSA), the latest recruit to the post Craig Brown is facing what some describe as a jinx that has hung over this high-profile position. Even as the recruiting process gets underway to fill two key senior positions of the Chief Financial Officer and the Human Resource Director, Mr Brown acknowledged that there has been a lack of continuity... 
Born in West Bay to Arthur and Lilah Ebanks, Jennifer King was the youngest of their four daughters. As a young girl she was a member of the West Bay Girls’ Brigade and is presently a leader of the Savannah company. She credits her years in this organization to many of her achievements in life, including being a recipient of the Bronze, Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh awards... 
