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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Information Services Updates
NASSAU, The Bahamas - Members of The Bahamas Press Club 2014 paid a courtesy call on Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General, August 18, 2016 in the Drawing Room of Government House. Dame Marguerite was updated on plans for the upcoming Press Club Awards Banquet, November 19, at the British Colonial Hilton that will honour a number of media professionals. Dame Marguerite encouraged the club to keep telling the Bahamian stories, and hoped more journalists would join the organization. President Anthony Newbold noted that The College of the Bahamas is integral to growing the membership, as several students are club members. Pictured seated from left are: Rogan Smith, journalist, co-host, Ed Fields Live; Lindsay Thompson, Secretary, Bahamas Press Club; Anthony A. Newbold, President, Bahamas Press Club; Dame Marguerite Pindling; Anthony Capron, First Vice-President, Bahamas Press Club; Vincent A. Vaughan, Treasurer, Bahamas Press Club; and Tosheena Robinson-Blair, senior writer, Dupuch Publications. Standing, from left: Professor Winston Mitchell, The College of the Bahamas; Gena Gibbs, member, Bahamas Press Club; and Lester Cox, member, Bahamas Press Club. (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna)
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