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Above Photo: (l to r): Frank Minaya y Willmore, Hon. Alfred M. Sears, Bahamian Minister of Education, and Dr. Leon Higgs, President of The College of The Bahamas.

Frank Minaya Invited to Join as Board Member and Treasurer of The Bahamas Education Culture and Science Foundation, Inc. (BECS)
Mr. Franklyn Wilson, Chairman of The College of The Bahamas (COB), Dr. Leon Higgs, COB President, and Dr. Donald T. Gerace, President of The Bahamas Education Culture and Science Foundation, Inc. (BECS), have formally requested that Frank Minaya y Willmore, President and CEO of Inmobiliaria Minaya y Willmore, S.A., join BECS as Board Member and Treasurer. One of the primary thrusts of this board is to facilitate the internationalization of COB's curriculum and expedite the procurement of 'University' status. Upon his acceptance of this impressive invitation, Mr. Minaya, representing both the United States and Samaná College in the Dominican Republic, has initiated several efforts which have resulted in numerous U.S., Dominican and European universities joining an international study abroad consortium along with COB and BECS. To read more, please click here.

Frank Minaya travels to the Dominican Republic to meet with FUNGLODE

Left Photo: (l to r): Dr. Leonel Fernández, former President of the Dominican Republic and President of the FUNGLODE Foundation, Dominican student Maxwell Willmore, Samaná Historian Martha Willmore, and Frank Minaya. Center Photo: Frank Minaya, Yvette Lopez, Director, GFDD, Frederic Emam-Zadé Gerardino, Director of Economic Development, GFDD. Right Photo: Frank Minaya and Inmobiliaria Minaya y Willmore, S.A. Attorney, Dr. Simon Omar Valenzuela.
American Friend of The Bahamas

Left Photo: Frank Minaya and Franklyn "Frankie" Wilson, Chairman of The College of The Bahamas. Center Photo: Frank Minaya, Rowena Finlayson, and Garet "Tiger" Finlayson. Right Photo: Frank Minaya and Prime Minister of The Bahamas, the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie.

Meeting with U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel

Above Photo: Frank Minaya meets with U.S. Congressman Charles B. Rangel to discuss Samaná College and ongoing educational initiatives being pursued by Mr. Minaya and associates on behalf of The Bahamas Education Culture and Science Foundation, Inc. (BECS), Dr. Leonel Fernández's FUNGLODE Foundation, and the Bahamian/ Dominican/ American Partnership (BDAP).

PBS to Produce Documentary on Willmore Family

Left Photo: Frank Minaya, Zeinabu Davis, filmmaker, and Harry J. Fouché, Consul General de La Republique d' Haiti (NY). Center Photo: Frank Minaya, holding bronze sculpture by Masood Warren, and Zeinabu Davis during interview for PBS film. Right Photo: Zeinabu Davis and Frank Minaya at Haitian consulate.

PBS has received funding to produce a full-length documentary film on the island of Hispaniola, which will include the history of the Willmore family. Frank Minaya y Willmore and several family members in New York and the Dominican Republic have been interviewed at length by filmmaker Ms. Zeinabu Davis representing award-winning filmmaker, Mr. Louis Massiah. As part of the ongoing research for this film, Mr. Minaya coordinated a meeting between Ms. Davis and Harry J. Fouché, Consul General de La Republique d' Haiti (NY) and noted Haitian historian.