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Curfew implemented on Acklins and Crooked Island
A CURFEW has been implemented on Acklins and Crooked Island with immediate effect after a COVID-19 case was confirmed on Acklins and officials launched investigations into seven suspected cases between the two islands.
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BEC: Restoring power to devastated areas to take time
BAHAMAS Electricity Corporation officials are still working to restore electricity supplies to those southern islands hardest hit by Hurricane Joaquin late last week.
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Long Island mixed on $250m cruise project
LONG Island businesses have given mixed reactions to the island’s proposed $250m cruise port, with some arguing it lacks the capacity to sustain the project and others asserting it is vital to prevent communities “dying out”.
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Cooper: Minnis administration's plans for 'green island' were 'fanciful speech'
PLANS by the Minnis administration to convert Ragged Island to a “green island” were nothing more than “fanciful speech to get likes on social media.”
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Cat Island in darkness as high, gusty winds strike
CAT Islanders will have to sit through category 3 Hurricane Matthew in darkness as Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) has shut down the electricity supply to the entire island, according to island administrator Jackson McIntosh on Wednesday night.
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'Long Island needs some serious help'
Long Island will be the site of the seventh and latest Business Outlook when the one-day forum is held at Clarence Town’s Community Centre on November 12.
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Butler-Turner's hurricane relief flight hampered by lack of communications
THERE is still no clarification on how relief efforts for those southern islands ravaged by Hurricane Joaquin would be carried out as communications systems are still down. A team organised by Trans Island Airways executives and Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner were attempting on Saturday morning to mobilise supplies and support teams to as many of the affected islands as possible, but the uncertainty over the infrastructure has delayed those plans.
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Talks are underway to bring Bank of Bahamas branch to Long Island
LONG Island MP Adrian Gibson confirmed yesterday discussions are underway to establish at least one Bank of the Bahamas branch on that island in the coming months.Royal Bank of Canada last month notified residents on Long Island that effective April
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Developers 'kidding' if Out Island hotels larger than 75 rooms
Developers are “kidding themselves” if they think Family Islands can sustain resorts larger than 75 rooms, a leading Bahamian hotel executive urging such properties to “tie” into an island`s special attractions.
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YOUNG MAN'S VIEW: That letter from Long Island
Last Thursday, The Tribune published a letter signed off as being written by “residents of Long Island”. The letter was in response to an earlier column of mine and made a number of deceptive statements.
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Cat Island Regatta founder set to be honoured
ONE of the founders of the Cat Island Regatta is expected to be honoured by the Cat Island Sailing Club Association when the Godfrey Kelly C Class Cat Island Regatta is held in Montagu Bay.
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Free communication to Inagua, Ragged Island and Long Island
RESIDENTS in some of the islands ravaged by Hurricane Joaquin are able to communicate with the outside world again after the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) initiated communications centres in Ragged Island, Inagua and Clarence Town, Long Island, yesterday, allowing them to make telephone calls and send emails free of charge.
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Long Island Regatta cancelled for first time in 53 years
FOR the first time in its 53 years of existence, the Long Island Regatta, the second oldest and most prestigious in the island nation, has been cancelled.
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FNM pledges to upgrade airport and water supply in Long Island
OPPOSITION Leader Dr Hubert Minnis last night accused the government of victimising Long Islanders because of their faithfulness to the Free National Movement, while promising to upgrade the island’s “run down” airport and to install reliable potable water throughout the settlements when he becomes prime minister.
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Ragged Island families want to rebuild
RESIDENTS of Ragged Island are determined to go back home immediately and rebuild despite the decimation left from Hurricane Irma, with the community’s chief councillor saying it is “foolishness” for anyone to consider the island uninhabitable.
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Zion Baptist honours island traditions
Zion Baptist Church is hosting a special programme this Sunday to celebrate nearly forgotten Bahamian island traditions.
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EDITORIAL: Ragged Island Experiment Opportunity of a Lifetime
Brilliant. That single word describes the plan outlined by Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis to turn Ragged Island in the southern Bahamas into a regional model, sustainable island capable of withstanding threats from increasingly powerful storms and providing for its own power and clean water through renewable sources.
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Health chief’s answer on why islands stay shut: ‘I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW’
DEPUTY Chief Medical Officer Dr Delon Brennen said he does not know why some Family Islands without COVID-19 cases have not been allowed to resume normal commercial activity, saying that is not a Ministry of Health level decision.
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The orphan economy of Cat Island
CAT Islanders have emphasised the critical need for local investment as the island’s “orphan” economy shoulders the impact of an aging, dwindling population and stalled development.
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PM: Family Islands 'must not be left out'
The Prime Minister says the Family Islands must "not be left out" as he pointed to "major" investments in those locations and the $1.5bn project pipeline for Grand Bahama.
