Renewable provider blasts 4-year hold up
A renewable energy provider yesterday blasted the four-year delay in approving Windsor School’s solar energy system as an “absolute travesty” that has cost him thousands of dollars.Philip Holdom, president of Alternative Power Supply (APS), in a stat
Realtors hail 'awesome' exchange control relax
Realtors yesterday hailed as “awesome” the Central Bank’s proposal to relax exchange controls on residential property deals involving foreign buyers and sellers with effect from October 1. The regulator, in a four-page document outlining its liberal
Three hundred Bahamians return to work at Shipyard
Three hundred Bahamian employees have returned to work after the Grand Bahama Shipyard re-opened last Wednesday, showing the island “is on a path to recovery”. “We are extremely pleased to advise that the Grand Bahama Shipyard re-opened for business
CIBC unveils Dorian client relief measures
CIBC FirstCaribbean has unveiled a series of measures to assist with the rebuilding process for clients impacted by Hurricane Dorian. The bank, in a statement, said it will provide special loans, deferred payments and other concessions for customers
Cleanup resumes in Bahamas as Humberto swirls away
MCLEAN'S TOWN, Bahamas (AP) — Jeffrey Roberts lifted a mustard-yellow curtain from the ground to hunt for passports and other documents at the place where his family's home stood before Hurricane Dorian blasted into Grand Bahama Island.
Tropical storm warning discontinued
The government has discontinued a tropical storm warning as Humberto moves away from the Bahamas. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Humberto is expected to become a hurricane by Sunday night or early Monday, but it won't threaten land by the time it intensifies to that strength.
09132019 EDITION
Friday, 13th September, 2019.
Haitian community forms group to assist relief efforts
IN the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, prominent members of the Haitian community have formed the United Haitian Community Front to assist with relief efforts in the wake of the catastrophic storm.
Storm victims 'refusing to comply with law and order'
NEMA spokesperson Carl Smith yesterday suggested storm victims were exacerbating challenges in the distribution of relief because they refused “to comply with law and order”.
More 'scary' storms likely to come
A DISASTER expert on Friday forecast there will likely be more “scary” hurricanes like category five Dorian to come.
Registration of displaced students will continue until mid-October
THE registration of 10,000 displaced students from Abaco and Grand Bahama will continue until mid-October, National Emergency Management Agency spokesperson Carl Smith said Friday.
DIANE PHILLIPS: What happens when the story’s off the front page?
At the Fox Hill Community Centre, volunteers try to keep 56 children occupied. It isn’t easy. The shelter is at full capacity with 250 souls. It is one of the better ones, newly built, air-conditioned but still it is rough. People aren’t supposed to live like this, herded like cattle, sleeping in rooms with hundreds of strangers, sharing toilets with those they have never met, wearing the same clothes day after day.
EDITORIAL: A ship can only have one captain
IT is without doubt that we are in a time of national crisis. Hurricane Dorian has torn at our hearts, and devastated our northern islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco.
Frustration as displaced students try to register
PARENTS and guardians of evacuated children from Abaco and Grand Bahama have expressed their frustration with the school registration exercise held at the National Stadium yesterday. Their complaints included long wait times and a lack of transparen
Insurance payouts for Abacos could be $600m
COMPLETE restoration in Abaco will take a “massive” effort, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has said, adding insurance payouts in the hurricane devastated islands could be between $500m-$600m.While Mr Ingraham told reporters he did not know how
Sweeting's Cay in ruins - but residents determined
THE once picturesque island of Sweeting’s Cay is in total ruins but the more than a dozen remaining residents – who survived the fury of Dorian for two days – said the worst is behind them and they are determined to stay and rebuild, despite unliveab
Bahamians trying to enter US turned away at airport
SCORES of Bahamian storm victims trying to enter the United States have reportedly been turned away at the Lynden Pindling International Airport. According to The Miami Herald, there is confusion over whether requirements for US travel have also bee
BPL repair costs after hurricane may be $50m
IT could cost Bahamas Power and Light at least $50m to repair the damage to its infrastructure caused by Hurricane Dorian, according to a well-placed source. And even this figure could be on the low end of the spectrum, the source told this newspaper
