Context of the hurricane
To explain the effects of Hurricane Dorian on The Bahamas.
Jones named to WNBA's All-Defensive 1st team
The postseason accolades have begun to roll in for Jonquel Jones as her Connecticut Sun prepare for a postseason run.Jones made her debut as a member of the WNBA’s All-Defensive First Team when the league announced the awards yesterday.She finished t
Eric Gordon pledges $50,000
ERIC Gordon has often touted his Bahamian connection and that connection has inspired him to join the Hurricane Dorian relief effort. The Houston Rockets guard pledged $50,000 and partnered with Abaco Outreach/SBP to establish an online fundraiser t
Baha Mar: Dorian relief to 'offset' cancellations
A senior Baha Mar executive yesterday said bookings from relief workers were expected to “offset” leisure traveller cancellations triggered by Hurricane Dorian. Robert Sands, pictured , Baha Mar’s senior vice-president for government and external af
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Clarification
In an article headlined Half of Dorian victims lack insurance cover, published on September 11, comments were attributed to Warren Rolle, the Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chairman, calling for Bahamians to understand their insurance policies
Shipyard delivers sign of post-Dorian rebound
Grand Bahama Shipyard (GBS), pictured , yesterday delivered “a significant sign” of post-Dorian recovery by reopening and welcoming back its first commercial vessel. The 57,062-ton Agathonissos , owned by Greece-based Eletson, returned to the facili
Cruise line promises 29% Nassau call rise
Royal Caribbean Cruises has pledged it will make more than 100 vessel calls on Nassau over the next few months in a bid to boost the post-Hurricane Dorian economic recovery.The cruise line said it was resuming all calls to The Bahamas, and re-opening
BAIC raises queries over dorian oil spill
Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) officials have visited Grand Bahama’s South Riding Point terminal to assess the oil spill and damage inflicted by Hurricane Dorian.The corporation, in a statement following its Tuesday inspection
The Tribune
BAHAMAS Power and Light is anticipating electricity will be restored to the southern part of Abaco in three weeks, however it could be months before the rest of the island is reenergised. BPL Acting Director of Operations Sterling Moss gave the esti
Jordan donates $1m to assist Dorian victims
WIDELY regarded as the greatest professional basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan has made the largest personal donation of any sports icon toward Hurricane Dorian relief. A frequent visitor to Baker’s Bay in Abaco, Jordan announced his don
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Medicine, food, refrigerators lost to daily BPL load shedding
ASSISTED living facilities and non-profit organisations dedicated to fight hunger in New Providence have lost medication, food and refrigerators due to daily load shedding exercises by Bahamas Power and Light. Phillip Poitier, proprietor of Gourmet
US 'saved more than 200 lives' after Dorian
THE “heroic efforts” of the United States Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection saved more than 200 lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, according to a press release from the US Embassy in Nassau. The press release added that hurrican
Field hospital set up
A STATE-of-the-art field hospital on Grand Bahama was set to become operational yesterday to provide healthcare services in Freeport while Rand Memorial Hospital closes down and undergoes sanitisation and decontamination. Hospital Administrator Shar
'We will rebuild Grand Bahama'
BOTH the government and the Grand Bahama Port Authority yesterday pledged to rebuild the storm-ravaged island as critical needs for housing and basic relief remain high.The level of desperation on Grand Bahama is widespread. GBPA executive director R
'Opposition can assist with recovery effort'
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Phillip ‘Brave’ Davis has called on the government to recall parliament so the opposition can “assist in the governance” of Hurricane Dorian recovery efforts. Speaking at a PLP press conference yesterday, Mr Davis sa
'No intention' of granting evacuees provisional asylum
THE government has no intention of granting provisional asylum to undocumented migrants nor does it plan to meet with Haitian officials at this stage over concerns that have emanated in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.This is according to Immigration Mi
