Cut off - residents unable to reach East End through flood waters
GRAND Bahama residents were desperate to get to East End yesterday to check on relatives and loved ones who they have not seen or heard from since Hurricane Dorian landed on the island.Scores of Grand Bahama residents could not get through flood wate
Haitian official: Evacuate island - there's no place to live on Abaco
HAITIAN Chargé D’Affaires Dorval Darlier has urged the Minnis administration to evacuate as many people as possible to New Providence as there is no place for them to live in Abaco. While he said the Haitian government has given him the green light
$2m from Carnival Cruise Line - and $1m from Bacardi
CARNIVAL Cruise Line’s corporate parent and its chairman have pledged a multi-million-dollar donation toward hurricane-relief for storm affected islands.The corporation’s philanthropic arm, Carnival Foundation, and its nine global cruise line brands
'Hurricane victims told to leave clinic'
SOME Hurricane Dorian victims have been pushed out of the Marsh Harbour Clinic and are being told they cannot sleep at the government complex, two of the few buildings sheltering residents in the aftermath of the storm. These were the claims of Rich
Mother and baby forced to ride out storm in car
A MOTHER and her one-year-old daughter were forced to seek refuge in their car after Dorian’s furious gusts blew off the roof of their Spring City, Abaco, home and the walls caved in all around them. Ostina Dean, who spoke with The Tribune after bein
Man blasted hole with shotgun for family to escape
A MAN had to resort to blasting the window of his home with a shotgun in order for his family to escape rising flood waters caused by Hurricane Dorian. Celeste Stubbs, an Abaco evacuee, fought back her tears yesterday as she told reporters, “We have
'All I have left is a photo of my grandson'
THE only thing Patricia Darville took with her when she was rescued from decimated Man-o-War Cay on Wednesday afternoon was a photo of her one-year-old grandson. The 74-year-old pridefully shared the photo as she recounted how she, infant Logan Thom
Central Bank: Dorian will have negative, short-term impact on Bahamas economy
While the country’s mid-term growth prospects are still positive, the Central Bank has noted that Hurricane Dorian will have a negative impact on the economy in the short-term.
Aid effort picks up momentum as some Bahamians seek way out
ABACO, Bahamas (AP) — A few meager possessions stuffed in plastic bags, some of the haggard Bahamians who lost homes to the ravages of Hurricane Dorian are waiting at a small airport hoping to catch planes out of the disaster zone as an international humanitarian effort to help the Caribbean country gains momentum and the death toll has risen to 30.
‘We witnessed Dorian from start to finish. The devastation, the bodies, the looting.’
They went in thinking they were well prepared for Hurricane Dorian - but it turned into a week of hell for the reporting team from The Tribune, trapped inside Abaco first through the passage of the deadly storm itself and then trying to find a way out of an island cut off from the outside world. Reporter RASHAD ROLLE relives his experience inside an island affected by death, destruction, looting and people trying to find a way to get through the storm.
ALIV: Engineers 'actively' restoring service in East End
ALIV’S chief executive said the company would spare no effort to restoring full service to its network in hurricane ravaged Abaco and Grand Bahama.Damian Blackburn, in an interview with Tribune Business, said: “Aliv status is the network is working
Death toll may be 'staggering'
HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands has expressed fears that the official death toll from Hurricane Dorian could reach “staggering” proportions.
BIA commits to settling hurricane claims ‘fairly’
THE Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA) has assured that it is committed to working with those impacted by Hurricane Dorian and settling claims “fairly and in the most expeditious manner’.
BTC chief: We are not 'sitting on our hands'
THE Bahamas Telecommunication’s Company’s (BTC) chief executive yesterday blamed an ‘overwhelming congestion’ on its New Providence network for its mobile service disruption issues, assuring the public the company was not “sitting on our hands”.
NPSA set to hold Relief Day for GB and Abaco
WHILE they will resume their regular season next week, the New Providence Softball Association will join in the restoration of Abaco and Grand Bahama by holding a Relief Day on Saturday in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex. Fr
Tom Brady joins in on fund-raising for Dorian victims
SOME of the biggest names in sports have expressed an interest in lending assistance to the Hurricane Dorian relief effort. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, a frequent visitor to the Bakers Bay Golf and Ocean Club during the NFL offseason
Meditation - Starting all over again
As I write this reflection, the hurricane has just finished raging in our northern islands. What heart-wrenching scenes and heart-rending cries from our people stranded on roofs, in flooded homes and ongoing hurricane force winds, torrential rain, an
Billy Graham chaplains deploy to devastated Bahamas
The Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) has deployed to offer emotional and spiritual care to hurting residents in the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, the strongest storm to ever hit the islands.The monstrous hurricane hit the Bahamas as
IAAF Worlds: Miller-Uibo ranked 4th overall
Heading into today’s deadline for athletes and teams to be confirmed for the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s World Championships, Shaunae Miller-Uibo is currently sitting in fourth place overall in the women’s world ranking.The world rank
Shaunae pledges $25,000 to help with hurricane recovery
SHAUNAE Miller-Uibo became the latest high profile Bahamian athlete to use their platform to aid the Hurricane Dorian relief effort. The national 200m record holder and reigning 400m Olympic champion pledged $25,000 to assist the rebuilding of churc
