NEMA updates on Grand Bahama
The Minister of Education Jeffery Lloyd was expected in Grand Bahama on Thursday, September 19, 2019 to tour public schools badly damaged by Hurricane Dorian.
Forbes-Smith: All donations checked before distribution
AS relief supplies continue to pour in from organisations and individuals overseas, Senator Kay Forbes-Smith stressed that the National Emergency Management Agency is inspecting all donated hurricane relief supplies and aid before distribution in Gra
NIB simplifies process for replacement smart cards
THE National Insurance Board has taken steps to simplify the application process for replacement smart cards for residents of Abaco and Grand Bahama, who lost their cards during Hurricane Dorian. The official police report required for all lost or s
42 autopsies completed - death toll now at 52
OFFICIALS have now completed autopsies on 42 Hurricane Dorian victims, allowing some families to begin the process toward closure, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday.While there are efforts to complete this aspect of handling Dorian victim
Parents frustrated over student registration
PARENTS and guardians of the thousands of children left displaced after Hurricane Dorian unleashed its fury on Abaco and Grand Bahama more than two weeks ago say they are frustrated with the process set up to enroll the students in new schools. The M
Jerry to skirt Bahamas
TROPICAL Storm Jerry is not expected to be a major threat to The Bahamas but is expected to skirt the southeastern islands on Sunday before heading away from the country, a local meteorologist said yesterday.Basil Dean, deputy director of the Departm
‘I just want to bury my mother’
AFTER claiming she lost six relatives and a godfather during Hurricane Dorian’s rampage, Cithia Cilien just wants to return to Abaco to bury her mother, whose body she believes is still trapped under debris in the Pigeon Peas shanty town almost three weeks after the storm ravaged the island.
United in prayer: PM says hurricane is near unbearable wound to country
NEARLY three weeks after Hurricane Dorian struck the northwestern Bahamas, hundreds gathered at Bahamas Faith Ministries last night to make sense of an unimaginable tragedy in typical Bahamian fashion: through prayer, praise and worship.
Blame towards PM after Dorian 'not helpful'
AS he urged Bahamians to unite in the wake of Hurricane Dorian, Anglican Bishop Laish Boyd said animosity and blame towards Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis for relief-related issues is not helpful as anguish and suffering remain great.
Neighbour 'heard murder victims plead for their lives'
THE neighbour of a man and woman found murdered in an apartment early Tuesday morning remembers hearing the two victims plead for their lives.
Teachers protest in standoff over school principal
IRATE teachers protested outside Carlton E Francis Primary School again yesterday morning amid a continued standoff with the school’s principal. Teachers are calling for the removal of the school official and have engaged in sit outs and protests si
Attorney: Accused reservist 'doesn't know what to answer'
THE Crown has closed its case against reserve Sergeant Dwayne Decosta over allegations he had sex with a teenage girl at a police station last year.Decosta, 56, now has four options: remain silent, take the witness stand and give evidence, formally o
Power generation issue causes mobile outage
SOME Bahamas Telecommunications Company mobile customers complained of an inability to place calls or use data services yesterday. Other customers also experienced issues making calls from landline phones. In a brief statement yesterday morning, BT
Tropical Storm Jerry update
Tropical Storm Jerry is about 715 miles (1,150 kilometres) east of the Leeward Islands and moving west-northwest at 15 mph (nearly 25 kph).
'God help me' pleads mother after son's death
THE mother of a teenager fatally shot while standing outside an Armbrister Street home Monday night is devastated by his murder. According to police, shortly after 8pm on Monday several men were standing outside a home on Armbrister Street, Fox Hi
