'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
Grand Bahama Power Company reconnects 9,000 accounts
OF its 19,000 customers, Grand Bahama Power Company has reconnected some 9,000 accounts, representing 47 percent of its customer base, since Hurricane Dorian pummeled the island. Dave McGregor, CEO, said the company is making progress in getting pow
Queen's Highway businesses destroyed by storm surge
MANY businesses in the commercial and light industrial sector of Freeport are closed for business, having suffered major flood damage and significant inventory loss due to Hurricane Dorian.Storm surge swept throughout the entire business district off
Equinor doing 'all they can' in oil spill recovery effort
RECOVERY efforts to contain the oil spill at Equinor’s facility in Grand Bahama are now “in full swing,” Environment Minister Romauld Ferreira said yesterday.“The relief boat has arrived in Grand Bahama. The clean-up crew has arrived. They have dispa
Florida officials speak up amid Dorian relief efforts
HURRICANE Dorian’s devastation and aftermath has drawn the attention of some of the top US government officials in Florida. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Thursday that his state’s businesses and citizens are prepared to help Bahamians affect
AG 'monitoring' non-profit Headknowles amid split
IF there are public concerns about the operations of non-profit organisation HeadKnowles, the matter will be sent to senior legal officials of the government for advice.This was the position of Attorney General Carl Bethel yesterday who said he was i
1.5 billion pounds of debris shows need for strong building code
WHILE 1.5 billion pounds of debris remains strewn across Marsh Harbour following deadly Hurricane Dorian, it is a harsh reminder that the country’s building code needs revision to withstand monster storms.Housing and Environment Minister Romauld Ferr
NIB working to help verify identification
WITH thousands of hurricane victims having to relocate to Nassau following Hurricane Dorian, the National Insurance Board is working with the Registrar General’s Office to verify lost forms of identification. This partnership, according to National
Chaos for the refugees
RESPONDING to the chaos Hurricane Dorian left behind continued to strain government offices yesterday, producing long lines and rowdy crowds of people desperate for help.
25 autopsies carried out so far after Dorian
OF the 51 official casualties of deadly Hurricane Dorian, autopsies have been carried out on about 25 Abaco victims thus far, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands confirmed yesterday.
Taxi driver spared jail over lapsed gun licence
A 41-year-old taxi driver was spared a prison sentence yesterday for not licensing his shotgun. Instead, Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes fined Tomiko Johnson $2,000 for admitting to being in possession of an unlicensed shotgun on Sunday. Acco
Couple found beaten to death in apartment
POLICE are investigating a double homicide after a man and woman were found in an apartment unresponsive with visible injuries early yesterday morning.
Steel worker loses court challenge over lost job
A FORMER steel worker has lost his bid to prove that a Supreme Court judge was wrong to find that he was not unfairly dismissed by his employer, but instead abandoned his job because he didn’t like his supervisor.The Court of Appeal ruled that Justic
BPL sets sights on two-week deadline on power shortfall
IN roughly two weeks, Bahamas Power and Light expects to have fixed existing issues that have led to a 44-megawatt generation shortfall resulting in heavy load shedding.BPL said a replacement starting engine for unit one at Blue Hills Power Station t
