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‘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

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

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