Businessman claims thieves stole from two planes after hurricane
WHILE Bahamians were facing the reality of the destruction left behind in Hurricane Matthew’s wake, a local businessman alleged that thieves were busy at work pillaging two of the aircraft he owns of avionics worth an estimated $70,000.
BREAKING NEWS: Fire breaks out at Budget Foods store on Bernard Road
THE Budget Foods store on Bernard Road caught fire on Tuesday morning and police fire services units are at the scene working to extinguish the blaze.
Govt considers a hurricane tax
WHEN it meets today, Cabinet may consider introducing and implementing a special tax to help finance Hurricane Matthew repair and recovery efforts, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.
Met office relocated after employee slips on rain water
THE Department of Meteorology’s Forecast Office was temporarily relocated yesterday after a meteorological observer slipped and fell in water that leaked into the building from a weather system on Sunday, according to the department’s director.
Sarkis told to make ‘credible proposal’ to buy Baha Mar
THE Office of the Prime Minister has urged Sarkis Izmirlian to work with Perfect Luck Holdings Limited, the company that has acquired Baha Mar’s assets, if the resort developer is in a position to make a “credible proposal” to buy the property as he has suggested.
‘Up to 1,000 Grand Bahama hotel staff out of work after Matthew’
GRAND Bahama’s hotel and tourism industries have suffered a huge blow from Hurricane Matthew, which forced the closure of several resort properties on the island, including the two major anchor hotels in Lucaya.
UDPATED: Man shot dead in Pinewood Gardens
A MAN was shot multiple times in the head and killed early yesterday morning as he pulled up to a residence in Pinewood Gardens.
Minister announces delay in public school openings
DESPITE best assurances late last week that officials were prepared to re-open the majority of public schools in the northern Bahamas today, Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald was forced to announce a further delay, with plans now pegging the official return date for students at October 25.
Ocean Club shuts for hurricane repairs
THE One&Only Ocean Club has closed temporarily to “repair damage” caused by Hurricane Matthew and to begin an extensive clean up process.
UPDATED: Girl, 4, found in parked car dies in hospital
POLICE are investigating the “bizarre” death of a four-year-old girl who was found unresponsive in a vehicle on Friday.
‘More than 80% now have power,’ says BPL
DESPITE more than 5,000 households left without electricity after the passage of Hurricane Matthew 12 days ago, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) executives say more than 80 per cent of residential customers in New Providence have been restored to supply.
Radar could not track rainstorm
AS a weather system brought heavy rain and flooding to New Providence yesterday, a senior weather official said the Department of Meteorology’s radar was not working, meaning there was no way to tell how bad the flooding was or which areas received the worst of the rainfall.
Calls for Chipman to run as independent
SOME residents of the St Anne’s constituency are unsettled by the Free National Movement’s (FMN) decision not to renominate Hubert Chipman in the area and some have started urging Mr Chipman to run as an independent candidate.
‘Water rushed into my home - and pushed boats into my yard’
WITH his fiancée and one-year-old child lying on a bed as water rushed into his home, Theo Armbrister looked out through his window and saw the surge from Hurricane Matthew wash two large boats within several feet of his house.
Public schools to reopen tomorrow
PUBLIC schools throughout New Providence, Grand Bahama and North Andros are expected to reopen tomorrow as education officials announce extended closures for a handful of schools and a revised academic calendar for the remainder of the school year.
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