Businessman urges Grand Bahamians not to give up in wake of Hurricane Matthew
GRAND Bahamians impacted by Hurricane Matthew were told by one of their own to remain encouraged and not give up as they begin to rebuild their lives.
Insurers expect record loss
HURRICANE Matthew will likely produce the largest-ever Bahamian insurance industry loss from a single event, a top executive said yesterday.
Gas queues making it hard for Super Value to get fuel
SUPER VALUE owner Rupert Roberts said on Sunday that “it’s been a rough couple of days” since Hurricane Matthew hit, telling The Tribune that long lines from motorists clamouring at local gas stations has made it difficult for company representatives to get fuel for store generators.
Grand Bahama was devastated by storm
RESIDENTS in Grand Bahama say they can’t recall a more damaging hurricane on their island than Hurricane Matthew, the category four storm with 140mph winds that barreled through the island late Thursday.
Bahamians told to stop panicking over fuel supply
SIR Franklyn Wilson yesterday urged Bahamians to “stop panicking” over a non-existent fuel shortage, disclosing that his company was offloading 700,000 gallons from a newly-arrived tanker.
PM warns of high cost of hurricane recovery
PRIME Minister Perry Christie last night described the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew as “utterly devastating” as he estimated the total cost of repairs to be three or four times higher than the $100m in damages left by Hurricane Joaquin last year.
Rotarians to the rescue
ROTARIANS in the Cayman Islands dispatched a shipment of hurricane relief supplies on Bahamasair planes to New Providence over the weekend which were collected yesterday morning.
ATLANTIS CAMPAIGN TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HURRICANE REPAIRS
ATLANTIS Paradise Island has launched a fundraising campaign to provide relief for the recovery and rebuilding of the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.
A 'heck of a time' on Grand Bahama after Hurricane Matthew
IT's a "heck of a time" in Grand Bahama, an island administrator said on Sunday as residents continued clearing debris from roads, homes and passage ways following the damage inflicted on the island by Hurricane Matthew.
Minnis calls on govt to declare 'disaster areas'
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has called on the Christie administration to declare all of the areas devastated by Hurricane Matthew "disaster areas", insisting that the move should be paired with robust exigency orders and extensive rate cuts by financial institutions and private business to "help rebuild the country and keep Bahamians safe”.
Families grateful for welcome shelters from the storm
WHEN Antionette Johnson saw reports that Hurricane Matthew would barrel through the Bahamas as a dangerous category four storm, she packed up her son and grandchild and headed to the nearest shelter.
15-20 per cent of power restored in New Providence
BAHAMAS Power and Light (BPL) CEO Pamela Hill said the electricity provider has restored around 15 to 20 per cent of New Providence’s electricity supply as it juggles infrastructural damage and challenges at its Clifton Pier generation station in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.
ALL CLEAR: The Bahamas starts to recover from monstrous Matthew
HURRICANE Matthew left behind a trail of destruction, flooding, downed lamp poles and electrical lines and residents eager to re-establish normal lives after battering the Bahamas for three days as a dangerous category three and four storm.
More than 400 rescued from homes by police
MORE THAN 400 pople were rescued from their homes in eastern and southern New Providence as flood waters began to rise more than four feet during the passage of Hurricane Matthew, according to Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade.
‘Waves four feet high burst into my home’
RONALD Woodside was at home in his seaside house on South Beach Road with his parents on Thursday, when waves about “four feet” high burst into the building, forcing the family to flee to the second floor.
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