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All schools in the northwest Bahamas to close on Wednesday

ALL schools in the northwest Bahamas will be closed on Wednesday as a result of Hurricane Matthew, the Ministry of Education announced yesterday.

LPIA to close on Wednesday afternoon

THE Lynden Pindling International Airport will close at 2pm on Wednesday because of Hurricane Matthew.

Grand Bahama residents are told to prepare

GRAND Bahama residents, particularly those in low-lying areas, are advised to “take heed” as Hurricane Matthew moves into the northwest Bahamas later this week.

DNA: Don’t take Hurricane Matthew lightly

THE DEMOCRATIC National Alliance is urging Bahamians not to take the looming Hurricance Matthew lightly and to prepare for the impact of the powerful storm this week.

PM: No island will be spared

PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday urged the entire country to batten down and stay indoors as no island will be spared from the effects of Hurricane Matthew, with the dangerous storm forecast to touch down in the southeast Bahamas today, and make its way through the island chain into Thursday.

NEMA begins evacuations in the Southeast Bahamas

EVACUATIONS for residents in the southeast Bahamas got underway yesterday, with emergency management officials moving scores of people out of low lying areas as parts of the country are expected to feel the effects of Hurricane Matthew as early as this morning.

Hurricane shopping rush ‘rough like Christmas’

THE impending arrival of Hurricane Matthew has resulted in an uptick in sales and customer traffic in several local food stores, with one storeowner saying this past weekend’s hurricane preparedness shopping rush was “rough like Christmas.”

San Salvador, Cat Island ‘braced for the worst’

WHILE weather experts predict that certain portions of the Bahamas will begin to feel the impact of Hurricane Matthew this morning, residents in San Salvador and Cat Island were said to be bracing themselves for the worst, according to officials stationed on these islands.

Resorts plan to evacuate guests ahead of storm

AS powerful Hurricane Matthew churns towards the Bahamas, some visitors have left vulnerable areas with plans underway to evacuate others, the Ministry of Tourism said.

Body of man missing after boat collision found near Paradise Island

THE body of Christopher Turnquest, the man who police believed drowned after his skiff capsized following a collision with a Royal Bahamas Defence Force patrol vessel on Saturday, washed up in waters near Paradise Island yesterday.

Baha Mar to be sold twice as court process ends

BAHA Mar’s secured creditor has acquired the project from its receivers for a sum “substantially higher” than that offered by the top bidder, with the property essentially being sold twice as part of the process.

Police probe as activists say their lives are in danger

A POLICE investigation has been launched into claims by five Bahamians that their lives are in danger because of their political advocacy and that some of them have had to flee the country.

Chipman out of election race, says leader doesn’t want him

ST ANNE’S MP Hubert Chipman announced yesterday that he has withdrawn his name from consideration for renomination in his constituency, saying it is clear FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis no longer wants his contribution.

Minnis: Set aside politics until after hurricane

OPPOSITION Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday that the Free National Movement will suspend all political activities until Hurricane Matthew has passed.

Matthew will hit on Tuesday

AS Hurricane Matthew takes aim at Jamaica and Haiti, emergency management officials in The Bahamas along with other governmental agencies have ramped up preparation efforts as computer models project landfall in the southeast Bahamas by Tuesday.

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