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NEMA: We wouldn’t have done anything differently

A NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency official yesterday said in hindsight, there was nothing NEMA could have done differently during the passage of Hurricane Joaquin despite mounting criticisms over NEMA’s handling of the storm and response time to the affected islands.

The face of grief as man shot dead in Fox Hill

GUNMEN opened fire on two male relatives who sat talking outside a home at Dorsett Street, Fox Hill yesterday afternoon killing one of them and pushing the country’s murder count to 119 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records.

$500,000 SOS CALL IS ANSWERED

THE extraordinary public response to appeals for help for the Family Islands devastated by Hurricane Joaquin has resulted in the $500,000 target of donations of cash and emergency supplies set by the SOS - Save Our South initiative being exceeded and allowing HeadKnowles, the relief group, to plan for the next phase of the operation.

Technicians tackle Cable Bahamas outage

CABLE Bahamas technicians were working last night to restore cable television service to customers in Nassau, Abaco, Grand Bahama and Eleuthera after equipment failure in the company’s transport facility on Robinson Road led to an outage.

Series of shootings leave six in hospital

POLICE in New Providence have one man in custody and are searching for several other male suspects in four separate shooting incidents which left victims in hospital.

Man killed in car crash

POLICE in Grand Bahama are investigating a traffic accident that has left a 46-year-old Freeport man dead after he apparently lost control of his vehicle.

Arrest made over Old Boat Alley shooting

A MAN has been taken into custody for the shooting death of a man last Thursday, police said yesterday.

‘i’ve experienced the wrath of God coming through Acklins’

IT seemed as if no one was immune to the destruction that Hurricane Joaquin left behind in Acklins and the residents are more than grateful to the support they are getting from the rest of the Bahamas.

Trans Island team a hub of relief work

SINCE the passing of Hurricane Joaquin, the Trans Island Airlines hub at Odyssey Aviation at the Lynden Pindling International Airport has been a beehive of activities.

Union protest to call for Water and Sewerage General Manager's resignation

THE Bahamas Utilities Service and Allied Workers Union will hold a protest at the Water and Sewerage Corporation today to demand the resignation of the corporation’s General Manager Glen Laville, the group’s president said yesterday.

Saying farewell to ‘fiery’ senator Alexander Maillis

PRIME Minister Perry Christie yesterday paid tribute to the life of Greek-Bahamian Alexander Maillis, describing the former PLP senator as a “fiery” parliamentarian who was “ahead of his time in many of the things he so adamantly agitated for when he was in the Senate”.

Sudden storm floods parts of Nassau

A SUDDEN storm brought flash flooding to parts of New Providence on Sunday afternoon, with accompanying lightning forcing the abandonment of the Lucayan Cup beach soccer tournament at Malcolm Park.

Four in hospital after weekend shootings

POLICE in New Providence have one man in custody and are searching for several other male suspects in two separate overnight shooting incidents.

Baha Mar all-party talks are "constructive" say provisional liquidators

TALKS between the parties involved in the stalled Baha Mar resort last week have been described as "constructive" and "another important step on the road to resolution" by the appointed Joint Provisional Liquidators (JPLs).

Mayaguana residents tackle post-hurricane flooding as relief supplies arrive

ALTHOUGH there was minimum structural damage, many of the 200-plus residents of Mayaguana are hoping that they can get though the flooding in the majority of their three settlements so that they can quickly complete the restoration process in the aftermath of Hurricane Joaquin.

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