By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS

Tribune Staff Reporter

lmunnings@tribunemedia.net

SEVERAL bodies of Hurricane Dorian victims are still being stored in trailers in Grand Bahama more than six years after the deadly storm, according to Opposition Leader Michael Pintard, who accused the Davis administration of hypocrisy and neglect over the matter.

Mr Pintard raised the claim in Parliament yesterday as Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis officially opened the new Sir Albert Miller Community Centre and Emergency Shelter in Grand Bahama, a facility intended to serve as a refuge during future disasters.

The Free National Movement leader said it was “unconscionable” that the Progressive Liberal Party, after years of criticising the former Minnis administration for delays in burying Dorian victims, now faces the same unresolved issue.

“When I first heard this, I said, this cannot be, it cannot be the case,” Mr Pintard said.

“There is a gap between what they say and what they do,” Mr Pintard said. “There’s one rule for them and there’s another rule for others.”

He also defended his party’s record, arguing that the Minnis administration achieved more progress in housing repairs and family assistance during its two years after Dorian than the current government has managed in four.

Hurricane Dorian struck The Bahamas on September 1, 2019 as a catastrophic Category 5 storm with winds exceeding 180 miles per hour. It devastated Abaco and Grand Bahama, killing at least 74 people and leaving many missing. Entire communities were flattened, thousands were displaced, and critical infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and government offices, was destroyed.

Hundreds of bodies were recovered and stored in trailers as officials struggled to identify remains—a process that became a source of national grief and political controversy.

When in opposition, the PLP had condemned the Minnis administration’s handling of victims’ remains, promising to ensure proper burials and compassionate treatment for grieving families.