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Glass Window Bridge closed to Eleuthera residents due to high sea surges

Residents of North Eleuthera are being strongly advised, by the National Emergency Management Agency and Family Island officials, to stay away from the Glass Window Bridge due to large and dangerous swells impacting that area over the weekend.

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No one in custody yet over Rose Island stabbing

POLICE have the name of just one person involved in a dramatic Rose Island incident that left a stabbed man in serious condition at the Princess Margaret Hospital this week.

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Former President Clinton speaks to PM

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis spoke with former United States President Bill Clinton by phone on Wednesday to discuss Hurricane Dorian relief efforts on the affected islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama. Mr Clinton expressed his sadness over the deva

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Minister plans island-wide clean-up campaign

AFTER several meetings, Environment and Housing Minister Romauld Ferreira finalised on Monday a planning team with public and private partners to organise an island-wide New Providence clean-up campaign.The Keeping OUR Bahamas Beautiful initiative wi

Bit to finish Hurricane Irene repairs

THE National Emergency Management Agency said it is close to wrapping up its massive repair programme three months after category three Hurricane Irene struck the country, leaving massive destruction particularly in northern and eastern Bahamas. NEMA dire

Bid to finish Hurricane Irene repairs

THE National Emergency Management Agency said it is close to wrapping up its massive repair programme three months after category three Hurricane Irene struck the country, leaving massive destruction particularly in northern and eastern Bahamas. NEMA dire

Bid to finish Hurricane Irene repairs

THE National Emergency Management Agency said it is close to wrapping up its massive repair programme three months after category three Hurricane Irene struck the country, leaving massive destruction particularly in northern and eastern Bahamas. NEMA dire

Bid to finish Hurricane Irene repairs

THE National Emergency Management Agency said it is close to wrapping up its massive repair programme three months after category three Hurricane Irene struck the country, leaving massive destruction particularly in northern and eastern Bahamas. NEMA dire

Bid to finish Hurricane Irene repairs

THE National Emergency Management Agency said it is close to wrapping up its massive repair programme three months after category three Hurricane Irene struck the country, leaving massive destruction particularly in northern and eastern Bahamas. NEMA dire

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New reality/adventure TV show

EXPERIENCE the ‘war’ that is waged each year throughout the islands of the Bahamas, chasing spiny lobsters, one tail at the time.

Club Med postpones re-open by 2 months

Club Med yesterday told Tribune Business it had postponed the re-opening of its San Salvador resort by two months until December 20 to allow for Hurricane Joaquin repairs, a move described as “a very serious event” for the island’s economy.

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Clash of the titans for gold, silver and bronze medals in tennis action

THE clash of the titans for the gold, silver and bronze medals in tennis at the sixth Bahamas Games will not include the New Providence Buccaneers.

Businesses ‘stunned’ by water cut-off threat

“Stunned” Bahamian businesses in three Family Islands yesterday blasted the potential loss of water supply from Monday as “disgusting”, and said: “The government needs to step in like yesterday.”

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Abaco lockdown ‘would hinder Dorian recovery’

ABACO residents say they will not support another full lockdown for the island to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 as more restrictive measures would hinder Hurricane Dorian restoration efforts and negatively impact the island’s economy.

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Relief for southern evacuees

IVA Nixon, 79, breathed a sigh of relief as she stepped off a Bahamasair jet and onto the tarmac at the Lynden Pindling International Airport yesterday, telling reporters no one should be thinking about material things amid evacuations from Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island, Acklins, Long Cay and Ragged Island ahead of monster storm Hurricane Irma’s arrival to the country.

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Evacuees nervous as they prepare to return home

DISPLACED by Hurricane Irma, several Family Island residents yesterday expressed apprehension about returning home after receiving reports of varying levels of devastation.

Insurer expands to US Virgin islands

A Bahamian insurer has expanded into the US Virgin Islands (USVI) to further its goal of reducing reliance on this nation to just 60 percent of its total business portfolio.Anton Saunders, RoyalStar Assurance’s managing director, told Tribune Busines

Joaquin: 60% of business appliers are not approved

Around 60 per cent of applications to the joint Rotary-Chamber of Commerce Joaquin relief fund have not been approved, it was revealed yesterday, due to “challenges” with business record-keeping.

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Sherice Major launches 'IslandBreak' travel app

A CREATIVE risk taker, and sometimes mover and shaker, is how Sherice Major is known to many Bahamians.

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Killer storm eyes Nassau

TROPICAL Storm Erika, which has already been blamed for four deaths in the Caribbean, has gained strength and is expected to bring torrential rain and flash flooding to the southeast and central Bahamas by Saturday morning.