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$5m upgrades begin for Moore’s Island community

THE government has started comprehensive infrastructure upgrades on Moore’s Island, a small cay in the Abacos.

No answer yet over missing supplies

MORE than two months after state-of-the-art first responder backpacks, flash frozen food, tools and other survival supplies intended for Hurricane Joaquin relief went missing from a National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) flight to Crooked Island, The Tribune Media Group is still waiting for answers as to what happened to them.

Waste piles spark Bimini fly infestation

SOUTH Bimini’s fly infestation has been declared “out-of-control” due to inadequate solid waste management, according to an international expert, who warned that residents and visitors were exposed to serious health risks.

Island Boy - The Musical

AUDITIONS for the 2015 “Island Boy – The Musical” stage production officially kicked off at the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts last week.

Best swimmers in Caribbean making a splash in Bahamas

As the premier swimming meet in the region got underway yesterday, Prime Minister Perry Christie used the platform to discuss the local infrastructural improvements as key to the sport’s development.

Butler-Turner ‘will lose Long Island’ for FNM

FORMER Cabinet minister Tennyson Wells said yesterday that the Free National Movement “will lose” the Long Island seat in the 2017 general election if it presents area MP Loretta Butler-Turner as its candidate, as many supporters have been angered by her recent actions.

Capacity concerns driving 14 Out Island airport bids

Many Family Island airports “no longer meet” growing tourist and airline demands, the Government’s top aviation official said yesterday, as he justified the rationale for putting 14 locations out to bid.

'Daunting task' of removing storm-damaged vehicles from Grand Bahama continues

THE removal of the 30,000 plus storm-damaged vehicles in the City of Freeport and other parts of the island is continuing two years after Dorian, a Grand Bahama Port Authority official said.

Tourist 'attacked by pack of dogs' on beach

ANOTHER tourist has come forward claiming to have been the victim of a dog attack while visiting the Pink Sands Beach on Harbour Island.

Phone service '95 per cent restored'

BTC officials said yesterday that nearly 95 per cent of its telecommunications network had been restored in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

Eleuthera anger at water problem

AFTER nearly a week without running water, residents of Central Eleuthera are disgruntled with the continued disruption of water supply on the island.

Lines downed, schools closed in foul weather

STRONG winds and rain from a pressure system in the last few days caused power cuts in the Family Islands while delaying work for a number of residents and businesses, and closing schools throughout the islands yesterday.

Kosoy, Sterling eye Hurricane Hole deal

David Kosoy’s Sterling Global Financial is in negotiations to acquire Paradise Island’s Hurricane Hole property from Atlantis’s owner, Tribune Business can reveal.

Reverse osmosis units arrive in Grand Bahama

THE first shipment of reverse osmosis units has arrived in Grand Bahama for construction of a new three-million-gallon RO plant being built at a cost of $5m by the Grand Bahama Utility Company.

Are the variant strains here? We’re still waiting for results

HEALTH officials are still waiting to receive the test results of several positive COVID-19 samples that were sent abroad to determine which of the new coronavirus strains are present in the country.

'No difficulty' if web shops only banking option

A TRADE union leader yesterday said he had “no difficulty” with web shops providing financial services if commercial bank pull-outs meant they were “the only option” on some islands.Obie Ferguson, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) president, told Tribu

Bahamas suffers 26-19 loss to Turks and Caicos

TEAM Bahamas was on the wrong side of history in regional rugby play over the weekend and suffered a home loss in the Rugby Americas North Cup Series.

Sounding the spiritual battle cry

BELIEVERS from all throughout the Bahama Islands came together last Friday at the Gathering of Prophets Conference to pray for the nation.Change Bahamas Ministries, founded by Prophet Leo Adderley, hosted the conference under the theme “Waging War Fo

Aliv near 'end game' over network roll-out

ALIV says it is “close to the end game” on its network roll-out, its top executive expressing confidence the full build-out will be completed within the two-year target.Damian Blackburn told Tribune Business that 93.5 per cent of the mobile provider’

Non-profit’s $15-$20m boost for Eleuthera

A Bahamian non-profit organisation has injected $15-$20 million into south Eleuthera’s economy since 2008, and is now setting its sights on expansion.

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