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Long Island, Abaco look to expand sponging industry

MORE than a dozen spongers on Long Island expressed huge interest in moving forward with creating a local association and revitalising the industry during a meeting with project managers of a project to revitalise the sponging industry.“It was encour

Minor drop in unemployment rate

WHILE more people became employed since November 2017, it was not enough to cause significant change to the country’s unemployment rate.

42 autopsies completed - death toll now at 52

OFFICIALS have now completed autopsies on 42 Hurricane Dorian victims, allowing some families to begin the process toward closure, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday.While there are efforts to complete this aspect of handling Dorian victim

Nearly 2,000 housed in emergency shelters

TWELVE emergency shelters are housing 1,962 people, according to the National Emergency Management Agency yesterday.

PM tells UN General Assembly: Bahamas under threat from climate change

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said during the United Nations General Assembly meeting that the beauty and existence of the Bahamas is under grave threat from climate change, adding that considerably more than 56 people have died in the country because of Hurricane Dorian.

Police to beef up manpower as holiday season begins

WITH the murder rate now up to 90 for the year, National Security Minister Marvin Dames yesterday said the police force will be beefing up manpower in the capital as the holiday season approaches.“We have many police officers out there on the streets

Tax cheats warned: Don't exploit Dorian recovery incentives

Tax cheats and fraudsters were yesterday warned that the government’s revenue authorities will be “stepping up surveillance” to protect the post-Dorian Economic Recovery Zones from abuse. K Peter Turnquest, deputy prime minister, in tabling the orde

Dorian: Abaco hotel losing $30k monthly

A Green Turtle Cay hotel operator yesterday said the property is losing $30,000 in room revenue per month after Hurricane Dorian’s devastation forced its likely closure until late summer 2020. Molly McIntosh, general manager of the Bluff House Beach

PM kicking down door was ‘not a good impression’

BAHAMAS Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander said Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis went beyond the duties of his office when he kicked down the back door of a shanty town structure.

'Respectful' burial for unidentified storm victims

HEALTH Minister Dr Duane Sands said the unidentified remains of people killed by Hurricane Dorian will be respectfully placed in a burial site after a consultation process with the public has been completed. Speaking to reporters Dr Sands said famil

PM defends commodore’s leave

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has defended the government’s decision to send Royal Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Tellis Bethel on three months’ vacation leave, saying despite the move, all “throttles” have been pushed to ensure recovery continues on storm-torn islands.

Minister backs Grand Bahama students to excel

EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin is optimistic Grand Bahama and Abaco students will excel, despite the double ordeal of Hurricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Exclude Dorian-hit Bahamians from VAT construction ‘dragnet’

An ex-Cabinet minister yesterday pleaded with the Government to exclude Bahamians from “the dragnet” created by VAT’s reimposition on construction services in the Dorian-devastated islands.

Rolle: It’s not unusual to see union unrest at vote time

PUBLIC Service and National Insurance Minister Brensil Rolle suggested yesterday that it’s not unusual to see industrial unrest in the public sector when a general election approaches, saying “unions do what unions do” and “perhaps react based on the times”.

Here come the jabs

THE Bahamas government and the United States began a joint mission yesterday to distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses to several Family Islands, including Abaco, Bimini, Long Island, Exuma and Eleuthera.

Poultry farmer: ‘It’s like we’re spinning on hamster wheel’

An Abaco poultry farmer yesterday said the agriculture industry would become more appealing to entrepreneurs and investors if the Government eliminates tiresome bureaucracy.

Darville: We’re working on increasing manpower

HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville says his ministry is working on plans to increase manpower in public health and improve infrastructure of medical facilities on the Family Islands.

Plans in the works for new Post Office home

TRANSPORT and Housing Minister Jobeth Coleby-Davis told Parliament yesterday there were plans in the works for a permanent home to house the General Post Office.

Vaccinated visitors now have to take five-day test

INFECTIOUS disease expert Dr Nikkiah Forbes says changes to travel requirements revealed Monday by the Office of the Prime Minister are consistent with data about how COVID-19 variants are affecting the ability of vaccinated people to transmit the virus.

Missing pilot held by Venezuela after ‘drug flight’ crash in Randy Butler’s stolen plane

THE Royal Bahamas Police Force has confirmed missing pilot Oran Munroe is in police custody in Venezuela and being questioned for alleged drug trafficking.

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