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EDITORIAL: Light at the end of the tunnel

THE countdown to reopening has begun.

Still-closed Family islands bewildered

Exuma’s Chamber of Commerce president last night said he was baffled that the island has not been included among those allowed to fully re-open their economies despite having no COVID-19 cases.Pedro Rolle told Tribune Business: “No explanation was gi

COVID-19 makes it hard to plan for hurricane - Albury

CENTRAL and South Abaco MP James Albury indicated shelters on Abaco have already been activated in anticipation of bad weather from a passing tropical depression on the weekend. This comes as June 1, the start of a hurricane season, approaches and a

PM’s address: No new COVID-19 cases for fourth consecutive day

Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minis said we are continuing to make progress in containing the spread of COVID-19, with no new cases for the fourth day in a row.

Family Islands with no COVID-19 could see relaxation of restrictions

THERE could be a further relaxation of restrictions on more Family Islands with no COVID-19 cases, according to consultant to the Office of the Prime Minister Dr Merceline Dahl-Regis.

'Divine intervention' need on COVID-19

A trade union leader last night said The Bahamas’ requires “divine intervention” to counter a COVID-19 economic fall-out that could reach “Biblical proportions”.Bernard Evans, the National Congress of Trade Unions of The Bahamas (NCTUB) president, de

Pandemic 'complicates' Abaco's Dorian rebuild

The COVID-19 pandemic has “created a lot of complications” for Abaco’s post-Dorian rebuilding with another hurricane season just weeks away, Tribune Business was told yesterday. Lance Pinder, Abaco Big Bird Poultry’s operations manager, told Tribune

WHEN CAN WE COME HOME? Families stranded by travel ban feel abandoned in US

HURRICANE Dorian survivors stuck in the US amid the COVID-19 pandemic say they feel abandoned by the government after receiving no response from embassy or government officials on when they will be allowed to return home.

Teleos Cherubims will cherish 2020 accomplishments

THE spread of the coronavirus has not only interrupted the flow of sports worldwide, but it has forced the closure of schools as well.

'Impossible to restore power to Abaco before 2020 hurricane season'

WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister said it’s “impossible” for electricity to be fully restored on Abaco before the start of the 2020 hurricane season, adding the level of destruction left by Hurricane Dorian has created several challenges for officials

New grants worth $200k for Dorian relief

The Moore Bahamas Foundation (“Moore Bahamas”) has announced $200,000 in new grants for Hurricane Dorian relief and recovery, bringing their contributions thus far to more than $500,000 as part of conservation philanthropist Louis Bacon’s million-dol

‘Totally devastating’: Water corp revenues shrink 61%

Hurricane Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic have dealt a “completely devastating” blow to the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s cash flow with April revenues down 61 percent, its executive chairman revealed yesterday.

Keep your umbrella to hand

WEATHER officials are monitoring a system moving towards the northwest Bahamas that could potentially develop into a tropical depression this week, becoming the first tropical system of the 2020 season.

In politics, we are mere actors on the stage

It is ironic that on today’s date, a Sunday and Mother’s Day coupled with the third year of the FNM in power, the sky is overcast and it looks like a shower will fall down later. We all know that when it rains the crabs start to walk. The masses of the Bahamian people have woken up from what turned out to be a long and unexpected nightmare.

INSIGHT: We don’t need more meetings, false hope and promises - we need leadership, action and solutions

Life is forced to go on for residents of Abaco, sturuggling in the wake of Dorian’s devastation. But now a new cloud is appearing on their horizon - another hurricane season and no visible plan for their safety from a government some on the island feels has abandoned them.

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