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Cat Islanders target July in airport revival proposal

Cat Island stakeholders are aiming to present a proposal to upgrade Arthur’s Town airport and other critical infrastructure to the Government by this July, it was revealed yesterday.

Some residents vowing to ride out the hurricane

HOURS before Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis pleaded with residents of MICAL and Ragged Island to evacuate ahead of “potentially catastrophic” Hurricane Irma, many residents in those communities told The Tribune yesterday they had no intention of leaving their homes, although Irma is now a category five storm and packs winds of 185mph.

$5m deal signed to improve water supply in Long Island

A $5m contract was signed yesterday between the Water and Sewerage Corporation and BHM Company Limited to bring potable water to hundreds of residentes in Long Island. Settlements such as Salt Pond have “suffered for far too long without a reliable p

Out Islands grateful for $1.8m in COVID-19 aid

Family Island administrators yesterday praised the government for allocating $1.8m to their islands in a bid to equip them with the necessary medical resources to combat COVID-19. Desiree Ferguson, Long Island’s administrator, told Tribune Business

No answer yet on how much fuel leaked from tanks on Crooked Island

BAHAMAS Electricity Corporation Executive Chairman Leslie Miller yesterday confirmed that there was “some leakage” when fuel tanks were dislodged in Crooked Island during Hurricane Joaquin, however he said a full analysis had not yet been completed to determine how much fuel was lost.

Appeal for emergency Long Island supplies for early Sunday morning

A GROUP of Bahamians led by Long Islander George Cartwright are appealing for urgent supplies to be donated so that they can be flown to the hurricane-ravaged island on Sunday morning.

Students from affected islands to be relocated

THE Ministry of Education has advised parents of students from the islands affected by Hurricane Joaquin to contact Deputy Director for School Management Joel Lewis to have the process fast-tracked to have students relocated to schools in another island.

Online registry launched in Berry Islands

RESIDENTS in the Berry Islands can visit the Administrator’s Office to obtain copies of birth, marriage, and death certificates without having to travel to Nassau after the Registrar General’s Department launched online registration and certification at the Government Complex, Bullock’s Harbour, last week.

Concerns over water quality after Crooked Island diesel spill

FEARS are mounting on Crooked Island over the quality of the island’s ground water supply after it was discovered that nearly 50,000 gallons of diesel spilled from Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) tanks dislodged by Hurricane Joaquin.

NEMA starts shipping building supplies to islands hit by hurricane

THE first set of building supplies to start the rebuilding phase on three Family Islands affected by Hurricane Joaquin last October have been shipped by the National Emergency Management Agency.

Mayaguana gets ready for storm’s landfall

MAYAGUANA residents are bracing for Tropical Storm Erika days ahead of its projected landfall, according to island administrator Zephaniah Newbold.

YESI expands its reach with first visit to Cat Island

Youth Empowerment through Soccer International (YESI) has expanded its reach to the Family Islands with its very first visit to Cat Island.

Aliv launches in Long Island

ALIV says it has been making “excellent progress” with its service roll-out, a top executive saying it has more than 100,000 subscribers to-date.Damian Blackburn, the chief Aliv officer, said: “We promised the people of the Bahamas that we would roll

Long Islanders losing patience with government after hurricane

THE patience of Long Islanders with the government is wearing thin in the wake of Hurricane Joaquin as residents collaborate in a collective effort to reintroduce some form of structure, order and business activity.

Cruise switch ‘lifts the cloud’ from Briland

Harbour Island resort owners yesterday hailed Crystal Cruises’ decision to drop plans for a weekly call as “lifting the cloud that could have radically changed the destination’s appeal”.

Irma hit will drive Out Islands into ‘economic abyss’

A direct hit from Hurricane Irma will push the southern Family Islands “further into the economic abyss”, a Chamber of Commerce executive warned yesterday.

Gibson’s happy to see the water flow on Ragged Island

THE Water and Sewerage Corporation has an ample supply of water available in Ragged Island for residents or anyone who wishes to construct a home or business in the southern island.

Russell warns on organisation of relief distribution

NATIONAL Emergency Management Association Director Captain Stephen Russell yesterday acknowledged that major challenges exist in ensuring that relief efforts on the islands devastated by Hurricane Joaquin are well organised.

Cable Bahamas team starts to restore services

CABLE Bahamas has started the process of restoring service to the central and south eastern Bahama islands which were severely affected by Hurricane Joaquin.

Family Island residents wrestle with living cost

DESPITE the government’s efforts to assist Bahamians grappling with the high cost of living compounded by inflation, residents of the Family Islands argued that the challenge to survive remains.

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