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Queen's Highway businesses destroyed by storm surge

MANY businesses in the commercial and light industrial sector of Freeport are closed for business, having suffered major flood damage and significant inventory loss due to Hurricane Dorian.Storm surge swept throughout the entire business district off

Optimist Championships set for Nassau Yacht Club

AT one point following the destruction of Hurricane Dorian on Abaco and Grand Bahama, the Bahamas Sailing Association and the Bahamas National Sailing School had contemplated cancelling the 2019 Optimist North American Championships.

Steel worker loses court challenge over lost job

A FORMER steel worker has lost his bid to prove that a Supreme Court judge was wrong to find that he was not unfairly dismissed by his employer, but instead abandoned his job because he didn’t like his supervisor.The Court of Appeal ruled that Justic

Fears Dorian will sparkexpansion of Govt size

A think-tank executive yesterday voiced concern that Hurricane Dorian will cause a further expansion in government’s size after The Bahamas fell seven spots in an economic freedom index.Rick Lowe, of the Nassau Institute, also expressed concern about

Cleanup resumes in Bahamas as Humberto swirls away

MCLEAN'S TOWN, Bahamas (AP) — Jeffrey Roberts lifted a mustard-yellow curtain from the ground to hunt for passports and other documents at the place where his family's home stood before Hurricane Dorian blasted into Grand Bahama Island.

Sweeting's Cay in ruins - but residents determined

THE once picturesque island of Sweeting’s Cay is in total ruins but the more than a dozen remaining residents – who survived the fury of Dorian for two days – said the worst is behind them and they are determined to stay and rebuild, despite unliveab

'Significant' help needed to repair damaged east GB

SIGNIFICANT support and assistance to rebuild the communities devastated in the east Grand Bahama district are needed, according to Administrator Gaye Antoine-Bowe, who reported that the damage to homes and property is very widespread. On Grand Baha

Power back in southern Abaco in three weeks

BAHAMAS Power and Light is anticipating electricity will be restored to the southern part of Abaco in three weeks, however it could be months before the rest of the island is reenergised. BPL acting director of operations Sterling Moss gave the estim

'The perfect storm' for our economic viability

Hurricane Dorian was yesterday branded “the perfect storm” to derail an economic and fiscal turnaround that the government wanted to be natural disaster-free for “at least another year”. KP Turnquest, deputy prime minister, told Tribune Business

Eric Gordon pledges $50,000

ERIC Gordon has often touted his Bahamian connection and that connection has inspired him to join the Hurricane Dorian relief effort. The Houston Rockets guard pledged $50,000 and partnered with Abaco Outreach/SBP to establish an online fundraiser t

Baha Mar: Dorian relief to 'offset' cancellations

A senior Baha Mar executive yesterday said bookings from relief workers were expected to “offset” leisure traveller cancellations triggered by Hurricane Dorian. Robert Sands, pictured , Baha Mar’s senior vice-president for government and external af

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BAHAMAS Power and Light is anticipating electricity will be restored to the southern part of Abaco in three weeks, however it could be months before the rest of the island is reenergised. BPL Acting Director of Operations Sterling Moss gave the esti

Medicine, food, refrigerators lost to daily BPL load shedding

ASSISTED living facilities and non-profit organisations dedicated to fight hunger in New Providence have lost medication, food and refrigerators due to daily load shedding exercises by Bahamas Power and Light. Phillip Poitier, proprietor of Gourmet

Field hospital set up

A STATE-of-the-art field hospital on Grand Bahama was set to become operational yesterday to provide healthcare services in Freeport while Rand Memorial Hospital closes down and undergoes sanitisation and decontamination. Hospital Administrator Shar

PETER YOUNG: The rescue and the rebuild need a strong hand at the helm

So much has been written already about the catastrophe of Dorian that it is hard to find further words to describe its deadly effects and the horrors inflicted on people in Abaco and Grand Bahama. The destruction and loss of life is almost beyond belief and the extent of the suffering unimaginable. So it is heartening that the worldwide publicity has produced an extraordinarily positive response from other countries and that an international humanitarian aid operation is now under way.

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