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Cat Island residents keen to cooperate with tracing

AFTER two residents of Cat Island tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, island administrator Neil Campbell said those who came in contact with them on the island are cooperating and making contact tracing easy for authorities there. “So far every

Senior Exuma executive goes into self-isolation

EXUMA Administrator Preston Cunningham is in isolation after coming into contact with one of the COVID-19 cases on the island, local MP Chester Cooper said yesterday. Mr Cooper, MP for Exuma and Ragged Island, also said while Mr Cunningham had teste

Nassau/PI resort room revenue up 37% in Q1

All performance indicators for major Nassau/Paradise Island hotels increased by double digit amounts every month in the 2019 first quarter, with room revenues ending the period up 37 percent.

Cruise lines resume private island calls

Cruise lines yesterday said there had been some cancellations in calls to their private islands in the Bahamas due to repairs that became necessary in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Long Island still fights to recover from hurricane

NEARLY eight months after the devastating passage of Hurricane Joaquin, Long Island is still struggling to recover despite the best efforts by those on the ground.

BPL eyes 'two for price of one' over renewables

Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) Board will meet today to discuss the timeline for rolling-out utility-scale renewable generation across the Family Islands as it targets “two for the price of one”.

PM: $160m project to give 300 full-time jobs

The Prime Minister yesterday unveiled the revival of the long-awaited Cat Island Partners project with a "scaled down" $160.45m investment that aims to create 150 Bahamian construction jobs and up to 300 permanent posts.

Boat cruise to raise funds for Ragged Island community centre

THE Ragged Island Heritage and Cultural Association is having a boat cruise tomorrow to raise funds for a construction of a community centre.

Restoration of St Mary the Virgin, Cat Island

The Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos Island will celebrate a banner moment in its history on Sunday, 12 August, 2012 when the newly restored, renovated and refurbished Church of St Mary the Virgin, Old Bight, in St. Saviour’s Parish, Cat Island, will be rededicated and consecrated.

Family Island businesses need incentives and concessions says Eleuthera Chamber president.Chamber chief says there is optImism over island's economic outlook.

BUSINESSES in the Family Islands need to be incentivised and allowed to access multiple concessions says Eleuthera Chamber of Commerce president Thomas Sands who told Tribune Business that there was a sense of optimism about the island’s economic outlook.

Long Island losing hope over banking solution

LONG Islanders were yesterday said to be losing hope over regaining a full-service bank any time soon with Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) set to pull-out in the coming weeks.Businessman Mario Cartwright, a director of the island’s Chamber of Commerce, to

Harbour Island pupils protest about school conditions

CHANTING “power to the people,” students of Harbour Island All Age School protested yesterday due to a lack of teachers and conditions at the school.

Cat Island has been abandoned

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FNM Deputy asks if we should rebuild after the hurricane

FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest said yesterday that stakeholders should consider whether it is wise to rebuild islands like Crooked Island following the devastation that Hurricane Joaquin has left in its wake.

Current residents in ‘dire straits’ over BPL outages

Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) yesterday blamed an underwater cable break for leaving residents of Current Island, off North Eleuthera, in “dire straits” due to prolonged power outages that have lasted more than a week.

Five days without electricity for Ragged Island residents

SOME Ragged Island residents incensed by a five-day electricity blackout last week have questioned whether the island’s newly commissioned solar plant is effectively servicing Bahamas Power and Light customers.

Seaplane operators in call for Out Island infrastructure

Seaplane operators are urging Family Island resorts to install ramps to facilitate their operations and increase airlift to remote destinations.

PM: $10m investment for sporting facilities in the Family Islands

Prime Minister Perry Christie announced that his administration “will begin the process to invest some $10 million in the construction” of multi-purpose sporting facilities in the Family Islands similar to those in New Providence and Grand Bahama, giving young athletes in those islands more opportunities to develop in competitive sports.

From island to island, flag's journey continues

PETTY Officer Gladstone Moss and Constable Gilbert Knowles are well used to having to evoke patriotic sentiments in Bahamians raising the national flag at state and military funerals.

North Long Island offers early Christmas joy

FATHER CHESTER Burton, Rector of Anglican Churches in Long Island, and the praying warriors who accompany him every fortnight in St Peter’s Parish, began their Christmas celebration early this year.

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