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Man arrested after suspected marijuana found

A 38-year-old Abaco man was arrested on Thursday following the discovery of a large quantity of suspected drugs on that island.

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Four-year-old girl found dead on beach

A four-year-old girl was found dead on the beach in Abaco on Saturday.

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Man dies after crash in Abaco

Police in Abaco are investigating a traffic accident which has left a 31-year-old man dead.

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Abaco police investigate after man shot in the leg

ABACO police are investigating a incident during which a man was shot in the leg.

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Police probe home raid

ABACO police are investigating a home invasion and armed robbery incident that occurred Wednesday evening in the Murphy Town area.

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Man wanted for questioning

Police have issued an all-points bulletin for an Abaco man who is wanted for questioning in connection with shopbreaking. Mandel Cox, 26, of Cooper’s Town, is wanted by police. He is 5ft 10in, with a low hair cut, slim build and dark complexion. He is considered armed and dangerous.

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21 immigrants arrested in Abaco

TWENTY-ONE Haitian nationals have been arrested in Abaco.

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Abaco energy woe 'worst that I can ever remember'

A prominent Abaco official says yesterday was the first day in two weeks to largely pass without a power outage as he revealed that the island's energy woes are "the worst that I can ever remember" apart from Dorian's immediate aftermath.

$3.5m resort opening is 'dream come true'

An all-Bahamian team has seen its “dream come true” via the Boxing Day opening of Abaco’s $3.25 million Sandpiper Inn, which is now targeting 50-60 per cent average occupancy rates for spring/summer 2015.

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‘Create task force for Abaco shanty towns’

NORTH Abaco MP Kirk Cornish wants government to create a special task force to deal with unregulated shanty towns on Abaco due to an increasing number of illegal communities springing up on the island.

Abaco set for first phase of vaccination programme

THE government’s COVID-19 vaccination programme will officially begin on Abaco tomorrow.

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Family and friends remember Zion, 16

FAMILY and friends gathered at the Fox Town Park in Abaco on Saturday for a memorial service for 16-year-old Zion Clarke, who was tragically killed in a traffic accident on that island about two weeks ago. Edith Clarke, the boy’s mother, said the se

Baker's Bay hit as 25 more cases confirmed

THE Ministry of Health confirmed 25 additional COVID-19 cases yesterday, including the first four cases for the Berry Islands, bringing the nation’s total to 219. The are seven new cases in New Providence, 12 new cases in Grand Bahama and two new ca

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‘Exclude Abaco shanty towns from injunction’

THE government is seeking to have Abaco’s five shanty towns removed as beneficiaries of a standing injunction prohibiting it from eradicating unregulated communities throughout The Bahamas.

Abaco Club offered to owners for $28m

PROPERTY owners at the Abaco Club on Winding Bay do not believe the development is worth “anywhere close” to the $28 million price tag its current owner, Marriott Vacations Worldwide, is asking for.

Four men wanted by police

POLICE have said they are looking for four men – three from Abaco and one from Grand Bahama – who they believe can help with investigations into murder and shopbreaking.

Man’s body found in Abaco

THE body of a man was discovered in waters near the Union Jack Dock in Abaco early Monday morning, police reported.

Firefighters contain wildfires on Abaco

A GROUP of volunteer firefighters have successfully combated two separate wildfires in the last five days on the island of Abaco.

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Heart attack suspected

FREE National movement chairman Charles Maynard died suddenly in Abaco early this morning. Mr. Maynard was 42-years-old.

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Bodies discovered in Abaco and at Potter’s Cay Dock

THE dead bodies of two people were found yesterday, one of a man found floating near Potter’s Cay Dock and another of a woman in Abaco.