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Warm water means late storms may continue
A CANADIAN meteorologist said that due to ocean waters getting increasingly warmer, the chances of seeing a storm this late in the season is a trend likely to continue.
Pintard: Get on with completing home repairs
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard is calling for the government to move with urgency to complete home repairs that were approved since Hurricane Dorian under the Minnis administration.
EDITORIAL: Safe and sound after the storm
IT’S pleasant to be able to report good news.
Insurers: Bahamas ‘dodges bullet’ on Hurricane Nicole
Bahamian insurers yesterday asserted that the nation has “dodged a bullet” with Hurricane Nicole amid expectations that it will produce “minimal” losses and damage.
Businesses thankful for minimal impact
ABACO business owners are thankful their livelihoods were spared significant damage from Hurricane Nicole, which passed over the island as a tropical storm on Wednesday before strengthening over Grand Bahama.
DIANE PHILLIPS: View from the sidewalk
IT’S amazing what trying to look at something through someone else’s eyes can reveal.
'Shanty towns will not go unchecked forever’
PUBLIC Works Minister Alfred Sears warned that illegal shanty towns will not be allowed to go unchecked indefinitely, while revealing that officials are reviewing an existing injunction with a view to making appropriate applications to the Supreme Court to crack down on the unregulated communities.
No serious infrastructure damage suffered in Abaco
ACTING Prime Minister Chester Cooper says Abaco fared well with no significant infrastructure damage or serious injuries in the aftermath of Nicole. The day after the storm followed the same path as Hurricane Dorian three years ago, Mr Cooper, along with government officials and the official opposition assessed the island.
Grand Bahama ‘fared well’ through hurricane
GRAND Bahama fared well overall during the passage of Hurricane Nicole, Minister for Grand Bahama Ginger Moxey said yesterday.
Poultry producer targets SBDC grant for hatchery’s first $47,000
AN ABACO poultry farm yesterday said it is hoping to raise almost one-third of the $150,000 in needs to construct a hatchery via a Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) grant.
ISLANDS SPARED MAJOR DAMAGE: Grand Bahama and Abaco ‘fared well’ in Hurricane Nicole
GRAND Bahama and Abaco avoided significant damage during the passage of Hurricane Nicole - with Acting Prime Minister Chester Cooper saying yesterday: “It looks like we have been spared the worst of it.”
Bank’s nine-month $58m beats full-year profit goal
Commonwealth Bank is targeting its growing deposit base for new borrowers after hitting its 2022 full-year profit goal in just nine months through a $58.22m bottom line.
Dorian tax breaks extension ‘no brainer’ following Nicole
Extending the Hurricane Dorian tax breaks in their existing form was yesterday branded “a no brainer” by Abaco residents, who argued that to do otherwise would be “pretty heartless” after the latest storm to strike the island.
Nicole: Tourism suffers no ‘overwhelming shrinkage’
The Bahamian tourism industry has not suffered a “material” reduction in bookings and guests despite now-Hurricane Nicole striking Grand Bahama and Abaco, a senior hotelier said yesterday.
Thompson: Extend Recovery Zone Order
EAST Grand Bahama MP Kwasi Thompson called for the government to extend the Special Economic Recovery Zone order for Grand Bahama and Abaco in the wake of Hurricane Nicole.
Rain, wind and floods in Grand Bahama
HURRICANE Nicole brought heavy wind, rain and flooding to Grand Bahama yesterday.
‘Hurricane will dent Abaco, but not stop recovery’
THE president of Abaco’s Chamber of Commerce said the damage from Nicole will put a dent but not be a setback to the island’s hurricane recovery.
‘So far so good’ for Abaco
ABACO residents dealt with immense flooding from the late season storm Nicole yesterday, with some experiencing anxiety and others thankful this experience was not as traumatic as Hurricane Dorian.
PM’s ‘heartbreak’ at seeing flooding
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said he was heartbroken to see flooding that was sparked by Hurricane Nicole. Mr Davis, who is in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt representing the country’s interests on climate change at COP27, told people in Grand Bahama and Abaco to “take heart” and remember “the Lord is not going to put on us more than we can bear”.
Roads closed and rough seas - but New Providence spared
HEAVY flooding caused by Hurricane Nicole’s outer bands resulted in several roads in New Providence being closed yesterday.