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'Chicken and egg' on project labour

South Abaco’s MP yesterday said concerns over whether there is sufficient housing for a $300m development’s 600-strong workforce represents “a chicken and egg” situation. James Albury, speaking to Tribune Business following the Heads of Agreement si

NEMA evacuates 3,500

MORE than 3,000 people have been evacuated to New Providence in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.

UPDATED: Police shoot dead machete attacker

A MAN who attempted to “chop” police with a machete was shot and killed by officers in Abaco on Wednesday night, officials said yesterday.

Customs officers in quarantine

SEVERAL customs officers in Abaco have been placed under quarantine after a worker was reportedly exposed to a COVID-19 positive patient on the island, prompting officials there to close the Customs Department at the Leonard M Thompson International

'Red flags’ raised on recovery work

THE Disaster Reconstruction Authority is in the process of investigating several contracts that were issued to manage debris management sites in Abaco and Grand Bahama after “red flags” were detected from comparisons between the large sums of money paid out and the work that was actually done.

Now the work turns to identifying the bodies

OFFICIALS in Abaco turned their attention yesterday to identifying bodies recovered from the weekend shipwreck that killed more than two dozen Haitian migrants even as one body escaped the grasp of Royal Bahamas Defence Force officers and was consumed by sharks instead.

Bahamas to field 'young' men's national softball team

WITH a younger team made up of players from New Providence, Grand Bahama and Abaco, manager Godfrey’ Gully’ Burnside is confident that the Bahamas will perform very well at the Central American and Caribbean Games qualifying tournament in Cali, Colombia.

Bahamian ‘attacked staff from immigration with knife’

A BAHAMIAN man has been charged for attempting to assault immigration officers with a knife in Abaco, according to the Department of Immigration.

Abaco suffering an electricity crisis causing revenue loss as some tourists cut stay short

ABACO residents say they are suffering from an electricity crisis.

Abaco Chamber chief’s ‘burning’ landfill worries

The Abaco Chamber of Commerce president yesterday voiced concern over potential environmental damage from a landfill said to be “burning out of control”.

BPL repair costs after hurricane may be $50m

IT could cost Bahamas Power and Light at least $50m to repair the damage to its infrastructure caused by Hurricane Dorian, according to a well-placed source. And even this figure could be on the low end of the spectrum, the source told this newspaper

Gateway Academy to face Agape Christian in title game tonight

THE finale in the Family Island Division of the Bahamas National High School Basketball Championships will feature another matchup between league champions out of Bimini and Abaco.

Baker’s Bay could offer up to 1,500 jobs as it rebuilds

BAKER’S Bay Golf and Ocean Club will need between 1,000 and 1,500 construction workers to rebuild the resort, according to Director of Labour John Pinder.

NO DOCUMENTS? DON’T HIRE THEM: Bannister challenges employers over using no-work visa ‘migrants’

WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister said yesterday Bahamians should reflect on hiring undocumented immigrants this independence season as he discussed the threat of a shanty town on Abaco.

Albury 'rode it out just like everyone else'

CENTRAL and South Abaco MP James Albury said he rode out Hurricane Dorian in a house on Abaco. “I was in a house riding it out just like everyone else, the same exact position,” he said in the House of Assembly yesterday, responding to heckling from

Fisheries loss far more than PM's $11m

Senior fisheries executives yesterday argued that the prime minister’s $11m Dorian damages figure had “significantly” under-estimated the storm’s impact on the sector.Keith Carroll, the Bahamas Commercial Fishers Alliance’s (BCFA) vice-chairman, who

Work continues despite cease and desist order - so Abaco residents seek to revoke permission

ABACO residents have successfully submitted an application to have the permit for the construction of a new dock revoked.

Out Island airlift strategy demand

The Bahamas has failed to convert its US proximity into affordable airfare, a tourism executive arguing that a national airlift policy is now needed to develop the Family Islands.

Bid to raise funds for Abaco’s firefighters

RESIDENTS of Bahama Palm Shores, Abaco have organised and launched an initiative to raise needed funds to support their local volunteer firehouse ahead of what experts expect to be a busy fire season.

Poultry farm targets next month for $45k hatchery

An Abaco poultry farm yesterday said its $45,000 hatchery will be completed by the end of September 2023.

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