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EDITORIAL: Residents still left waiting for govt

WITH much of the focus on Abaco in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, people in the East End of Grand Bahama are concerned.

CIBC completes pull out from north Abaco

Businesses and residents in northern Abaco were yesterday "extremely disappointed" over CIBC FirstCaribbean’s decision to close three branches, with community leaders warning the move will have a "devastating effect on commerce”.

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PM: Land for first-class sporting facilities in Family Islands

GOVERNMENT has identified land in the Family Islands to build first-class sporting facilities, Prime Minister Perry Christie said yesterday.

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Aircraft loss delays Sky’s Andros plans

Sky Bahamas yesterday said the loss of the aircraft involved in last week’s Abaco accident would cause it to delay planned expansion to north and south Andros by one month.

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Shanty Town fire kills two, leaves hundreds homeless

POLICE in Abaco are investigating a fire that claimed the lives of a mother and her year-old son.

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Suspect in Abaco fire 'has history of mental problems'

A 23-year-old man, assisting police with their investigations into the fire that destroyed more than 70 shanty town homes in Abaco on Sunday, has a history of mental problems and was recently seen running naked in the area, residents claimed yesterday.

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FAMILIES STILL DEALING WITH DORIAN

NEARLY three years after the passing of Hurricane Dorian some victims are still trying to regain a sense of normalcy after surviving the monster storm.

Abaco Cay warns PM BPL woe ‘unbearable’

Residents of an Abaco cay have warned the Prime Minister that “unbearable” electricity woes have become “a significant deterrent” to tourism and are driving second homeowners to invest elsewhere.

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Abaco slams Water Corp’s Dorian back-billing cut-offs

Furious Abaco residents yesterday slammed the Water & Sewerage Corporation’s move to launch mass pre-Christmas disconnections over bills dating back four years to Hurricane Dorian as “very inhumane”.

Tax change threat to Out Islands' 'survival'

Family Island realtors are warning that Real Property Tax Act changes will be such “a breaking point” for many second homeowners that it threatens their economies’ very “basis of survival”.James Rees, a broker with Abaco Island Properties (Bahamas),

Looking back on the North Abaco vote

  North Abaco now has a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) member of Parliament in the person of Renardo Curry.

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INSIGHT: No problem, Mr Dames? Abaco residents disagree

For months, reports have leaked out of Abaco of increasing levels of crime which are leaving residents on the main island and surround cars desperate.

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Game plan to avoid COVID-19 'salvage'

The Bahamas must urgently develop a COVID-19 “game plan” covering all potential scenarios to prevent its economic recovery from becoming a “salvage” operation, a chamber chief urged yesterday. Ken Hutton, the Abaco Chamber of Commerce’s president, t

Sea Bees Swimming Invitational RESULTS

A LOOK at the top three finishers in Sea Bees Swimming Invitational Championships at Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Center Saturday: Girls 11-12 400 LC Meter Freestyle 1, McCarroll, Zoe N, DSC-BA, 5:45.12 NATL. 2, Kemp, Reagan M, DSC-BA, 6:42.19. Girls 13

Sea Bees Swimming Invitational RESULTS

A LOOK at the top three finishers in Sea Bees Swimming Invitational Championships at Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Center Saturday: Girls 11-12 400 LC Meter Freestyle 1, McCarroll, Zoe N, DSC-BA, 5:45.12 NATL. 2, Kemp, Reagan M, DSC-BA, 6:42.19. Girls 13

Sea Bees Swimming Invitational RESULTS

A LOOK at the top three finishers in Sea Bees Swimming Invitational Championships at Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Center Saturday: Girls 11-12 400 LC Meter Freestyle 1, McCarroll, Zoe N, DSC-BA, 5:45.12 NATL. 2, Kemp, Reagan M, DSC-BA, 6:42.19. Girls 13

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Mitchell speaks out against smugglers

IMMIGRATION Minister Fred Mitchell yesterday charged that the government was prepared to go to war against human smugglers and sympathisers in its bid to break a criminal enterprise that has facilitated a relentless “invasion” of illegal immigrants.

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Residents threaten action after spate of boat thefts

A RASH of boat thefts in Abaco in the past week are causing such concern to frustrated residents that they are threatening to take matters into their own hands to stop the culprits.

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Private land 'makes it difficult for govt to intervene' in shanty towns

PRESS Secretary Clint Watson says private owned land has made it difficult for the government to stop the growth of shanty towns in Abaco.

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FNM: 'We'll win it for Charlie'

STILL in shock over the sudden death of Charles Maynard, FNM leaders have dedicated their efforts to win the North Abaco seat to his memory.