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Freedom Farm free for displaced players

IF you’re a baseball player from Abaco or Grand Bahama and you’ve had to move to New Providence because of the passing of Hurricane Dorian, Freedom Farm is extending an arm to receive you in their fold.While registration for the 31st season got start

First dome homes open in few weeks

FORTY of the government’s 250 dome structures in Abaco will be made available to displaced families “before” or by early January, according to Chairman of Disaster and Reconstruction Committee John-Michael Clarke.

Resorts report high Easter occupancies

OUT Island resort properties are reporting high occupancies for the Easter holiday weekend, Sandals Emerald Bay Resort telling Tribune Business it would be full due in large part to the island’s annual regatta coinciding with its reunion week.

New Entry taking second shot at GBOB title

THE NEW Entry Band is taking a second shot at being crowned Best Band in the Bahamas. The group along with five other bands will come together on one night, at one venue, for a showdown of original live music during the Global Battle of the Bands Bahamas competition.

Abaco Port workforce to be 70-80% Bahamian

CHINA Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) executives estimate it has spent $1.6 million to-date on the North Abaco port facility’s construction, with Bahamians expected to make up 70-80 per cent of its workforce during peak activity.

Hunt continues for Haitian man who escaped detention centre

IMMIGRATION officials are still on the hunt for a Haitian man who escaped from the Carmichael Road Detention Centre late on New Year’s Day, Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell said yesterday.

Just three constituencies backed any of the proposed amendments

ONLY three constituencies across the country voted by consensus to approve any of the four gender equality bills proposed in Tuesday’s Constitutional Referendum, according to unofficial results released by the Bahamas Parliamentary Registration Department yesterday.

Tennis champions crowned on Winding Bay

IT was another exciting Sheri Roberts Open at the Abaco Club on Winding Bay. From the competitive tennis matches, the following winners emerged:

Bell defends govt after complaints of ‘mistreated’ migrants

IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell yesterday defended government’s efforts in handling irregular migrants in response to claims that migrants have been “mistreated” by law enforcement during the government’s recent shanty town crackdown.

Olympian Shavez Hart shot dead in Abaco

THE Bahamian track and field community is mourning the death of Olympic sprinter Shavez Hart who was shot dead early on Saturday in Abaco.

Demand leaves chicken farmer short on supplies

An Abaco poultry farm yesterday said it is “selling out” of chickens as demand has the farm “running out of supplies every month”.

Potential Tropical Cyclone One – Friday early evening update

From The Bahamas Department of Meteorology:

Abaco vote to be on October 15

NATIONAL Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage yesterday said that the highly anticipated North Abaco by-election will be held on October 15, two days before the House reconvenes.

By-election expected to be in September

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, yesterday predicted that the Christie administration could call the forthcoming North Abaco by-election as early as September 2.

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.

Traffic death of Abaco teen leaves family inconsolable

THE tragic death of an Abaco teen has left relatives inconsolable in the days following the country’s first recorded traffic fatality of the year.

‘Shanty towns have to go’

WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister said the government is working to fully “eradicate” shanty towns, focusing on clean up and removal as opposed to regulating these areas.

‘No justification for illegal invasion of homes’

HUMAN Rights Bahamas has condemned what it called an “illegal” and “regressive” invasion of homes at a shanty town in Abaco yesterday.

Disney helps feed thousands across Bahamas

DISNEY Cruise Line joined local community leaders to help spread magic this holiday season by funding thousands of meals to families in South and Central Eleuthera, New Providence and Abaco.

Schooner Bay security staff reportedly suffer infections

THERE are reportedly four confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus in the security department of the high-end gated community of Schooner Bay in Abaco, including the head of security, and another case on a construction site, according to residents.

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