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‘No proper search and rescue for Rashard’

THE family of 30-year-old Rashard Cooper who went missing last week in Abaco is not satisfied with the police investigation and claims that a proper search and rescue was never carried out by authorities that fateful day.

Giants, High Flyers are national champions

BOTH the Division I and Division II titles will remain in the capital as the New Providence Basketball Association champions emerged as winners of the 2019 Bunny Levarity Bahamas Basketball Federation Nationals.

Bahamas Ferries ‘road map’ survives planning go-ahead

All parties to the Bahamas Ferries controversy in Abaco are sticking to the agreed resolution “road map” after it was almost derailed by an unexpected planning approval.

Hotel chief ‘comfortable’ targets hit despite crime alert warnings

The Bahamas Out Island Promotion Board’s president says he “feels comfortable” that his hotel will grow and meet its 2024 financial targets despite the crime alert fall-out impacting the industry.

Barracudas win invitational meet

THE Barracuda Swim Club won their Atlantic Medical Barracuda Invitational meet over the weekend at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.

Abaco venture ready to sow seeds for future

INVESTORS behind an Abaco-based soybean, corn and dairy cattle farming venture said that they were “on track” to break ground in early September, telling Tribune Business yesterday that the venture would create 20 to 25 jobs.

Family Islanders make appeal for better baseball facilities

FAMILY Islanders are making a special appeal to the government for better baseball facilities on their respective islands.

PM to name date 'soon' for vote

WITH former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham’s resignation taking effect last Friday, current Prime Minister Perry Christie said he will “soon” be in a position to announce a date for the North Abaco by-election.

Royal Navy delivers aid to Great Abaco

A ROYAL Navy vessel has delivered its first batch of aid to residents of Great Abaco. Other aid has poured in as well, with the United Nations announcing yesterday an initial allocation of $1m for storm relief. The RFA Mounts Bay, a Landing Ship Do

Action promised to tackle issues after nurses’ sick-out in Abaco

HEALTH officials say they are working to rectify all issues with nurses at the Marsh Harbour Clinic in Abaco after they engaged in a “sick-out” earlier this week because of “poor” working conditions and safety concerns.

UPDATED: Two dead after separate traffic accidents

POLICE are urging members of the public to drive with “extreme caution and care” over Christmas after two separate accidents claimed the lives of two men, one in Abaco, the other in Grand Bahama over the weekend. Speed was said to play a factor in both traffic fatalities.

Picking up the pieces after storm

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net AFTER losing everything she owned to Hurricane Dorian last year, Abaco resident Stacey-Anderson Pierre is thankful that her life is returning to some level of normalcy. She and her

Bahamian islands ready for effects of Hurricane Florence

OFFICIALS in North Eleuthera, Cat Island and Abaco are on high alert over Hurricane Florence.

Dorian's $80m hit to farms, fisheries 'quite staggering'

Hurricane Dorian has inflicted “quite staggering” $80m-plus damages on the Bahamian agricultural and fisheries industries, a Cabinet minister revealed yesterday.Michael Pintard, minister of agriculture and fisheries, said the government was now deter

IDB will determine Dorian's full effect

The full cost of Hurricane Dorian could be determined within the month after the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) conducts its assessment, the deputy prime minister said yesterday. K Peter Turnquest confirmed that the multilateral lender will c

Cable 'steps up' its targeting of enterprise niche

Cable Bahamas yesterday revealed it plans to “step up” its targeting of large-scale corporate and government clients with custom-made communications technology solutions.Franklyn Butler, the BISX-listed communications provider’s chief executive, told

Chamber chief: Baker's Bay lay-offs 'temporary'

REDUNDANCIES made at Baker’s Bay Golf and Ocean Club are only temporary, insisted Abaco Chamber of Commerce president Ken Hutton, pictured, yesterday.Speaking to Tribune Business, Mr Hutton said there were no lay-offs at the club, only temporary redu

PM putting Family Islands at centre of govt strategy

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis discussed numerous Family Island tourism projects during his national address last night, hoping the developments will further dent the unemployment rate on those islands. The recent labour force survey showed the unemployment rate declined in Grand Bahama and Abaco.

Sixteen dead after Haitian boat capsizes

SIXTEEN people are dead and 15 have been rescued after a Haitian refugee boat capsized off Abaco early on Saturday morning.

Bahamas waste eyes 20% rise in recycled supplies

By NEIL HARTNELL

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