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Three hopefuls became candidates on nomination day

MARSH HARBOUR, Abaco – Nomination day for the North Abaco by-election saw three hopefuls become the official candidates to contest that seat.

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DAVIS: $1M bill to fix Abaco roads

MORE than $1 million will be needed to fix the many Abaco roads which are in a state of disrepair, Minister of Works Philip ‘Brave’ Davis said.

Abaco suffers power crisis

A weekend-long power outage sparked by a blown pump was yesterday said to have caused “havoc” for Abaco and its tourist economy.

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Dorian swayed Abaco vote

LOW voter turnout and the “poor” handling of Hurricane Dorian were chief among the reasons why the Free National Movement was rejected at the polls by Abaco residents, who are now calling for the Davis-led administration to live up to its promises where the previous administration had failed.

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Abaco youth baseball gets ‘home run’

TROY Feaste got exactly what he waited for since he established the Abaco Youth Baseball League in 2019, just before the pandemic. He got all hands on deck.

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Police search for Abaco man wanted for sex crime

ABACO police are searching for a man wanted for questioning in an unlawful sexual intercourse investigation.

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Pair held after 'brazen' armed robbery

TWO men are in custody in connection with what police described as a “brazen” armed robbery in Abaco.

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Two held after man shot dead in Abaco

Two men are in custody after a man was shot dead in Abaco in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Gov't 'working diligently' on Abaco port concerns

A Cabinet minister yesterday reiterated that the Government is reviewing tender documents that will be released to bidders interested in taking over Abaco's two ports via private-public partnership (PPP) arrangements.

EDITORIAL: Pride before a fall for Cornish

IT has been a remarkable few days for the man who would be king of Abaco.

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10 murders on Grand Bahama as crime falls by 10%

CRIME is down 10 percent in Grand Bahama, Police Commissioner Anthony Ferguson reported yesterday. Of the 95 murders police recorded in 2019, Commissioner Ferguson said 10 occurred in Grand Bahama; two each in Abaco and Bimini, and one in Eleuthera.

Abaco teachers stage sick-out

TEACHERS in Abaco staged a sick-out yesterday to protest the continuing teacher shortage on the island a month after the Ministry of Education promised to address the problem.

Treasure Cay’s fuel post eyes $3m record

While the new Delta Airlines service has brightened the immediate future for Abaco tourism, a Treasure Cay hotelier warned that the lack of domestic service into that location “has hurt us for three years”.

Pride and progress for Abaco?

It doesn’t take a village; it takes a country.

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Tighter restrictions on Abaco 'a painful blow'

AN Abaco administrator said impending tighter restrictions for the island will be a “painful blow” for those trying to “resurrect” their business activities after Hurricane Dorian.

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Pigeon Peas debris 'virtually' cleared

NEARLY two months after Hurricane Dorian ravaged the northwestern Bahamas, debris from the Pigeon Peas shantytown in Abaco has “virtually” been cleared and work on the Mudd has already started, according to Health Minister Dr Duane Sands.

Stopovers rise ‘a phenomenal’ 18% in Abaco

Stopover visitors to Abaco increased by “a phenomenal” 18 percent for the first eight months of 2018, with the island’s airport now the country’s second busiest due to Freeport’s decline.

Stopovers rise ‘a phenomenal’ 18% in Abaco

Stopover visitors to Abaco increased by “a phenomenal” 18 percent for the first eight months of 2018, with the island’s airport now the country’s second busiest due to Freeport’s decline.

Customs cracks down on Abaco aircraft 'abuses'

Bahamas Customs yesterday said it was cracking down on potential “abuses” by private aircraft in response to concerns that it has grounded Abaco’s only air freight provider post-Dorian.The agency, in a statement issued yesterday, did not say Abaco Fr

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Abaco MP voices concern after homicide

AN Abaco MP has appealed for young men to stop the violence after a homicide was recorded on the island on Wednesday.