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DEMOLITION DAY: Govt teams move in to tear down structures in Abaco shanty town

THE Ministry of Works spearheaded the demolition of 45 “incomplete and unoccupied structures” in The Farm shanty town in Abaco yesterday, a move that human rights activists quickly condemned.

More than 3,000 homes still need Dorian repairs

MORE than 3,000 homes across Grand Bahama and Abaco still need to have repairs completed post-Hurricane Dorian, according to Katherine Smith, executive director of the Disaster Reconstruction Authority.

Steven Gardiner: ‘Each time there are relays to run, my name, my image and my reputation gets dragged through the mud’

WORLD 400 metre champion Steven Gardiner refuted claims by Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ president Drumeco Archer that the reason why the Bahamas will not be entered in the fifth World Athletics Relays is because of the unavailability of himself and Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo.

Martin ‘Pork’ Burrows: ‘Umpires have to go through this training’

LAST year he had the opportunity to become a certified CBUAO college umpire and now Martin “Pork” Burrows is doing all he can to assist more Bahamians to join him.

EDITORIAL: A glimpse of a normal world - after a jab

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis dangled a carrot yesterday for those still reluctant to get their vaccinations. The world can start getting back to normal – if you’ve had your jab.

Candlelight vigil held for mass shooting victims

A CANDLELIGHT vigil was held in the Kemp Road area yesterday for six men who lost their lives in a violent execution in the area last Thursday.

Hotel union uneasy about U.S. upgrade to travel warning

THE hotel union “is on edge” over the US State Department’s decision to upgrade its travel advisory to level four, warning Americans not to enter The Bahamas.

‘Game changer’ offsets new US travel warning

Tourism chiefs yesterday hailed the government’s plans to ease COVID testing for fully vaccinated visitors as a “game changer” that will “offset” the latest US warning against travel to The Bahamas.

PRIZE FOR TAKING THE JAB: Restrictions off for fully vaccinated

FULLY vaccinated people can travel to The Bahamas without a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test come May 1, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced yesterday.

More than 21,000 people have received vaccinations

MORE than 21,000 people have been inoculated against the COVID-19 virus to date, as the government awaits the second shipment of COVAX-generated vaccines scheduled to arrive in May.

Haitian migrants arrested after turning school bus into home

THREE Haitian male migrants found in a school bus turned into a home on Abaco were arrested and pleaded guilty to illegal landing before the Magistrate’s Court.

Officers’ ordeal in Dorian recovery

A CRIME scene investigator testified in the Coroner’s Court yesterday how he and a team of officers retrieved numerous bodies of victims who were trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings after Hurricane Dorian in 2019.

Government and legal plunder

Over the past forty odd years governments all over the world, inclusive of The Bahamas, have evolved into organisations which seemingly tax the poor while enriching those who are already considered to be amongst the elitist classes. The marginalised and the poor, as spoken of in the Bible, are ever with us.

Tourism chief’s warning: ‘Don’t throw it all away’

Tourism industry chiefs yesterday warned The Bahamas “must reverse the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in the shortest possible time” after the country was downgraded by US health authorities.

Lockdowns ‘not an option’ to halt COVID-19 surge

The Marina Association of The Bahamas (MAB) president yesterday said reimposing lockdowns to control the latest spike in COVID-19 cases is “not an option” for the tourism industry and wider economy.

Five schools found to have COVID cases

BAHAMAS Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson yesterday expressed concern with the number of suspected COVID-19 cases being recorded in public schools across New Providence, claiming that most of the cases are students, some “as young as five-years-old”.

‘DON’T GO THERE’: U.S. puts Bahamas back on top level alert as cases rise

THE US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has told Americans to avoid travel to The Bahamas, citing a very high level of COVID-19 in the country.

Woman denies guilt over falsified COVID test results

A 35-year-old woman was charged yesterday with 40 counts of possession of a forged document in connection to the recent trend of people attempting to travel using falsified COVID-19 test results.

‘Bahamas is now in a third wave’

WITH total COVID-19 cases nearing the 10,000 mark, the country’s top infectious disease expert believes The Bahamas is now facing its third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

Abaco shanty town

HaItians were brought into Abaco in the early 90s to work the 3,000-acre Bahamas Star Citrus Farm. They were more or less treated as slave labour and treated cruelly and paid a pittance. They worked behind barb wire topped fencing with gates padlocked from 5pm to 9am. Without the Haitians there would have been no citrus farm.

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