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Arrivals down 14% - but it could be worse
VISITOR arrivals were down 14 percent in September highlighting Hurricane Dorian’s immediate affect on The Bahamas’ tourism industry. According to Tourism Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday this was “significant”, but officials thought it would h
Miller dismisses FNM mid-year budget as 'woefully deficient'
THE Minnis administration’s mid-year budget is “woefully deficient”, charged Golden Isles MP Vaughn Miller, insisting government did not do enough to show it was prepared for the impending 2020 hurricane season.Speaking in the House of Assembly yeste
WHEN CAN WE COME HOME? Families stranded by travel ban feel abandoned in US
HURRICANE Dorian survivors stuck in the US amid the COVID-19 pandemic say they feel abandoned by the government after receiving no response from embassy or government officials on when they will be allowed to return home.
Natural disasters creating more 'climate refugees'
NATURAL disasters like Hurricane Dorian have created more “climate refugees” globally leading the Commonwealth to consider what can be done to enable citizens to stay in their home countries when tragedy strikes.According to Commonwealth Secretary Ge
MP ‘has document to prove he is no longer U.S. citizen’
A Progressive Liberal Party Member of Parliament has defended himself against allegations that he has not renounced his American citizenship as required by law when one runs for public office.
Receiver removed at Abaco project
The legal battle over a well-known Abaco resort/marina development has experienced a new twist, after the Supreme Court issued an order removing its receiver.
Abaco lodge 'was standing site of loyalists'
SUPPORT against development in Abaco has swelled as residents claim the dredged site was the first landing of Loyalists to the island.
US family charged for fishing offences
AN American family of four has been charged in Freeport Magistrate’s Court for breach of the Fisheries Act and illegal landing at Grand Cay, Abaco.
On Da Hook
WITH AN extensive network of reefs and uprisings, the Bahamas offers an extraordinary number and variety of reef and bottom fish.
Man airlifted following alleged suicide attempt
ABACO police are investigating an alleged attempted suicide by a 21-year-old man who was found with a rope around his neck at a residence.
Man charged with indecent assault, possession of child pornography
A MAN from Abaco was granted bail after he was accused of touching a 9-year-old girl’s private parts and having nude images of a 17-year-old girl on his phone in Green Turtle Cay last week.
Two shot at Grand Bahama nightclub
TWO men were shot at a Grand Bahama nightspot on Friday, police said.
3.45pm UPDATE: Hurricane warnings lifted, Lynden Pindling Airport reopened
Hurricane warnings have been lifted for the islands of the Bahamas.
Pair arrested after police raid
ABACO police discovered a “substantial” quantity of dangerous drugs, illegal firearms, and ammunition at a house that resulted in the arrest of two men on Monday evening.
Schools stay closed
PUBLIC schools in the central and northwestern Bahamas will be closed until further notice. Education Minister Jeff Lloyd said these will include: New Providence, Andros, Eleuthera, Abaco and the surrounding cays, Grand Bahama and the surrounding te
Ambulances donated to hospital
THE National Emergency Medical Services’ ambulance fleet was boosted after the DemersBraun-Crestline group – an ambulance manufacturer based in Quebec, Canada — recently donated two ambulances to the Public Hospitals Authority. The donation brings t
Man convicted of rape
A 28-YEAR-OLD Abaco man was convicted of rape and other serious offences yesterday at the Grand Bahama Supreme Court.
TEENAGER CLEARED IN MURDER TRIAL
TEENAGER CLEARED IN MURDER TRIAL By LAMECH JOHNSON ljohnson@tribunemedia.net THE murder trial of an Abaco teenager came to an end yesterday afternoon when the jury declared him not guilty. Raheem McBride, 19, of Murphy Town was acquitted of the murder o
Unions and Elizabeth Thompson
EDITOR, The Tribune. Can someone please refresh our memory as to the settlement by the Registrar General’s Office and the same staffer who is causing a problem at the BTC?
Love is in the air for new seaplane service
FORT Lauderdale-based Tropic Ocean Airways today confirmed its inaugural two-day-a-week scheduled seaplane service to Hope Town, Great Abaco, will begin on Valentine’s Day.