The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Spokesperson Carl Smith yesterday announced that the missing persons registry is decreasing quickly.  “After beginning the process of cross referencing the different databases and we would have heard from the Bahamas Red Cross, the registered persons who have evacuated the islands are now at 1,300,” Mr. Smith said.  This […]

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The government of Japan donated on Tuesday 50 tents, 1,000 foldable tanks, 30 water storage tanks, 100 plastic sheets and 2,600 blankets to National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The relief items will be dispatched immediately to the victims of Hurricane Dorian.  Representing the Bahamas at the handover ceremony was Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General […]

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Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis was surprised and disappointed after hearing what he called the “misleading remarks” made by former Prime Ministers Perry Christie and Hubert Ingraham. In his response yesterday, Dr. Minnis said the country doesn’t “have time for divisiveness, partisan politics or jockeying for position”. During a press conference on Wednesday, the former […]

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National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Director Captain Stephen Russell said NEMA’s challenge at this time is logistics and finding permanent shelters for victims. “Right now we’re putting a strain on many of the infrastructure like churches and other properties. So, we have now repurposed those shelters, which can be used as community centers in the […]

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Firefighters yesterday responded to a blaze at Bahamas Power and Light’s (BPL) Blue Hills Station.  According to Chief Superintendent Walter Evans, officer in charge of Fire Services, officers received information about the fire shortly before 1 p.m. Eight minutes later, he said, they met thick, black smoke billowing from an Aggreko generator.  “Fire officers immediately […]

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More than 5,500 persons were evacuated to New Providence, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), which announced that another shelter opened in the capital to accommodate the growing number of evacuees. The Enoch Beckford Memorial Auditorium on Carmichael Road opened its door to 46 evacuees who were left displaced following the destruction of […]

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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) announced on Wednesday that 2,500 individuals are registered missing on the government’s register.   During the daily press conference at the agency’s headquarters, NEMA Spokesperson Carl Smith said the list is compiled based on reports of who is missing and had not been checked against the government’s records of […]

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Although there is a significant gap in coverage for insurance on the islands severely impacted by Hurricane Dorian, this will not prevent insurance companies paying out timely and fairly on claims. Bahamas Insurance Association revealed that agents are already on the island of Grand Bahama assessing the damages and teams are waiting to be mobilized […]

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Representatives from countries around the world are in New Providence for the two-day Meeting of the Group of Experts on Maritime Narcotrafficking, a meeting conducted by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD). For the past four decades CICAD has assisted member states in addressing drug use and abuse in the region. During the opening […]

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In Abaco alone, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said the death toll from Hurricane Dorian is in the hundreds, although the government announced that the death toll stands at 50. Mr. Ingraham revealed the high death toll yesterday during a press conference following his trip to Abaco to assess the damages left by the hurricane. […]

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