The Bahama Journal – Jones Communications Network

The Cayman Islands yesterday donated medical supplies to The Bahamas to assist with the recovery efforts. Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said having endured hurricanes as well, Cayman understands and knows the need for medication following a disaster like Dorian. “His country has experienced a number of hurricanes and he understands and knows what the […]

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Although the official Hurricane Dorian death toll is 50 and former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said the death toll is in the hundreds, Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said some of the bodies may never be recovered. Sands told The Bahama Journal that the first 25 autopsies were performed in Abaco by the Princess […]

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Director of the Pacific Disaster Center Dr. Erin Huey this past Friday insisted there was nothing more the Minnis administration could have done in preparing for a storm of Hurricane Dorian’s size and intensity. This was said considering the government taking a great deal of flack after the storm ripped through Abaco and Grand Bahama. […]

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Hurricane Dorian was a Category 5 hurricane, but United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he believes it was a “hurricane category hell”. “But it was not powered by the devil.  It was powered by climate change,” Gutteres said on Saturday, during his tour and assessment of the destruction left by Hurricane Dorian in Abaco, […]

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Former Prime Ministers Perry Christie and Hubert Ingraham said the passage of Hurricane Dorian has taught the government a lesson. The lesson they said is the question of shelter and what buildings are appropriate for shelters. Mr. Ingraham noted that the Church of God in Cooper’s Town is a building capable of holding persons in […]

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Counseling sessions have begun for those impacted by Hurricane Dorian, according to Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands.  “We have had teams go into Abaco and Grand Bahama. We have had limited counseling in New Providence, but we are amping up the efforts even more,” Dr. Sands said yesterday. “I spoke with Bishop Simeon Hall […]

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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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Former Prime Ministers Hubert Ingraham and Perry Christie are standing in solidarity, stressing that the task of restoring Abaco after the devastation left behind by Hurricane Dorian is too great for one man or one government. In fact, former Prime Minister Christie said he told Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis that he would be overwhelmed […]

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The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) will payout nearly $11 million to The Bahamas in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian’s widespread destruction and devastation in Abaco and Grand Bahama. According to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest, that figure does not include rainfall insurance. As CCRIF explained on its website, the […]

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Five hundred million dollars is what local insurance companies expect to churn out in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian and that’s a conservative figure, according to Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA). That figure, according to Timothy Ingraham, of Summit Insurance, is just going off of what was paid out after Hurricane Matthew in 2016. During a […]

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