11 September 2019
A clean-up crew from the petroleum and wind energy company Equinor arrived in Grand Bahama on Tuesday to manage the oil spill at their storage facility in Grand Bahama. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesperson Carl Smith said at the agency’s daily press conference yesterday that the Ministry of Environmental Health went to the facility […]
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11 September 2019
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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11 September 2019
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Leader Philip Davis expressed dissatisfaction in the way the government has handled the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian and called on the government to recall parliament before the October 2 return date. During a special press briefing at the Lynden Pindling Center, the party’s headquarters yesterday, the PLP leader said, “The opposition […]
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11 September 2019
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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10 September 2019
Twenty-seven-year- old Hugh Tyler Bowe was arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court on Monday for the murder of Jarvis Butler. It’s alleged that on August 30, the Higher Drive resident intentionally caused unlawful harm. He was not required to enter a plea. Bowe will be served with a Voluntary Bill of Indictment on November 11, but […]
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10 September 2019
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis admitted last Friday that Nassau can only accommodate a certain amount of people and as a result, the entire island of Abaco cannot be evacuated to the capital. His comments came during his first time on the island since Hurricane Dorian touched down. It was during this time that the […]
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10 September 2019
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) officials said no new arrangement has been made between The Bahamas and the governments of the United States and Canada to facilitate Bahamians without the proper documentation. According to Mr. Smith, evacuees traveling to those countries must have all the necessary immigration documents. “While most inquiries have come in respect […]
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10 September 2019
Temporary housing facilities are expected to be constructed on the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama for those residents who wish to return home. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesperson Carl Smith said on Monday that the plan is not to move everyone out of the affected islands as evacuations aren’t mandatory. Co-chair of the […]
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10 September 2019
Residents in Grand Bahama were in utter shock as they, this past Friday, recalled the alarming turn of events surrounding Hurricane Dorian. The Bahama Journal, while visiting Grand Bahama, found mounds of discarded furniture and personal belongings piled up in a number of front yards, water marks of at least five feet outside of buildings […]
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10 September 2019
The Bahamas Baptist Missionary and Educational Convention announced on Wednesday that it would assist with the repair of 38 churches damaged during Hurricane Dorian. Reverend Lloyd C. Smith said all Baptist pastors in the affected islands are accounted for and the convention will send a team to visit the islands to do an assessment. […]
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