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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10 September 2019
Governor General CA Smith assured Bahamians affected by Hurricane Dorian’s catastrophic landfall that there will be life and hope again as rebuilding becomes priority. Mr. Smith’s assurance came during a televised national address yesterday where he also extended his condolences to the many families who lost their loved ones during the storm. “Fellow Bahamians, our […]
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10 September 2019
Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said The Bahamas is in the midst of a “public health crisis”. Dr. Sands made this comment on Sunday during Love 97’s Jones and Company radio talk show. The comment also came following Hurricane Dorian’s catastrophic and historic landfall on the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama. From a […]
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09 September 2019
The Rand Memorial Hospital generation power is off and will now have to refer hospital services to other clinics in Grand Bahama, Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said. During a press conference on Friday at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sands said Abaco and Grand Bahama are facing significant infrastructure and physical damages. He described the level of damage […]
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09 September 2019
The Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) advised that no islands in The Bahamas are under quarantine and there are no outbreaks of cholera following Hurricane Dorian. “Floods can potentially increase the transmission of water-borne and communicable diseases. Nevertheless, there have not been any detected cholera cases at the moment, nor any increased number of infectiousdiseases due to the hurricane,” a joint […]
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09 September 2019
The Rand Memorial Hospital generation power is off and will now have to refer hospital services to other clinics in Grand Bahama, Minister of Health Dr. Duane Sands said. During a press conference on Friday at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sands said Abaco and Grand Bahama are facing significant infrastructure and physical damages. He described the level of damage […]
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09 September 2019
Some Grand Bahama residents may have to cope without power for a few more weeks, considering the amount of salt water Hurricane Dorian swept into their homes, according to former Bahamian Contractor’s Association President Leonard Sands. He explained that salt water is a natural conductor of electricity, which can create electrical hazards if power was automatically restored. […]
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09 September 2019
Abandoned, in panic and in survival mode, that was the atmosphere at Treasure Cay International Airport on Friday morning as hundreds of residents waited on the tar mat to get off the island. Residents explained that they slept outside on the ground as the airport was completely destroyed. The Dundas Town residents told The Bahama Journal on the ground […]
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