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Sick child rescued from Mudd

A SICK infant was rescued from a damaged home in The Mudd in Abaco by rescue workers and is now receiving medical care in Nassau. Gwen Denton DeLeon, an American doctor volunteering in Abaco, posted on Facebook about the emotional moment a search te

Please help us: Evacuees fear for future

EVACUEES have said they have been left feeling uncertain over their future as they try to adjust to life in refuge shelters.

Six-month building ban in The Mudd and Pigeon Peas

THE Ministry of Housing and Environment has issued an order prohibiting the construction of residential or commercial buildings in the Mudd, Pigeon Pea, Sand Bank and Farm Road communities of Abaco.

Mother left unable to get dialysis dies after storm

A MOTHER-of-two died in Rand Memorial Hospital after she was unable to get dialysis during Hurricane Dorian, according to a relative. The woman’s aunt, Rosie Wells-Fawkes, said Annora Kemp, 38, had type one diabetes from the age of six and had been on dialysis for over a year.

Carnival feeds thousands in GB

THE National Emergency Management Agency, along with Carnival Cruise Line, took thousands of prepared lunches to the residents of Grand Bahama on Thursday afternoon during the lunchtime rush.The prepared meals were distributed on the grounds of the o

60 boxes of aid packed at national gallery

HURRICANE relief efforts are continuing among volunteers at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas - with 60 boxes of aid packed yesterday. With people largely evacuated from the affected islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama now, the relief operation h

Cleanup resumes in Bahamas as Humberto swirls away

MCLEAN'S TOWN, Bahamas (AP) — Jeffrey Roberts lifted a mustard-yellow curtain from the ground to hunt for passports and other documents at the place where his family's home stood before Hurricane Dorian blasted into Grand Bahama Island.

Tropical storm warning discontinued

The government has discontinued a tropical storm warning as Humberto moves away from the Bahamas. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Humberto is expected to become a hurricane by Sunday night or early Monday, but it won't threaten land by the time it intensifies to that strength.

Hurricane Dorian Updates: The latest on Tropical Storm Humberto

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Haitian community forms group to assist relief efforts

IN the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, prominent members of the Haitian community have formed the United Haitian Community Front to assist with relief efforts in the wake of the catastrophic storm.

Storm victims 'refusing to comply with law and order'

NEMA spokesperson Carl Smith yesterday suggested storm victims were exacerbating challenges in the distribution of relief because they refused “to comply with law and order”.

More 'scary' storms likely to come

A DISASTER expert on Friday forecast there will likely be more “scary” hurricanes like category five Dorian to come.

Registration of displaced students will continue until mid-October

THE registration of 10,000 displaced students from Abaco and Grand Bahama will continue until mid-October, National Emergency Management Agency spokesperson Carl Smith said Friday.

Frustration as displaced students try to register

PARENTS and guardians of evacuated children from Abaco and Grand Bahama have expressed their frustration with the school registration exercise held at the National Stadium yesterday. Their complaints included long wait times and a lack of transparen

Insurance payouts for Abacos could be $600m

COMPLETE restoration in Abaco will take a “massive” effort, former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has said, adding insurance payouts in the hurricane devastated islands could be between $500m-$600m.While Mr Ingraham told reporters he did not know how

Sweeting's Cay in ruins - but residents determined

THE once picturesque island of Sweeting’s Cay is in total ruins but the more than a dozen remaining residents – who survived the fury of Dorian for two days – said the worst is behind them and they are determined to stay and rebuild, despite unliveab

Bahamians trying to enter US turned away at airport

SCORES of Bahamian storm victims trying to enter the United States have reportedly been turned away at the Lynden Pindling International Airport. According to The Miami Herald, there is confusion over whether requirements for US travel have also bee

BPL repair costs after hurricane may be $50m

IT could cost Bahamas Power and Light at least $50m to repair the damage to its infrastructure caused by Hurricane Dorian, according to a well-placed source. And even this figure could be on the low end of the spectrum, the source told this newspaper

Aid groups: We're not being held back by red tape

REPRESENTATIVES of international organisations providing relief to the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian said yesterday red tape has not hindered their efforts. During a press conference, leaders of the United States Agency for International Developmen

Missing list falls to 1,300

POLICE Commissioner Anthony Ferguson yesterday suggested the total number of lives lost due to Hurricane Dorian may never be fully recorded as he defended the pace of the official count.

Minnis bites back: Former PMs ‘jockeying for position’

PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis expressed disappointment and surprise yesterday in his predecessors, Hubert Ingraham and Perry Christie, over their comments suggesting he has ignored their capacity to help the country recover from Hurricane Dorian.

Louis Bacon pledges $1m aid

LOUIS Bacon, founder of The Moore Bahamas Foundation, an affiliate of The Moore Charitable Foundation (MCF), pledged $1m for a combination of short-term and long-term hurricane relief and reconstruction following the devastation caused by Hurricane D

Non-profits play their part

NON-PROFIT organisations such as the World Central Kitchen, Samaritan’s Purse and the Bahamas Red Cross have all pitched in to bring relief to evacuees impacted by Hurricane Dorian. Nate Mook, executive director of World Central Kitchen which prepar

Warning as new tropical storm likely to form

PARTS of the country recently devastated by Hurricane Dorian are at risk for more bad weather, as a tropical storm warning was in effect last night for the northwest Bahamas. Yesterday, Chief Meteorological Officer Arnold King said the heavy showers

Murder suspect: Police told me they were going to crack my skull

A 21-year-old man accused of murdering a father of four claimed yesterday he was denied basic hygienic rights and suffered threats of harm while on remand.