More issues than COVID-19 Mounting concerns over food security and Hurricane Season 2020 NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Residents on Abaco said they feel neglected eight months after Hurricane Dorian, with food security among the greatest challenges on the island and the mounting threat of hurricane season less than a month away. In the months following the deadly […]
NASSAU, BAHAMAS – As the government anticipates another delay of the burials of unclaimed Dorian victims due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), some Abaco residents insist it’s six months too late. Earlier this month, officials indicated that a national service would be held to bury the remains of 50 Hurricane Dorian victims still […]
MARSH HARBOUR, ABACO – Officials are battling a large blaze in Abaco, Chief Superintendent Walter Evans has confirmed. Evans, officer-in-charge of Fire Services, told Eyewitness News Online he could not provide further details as he was working to get a team to the site to tackle the blaze. He could not confirm the location of […]
Mixed reaction over power woes in Abaco A couple and their children visiting Abaco for the first time last month began their vacation in darkness as power to the island was severed just hours after their arrival on the island as they attempted to settle into their vacation home. Power outages have become frequent in […]
NASSAU, The Bahamas — Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Hubert A. Minnis, centre, leads a high level delegation of Cabinet Ministers and Government officials to Abaco for a full assessment on yesterday’s fire in the Mud settlement that has destroyed an estimated 55 structures, displacing some 150 persons. There were no major injuries reported. The […]
More than 50 homes were destroyed after a fire in the Mud, Abaco burned yesterday. The inferno, according to police reports began shortly after 6:00 a.m. Abaco Volunteer Fire Services were called to the scene and officers from Police Fire Services in Freeport were flown in to assist. While no lives were lost, scores of […]
