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February 26, 2020
Lewis: Spring City domes will be ready by Friday

One of the new tent city domes that will be erected to temporarily house Hurricane Dorian survivors in Abaco.Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction Iram Lewis said yesterday that 34 domes in the government's Family Relief Centre in Spring City, Abaco, will be ready for move in this Friday. While Disaster Reconstruction Authority Chairman John Michael Clarke prev...

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February 18, 2020
Lewis: We've made tremendous progress

Iram Lewis. FILEMinister of State for Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction Iram Lewis yesterday dismissed criticism of the pace of Hurricane Dorian recovery, saying that he does not "feed a negative monster" and that the ministry is working as fast as possible depending on public cooperation. He [...]
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February 17, 2020
Minister Lewis Opens Bahamas, UNDP, UWI Disaster Recovery Workshop

The Government of The Bahamas is continuing to strengthen the national disaster management mechanism, post-Hurricane Dorian, which struck communities in North Abaco and Cays and East Grand Bahama in September 2019...

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February 13, 2020
We Must Have Resiliency In Buildings, Says Lewis

MINISTER of State for Disaster Preparedness Iram Lewis said his ministry plans to introduce building proposals in the upcoming months to “support the view of building for resiliency.” ...

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February 12, 2020
Lewis?warns building codes will be firmly enforced

WITH an estimated $3.4bn in losses and damage caused by Hurricane Dorian in the northern Bahamas, State Minister for Disaster Reconstruction Iram Lewis has warned there will be a review and more "aggressive" approach in enforcing the building code.

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January 21, 2020
Ministers Pintard and Lewis Re-launch Backyard Farming Program in GB Schools

The Bahamas imports about millions of dollars worth of food annually, according to Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources, the Hon. Michael Pintard. He said: “We have the opportunity through import substitution to change that. Import Substitution means that many of the things we are importing we can substitute through [local] production.”...

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January 15, 2020
People still living in Farm Road shantytown, Lewis says

Iram Lewis.People are still living in the Farm Road shantytown on Abaco, Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction Iram Lewis said yesterday. In November, Lewis said cleanup of the shantytown was being hampered by people who were still living in makeshift homes there. [...]
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January 14, 2020
Lewis: 9m received so far

MINISTER of Disaster Preparedness Iram Lewis said yesterday the government has received some $9 million in donations since the passing of Hurricane Dorian.

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November 19, 2019
Minister Lewis outlined his new Ministry to BICA

Newly-appointed Minister of State for Disaster Preparedness, Management, and Reconstruction, the Hon. Iram Lewis said restoring some sort of normalcy to the islands of Abaco, Grand Bahama and the Cays affected by Hurricane Dorian will not be an overnight fix, but will require time and professional advice from people like local accountants...

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