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Cuban migrants rescued after vessel overturns

Cuban migrants rescued after vessel overturns

Fri, Nov 30th 2018, 07:45 PM

SIX Cuban migrants who risked their lives to reach Florida were rescued by a fishing vessel after their vessel overturned in Bahamian waters near Cay Sal.

Pop-Up Farmers Market on Saturday

Pop-Up Farmers Market on Saturday

Fri, Nov 30th 2018, 07:40 PM

Michael Foulkes, Executive Chairman, Bahamas Agricultural & Industrial Corporation (BAIC) announced that there will be a Pop-Up Farmers Market at Seabreeze Constituency - Saturday, December 1, from 8am to 3:30pm.

Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook

Fri, Nov 30th 2018, 06:36 PM

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ABNT20 KNHC 302336

TWOAT

Tropical Weather Outlook

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL

700 PM EST Fri Nov 30 2018

For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:

Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 5 days.

This is the last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of

the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season. Routine issuance of the

Tropical Weather Outlook will resume on June 1, 2019. During the

off-season, Special Tropical Weather Outlooks will be issued as

conditions warrant.

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Forecaster Beven

Senate backs bid to use dormant bank funds

Senate backs bid to use dormant bank funds

Fri, Nov 30th 2018, 05:00 PM

THE government's bid to utilise $41.3m from dormant bank accounts to set up a disaster relief fund is one step closer to law, after the Senate yesterday voted in favour of both the Bank and Trust Companies Amendment Bill and the Central Bank of the Bahamas Amendment Bill.