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Relief fund launched to cover hurricane repair costs
Relief fund launched to cover hurricane repair costs
THE Anglican Central Education Authority (ACEA) has launched "Together We Make the Difference", a relief fund to help cover the cost of repairs, replacement of lost school supplies and ensuring minimal interruptions during the academic year after the damage from Hurricane Matthew last month. It aims to raise $50,000 by the end of the year.
Staff won't return to Forecast Office, minister says
Staff won't return to Forecast Office, minister says
Minister of Transport and Aviation Glenys Hanna-Martin said yesterday that while forecasters in the Forecast Office at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) should have been relocated to "appropriate accommodations" sooner, those forecasters have been moved out of that building and will not return.
Injury at Forecast Office
Injury at Forecast Office
A week and a half after the "terrifying" ordeal of being evacuated from the Forecast Office at the peak of Hurricane Matthew, Velenzo Miller, a meteorological observer, was back in that office early yesterday, because it was the only way he could access critical equipment needed to provide important information to pilots before takeoff from Lynden Pindling International Airport.
'Matthew was angry and The Bahamas was his enemy. From this day on if any hurricane come, I am evacuating.'
'Matthew was angry and The Bahamas was his enemy. From this day on if any hurricane come, I am evacuating.'
Residents in southern New Providence are still without power 14 days after Hurricane Matthew hit. But the memories of the storm's brutal force are still vivid, Sancheska Dorsett hears . . .
Mother and son learning a trade together at BTVI
Mother and son learning a trade together at BTVI
He is a reporter and his mother is an attorney. Yet, they both are part-time carpentry majors at the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI).
The poor state of the Forecast Office
The poor state of the Forecast Office
The poor state of the Forecast Office of the Department of Meteorology is again an issue of national discussion in a hurricane.
Matthew and the indomitable Bahamian spirit
Matthew and the indomitable Bahamian spirit
"Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit." - Bernard Williams
Misguided priorities
Misguided priorities
As Hurricane Matthew pummeled New Providence on October 6, several forecasters had to be evacuated via two airport fire trucks as the Forecast Office at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) was unable to withstand the category four storm.
A Teetering Bimini
A Teetering Bimini
From Earnest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea to his less-well-known Islands in the Stream, Bimini stars as an island full of adventure, liquor and raucous living, a man's island, where fishing and drinking go hand-in- hand.
'Sol Sisters' Striving for Excellence
'Sol Sisters' Striving for Excellence
D?Andra and Aimee Rolle have much in common. They are sisters. They are both Electrical Installation majors. They both recently landed scholarships. And they also are on their way to becoming linesmen.