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A time for giving
October 07, 2015
A time for giving
The stories of survival have been extraordinary. The residents of the Central and Southern Bahamas endured an ordeal that will not soon be forgotten.
BTC CEO Briefs Media on Hurricane Joaquin
October 08, 2015
BTC CEO Briefs Media on Hurricane Joaquin
BTC?s Command Center remains open at its National Network Operations Center and is beginning its assessment and restoration efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Joaquin.
Post Hurricane Visits to the Southern Islands
October 06, 2015
Post Hurricane Visits to the Southern Islands
Surveying the hurricane damage and meeting with residents of San Salvador and Rum Cay on Monday, October 5.
BTC CEO Media Briefing on Hurricane Joaquin
October 06, 2015
October 06, 2015
5th Update on Bahamas Family Island Airport Openings
October 06, 2015
5th Update on Bahamas Family Island Airport Openings
The Department of Civil Aviation advises that the airports in Spring Point, Acklins and Colonel Hill, Crooked Island have been inspected in the aftermath of Hurricane Joaquin and have now been re-opened for operations.
New info on what doomed El Faro cargo ship
October 06, 2015
New info on what doomed El Faro cargo ship
The captain of the 790-foot El Faro planned to bypass Hurricane Joaquin, but some kind of mechanical failure left the U.S. container ship with 33 people aboard helplessly - and tragically - adrift in the path of the powerful storm, the vessel's owners say...
Road to recovery
October 06, 2015
Road to recovery
Private relief efforts to assist the hundreds of storm victims in the Southeast Bahamas took shape on Friday and have continued to gain momentum ever since.
BEC gives status update on Joaquin impact
October 06, 2015
BEC gives status update on Joaquin impact
The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) continues to make progress in its effort to restore supplies to the southern islands following Hurricane Joaquin.
October 06, 2015
WSC's emergency response to the passage of Hurricane Joaquin
The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) wishes to provide the following update to its customers and the general public following the passage of Hurricane Joaquin.
Unliveable
October 06, 2015
Unliveable
There are grave concerns over the state of Crooked Island, with Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade appealing for airlift for "evacuated" residents he said needed to leave for Nassau by sunset yesterday.
October 05, 2015
Chamber 'assessment team' headed to Family Islands for SME help
Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers' Confederation (BCCEC) CEO Edison Sumner yesterday stated that the BCCEC would have an assessment team on the ground in family island communities that were hammered by Hurricane Joaquin in the next few days, with the aim of "reigniting" economic activities and getting small businesses "back on their feet".
Dire straits
October 05, 2015
Dire straits
Hurricane Joaquin has exposed critical weaknesses in our country's emergency management system.
4th Update on Family Island Airport Openings
October 04, 2015
4th Update on Family Island Airport Openings
4th update on Family Island airport openings by Civil Aviation
Jamaica to coordiante relief efforts in The Bahamas
October 05, 2015
Jamaica to coordiante relief efforts in The Bahamas
The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) in Jamaica has said it will send a Rapid Needs Assessment Team (RNAT) to the Bahamas on Monday, to coordinate relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Joaquin...
October 02, 2015
Latest Information from Islands Affected by Hurricane Joaquin
The following is the latest assessment, as of 2:30 p.m. EDT, on October 2, 2015, provided by the National Emergency Management Agency, in co-ordination with local government officials from islands affected by Hurricane Joaquin:
Bahamasair Releases New Policy On Change of Itinerary Fee and Refunds in the Wake of Hurricane Joaquin
October 05, 2015
Bahamasair Releases New Policy On Change of Itinerary Fee and Refunds in the Wake of Hurricane Joaquin
Bahamasair Releases New Policy On Change of Itinerary Fee and Refunds in the Wake of Hurricane Joaquin
Rebuilding will cost 'tens of millions'
October 05, 2015
Rebuilding will cost 'tens of millions'
IT WILL cost "tens of millions of dollars" to restore and rebuild the infrastructure on the southern and central Bahamas islands that were completely devastated by the passage of Hurricane Joaquin, according to Prime Minister Perry Christie...
Hurricane Joaquin Moving Away From The Bahamas
October 03, 2015
Hurricane Joaquin Moving Away From The Bahamas
?JOAQUIN IS MOVING NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE BAHAMAS WHERE CONDITIONS SHOULD GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS MORNING
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS INCLUDING CAT ISLAND, EXUMA, LONG ISLAND, RUM CAY AND SAN SALVADOR, AND ACKLINS, CROOKED ISLAND, AND MAYAGUANA IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS.
Cargo ship with 33 people on board missing
October 02, 2015
Cargo ship with 33 people on board missing
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a cargo ship with 33 people aboard.
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