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Yesterday's NEMA daily briefing
Yesterday's NEMA daily briefing
Today we have our regular update; however, our focus is on introducing a few of our local NGO partners, who are providing critical resources and supplies to support the national relief effort...
NEMA Updates - September 10, 2019
NEMA Updates - September 10, 2019
Evacuees in shelters in New Providence and registration of displaced persons...
Nema Evening Update on Abaco
Nema Evening Update on Abaco
Relief operations in Abaco are managed by the local Emergency Operations Centre; however, ground operations have been hampered because of the Hurricane’s impact on local staff...
BTC gives free replacement cell phones to all evacuees
BTC employees have been at Odyssey Aviation welcoming evacuees from Abaco since Wednesday...The company is replacing cell phones free of charge, to customers who lost their phones during Hurricane Dorian...
Govt to discuss evacuations of Abaco, GB
Govt to discuss evacuations of Abaco, GB
Emotional Hurricane Dorian evacuees greet their family members as they arrive at Odyssey Aviation on New Providence from Abaco yesterday.
AHVIA J. CAMPBELLPrime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis said yesterday he will meet with Cabinet to discuss a possible evacuation plan for those residents on Abaco and Grand Bahama who want to leave after the island was devastated by Hurricane Dorian. Minnis met yeste...
Storm survivor: The Lord kept us alive
Storm survivor: The Lord kept us alive
One elderly evacuee who arrived at Odyssey yesterday told his story of the hell of Dorian. Bob Cornea told reporters: "The experience was terrible, absolutely horrifying. "Well, it was during the storm, the last 24 hours weren't so bad we were in a
Additional Red Cross Aid Supplies Arrive in the Bahamas
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) plans to receive a plane load of relief supplies at Odyssey Aviation Nassau (MYNN) today at 3:30pm today, September 5, 2019.
Sands: Final death toll will be staggering
Sands: Final death toll will be staggering
Ambulances wait on medical evacuees from Abaco at Odyssey Aviation. TONYA ALEXIS While the official death toll from Hurricane Dorian remains at 23 for now, Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands projected that the final count will be "staggering", as he revealed that additional morticians are being flown into Abaco and Grand Bahama to embalm the bodies that [...]
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True Love Travel launches its inaugural group destination experiences
Truelovetravel.com the first boutique travel consultancy in the Bahamas, has launched its inaugural experiences with two group trips planned for Africa and Europe this coming fall, coining them “The Ultimate Travel Experience”...
UB Graduate Pairs Spanish Fluency with International Tourism Pursuits
Kevonya Bain has loved the Spanish language for as long as she can remember; she thrived as a student of University of The Bahamas (UB). Now, as a member of UB’s 2019 Commencement Class, she is one step closer to embarking on an academic and cultural odyssey in Barcelona, Spain...