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November 08, 2019
Two bodies found as people get back to work in Abaco

CLEAN-UP crews working to move debris in The Mudd have revealed how they have found two bodies and at least one firearm. Forty-two Abaconians have been able to get back to work thanks to the clean-up operation after Hurricane Dorian. Bahamas Striping

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February 18, 2020
Dorian evacuations took toll on Bahamasair's revenue

Losses suffered by Bahamasair during the mandated evacuation assistance the airline provided for Grand Bahamians and Abaconians after Hurricane Dorian, means the airline will have to seek new revenue sources or have government increase its annual subsidy, or both, Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar said yesterday...

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March 21, 2022
Bridge to link great and little Abacos reopened

JUBILANT Abaconians watched with pride as a ribbon was cut and a plaque unveiled to signal the formal reopening and renaming of the bridge that connects Great Abaco and Little Abaco.

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February 18, 2020
Abaco Small Home Repair Office launched

The Bahamas Disaster Reconstruction Authority opened its Abaco Small Home Repair Program Office in Marsh Harbour on Monday to assist Bahamians whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Dorian...

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March 19, 2022
Angel Fish Creek Bridge opens in Abaco

Jubilant Abaconians watched with pride as a ribbon was cut and a plaque unveiled to signal the formal reopening and renaming of the bridge that connects Great Abaco and Little Abaco.

More than two years ago, Hurricane Dorian destroyed Little Abaco Bridge resulting in a separation of the islands for the first time in 70 years. Renamed Angel Fish Creek Bridge, the longest single-span bridge ever ...

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February 09, 2022
SUPER SALARY - DISMAL JOB: DRA blasted over MD's pay package and recovery work

CENTRAL and South Abaco MP John Pinder says it is "shameful" there remain duties unfulfilled in storm ravaged Abaco while the former managing director of the Disaster Reconstruction Authority took home an "extravagant" salary.

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January 14, 2022
Abaco seeking to form an economic development council to attract investment to the island

Abaco is hoping to form an economic development council, run by the private sector, that would attract investment to the island based on what Abaconians need and not what the central government thinks Abaconians need, Abaco Chamber of Commerce President Ken Hutton said yesterday. "The decisions are being made in hallowed halls in Nassau, without ...
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April 12, 2021
'WE'RE HUMAN TOO': Shanty town residents hit out at authorities on tactics employed in raid

RESIDENTS of The Farm shanty town in Abaco have hit out at what they claimed were heavy-handed tactics carried out during a raid on their community.

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September 02, 2021
DRA: Construction beginning to take off on Abaco

Disaster Reconstruction Authority (DRA) Chairman John Michael Clarke said while the COVID-19 pandemic has a lot to do with the slowed reconstruction efforts on Abaco following Hurricane Dorian, rebuilding has picked up in recent months with more and more Abaconians returning to the island.

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August 27, 2021
People waking up to COVID danger

A LOCAL religious leader on Abaco is urging Bahamians to take COVID-19 seriously after claiming to have lost over a dozen friends and other community members to the virus in the last two weeks.

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