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'IT'S LIKE DORIAN ALL OVER AGAIN': Residents distressed over 'short notice' of dome demolition
'IT'S LIKE DORIAN ALL OVER AGAIN': Residents distressed over 'short notice' of dome demolition
ABACO residents expressed distress over the sudden and "short notice" demolition of the domes that had been home to them and their families for more than two years.
Over 6,000 Volunteers to Give Up Personal Holidays to Help Mend Abaco
According to Jess Thompson, a member of the All Hands and Hearts (AHAH) Bahamas Dart Team, over the next two years over 6,000 volunteers will use their own work holidays to help Abaco residents rebuild and recover from Hurricane Dorian. He also credits local companies like Bahamas Waste for making it happen...
A picture tour of Hope Town, Abaco
A picture tour of Hope Town, Abaco
Depending on where you start it takes some extra effort to get to Hope Town. If you have made it as far as Marsh Harbour, Abaco then it's just one more boat ride to Elbow Cay.
Once you get off the ferry there is a lot to take in and it's all packed tightly together. In Hope Town, the scale of the world has shrunk to fit life's usual characters and places into a fraction of the space. The peopl...
Foundations help fund Abaco school rebuild, provide laptops and more
With hand-painted signs held high, students at Central Abaco Primary School welcomed representatives of the Lyford Cay and Canadian Lyford Cay Foundations (LCF), thanking them for donations that helped rebuild the school destroyed by Hurricane Dorian.
23 more homes to be demolished
23 more homes to be demolished
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister said his ministry spearheaded the demolition of 23 illegal structures in The Farm shanty town in Abaco last week, with some 20 more structures targeted for demolition this week.
DEMOLITION DAY: Govt teams move in to tear down structures in Abaco shanty town
THE Ministry of Works spearheaded the demolition of 45 "incomplete and unoccupied structures" in The Farm shanty town in Abaco yesterday, a move that human rights activists quickly condemned.
Generators Donated To Assist Abaco with Hurricane Dorian Relief Efforts
A parcel of over 20 brand new generators made its way to Abaco yesterday to assist with relief efforts post Hurricane Dorian, which ravaged that island one year ago in September 2019...
Families Receive Temporary Housing Domes in Spring City
The Bahamas Disaster Reconstruction Authority on Thursday, April 2 handed over temporary housing domes in Spring City, Abaco to eight families...
Abaco Mom Releases Memoir on Loving and Losing a Sickler
In her newly released, deeply emotional memoir, Zetta Sylvia Baillou-Poitier shares the challenges of raising children with sickle cell disease and the pain of losing her daughter, in a story that’s relatable to anyone dealing with the loss of a loved one, regardless of circumstance...
Abaco Student Wins International Recognition for Art Encouraging People to Protect The Marine Environment
Abaco Student Wins International Recognition for Art Encouraging People to Protect The Marine Environment
An Abaco student’s artwork depicting the damage that can happen if we don’t all protect the ocean has been internationally recognized by the marine zoological facility Delphinus, located just outside of Cancun, Mexico...