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August 17, 2011
Ministry of Environmental Health Perform Fogging Exercise in Grand Bahama

In a proactive move, the Ministry of Environmental Health Officials in Grand Bahama fogged in the Eight Mile Rock Community about 4:30 am Wednesday, August 17 against the Aedes Aegypti mosquito that transmits Dengue fever. Pictured is Julian Bethel, Environment officer fogging.

(BIS photo/Vandyke Hepburn)

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October 13, 2022
Government agencies collaborating efforts to restore Grand Bahama and Abaco

Government agencies are pooling their resources in a collaborative push to get residents on Grand Bahama and Abaco, who were displaced three years ago, back into their homes and essential services returned to their communities.

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October 08, 2019
NEMA’s ‘Operation Relief’ Makes its way to Sweeting’s Cay and East End, Grand Bahama

The National Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) Operation Relief made its way to the quaint and peaceful settlements in East End and was received by residents with grateful hearts and opened arms...

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October 17, 2016
Grand Bahama status report after Hurricane Matthew

Hurricane Matthew aggressively moved throughout Grand Bahama Island on Thursday, October 7th, 2016, with hurricane force winds in excess of 150 mph; damaging much of the residences and infrastructure on the southern shoreline, from East to West End.

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October 16, 2016
Grand Bahama Status Report After Hurricane Matthew

Hurricane Matthew aggressively moved throughout Grand Bahama Island on Thursday, October 7th, 2016, with hurricane force winds in excess of 150 mph; damaging much of the residences and infrastructure on the southern shoreline, from East to West End. The storm brought Grand Bahama Island to a standstill, crippling business and commerce, with devastation impacting the daily lives of all residents. T...

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August 08, 2023
Environment Minister says every effort being made to protect livelihood of residents in area affected by oil slick

Minister with responsibility for the Environment and Natural Resources and the acting Minister for Transport and Housing, Vaughn Miller says every effort is being made to protect the lives and livelihoods of residents in the immediate communities where an oil slick was reported two days ago, namely residents in Pinder’s Point, North Bahamia, Hunters and Grand Bahama in general.

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June 19, 2018
Eco-oil Bahamas to start business in Freeport with $10 million investment

Minister of State for Grand Bahama in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Kwasi Thompson says that Eco-Oil joins the growing list of foreign and local direct investors showing confidence in Grand Bahama?s local economy...

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February 14, 2023
16 GB women in science honored

Grand Bahamian women in the fields of chemistry, dentistry, environment, education, medicine, meteorology and nursing were recognized for their achievements in a ceremony Friday at the Pelican Bay Resort, the highlight of a symposium hosted by the Keep Grand Bahama Clean Committee (KGBCC) of the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) and ALIV in observance of the United Nations' 8th International Day ...

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August 03, 2021
Govt to probe offloading of beetle-infested wood in GB

THE Bahamas Government has launched an investigation into the offloading of wood reportedly infested with an invasive beetle by a Panama-registered cargo vessel at Grand Bahama last week.

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