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March 22, 2012
Occupancy up 60 percent at Abaco Beach Resort

?Occupancy is up by 60 percent at the Abaco Beach Resort, which is translating into promising numbers for the island's bottom line, according to the resort's Director of Reservation and Leisure Sales Byron Glinton.
Glinton revealed to Guardian Business that the resort's revenue has seen a significant improvement in comparison to last year.

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December 05, 2008
Government?s housing programme on Abaco well underway

SPRING CITY, Abaco ? The Government?s housing programme continues on the island of Abaco, with 76 homes under construction in Spring City and the Ministry of Housing offering local residents additional fully serviced lots to carry out their own construction both in Spring City and the Central Pines Subdivision in Marsh Harbour.

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March 22, 2023
Eviction notices issued to Abaco shantytown residents

A month after a Supreme Court judge lifted an injunction that prevented the demolition of shantytowns in The Bahamas, the government yesterday issued over 200 eviction notices to residents in unregulated communities on Abaco.

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August 08, 2022
My son didn't have to die

A GRIEVING family in Abaco wants the government to better equip the island with the resources needed to treat divers suffering from the bends after their loved one is believed to have died from symptoms associated with the illness last week.

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September 10, 2019
The Governor General's Visit to Abaco

Visit of the Governor General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Cornelius A. Smith, to Hurricane Dorian Devastated Abaco, September 9, 2019...

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March 04, 2021
Abaco man is the latest to die from COVID-19

A 58-year-old from Abaco is the latest person to die from COVID-19 in The Bahamas, the Ministry of Health reported.

In it’s daily dashboard, the ministry said the latest victim died on March 1.

The total number of COVID deaths in The Bahamas now stands at 181.

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January 14, 2021
Abaco nurses 'sick out' over clinic concern

MORE than a dozen trained nurses in Abaco engaged in a "sick out" yesterday due to "poor" working conditions and safety concerns at the Marsh Harbour Clinic...

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August 06, 2020
Several customs officers in Abaco placed under quarantine

SEVERAL customs officers in Abaco have been placed under quarantine after a worker was exposed to a COVID-19 positive patient on the island, prompting officials there to close the Customs Department at the Leonard M Thompson International Airport on Thursday.

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March 28, 2020
Immigration raid on a church in Abaco

Allegedly there was reports of a Immigration raid on a church in Abaco which was housing suspected illegal persons.

The raid was launched in Marsh Harbour in the early hours of the morning. Police, Immigration and Defense Force Officers as well as nurses and doctors who were on scene for the protection of Officers Health.

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June 09, 2016
Abaco police investigating sudden death of 59-year-old man from Cooper's Town

ABACO police are investigating the sudden death of a 59-year-old Cooper's Town man who was found in a vehicle off S.C. Bootle Highway on Monday.

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