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July 09, 2021
BPL worker: I don't even have anywhere to live in Abaco, so why am I being sent there

A FRUSTRATED Bahamas Power and Light employee has complained about staff being told they have to return to their home island of Abaco, where conditions are not suitable.

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June 08, 2021
CEASE AND DESIST: Judge delivers damning ruling on govt's shanty town demolition actions

THE government was banned yesterday from further demolishing shanty town structures across Abaco after a Supreme Court judge rejected its bid to have the island's shanty towns removed as beneficiaries of a standing injunction centred on demolition of unregulated communities.

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June 09, 2020
Reflections: Evacuees and Economy Get Boost From One Eleuthera

The One Eleuthera Foundation (OEF) has moved from one storm to another – Hurricane Dorian in September 2019 to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Both have created difficult economic times for The Bahamas...

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January 21, 2020
Disaster Reconstruction Authority and NGOs team to assist hundreds of central Abaco homeowners with repairs

The Bahamas Disaster Reconstruction Authority is collaborating with NGOs to assist hundreds of homeowners in central Abaco with repairs...

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December 13, 2019
Abaco Sunny Waters Initiative Launched

In a ceremony dubbed a ‘celebration of hope’ the community of Abaco witnessed the signing of an agreement for Abaco Sunny Waters, a $1.2 million initiative between the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC), The Goodness Tour, Water Mission, and The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), for a solarization project to transform 11 water systems in Abaco, the mainland and the cays that have su...

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November 20, 2019
CWCO Generator Helps Restore Government Operations in Abaco

NEMA recently received a generator that will reliably power its Abaco headquarters, allowing them to facilitate the government’s essential daily duties organising relief and restoration work across Abaco...

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October 21, 2019
Abaco clean-up plan and temporary housing development underway

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis assessed the progress of the Government’s clean-up plan for Abaco as part of a three-day visit to the island at the weekend...

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September 12, 2019
Prime Minister Minnis Visits North Abaco and Cays

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis traveled to North Abaco, including a number of the Abaco cays today as part of his assessment of relief and recovery efforts on affected islands.

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November 05, 2015
Branden Sands from Abaco beats the odds; wins Optimist National Championships held in Abaco waters

Hailing from the tiny settlement of Cherokee, Abaco Branden Sands and his younger sister Rachel showed their more experienced big city rivals from Nassau just how to do it.

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October 30, 2012
Flood Ravaged Abaco Yet To Be Toured By The Government

FLOOD RAVAGED ABACO YET TO BE TOURED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND RELIEF SUPPLIES YET TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO ISLANDS IN AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE SANDY

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