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BUSINESS BITES: Joplin recovered from tornado - so can we from 2019 Dorian?
In the Tornado Alley states of the USA, tornadoes, large and small, are too frequent to be named. Only the worst are identified for the official records — like Joplin in 2011.
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Cleanup resumes in Bahamas as Humberto swirls away
MCLEAN'S TOWN, Bahamas (AP) — Jeffrey Roberts lifted a mustard-yellow curtain from the ground to hunt for passports and other documents at the place where his family's home stood before Hurricane Dorian blasted into Grand Bahama Island.
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Tropical storm warning discontinued
The government has discontinued a tropical storm warning as Humberto moves away from the Bahamas. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Humberto is expected to become a hurricane by Sunday night or early Monday, but it won't threaten land by the time it intensifies to that strength.
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Bernard Rolle Sr.
CELEBRATION SERVICE Celebration Service for the life of Mr. Bernard Rolle Sr. Age 84 years of New Bight, Cat Island and formerly of Third Street, Coconut Grove will be held on Saturday September 14th, 2019 at 11:00am at St. John's …
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Matriarch Ethelyn Brown-Williams
Funeral Service for Matriarch Ethelyn Brown-Williams, 83 years of #18 St. Vincent Avenue, Elizabeth Estates and formerly of Pirates Way, Mayaguana, who died peacefully at her residence on Saturday, 24th August, 2019, will be held at Zion Yamacraw Baptist Church, …
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Francisco Stuart Edwards
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mr. Francisco Stuart Edwards Age 56yrs, a resident of Rodgers Corner , will be held on Saturday September 14th 2019, 11:00 am. at New Unity Fellowship International Ministries, Cambridge and Hospital Lanes Officiating …
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Freddie Allen Ferguson
Final Rites and Burial for the late Mr. Freddie Allen Ferguson Age 78yrs, a resident of James Cistern Eleuthera, will be held on Saturday September 14th 2019, at 11:00 am. at Wesley Methodist Church, James Cistern Eleuthera, Officiating will be …
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Justice Emmanuel Enebeli Osadebay
State Recognise Funeral Service for the late Justice Emmanuel Enebeli Osadebay, aged 80 years, of Forest Drive, Camperdown East, will be held on Friday September 13th 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Agnes Anglican Church, Baillou Hill Road. Officiating will …
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Lewis Lucine Mackey
Funeral service for Lewis Lucine Mackey, 84 a resident of Rosewood Street, Pinewood Gardens & formerly of Gregory Town, Eleuthera, will be held at St. Anne’s Anglican Church, Fox Hill Road, on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Officiating …
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DREXEL JOHN PORTER
MR. DREXEL JOHN PORTER age 58 years of #80 Calbot Drive, Freeport, Grand Bahama and formerly of Nassau, New Providence died at his residence on Saturday, September 7, 2019. He is survived by two sons: Michael Purdy and Keith Butler; …
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Eddie Bannister
Eddie Bannister age 84 years of Mangrove Cay Andros died at Princess Margaret Hospital on Friday, September 6th, 2019. He is survived by Wife: Marguretta Nee Moxey; Sons: Eddie Bannister Jr., Leward Moxey and Scott King; Daughters: Dianna Armbrister, Corretta …
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Edna Davis
Funeral service for the late Edna Davis age 76 years of #80 Mermaid Blvd will be held on Saturday September 14th, 2019 at 10:00 am at The New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Baillou Hill South. Officiating will be Pastor …
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Edith Vineive McPhee
Funeral Service for Edith Vineive McPhee, 99 of St. Charles Vincent Street who died on August 28, 2019 will be held on Saturday September 14, 2019 at 11:00 am at Our Lady's of the Holy Souls Catholic Church, Deveaux Street. …
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Gwendolyn Roslyn Winder
Funeral Service for Gwendolyn Roslyn Winder, 80 of Bullocks Harbor, The Berry Islands, The Bahamas,who died on August 24, 2019 will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 10:00am at St. Bartholomew Anglican Church, Bullocks Harbour, Berry Islands. Officiating …
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Aliv open to BTC rebuilding request on Abaco towers
Aliv’s top executive yesterday indicated it will respond favourably to its main competitor’s request to share mobile infrastructure in Abaco as part of post-Dorian restoration.Damian Blackburn told Tribune Business that the Bahamas Telecommunications
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Warning as new tropical storm likely to form
PARTS of the country recently devastated by Hurricane Dorian are at risk for more bad weather, as a tropical storm warning was in effect last night for the northwest Bahamas. Yesterday, Chief Meteorological Officer Arnold King said the heavy showers
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Oil spotted in ocean off Abaco
OIL has been spotted in the ocean near Abaco and may have impacted parts of the coastline, days after an oil spill occurred in Grand Bahama.Equinor, which operates the South Riding Point storage and transshipment terminal in Grand Bahama, said the so
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'Significant' help needed to repair damaged east GB
SIGNIFICANT support and assistance to rebuild the communities devastated in the east Grand Bahama district are needed, according to Administrator Gaye Antoine-Bowe, who reported that the damage to homes and property is very widespread. On Grand Baha
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'The perfect storm' for our economic viability
Hurricane Dorian was yesterday branded “the perfect storm” to derail an economic and fiscal turnaround that the government wanted to be natural disaster-free for “at least another year”. KP Turnquest, deputy prime minister, told Tribune Business
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Former Prime Ministers: We'll assist how we can
ALTHOUGH retired from public life, former Prime Ministers Perry Christie and Hubert Ingraham have made themselves available to the government to assist how they can with the restoration efforts in Hurricane Dorian ravaged islands.
