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Buddy: 'I'm just trying to raise awareness where people can donate water, food'

BUDDY Hield continues to extend the reach of his platform and galvanise support for the victims of Hurricane Dorian. Hield appeared on ESPN’s flagship show “SportsCenter” to discuss the effects of the catastrophic storm and NBA personalities from ac

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Surviving the storm

When tragedy strikes you realise how fragile life is, regardless of your age, social standing, or wealth. During these traumatic times our differences can seem so minuscule in comparison to the bigger picture of life. In walking through your challeng

Carnival affirms $100m cruise port commitment

Carnival Cruise Line has reaffirmed its commitment to its $100m Grand Bahama cruise port project despite the devastation inflicted upon the northern Bahamas by Hurricane Dorian. Giora Israel, the cruise line’s senior vice-president of global port an

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HURRICANE DORIAN: Death toll now stands at 50

Monday’s updates.

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HURRICANE DORIAN UPDATES: Death toll now stands at 43

Friday’s latest news.

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Mother and baby forced to ride out storm in car

A MOTHER and her one-year-old daughter were forced to seek refuge in their car after Dorian’s furious gusts blew off the roof of their Spring City, Abaco, home and the walls caved in all around them. Ostina Dean, who spoke with The Tribune after bein

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'All I have left is a photo of my grandson'

THE only thing Patricia Darville took with her when she was rescued from decimated Man-o-War Cay on Wednesday afternoon was a photo of her one-year-old grandson. The 74-year-old pridefully shared the photo as she recounted how she, infant Logan Thom

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Central Bank: Dorian will have negative, short-term impact on Bahamas economy

While the country’s mid-term growth prospects are still positive, the Central Bank has noted that Hurricane Dorian will have a negative impact on the economy in the short-term.

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Aid effort picks up momentum as some Bahamians seek way out

ABACO, Bahamas (AP) — A few meager possessions stuffed in plastic bags, some of the haggard Bahamians who lost homes to the ravages of Hurricane Dorian are waiting at a small airport hoping to catch planes out of the disaster zone as an international humanitarian effort to help the Caribbean country gains momentum and the death toll has risen to 30.

BTC chief: We are not 'sitting on our hands'

THE Bahamas Telecommunication’s Company’s (BTC) chief executive yesterday blamed an ‘overwhelming congestion’ on its New Providence network for its mobile service disruption issues, assuring the public the company was not “sitting on our hands”.

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HURRICANE DORIAN: Death toll rises to 30

Thursday's news from Abaco and Grand Bahama.

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A COMIC'S VIEW: We are living through the stages of grief after Dorian

THIS past weekend, two of our northern islands, Abaco and Grand Bahama, bore the brunt of a vicious superstorm named Dorian. Hurricane Dorian will go down as one of the most destructive forces to ever pass through our islands in modern history. As I

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'Buddy' donates $100,000 to help Dorian victims

Bahamian athletes have risen to the forefront in galvanising support for the relief effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian and its catastrophic effect on the Northwestern Bahamas.Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield donated $100,000 to the cause t

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Storm survivor: The Lord kept us alive

One elderly evacuee who arrived at Odyssey yesterday told his story of the hell of Dorian. Bob Cornea told reporters: “The experience was terrible, absolutely horrifying. “Well, it was during the storm, the last 24 hours weren’t so bad we were in a

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From car crash to fleeing tornado

THIRTY days after a “tragic” car accident, dietitian Shanishka Cambridge found herself “running from a tornado” in her Marsh Harbour home. In a mad dash for safety, she and her son ran to a closet while her husband pushed against a door to stave off

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HURRICANE DORIAN UPDATES: PM says 20 deaths confirmed

Wednesday's news from Abaco and Grand Bahama.

Royal Navy delivers aid to Great Abaco

A ROYAL Navy vessel has delivered its first batch of aid to residents of Great Abaco. Other aid has poured in as well, with the United Nations announcing yesterday an initial allocation of $1m for storm relief. The RFA Mounts Bay, a Landing Ship Do

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Dorian: Economy bound to take ‘negative hit’ on GDP

Hurricane Dorian will have a significant ‘negative impact’ to this nation’s fiscal position, with GDP to take a significant negative ‘hit’ due to the need for massive infrastructural spend.​