Baby discovered dying in the rubble in the Bahamas days after Hurricane Dorian
Dr. Gwen DeLeon leaves "The Mudd" with a baby in her lap - she says he would've died if he wasn't foundBy Lexi NahlMIAMI (CBS12) — More than two weeks after Hurricane Dorian tore through the Bahamas,...
View ArticlePrime Minister Minnis announces National Prayer Service, flags to be flown...
By Bahamas Information ServicesPrime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis has announced plans for a National Prayer Service to honour the lives lost to Hurricane Dorian.The Government has invited...
View ArticleDevastated by Dorian: Photos From the Bahamas
Synobia Reckley holds up the dress her niece wore as a flower girl at her wedding, as she goes through valuables in the rubble of her home, destroyed by Hurricane Dorian, in Rocky Creek East End, Grand...
View ArticleThe Bahamas’ Big Need Is Tourists, It Says
A sunbather on a beach in Nassau, Bahamas. The country’s tourism agency is desperate for tourists.CreditCreditAndrew Caballero-Reynolds/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesBy Frances RoblesThe...
View ArticleA Remote Bahamas Medical Clinic Lost Staff, Power, And Water. It Stayed Open...
Cooper’s Town Community Clinic in Cooper’s Town, Abaco Island.By Brianna SacksTHE BAHAMAS — They’d been hot and sticky for so long they almost forgot what AC felt like, so they blasted it, turning...
View ArticleThe Bahamas and the Caribbean Have Withstood Hurricanes for Centuries
Europeans came to the islands unprepared for the destructive storms, even as indigenous people understood their massive powerA hurricane in the West Indies. Line engraving, late 16th century. (Sarin...
View ArticleHundreds of volunteers making a difference in the Bahamas
By Alanna QuillenFREEPORT, BAHAMAS -- The Bahamas Relief Cruise returned to port Wednesday morning after a two-day trip bringing food and supplies to the Bahamas, still reeling after Hurricane...
View ArticleBahamas To Host Optimist Sailing Championships
A press conference was held yesterday at the Nassau Yacht Club for the 2019 Optimist North American Championships. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune StaffBy BRENT STUBBSSenior Sports...
View ArticleAtlanta Holds A Day of Prayer For The Bahamas
Bishop Delton Fernander offered a hand of comfort to Rev. Silbert Mills, Pastor of Friendship Tabernacle who wept as he described how his house fell around him and water beat down his doors as he tried...
View ArticleOne-Cent Coin Use To Cease By End-2020
Bahamian one cent coinBy NEIL HARTNELLTribune Business Editornhartnell@tribunemedia.netThe Central Bank yesterday said its plan to end the Bahamian one-cent coin's use as legal tender by end-2020 will...
View Article#242NewsBahamas Newsletter Edition: September 19, 2019
Unprecedented SupportDear Readers,As Grand Bahamians, we have lived through many, many, storms. Andrew, Matthew, Jeanne, and Francis to name a few. Each time, we have picked ourselves up, dusted...
View ArticleRev. Al Sharpton – National Action Network Appeal To Help The Bahamas
by Basil RomanCARIB NEWS Publisher Karl B. Rodney was a special guest and on-air speaker at the National Action Network Saturday Rally, September 14 and radio broadcast live on WLIB. The effort was to...
View ArticleOperation BBQ Relief flies meals to Dorian-ravaged Bahamas aboard restored...
By Marisela BurgosFORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Volunteers from a nonprofit organization are delivering thousands of meals on a daily to the Bahamas as it rebuilds from Hurricane Dorian’s destruction,...
View ArticleThe Caribbean Boutique Hotel Awards – 2019
Caribbean Boutique Hotel of the Year: Island House, Nassau, BahamasIt began with an idea.An idea to celebrate the jewels of the Caribbean hotel industry, the smaller, more intimate spaces through which...
View Article‘Opening the Door to Hell Itself’: Bahamas Confronts Life After Hurricane Dorian
The government has ordered no rebuilding of any kind in obliterated shantytowns.GREAT ABACO ISLAND, Bahamas—The storm surges that topped 20 feet have long since receded, and the 220-mile-an-hour wind...
View ArticlePM announces new ministry
Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis speaks during a press conference held at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday. TONYA ALEXISBy Jasper WardCentral Grand Bahama MP Iram Lewis has been appointed...
View ArticleMusical coffeehouse to help Dorian victims
ALPENA — As we head into our so far mild fall here in Michigan, some people in our community are thinking about those 1,400 miles away, who have experienced the worst weather in recent history.David...
View ArticleJohnson: Stop This Anti-Haitian Rhetoric
Financial Services, Trade and Industry and Immigration Minister Elsworth Johnson.By NICO SCAVELLATribune Staff Reporternscavella@tribunemedia.netIMMIGRATION Minister Elsworth Johnson has hit out at the...
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