India is enforcing the harshest and most extensive Covid-19 lockdown in the...
By Shoaib DaniyalHorrific, heartbreaking images have emerged over the past few days of lakhs of migrant workers trudging towards to their villages, sometimes braving a journey of hundreds of...
View ArticleAvoid coronavirus when you leave the house: 12 tips to help stay safe
Start practicing these practical tips for grocery shopping, opening doors and signing your name when you're out in public.Social distancing is important in the grocery store, but so is how you...
View ArticleGovt. to spend $1.7 million on food security plan
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View Article'Screwed' If We Don't Use Covid-19 To Truly Reform
By NEIL HARTNELLTribune Business Editornhartnell@tribunemedia.netThe Bahamas will be "screwed" if it does not use the "unique opportunity" provided by the COVID-19 pandemic to restructure itself for a...
View ArticleBPL cautions residents following Abaco bush fires
By Deandrea S. HamiltonBahamas Power and Light Company Ltd. (BPL) wishes to advise that brush fires, said to have been started by persons burning debris, have destroyed poles and caused outages to all...
View ArticleFormer Chamber of Commerce Exec Offers Free Classes To Teach Others To Start...
Keshelle DavisBy Arthia NixonNationwide… A former Chamber of Commerce executive and internationally-known business trainer is encouraging people to use their time at home during the COVID-19 pandemic...
View Article‘We could exceed worst case scenario’
Minister of Finance Peter TurnquestBy Rachel KnowlesAcknowledging that the government does not yet know the extent of the impact COVID-19 will have on the economy, Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest...
View ArticleThe Grand Bahama Chamber Needs Your Business Feedback on the COVID-19 Lockdown
Please help the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce gather very important information as we reassess where Grand Bahamian businesses and organizations are in this COVID lockdown This data is vital as it...
View ArticleFriends of the Environment March E-News
Preserving the environment of Abaco, The Bahamas through education, conservation and research facilitation. Friends of the Environment E-NewsletterEstablished in 1988March 2020Save the DateFuture...
View ArticleSands: Woman who died had symptoms consistent with COVID-19
Minister of Health, Dr. Duane SandsBy Jasper WardHealth Minister Dr. Duane Sands said this morning that a suspected COVID-19 patient died at Princess Margaret Hospital last night.“That patient was...
View ArticleUpdated emergency order suspends insurance payments and some govt. fees
By Sloan SmithDepartment of Road Traffic and general insurance companies and brokers are exempted from this order.NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis has issued additional emergency...
View Article‘Nygard Tried To Short-Change Us’
Peter NygardBy NEIL HARTNELLTribune Business Editornhartnell@tribunemedia.netPeter Nygard's "alarming response" to the crisis engulfing his global fashion empire was to threaten to transfer its assets...
View ArticleBend it like the Bay Area: Doctors see flatter curve after 2 weeks of social...
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View ArticleRestrictions are slowing coronavirus infections, new data suggest
In this March 20, 2020, photo, a police officer walks across an empty Seventh Avenue in a sparsely populated Times Square in New York. –John Minchillo / AP, FileBy Donald G. McNeil Jr., The New York...
View ArticleAlcohol, Violence, and Aggression
By The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismAlcohol, Violence, and AggressionScientists and nonscientists alike have long recognized a two-way association between alcohol consumption and...
View ArticleWhite House prepares for US death toll from coronavirus to exceed 100,000 and...
By Christina Maxouris, CNN(CNN) - White House officials predicted a stark US death toll of more than 100,000 people from coronavirus, saying measures working to curb the spread of the virus are the...
View ArticleThis is what China did to beat coronavirus. Experts say America couldn't...
Kim Hjelmgaard, Eric J. Lyman and Deirdre ShesgreenIn late February, as coronavirus infections mounted in Wuhan, China, local authorities went door-to-door for health checks – forcibly isolating every...
View ArticleJapan 'on the brink' as it struggles to hold back coronavirus
New employees attend an entrance ceremony as they sit on seats arranged to keep a distance from each other amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Ministry of Education, Culture,...
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