ABACONIANS URGED TO SHARE NAMES OF PERSONS LOST DURING HURRICANE DORIAN
ABACO, Bahamas – My Facebook fiend Amanda Diedrick — an Abaconian whom I met in Washington, D.C., in 2016 when her husband Tom Walters, at the time the Los Angeles …
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NOSTALGIC REMINDER OF DERAILED HOPE FOR THE “MAGIC CITY”
COMMENTARY: BY OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON, D.C., May 26, 2020 — This commentary was prompted by today’s Facebook reminder of a post I originally published five years ago on May …
Read MoreMORE BAHAMIAN NATIONALS AND RESIDENTS RETURN ON REPATRIATION FLIGHT
NASSAU, Bahamas — More than 100 Bahamian citizens and residents returned to the country on a repatriation flight from the United States on Saturday, according to the Ministry of Foreign …
Read MoreGRAND BAHAMA BUSINESSES EVOLVING WITH THE TIMES
FREEPORT, Grand Bahama, May 25, 2020 – How we live and work is changing in this era of COVID-19, and the Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA) is proud to …
Read MoreOUTSPOKEN PASTOR BLASTS GOVERNMENT’S “NEW PROTOCOLS” FOR CHURCHES TO HOLD SERVICES
NASSAU, Bahamas — Zion Baptist Church Pastor T.G. Morrison yesterday blasted new protocols that permit churches on New Providence to hold services in parking lots amid the COVID-19 pandemic, saying …
Read MoreIS ENTERING POLITICS A FUTURE GOAL OF JONQUEL JONES?
By OSWALD T. BROWN WASHINGTON, D.C., May 24, 2020 – When her Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) becomes history, Jonquel Jones, the Bahamian WNBA superstar, could very well have her …
Read More“THIS LOCKDOWN IS NO LONGER ABOUT THE CONTAINMENT OF COVID-19,” NOTED PASTOR DECLARES
(EDITOR’S NOTE: In a February 11, 2019 article, the Freeport News described the Rev. Dr Keith Russell as a “no-nonsense pastor, very well respected in Grand Bahama and outside” when …
Read MoreCRISIS TAKES TOLL IN JOBS AT GRAND BAHAMA SHIPYARD
NASSAU, Bahamas — The Grand Bahama Shipyard has terminated 27 workers, including several long-serving managerial staff, due to a further slump in business caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Tribune …
Read MoreISLANDS REMAIN CLOSED BECAUSE OF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
NASSAU, Bahamas –Eleuthera, Exuma and San Salvador were not allowed to resume normal commercial activity because they have the capacity for direct international flights, Dr. Merceline Dahl-Regis, health advisor to …
Read MoreFIFTY-FIVE VICTIMS OF HURRICANE DORIAN BURIED IN ABACO; SOME RELATIVES FORCED TO WATCH FROM A DISTANCE
ABACO, Bahamas — Eight months after their deaths, 55 victims of Hurricane Dorian were buried in Central Pines, Abaco, on Friday (May 22). Their remains were encased in white coffins …
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