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Volume: 122 No. 112, May 5, 2025
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FIRES RAGING ACROSS ABACO Wildfires threaten homes and businesses, stretching Abaco’s fire services to their limit By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THICK smoke from a week-long wildfire in Abaco smothered the island over the weekend, triggering US air support, extra firefighters, the destruction of a utilities building, and the shutdown of nearby schools and businesses. Local officials say the fire, which began last week, was believed to be under control—until strong winds caused it to jump the road yesterday and head toward Sweetings Village, a quiet residential community on the island. The chairman of the Marsh Harbour/Spring City Township, Roscoe Thompson, said volunteer firefighters worked into the early hours of
Apartment residents Owner tO ‘escalate’ renOvatiOn face crisis after fire Of his fire-ravaged prOperties By FAY SIMMONS Tribune Business Reporter jsimmons@tribunemedia.net
SEE PAGE TWO THE SCENE in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, as forest fire made its way around the Leonard Thompson International Airport threatening residential and commerical areas over the weekend.
THE owner of two buildings devastated by Thursday night’s downtown Nassau blaze says the devastation has “escalated” his ambitions to renovate both properties. Delvon Ferguson, who also owns I Dream of Sugar, a candy store located across from the Straw Market on Bay Street, told Tribune
DRONE footage of aftermath of Bay Street fire. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr By LEANDRA ROLLE hotels or with friends, while Tribune Chief Reporter others, including live-in lrrolle@tribunemedia.net employees, face the prospect of losing their jobs due FAMILIES displaced by to the devastation. Thursday’s fire at the VictoAmong those affected is ria Court complex are now longtime resident and resgrappling with emotional taurant owner Dr Librada and financial uncertainty as Quiling Capuli, who they consider what’s next — some staying temporarily in SEE PAGE FOUR
Business he is committed to bringing more retail and entertainment attractions to the area east of East Street that has largely been abandoned by commercial activity. He said about $3m was invested into his first Bay Street location, and he intends to begin work in the “near future” on the other properties hit by the fire. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
FOUR DEAD IN VIOLENT WEEKEND By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A WAVE of violence in New Providence left fourmen dead in less than 24 hours, with two shot and one stabbed. The first killing occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday when police
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responded to reports of gunfire near a clinic on Williams Lane off Kemp Road. There, they found a 31-year-old man dead inside a vehicle. According to police, the man was attempting to leave a family member’s house when he was approached by two SEE PAGE THREE