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Volume: 121 No.193, September 2, 2024
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ABACO SHELTER ROOF COLLAPSES Trusses on hurricane shelter fall on five-year Flooding and frustration anniversary of Dorian for Pinewood residents By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net THE trusses on a hurricane shelter being built in Abaco collapsed over the weekend as the island marked the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Dorian’s passage. Photos of the collapse went viral yesterday,
sparking criticism, especially from Abaco residents. The shelter was originally slated to open in May 2021. Officials say they expect it to be completed by the end of this year. Former North Abaco MP Darren Henfield expressed concern over the construction’s progress yesterday. SEE PAGE THREE
‘Crippling’ for eConomy if AbACo ports not resolved By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net A CABINET minister has acknowledged growing concerns over the fate of Abaco’s two commercial shipping ports amid fears this could be “crippling” for the island’s economy if unresolved. JoBeth Coleby-Davis, minister of transport and energy, in a messaged reply
to Tribune Business inquiries said she hopes to reveal more about the future for both the Marsh Harbour and Cooper’s Town ports “in short order” with the island’s private sector asserting it is “beyond critical” to address the devastation that Hurricane Dorian inflicted on the former facility exactly five years ago. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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A VEHICLE being carried by a tow truck down a flooded road in Pinewood Gardens community after heavy rains flooded the area over the weekend. Photo: Nikia Charlton
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two deAd in trAffiC ACCidents on weekend
Communities still struggling five yeArs lAter
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Staff Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
POLICE are investigating a fatal traffic accident in western New Providence that claimed the life of a man early on Saturday morning. This incident was the first of last weekend’s two deadly traffic accidents. Chief Superintendent Eugene Strachan, officer in charge of the traffic
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net TORRENTIAL rains over the weekend left residents of Pinewood Gardens frustrated and calling for a
FIVE years after Hurricane Dorian devastated Abaco and Grand Bahama, many communities are still struggling to recover, though some have seen significant progress. On Saturday, The Tribune visited Pelican Point, where St Matthew’s Baptist
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proper drainage system. Rashad Smith told The Tribune that his family went to bed on Friday night, only to wake up Saturday morning to find 80 percent of their six-bedroom home flooded. They used buckets,
Church and 16 homes have been rebuilt. “We just need one more house, and then all the structures will be restored,” said Daniel Bain, the local government deputy chief councillor. While other areas continue to grapple with home repairs, Mr Bain highlighted Pelican Point’s SEE PAGE FIVE
towels, and anything they could find to remove the water, but despite their efforts, the house will take a few days to dry out, and some furniture was
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