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Volume: 122 No. 232, Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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SAFE FROM THE STORM
BAHAMIANS evacuated from the path of Hurricane Melissa being greeted as they land yesterday. The storm is expected to impact in midweek.
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1,400 people evacuated from hurricane’s path By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net MORE than 1,400 residents are being evacuated from the southeast Bahamas after Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis issued a mandatory evacuation order ahead of Hurricane Melissa, which is expected to hit Jamaica with catastrophic winds, flooding, and storm surge before heading toward Cuba and The Bahamas as a weaker storm. The evacuation order applies to Inagua, Mayaguana, Acklins, Crooked Island,
Long Cay, and Ragged Island, with priority given to the elderly, the sick, and children, followed by able-bodied residents. The government said air and sea transportation are being provided for all evacuees being relocated to New Providence, where shelters and family accommodations have been arranged. Mr Davis said the evacuation order came after his briefing by the Disaster Risk Management Authority and the Bahamas Department of Meteorology on the latest forecasts for Hurricane Melissa.
He said the decision “is precautionary and designed to ensure that residents in the most vulnerable islands are relocated before conditions deteriorate. The safety of our people remains our highest priority.” The Disaster Risk Management (Evacuation – Southeast Bahamas) Order, 2025, issued under section 56 of the Disaster Risk Management Act, took effect on October 27 and remains active until November 1, or until lifted by public notice. SAFE - SEE PAGES TWO AND THREE
...WHILE GOVT TO HELP FUND EXTRA STAY FOR JAMAICA WEDDING GUESTS WHO REMAINED By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Davis administration has given financial assistance to Bahamians who visited Jamaica for a wedding but did not leave in time and could not afford to extend their stay as Hurricane Melissa neared the island. Foreign Affairs Minister
Fred Mitchell declined to comment yesterday. However, his predecessor, Darren Henfield, himself a Hurricane Dorian survivor, told The Tribune the 50-member group included residents of Abaco and Grand Bahama, who are now hunkering down at the Dreams Rose Hall Resort & Spa in Montego Bay. The group travelled to Jamaica
to attend the wedding of Mr Henfield’s brother. Melissa, now a powerful Category Five hurricane, was expected to hit Jamaica this morning with fierce winds and torrential rain before moving toward Cuba and the southern Bahamas. Jamaica closed its airports on October 26 as the system approached. STAY - SEE PAGE THREE
RICH BUSINESSMAN EVADES JAIL FOR GUNS ON YACHT
Murder victim joked with NEWBORN BABY AFTER BEING family how he enjoyed life ALIVE FOUND IN BUSHES
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
A WEALTHY businessman escaped a mandatory prison term for firearm offences and was instead fined $1.4m yesterday after admitting to bringing 14 guns and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition into The Bahamas aboard his yacht in Bimini last week. GUNS - SEE PAGE SEVEN
MEKHI Taylor, 20, one of two men killed over the weekend, often joked with his family that if anything ever happened to him, at least he had enjoyed his life. His older sister, K’nelle Taylor, said those were words he often repeated, especially JOKED - SEE PAGE FOUR
A NEWBORN baby boy, umbilical cord still attached and body hunched over, was found crying in bushes off Marshall Road yesterday morning as rain began to pour down, prompting a police investigation. Police said they were BABY - SEE PAGE FIVE
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