The Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) advises that all inquiries regarding relatives who may have been evacuated from Abaco and Grand Bahama for medical care to the Princess Margaret Hospital direct their inquiries to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). NEMA [...]
In the wee hours of Thursday morning, more than 100 crew members from Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas became the first to activate the company’s disaster relief operation to bring relief supplies and 20,000 daily meals to the Freeport, [...]
Freeport, Grand Bahama Island - Please be advised that Lighthouse Pointe at Grand Lucayan is temporarily closed to the public due to Hurricane Dorian until further notice. Source: https://www.thebahamasweekly.com
The visit of CARICOM Conference Chair, Prime Ministers of St. Lucia and Barbados, CARICOM Secretary General and team in wake of Hurricane Dorian, 5 September 2019 -- on their schedule is a briefing by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Dr. [...]
On Sept. 4 relief flights continued landing at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) with much-needed supplies for the islands impacted by Hurricane Dorian. A disaster response team from the non-denominational Christian group, Samaritan’s Purse began a two-day mission to airlift [...]
The following are transcripts from a National Briefing at NEMA on Hurricane Dorian by the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis, Prime Minister, Commonwealth of the Bahamas held on 4 September 2019: I wish to once again brief the nation in [...]
Officials from across several government ministries, corporations, agencies and departments have combined their resources and assets to ensure that the needs of persons who have sought shelter, or will be sheltered at the Kendal G. L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, are [...]
Acting Deputy Financial Secretary, Athena Marche shared details about the financial resources being mobilized by the government to respond to the national crisis left in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, and provided details on how individuals and organizations can utilize [...]
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis (standing left, during greeting) met with the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock and his delegation, today, September 4, 2019 at Cabinet Office Churchill [...]
The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, His Excellency Huang Qinguo on behalf of his country, presented Captain Stephen Russell, Director of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) with $20,000 in goods for [...]
