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An Abaco Branch of the Bahamas National Council for the Disabled (BNCD) was established under the name – The Abaco Council for Disability – on April 12. Newly elected President Linda Simms will lead the Abaco council. She explained that the mission for the Abaco Council for Disability is to …

A quantity of suspected marijuana was discovered on a beach in the northern Bahamas in a joint effort by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the Police Force. The drugs weighed over (12) lbs. and has a street value of $157,000.00. Shortly after 3:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, Police …

The Central Abaco Landfill may soon receive much needed attention after years of being allowed to deteriorate into a poorly managed dump site. In what has become an embarrassing situation over the past several years since Central Government took the authority of providing maintenance away from the Central Abaco District …

Since October, the Marsh Harbour Fire Department, lead by its two co-fire chiefs, Jessica Cook and Danny Sawyer, have fought three major fires. At the beginning of the year, two fires in the Mudd destroyed a huge number of shanty houses; the third one started on Ernest Dean Highway during …

The Hope Town District Council met on April 19 to discuss the business of the district and review port, licensing and town planning matters. During the meeting Stafford “Capt. Plug” Patterson and Mike Jones from Hope Town requested the Council’s support of a tour business idea. They proposed to purchase …

The spirited community of Bahama Palm Shores (BPS) held a celebration during the evening of March 24 to mark the High Banks Volunteer Fire Service’s tenth anniversary and to thank all the people who participated in the bike-a-thon fundraiser held in February. The event took place on the grounds and …

Abaco had a rough start to 2018 with several prolonged power outages during the early months. This has yielded concerns from citizens worrying about how bad the summer months will be considering they usually mark difficulties. Having apparently exhausted every standard approach to fixing the power company’s ails, an outside …

The first meeting of the Shanty Town Action Task Force (SATF) for Abaco commenced on March 23 at the Office of the Prime Minister. Heading the meeting as chair was Senior Deputy Family Island Administrator Maxine Duncombe, who explained that the purpose of the meeting was to give structure to …

MP Dion Faulkes, Minister of Labour, visited five of Abaco’s shanty towns briefly on March 18, 2018. He then held a meeting with about 20 heads of Abaco’s various governmental departments that might be part of solutions that government expects to put in place. His presentation focused on the general …

An Excerpt from The Honourable Darren A. Henfield Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament  North Abaco during the Mid-Year Budget Performance Debate delivered in the House of Assembly March 19, 2018:   Mr. Speaker, I now turn to my North Abaco Constituency, the people of which I strive …