Friday 11 July, 2025
Edition: English (US)
Eleuthera News
Monthly Archives: August 2019

PM Minnis in Abaco at Press Briefing on Saturday, August 31st, 2019, ahead of Hurricane Dorian’s Landfall. Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis attended a press briefing for residents of Abaco on Saturday, August 31st, and checked in on the progress of the island’s preparations for Hurricane Dorian, an extremely dangerous and powerful...

Prime Minister Minnis Speaks during NEMA Press Conference on Hurricane Dorian. Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis announced the emergency evacuation of residents of the northern cays of Abaco to mainland Abaco, and urged residents of West End, East End and Sweeting’s Cay and Water’s Cay in Grand Bahama to move to the interior of the...

Bahamas Ferries has cancelled all sailings, commencing Friday, August 30th, 2019, until further notice (see poster below): ...

UPDATE: The Governor’s Harbour Goombay Summer Fest scheduled for Saturday, August 31st, 2019, has been CANCELLED due to impending Hurricane Dorian. — Governor’s Harbour Goombay Summer Fest Saturday, August 31st, 2019 6:00pm – 12:00am Entertainment: Fire Dancer – Venus, Local Design Fashion Show – By Empress Verda, Blue Waters...

NASSAU, The Bahamas — The Cabinet Office advises that due to the proximity of the projected course of Hurricane Dorian to the Islands of The Bahamas and the forecast weather associated with the storm, which is expected to impact The Bahamas, all Government offices, except for essential services, will close at 12:00 noon today, Friday, 30th August,...

RBDF photo shows: Haitian migrants entering the Defence Force Base aboard patrol craft P-45. (Photo by Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Rolle) Approximately 100 Haitian nationals were transported to the capital after they were apprehended on Sunday afternoon, August 25th, 2019, by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF). While on routine patrol...

Update (Monday, August 26th, 2019): A young man, who was shot and killed in James’ Cistern on Saturday evening, August 24th, 2019 (see original article below for details), has been identified by community members as Dwayne Rolle Jr. and said to have been in his late twenties. “It has left the community in a state of shock,” said one...

An abandoned vehicle on fire within the community of Hatchet Bay during the early morning hours of Monday, August 19th, 2019. Police in Eleuthera on Monday, August 19th, 2019, responded to the scene of multiples fires during the early morning in Hatchet Bay, Central Eleuthera. The incidents were reported by an anonymous female at about 2:50am who reported...

. General Situation: Troughing in the atmosphere over the area will enhance convective activity across the Bahamas with some showers and thunderstorms likely to become heavy to severe at times. Surface high pressure ridge will sustain gentle to fresh breezes to make the hot temperature and the triple digit heat indices a little more bearable. A mix...

Burned out vehicle, identified as the car being driven by Mr. Calvin Johnson when he was last seen, found at the abandoned Cape Eleuthera airport on Sunday, August 4th, 2019. The search for the missing 39-year-old continues.   On Sunday, July 28th, 2019, Mr. Calvin Johnson a resident of Wemyss Bight, South Eleuthera, was reported missing by family...