NEMA deactivates NEOC – (Update: 10am Thursday, September 29th, 2022) NASSAU, The Bahamas – The National Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) was deactivated at 10am Thursday (September 29th) following the All-Clear on Tropical Storm Ian given by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology. The NEOC was...
Monthly Archives: September 2022
The Bahamas Ministry of Health and Wellness on Wednesday, September 21st, 2022, announced that the country’s mask mandate would be relaxed as of October 1st, 2022, with members of the public no longer required to wear a mask in most settings. The Hon. Dr. Michael R. Darville, Minister of Health and Wellness, in his announcement detailed, “…the...
New Eleuthera Cancer Society (ECS) president, Ms. Susan Culmer, presented with her portrait by fellow board members (L-R: Suzette Kemp, Juanita Pinder, Susan Culmer, and Jacqueline Gibson). The portrait will be hung within the Cancer Society’s Wellness Center in Palmetto Point, alongside the four previous presidents since the 1985 founding of...
Crowds out to enjoy Summer Goombay Festival in James Cistern. The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism’s annual Goombay Summer Festival – a celebration of Bahamian food, music and culture -which began in Harbour Island on July 2nd, after a two-year hiatus – wrapped up on Saturday, August 27th, 2022 in James’ Cistern, Central Eleuthera...
Pictured above: Carpentry graduate Tavashio Stubbs beams with pride surrounded by his proud cheering squad, including his wife, children and mother-in-law. The Centre for Training and Innovation’s Harbour Island Trade School (CTI-HITS) continues its mission of creating new, sustainable pathways to success for young people in North Eleuthera. On Friday,...