The Abaco islands post-Hurricane Dorian. (PHOTO: PHILIPP HUBNER)
BLACKWOOD, ABACO Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dr Hubert Minnis on Friday said $11 million has been spent and hundreds of homeowners assisted so far under the Disaster Reconstruction Authority’s (DRA) Small Home Repairs Program for Grand Bahama and Abaco residents impacted by Hurricane Dorian.
Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis (left) and Esther Ann Cornish Laing during a handover ceremony for a donated home on Abaco, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. (BIS PHOTO)
Minnis was speaking at a handover ceremony of “Bahama House” to Blackwood resident Esther Ann Cornish Laing, who lost her home in September 2019 during Category 5 Hurricane Dorian.
(PHOTO: CHAIYAPRUEK YOUPRASERT VIA SHUTTERSTOCK)
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) is “ramping up” efforts to rebuild and improve its transmission network on Abaco, the company said yesterday.
In a statement giving an update on progress in restoring electricity to the island that was knocked out during Hurricane Dorian in September 2019, BPL said continues “working to restore supply to a number of cays, repairing or preparing to replace subsea cables damaged by the storm”.
According to the statement, BPL teams are continuing work to connect lines from the cays to the mainland to eliminate the need for temporary generation, as well as installing nearly 200 streetlights on the mainland and cays.
PM Minnis, Keynote Speaker at Bahamas Business Outlook 2021 By Staff1 / in IN FOCUS, In The News: / on Thursday, 14 Jan 2021 07:20 PM / Comments Off on PM Minnis, Keynote Speaker at Bahamas Business Outlook 2021 / 1718
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis, was the keynote speaker during the opening session of the Bahamas Business Outlook on Thursday, January 14th, 2021, where he spoke about government incentives and assistance initiatives for businesses within the country, along with intended efforts to continue with a number of national infrastructure projects, in light of significant cuts in the 2021 Capital Works budget. Read the full speech below:
PM Minnis’ Bahamas Business Outlook Speech – January 14th
Government executing strategy to grant government-owned land to Bahamians
CROSSING ROCKS, Abaco Twenty-four Crown Land grants were presented to residents of Crossing Rocks today as part of the Government’s pledge to ensure that displaced residents of this community destroyed by Hurricane Floyd in 1999 received title deeds to their properties in order to rebuild.
The pledge was made to residents in 2018 following a visit to the community by Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis, who saw that 120 properties had been destroyed by the storm.
Friday’s presentation brings to 80 the total number of title deeds and grants awarded to Crossing Rocks residents since 2019, said the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance at a special presentation ceremony on Friday 11 December.