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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Information Services Updates
The central Government is deploying hundreds of government personnel from every ministry and major agency on the ground to coordinate and to help with Hurricane recovery and reconstruction, Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr Hubert Minnis said. To help accommodate the largest deployment of government workers in the history of the country in the aftermath of a natural disaster, RV trailers have been brought in to house critical personnel on the island of Abaco. “We are ensuring security on the ground. Those who break the law will be prosecuted. Law and order are essential for rebuilding,” said Prime Minister Minnis. “We have had to reestablish the workings and the instruments of government on the ground.” The Prime Minister, along with Minister of Foreign Affairs and North Abaco MP, the Hon. Darren Henfield, and Minister of State for the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction, the Hon. Iram Lewis carried out assessments on mainland Abaco and Elbow and Man-O-War Cay. Beginning this week (October 21, 2019), the residents of Abaco and Grand Bahama will be able to utilize in their rebuilding efforts the Government’s One-Stop Shop facility, which includes the Ministry of Works, the Department of Environmental Health, Customs, Local Government, the National Insurance Board, Department of Inland Revenue and the Small Business Development Centre. “There is progress on the ground across Abaco,” said Prime Minister Minnis. “But there is still a long road to recovery and to reconstruction. The rebuilding of Abaco is going to take a long time. But the rebuilding has begun.”
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