NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF
METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT NOON, SATURDAY 15TH AUGUST 2020
…CENTER OF JOSEPHINE PASSING TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS…
AT
11 AM AST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.1° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 60.2° WESTOR ABOUT 200 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM KYLE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF
METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT NOON, SATURDAY 15TH AUGUST 2020.
…TROPICAL STORM KYLE HEADING OUT TO SEA…
AT
11 AM AST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
39.0° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 65.6° WEST,OR ABOUT 360 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST
OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND...
Minister of Health the Hon. Renward Wells said the health and safety of
all patients and staff of the Ministry of Health, Department of Public
Health, the Public Hospitals Authority, and Ministry partners continue
to be the priority.
“Protocols will continue to be implemented
to minimize patient and staff exposure across institutions and
agencies,” Minister Wells stated at a COVID-19 Update press conference
at the Ministry of Health on Friday, August 14, 2020...
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM KYLE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF
METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM SATURDAY 15 TH , AUGUST
2020
… TROPICAL STORM KYLE HEADING TOWARD THE OPEN WATERS OF THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC …
AT
5:00 AM AST , THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 38.7 ° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 68.0° WEST OR ABOUT 280 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND...
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ISSUED BY THE
BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM
SATURDAY 15 TH , AUGUST 2020
… AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTERS SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE JOSEPHINE LATER THIS MORNING …
AT
5:00 AM AST , THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 18.9 ° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 58.4° WEST OR ABOUT 310 MILES EAST
OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...
Minister of Health the Hon. Renward Wells explained that since The
Bahamas saw its first cases of COVID-19, many healthcare workers
volunteered their services on the frontline.
“They found
themselves pressing through new thresholds and overcoming adversities
they never thought they would face,” Minister Wells stated at a COVID-19
Update press conference at the Ministry of Health on Friday, August 14,
2020...
The Ministry of Health confirms today that there are thirty (30)
additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of
confirmed cases to one thousand one hundred nineteen (1119). There have
been five hundred seventy (570) confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New
Providence, four hundred forty-six (446) confirmed cases in Grand
Bahama, forty-five (45) confirmed cases in Bimini, thirty-one (31)
confirmed cases in Abaco, twelve (12) confirmed cases in the Berry
Islands, eight (8) confirmed cases in Cat Island, five (5) confirmed
cases in Exuma, one (1) confirmed case in Eleuthera, and one (1)
confirmed case in Inagua...
The Office of the Prime Minister wishes to advise that based on the
advice of health officials, Spanish Wells may resume normal commercial
and social activity, effective immediately.
The lockdown and
curfew have been lifted for Spanish Wells because health officials have
not recorded any recent suspected COVID-19 activity on the island for at
least two weeks.
Residents of Spanish Wells must continue to
practice COVID-19 prevention health guidelines...
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT
OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6PM EDT FRIDAY, 14TH AUGUST,
2020.
...HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS CENTER OF JOSEPHINE A LITTLE FARTHER TO THE NORTH...
AT
5:00 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.8° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 56.1° WEST OR ABOUT 460 MILES EAST OF
THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM KYLE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF
METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6PM EDT FRIDAY, 14TH AUGUST,
2020.
...TROPICAL STORM KYLE FORMS OVER THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC...
AT
5:00 EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
37.7° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 71.7° WEST OR ABOUT 185 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY...
The Board of Directors of the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity
and Equality (ECADE) is energised to move forward with a renewed mandate
from its membership, after its annual general meeting on August 8,
2020.
The meeting, attended by ECADE membership from across the
EC, reviewed ECADE’s operations since the last AGM and its current
financial standing...
The Grand Bahama Port Authority, Limited (GBPA) announces the launch of a
digital food voucher programme in the Kanoo Pays app to support the
efforts of the Grand Bahama Food Distribution Task Force to provide food
for the most vulnerable families on Grand Bahama.
The GBPA, a
member of the Food Distribution Task Force’s steering committee, donated
$25,000 to be used to enable the programme’s recipients to shop at
local grocery stores...
The Queen’s Highway shoreline stabilization and roadworks project in
Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Abaco is substantially completed, Works Minister
the Honourable Desmond T Bannister confirmed Wednesday. The project will
be monitored during the defects liability period and retention funding
will be released upon the technical officers are satisfied that any
defects which show up are redressed.
“In 1999, Hurricane Floyd, caused severe damage to the edge of Queen’s Highway and the nearby sand dune...
On August 14, the United States Government in partnership with the
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) launched a new
USD $4.5 million initiative entitled “Caribbean Climate Resilience
Initiative.” This new initiative will help countries reduce disaster
risks as well as absorb and recover from hazard impacts and climate
variability.
In December 2019, the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) announced the availability of funding
to improve disaster resilience in the Caribbean...
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT
OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 12:00 PM FRI DAY,14TH
AUGUST, 2020.
… HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE JOSEPHINE THIS AFTERNOON …
AT
11:00 A M EDT,THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 16.1° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 54.7° WEST OR ABOUT 575 MILES EAST -
SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...
In an interview this week with CNBC, the world leader in business news,
Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Honourable Allen Chastanet discussed the
Caribbean’s response to COVID-19, protocols to guide the reopening of
the travel industry and Saint Lucia’s successes in managing the
pandemic.
Prime Minister Chastanet applauded the region for its
general quick response to the pandemic, the management of the pandemic...
Beaches around New Providence photographed during the second week of
August in the current Emergency Lockdown to control community spread of
novel coronavirus.
The Ministry of Health confirms today that there are fifty-three (53)
additional confirmed cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of
confirmed cases to one thousand eighty-nine (1089). There have been
five hundred forty-six (546) confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New
Providence, four hundred forty (440) confirmed cases in Grand Bahama,
forty-five (45) confirmed cases in Bimini, thirty-one (31) confirmed
cases in Abaco, twelve (12) confirmed cases in the Berry Islands, eight
(8) confirmed cases in Cat Island, five (5) confirmed cases in Exuma,
one (1) confirmed case in Eleuthera, and one (1) confirmed case in
Inagua...
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF
METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT NOON, SATURDAY 15TH AUGUST 2020
Minister of Health the Hon. Renward Wells said the health and safety of
all patients and staff of the Ministry of Health, Department of Public
Health, the Public Hospitals Authority, and Ministry partners continue
to be the priority. 
The Office of the Prime Minister wishes to advise that based on the
advice of health officials, Spanish Wells may resume normal commercial
and social activity, effective immediately.
Good Afternoon:
The Board of Directors of the Eastern Caribbean Alliance for Diversity
and Equality (ECADE) is energised to move forward with a renewed mandate
from its membership, after its annual general meeting on August 8,
2020. 
