/tags/grand-bahama Grand Bahama en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Tue, 21 Sep 2021 10:00:00 GMT /news/2021-09-21/like-dragging-an-even-heavier-weight-bahamas-fights-covid-19-after-hurricane-dorian The Bahamas held a snap election last week to face its COVID-19 crisis — while community leaders like Father Stephen Grant still struggle with Hurricane Dorian. Tue, 21 Sep 2021 10:00:00 GMT /news/2021-09-21/like-dragging-an-even-heavier-weight-bahamas-fights-covid-19-after-hurricane-dorian Tim Padgett /news/2020-07-23/tit-for-tat-for-trump-in-the-bahamas-now-americans-are-the-very-bad-people COMMENTARYWhen the Bahamas closed its doors to American visitors this week – because of the U.S.’s catastrophic inability to control the new coronavirus –… Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:01:08 GMT /news/2020-07-23/tit-for-tat-for-trump-in-the-bahamas-now-americans-are-the-very-bad-people Tim Padgett /news/2020-07-21/bahamas-locks-down-grand-bahama-and-locks-out-u-s-tourists-to-control-covid-19 This week the Bahamas is closing its doors to American tourists in an effort to keep the new coronavirus from spreading on its islands. But the decision… Tue, 21 Jul 2020 21:07:42 GMT /news/2020-07-21/bahamas-locks-down-grand-bahama-and-locks-out-u-s-tourists-to-control-covid-19 Tim Padgett /2019-09-12/friends-remember-one-of-dorians-victims-on-grand-bahama P.J. Thomas was an experienced boat captain and harbor pilot who guided some of the world's largest cruise ships to the dock. During the hurricane, he died saving his wife. Thu, 12 Sep 2019 22:44:03 GMT /2019-09-12/friends-remember-one-of-dorians-victims-on-grand-bahama Greg Allen /show/latin-america-report/2019-09-10/bahamas-victims-know-what-scientists-warn-monster-storms-are-the-new-normal By Tim PadgettFREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA | Claudina Swann is searching for an object in the storm debris scattered around her backyard in the… Tue, 10 Sep 2019 04:31:32 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2019-09-10/bahamas-victims-know-what-scientists-warn-monster-storms-are-the-new-normal Tim Padgett /npr-breaking-news/2019-09-07/distress-and-desperation-in-the-bahamas-as-dorian-death-toll-expected-to-keep-rising "We acknowledge that there are many missing and that the number of deaths is expected to significantly increase," Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said in a statement late Friday. Sat, 07 Sep 2019 16:08:54 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2019-09-07/distress-and-desperation-in-the-bahamas-as-dorian-death-toll-expected-to-keep-rising Samantha Raphelson /news/2019-09-04/they-swam-for-their-lives-dorian-stories-make-clearer-what-bahamas-victims-need Stories are emerging of the two-day nightmare the Bahamas endured this week from Hurricane Dorian, which killed at least 20 people there. The reports give… Wed, 04 Sep 2019 23:14:53 GMT /news/2019-09-04/they-swam-for-their-lives-dorian-stories-make-clearer-what-bahamas-victims-need Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2019-09-02/there-will-be-more-and-more-frequent-dorians-can-the-islands-in-their-path-survive Hurricane Dorian is predicted to finally leave the Bahamas Tuesday after spending two days wrecking - and in many places drowning - the islands of Abaco… Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:44:47 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2019-09-02/there-will-be-more-and-more-frequent-dorians-can-the-islands-in-their-path-survive Tim Padgett /news/2019-09-02/dorian-triggers-massive-flooding-in-bahamas-at-least-5-dead This post was updated at 11:00 p.m.Hurricane Dorian unleashed massive flooding across the Bahamas on Monday, pummeling the islands with so much wind and… Mon, 02 Sep 2019 21:55:25 GMT /news/2019-09-02/dorian-triggers-massive-flooding-in-bahamas-at-least-5-dead Associated Press