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OFFICIAL ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMAS 2022 HURRICANE SHELTER LISTING

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May 26, 2022

#TheBahamas, May 26, 2022 – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has released its Official List of Shelters for the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season which commences June 1 and ends November 30, 2022.

Weather forecasters at The Bahamas Department of Meteorology are predicting another above-average season with 19 named storms, including 9 hurricanes, four of which are expected to become major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher with maximum sustained winds of 111mph or higher) on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale.

There are two main drivers for this Season’s forecast: An El Nino weather event is not expected in the Pacific during the 2022 Hurricane Season, and water temperatures in the Atlantic are hotter than normal. When an El Nino forms in the Pacific, it produces strong wind-shear in the upper levels of the atmosphere across the Atlantic Ocean which limits the formation of hurricanes. Warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic, on the other hand, fuels the formation of hurricanes. With the absence of an El Nino, the 2022 Season is expected to be active.

The names of the 2022 Atlantic storm are as follows: Alex, Bonnie, Colin, Danielle, Earl, Fiona, Gaston, Hermine, Ian, Julia, Karl, Lisa, Martin, Nicole, Owen, Paula, Richard, Shary, Tobias, Virginie, and Walter.

The National Emergency Management Agency urges all Bahamians and residents, who have not already done so, to finalize their individual, family and business plans ahead of the start of the Season. Those plans should include an Emergency Supplies/Preparedness Kit that should include a small First Aid Kit and needed medications, non-perishable food items, battery powered radios, flashlights, extra batteries, hygiene products, masks, whistles (for alerting others if necessary), copies of important documents such as insurance papers and identification (sealed), a list of emergency numbers, cash in small bills, rope, tools, and clothing.

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMAS 2022 OFFICIAL HURRICANE SHELTERS

(UPDATED AS AT 13 MAY, 2022)

ABACO, CENTRAL DISTRICT

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Central Abaco Primary School	Dundas Town
2.	Friendship Tabernacle	Dundas Town
3.	Guana Cay Primary School	Guana Cay
4.	Man-O-War Primary School	Man-O-War Cay
5.	Hope Town Primary School	Hope Town

ABACO, NORTH DISTRICT

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Amy Roberts Primary Pre-School	Green Turtle Cay
2.	Faithwalk Church of God, Community Centre	Cooper’s Town
3.	Grand Cay All Age School Pre-school Block	Grand Cay

ABACO, SOUTH DISTRICT

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Crossing Rocks Primary School	Crossing Rocks
2.	Moore’s Island School	Moore’s Island
3.	Sandy Point Community Centre	Earnest Dean Highway
4.	Soul Seeking Ministry	Moore’s Island

ACKLINS

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Acklins Community Centre	Spring Point

ANDROS, CENTRAL DISTRICT

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Bowen Sound Pentecostal Church	Bowen Sound
2.	Church of God	Cargill Creek
3.	Highway Church of God	Blanket Sound
4.	Miracle Revival International	Calabash Bay
5.	Mt. Ethel Baptist	Love Hill
6.	Mt. Siani Baptist Church	Calabash Bay
7.	St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church	Behring Point
8.	Stafford Creek Primary School	Stafford Creek

ANDROS, MANGROVE CAY DISTRICT

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Burnt Rock Primary	Burnt Rock
2.	Mangrove Cay High School	Swains, Mangrove Cay
3.	St. Peters Baptist Church	Little Harbour, Mangrove Cay

ANDROS, NORTH DISTRICT

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	B. A. Newton Primary School	Red Bays
2.	BARTAD Building	BARC Community
3.	Clara Evans Primary School	Nicholls Town
4.	Ebenezer Baptist Church	South Mastic Point
5.	First Baptist Church	San Andros

ANDROS, SOUTH DISTRICT

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Deep Creek Primary School	Deep Creek
2.	Friendship Baptist Church	The Bluff
3.	Long Bays Cay Preschool	Long Bay
4.	Mount Olive Baptist Church	Smith’s Hill
5.	St. Paul’s Baptist Church	Black Point
6.	The Doctor’s Residence (Special Needs Clinic)	The Bluff

BERRY ISLANDS, GREAT HARBOUR CAY

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Church of God of Prophecy	Great Harbour Cay
2.	Community Centre	Bullocks Harbour

BIMINI

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Gateway Gymnasium	Bailey Town
2.	Louise McDonald High School	Alice Town
3.	Urban Renewal (Special Needs Shelter)	Alice Town

CAT ISLAND

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Lovely Zion Baptist Church	The Bluff
2.	Mt. Sinai Baptist Church	Douds
3.	Seaview Seventh Day Adventist Church	Wilson Bay
4.	St. Andrew’s Anglican Church	Arthur’s Town
5.	St. Mark’s Anglican Church	Port Howe
6.	Zion Baptist Church	McQueen’s

CROOKED ISLAND & LONG CAY

NO.

NAME OF SHELTER

ADDRESS

All Saints Anglican Church, Priest Residence

(Colonel Hill and Church Grove Residents)

Church Grove, Crooked Island

Church of God of Prophecy

(Landrail Point, Richmond, Moss Town and Cripple Hill Residents)

Cripple Hill, Crooked Island

Command Centre

Administrator’s Residence/Local Government Building

Colonel Hill, Crooked Island

Kenneth Farquharson’s Residence

(Long Cay Residents)

Albert Town, Long Cay

ELEUTHERA, CENTRAL DISTRICT

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Camp Symonette	James Cistern, Gregory Town
2.	Church of The Nazarene	Palmetto Point
3.	Emily G. Petty Primary School	Governor’s Harbour
4.	George E. Johnson	Hatchet Bay
5.	The Salvation Army	Palmetto Point
6.	Wesley Methodist Church Hall	Palmetto Point

ELEUTHERA, NORTH DISTRICT

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Charles Wesley Methodist Church	Lower Bogue
2.	Mission Church of God	Upper Bogue
3.	New Jerusalem Church	Blackwood
4.	The Current Community Centre	The Current
5.	The Haitian Baptist People Church	The Bluff
6.	Zion Methodist Church	Current Island

ELEUTHERA, SOUTH DISTRICT

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Church of God of Prophecy	Tarpum Bay
2.	Deep Creek Primary School	Deep Creek
3.	Green Castle Primary School	Green Castle
4.	Rock Sound Primary School	Rock Sound
5.	Wemyss Bight Primary School	Wemyss Bight

EXUMA

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Bethel Union Baptist Church	Ramsey
2.	Calvary Mission Baptist Church	Rolleville
3.	Ebenezer Union Baptist Church	Farmer’s Hill
4.	Ebenezer Union Baptist Church	Barraterre
5.	Exuma Resource Centre	Hoopers’ Bay
6.	Gethsemane Baptist Church	Black Point
7.	Mt. Herman Union Baptist Church	Mt. Thompson
8.	Mt. Sinai Union Baptist Church	Stuart Manor
9.	Palestine Union Baptist Church	The Forest
10.	St. Andrew’s Community Centre	George Town
11.	St. Luke’s Baptist Church and/or Airport Terminal	Black Point
12.	St. Margaret’s Anglican Church	Harts/Steventon
13.	St. Mary’s Magdalene Anglican Church	Williams Town
14.	St. Matthew’s Union Baptist Church	The Ferry
15.	St. Theresa’s Catholic Church	George Town

GRAND BAHAMA

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Bethany Baptist Church	Hanna Hill, Eight Mile Rock
2.	Bethel Baptist Church	Pinedale
3.	Bethel Deliverance Centre	Jones Town, Eight Mile Rock
4.	Bishop Michael Eldon School/Auditorium	East Beachway Drive, Freeport
5.	Calvary Temple Small Chapel	Clive Avenue, Freeport
6.	Central Zion Baptist Church	Eight Mile Rock
7.	Church of God of Prophecy	Pinedale
8.	Church of the Ascension	Arden Forest Road, Freeport
9.	Community Holiness Church	Martin Town
10.	Eight Mile Rock Gymnasium	Eight Mile Rock
11.	Eight Mile Rock High School	Eight Mile Rock
12.	First Baptist Church	Columbus Drive, Freeport
13.	Foster B. Pestina Hall (Christ the King) (Special Needs Shelter)	East Atlantic Drive, Freeport
14.	Maurice Moore Primary School	Sandcombe Drive, Arden Forest, Freeport
15.	Mount Calvary Baptist Educational Building	Seagrape
16.	New Olivet Baptist Church	Holmes Rock
17.	St. George’s Gymnasium	Sunset Highway, Freeport
18.	Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church	Sandcombe Drive, Freeport

HARBOUR ISLAND

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Harbour Island Public Library	Harbour Island
2.	Lighthouse Church of God	Harbour Island
3.	New Alliance Church of God	Harbour Island

INAGUA

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	New Life Seventh-Day Adventist Church	Matthew Town
2.	St. Phillips Anglican Community Centre	Matthew Town
3.	Zion Baptist Church	Matthew Town

LONG ISLAND

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Assemblies of God	Salt Pond
2.	Community Centre	Clarence Town
3.	Highway Church of God	Doctors Creek
4.	Holy Cross Anglican Church	Hamiltons
5.	Holy Family Anglican Church	Mortimers
6.	Salem Baptist Church	Millers
7.	St. John’s Anglican Church	Buckleys
8.	Seymour’s Gospel Chapel	Seymour’s

MAYAGUANA

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	St. James Native Baptist Church	Abraham’s Bay
2.	Betsy Bay Community Centre	Betsy Bay
3.	Mayaguana Comprehensive K- School	Pirate’s Well

NEW PROVIDENCE

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Agape Full Gospel Baptist Church	Kennedy Subdivision
2.	Berea Seventh-Day Adventist Church	Baillou Hill Road South
3.	Canon Neil E. Roach Hall, Holy Cross Anglican Church	Highbury Park
4.	Church of God Convention Centre (for use by SRC)	Joe Farrington Road
5.	Ebenezer Mission Baptist Evangelistic Church	St. Charles Vincent Street
6.	Epworth Hall, Ebenezer Methodist Church (for use by Homeless and People with Physical Disabilities)	Shirley Street
7.	Grants Town Seventh-Day Adventist Church	Wellington Street
8.	Hillview Seventh-Day Adventist Church	Tonique Williams Darling Highway
9.	Maranatha Seventh-Day Adventist Church	Prince Charles Drive
10.	New Bethlehem Baptist Church	Independence Drive
11.	New Dimensions Ministries	Joe Farrington Road
12.	New Providence Community Centre	Blake Road
13.	Pilgrim Baptist Temple	St. James Road
14.	St. Barnabas Anglican Church	Wulff Road and Baillou Road
15.	Rev. Dr. O. A. Pratt Educational Building, St. John’s Native Baptist Church	Augusta and Meeting Streets
16.	Samuel and Cornella Williams Community Centre, The Salvation Army	Meadow Street
17.	Southwest Cathedral Church of God	Carmichael Road
18.	The Anglican Church of the Epiphany	Prince Charles Drive
19.	The Salvation Army	Mackey Street

RAGGED ISLAND

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Holy Innocents Anglican Church	Duncan Town

SAN SALVADOR AND RUM CAY

NO.	NAME OF SHELTER	ADDRESS
1.	Fellowship in Christ Kingdom Ministry	Cockburn Town
2.	Grace Research Center	United Estates Settlement
3.	Idell Jones Community Hall, St. Augustine Church Hall	Cockburn Town
4.	St. Christopher Anglican Church	Port Nelson, Rum Cay
5.	St. James Native Baptist Church	North Victoria Hill
6.	St. John’s Native Baptist Church	United Estates

@ 9 May, 2022 DOSS, Disaster Management Unit

PLEASE NOT THAT THIS LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE; IF NECESSARY

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Husband Murder Plot foiled in The Bahamas; Wife and two others arrested

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5 days ago

August 5, 2023

Deandrea Hamilton

Rashaed Esson

Staff Writer

#TheBahamas, August 5, 2023 – An American woman has been arrested in The Bahamas, accused of conspiring with two men, one of them alleged to be her lover, to murder her estranged husband.

The woman, 36 year old Lindsay Shiver and the two men, 28-year-old Terrance Bethel, the alleged lover and 29 year old Faron Newbold, were taken into custody last week following police investigation of a reported burglary at Grabbers Bar and Grill restaurant on Great Guana Cay.

The police looked into their cell phones and found WhatsApp messages detailing the assassination plot to kill her husband.

The couple, who built a life in South Georgia have three children and are home owners on the island in the Abacos.

News outlets throughout the US have reported on the scandalous story, including that a nasty court battle over the couple’s reported, $5 Million dollar fortune and three children was underway. Shiver, an entrepreneur is a former beauty Alabama queen, her husband a former football player was an insurance executive.

According to US media, the husband, Robert, recently filed for divorce from Shivers after a decade of marriage upon discovering she had an alleged extra-martial affair with Bethel whom she met in The Bahamas.

While the husband claims infidelity on the part of his wife, the wife claims he was abusive.

The suspects Shiver, Bethel and Newbold appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley on Friday July 28th. Their next court date is set for October 5th.

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Alarming Sexual Assault cases raising fears in The Bahamas

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5 days ago

August 5, 2023

Deandrea Hamilton

Rashaed Esson

Staff Writer

#TheBahamas, August 5, 2023 – The Bahamas is now facing an unfortunate reality as sexual assault has become and is a growing issue since 2023. Women and girls are said to be living in fear for their safety from these perpetrators.

The Royal Bahamas Police force has reported on instances of assault in press releases found on their Facebook page.

One report spoke of a 50 year old they were searching for after he burglarized a home and sexually assaulted an elderly woman, 82 years old. She was reported to be asleep when he woke and assaulted her.

This took place on Tuesday July 11th, 2023 at the home in the Centreville area of Nassau.

There is another incident that took place on July 17th, 2023 which the police are seeking in catching the suspect as they investigate. It involves a man believed to the perpetrator in for an armed robbery and sexual assault.

According to preliminary data, he approached the victim, a female, with a firearm, robbed her and sexually assaulted her. He proceeded to enter the house and robbed a male and escaped. This happened in the Cowpen Road area; also in Nassau.

The assaults continue to grow in number as the police reported that they were investigating two other incidents that took place on July 24th.

The first had to do with a female, 30 years old who reported she was driving on West on Marshall Road when two men approached her after she slowed down near Faith Avenue. One of the males with a firearm, forced her from her vehicle and took her to nearby bushes where they sexually assaulted her after which they escaped.

The second incident involved à 32 year old woman who was sexually assaulted by a male known to her. It is reported that she was walking in the Fleming Street area when she accepted transportation from the suspect, who drove her to a dirt road off Gladstone Road where he presented a firearm and proceeded to rape her.

Furthermore, another assault, this time involving a 9 year old girl, was reported. As revealed by preliminary information, the victim was playing with friends outside where she lives on Saturday July 29th, 2023 when the suspect, a 42 year old male of Summerset Estate, driving a white Nissan Skyline, arrived and gestured to her to enter the car.

She entered the car after which he took her to an unknown location, threatened her and sexually assaulted her. She was later found somewhere in Spikenard Road; this also happened in Nassau.

Fortunately, he was caught and arrested for abduction and sexual assault on Sunday July 30th by officers affiliated with the Drug Enforcement Unit.

There are other reports of sexual assault throughout The Bahamas as well as rape and attempted rape during the earlier parts of the year, dating back to as early as February.

CAPTION: Women Leaders, including Ann Marie Davis, wife of the Prime Minister filled the gallery of The Bahamas Senate this week as members of the upper chamber debated the Protection Against Violence Bill 2023. The debate came just as the country experiences a spike in sexual assaults against women and girls. Photo by Patrick Hanna, BIS.

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Premier Misick received a courtesy call from the Bahamas Leader of the Opposition

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5 days ago

August 5, 2023

Deandrea Hamilton

#TurksandCaicos, August 5, 2023 – On August 3rd, 2023, Premier Misick met with the Leader of the Opposition of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the Honorable Michael Pintard. The discussion was highly productive, and they delved into matters of mutual concern between their neighboring nations. Hon. Pintard was accompanied by other opposition members, including Senator the Honorable Darren Handfield and Mr. Joshua Sears.

Group photo caption:

From Left to Right: Mr. Joshua Sears, Senator Hon. Darren Hendfield, Premier Hon. Charles Washington Misick, Bahamas Leader of the Bahamas Hon. Michael Pintard and Deputy Premier Hon. Erwin J. Saunders.