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OFFICIAL ISLANDS OF THE BAHAMAS 2022 HURRICANE SHELTER LISTING

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4 years ago

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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Royal Bahamas Police Force – ARRAIGNMENT NOTICE

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1 week ago

August 27, 2026

Deandrea Hamilton

The Bahamas, August 27, 2026 – The Royal Bahamas Police Force wishes to inform members of the public that several individuals are scheduled to appear before the Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, 27th August 2026, at 12:00 noon.

The individuals and charges are as follows:

An 18-year-old female is scheduled to be arraigned on the following charges:

Three (3) counts of Murder
Three (3) counts of Attempted Murder
Three (3) counts of Possession of a Firearm with Intent to Endanger Life
Three (3) counts of Possession of an Unlicensed Firearm
Two (2) counts of Possession of Ammunition
Armed Robbery
Abetment to Armed Robbery
Stealing
Receiving

The charges stem from three separate shooting incidents and an armed robbery that occurred on Friday, 21st August 2026, and Saturday, 22nd August 2026.

The first shooting occurred in the area of Soldier Road and Baillou Hill Road, resulting in the death of a 51-year-old male.

The second shooting occurred in the area of Joe Farrington Road, resulting in the death of a 52-year-old male.

The third shooting occurred in the area of Gladstone Road, resulting in the death of a 36-year-old male.

The armed robbery occurred at a business establishment in the area of Carmichael Road and Baillou Hill Road.

A 21-year-old male is scheduled to be arraigned on one charge of:

Murder

The charge stems from a shooting incident that occurred on Tuesday, 21st July 2026, in the area of Samson Street, Nassau Village, which resulted in the death of a 28-year-old male.

A 32-year-old male is scheduled to be arraigned on the following charges:

Murder
Attempted Murder

These charges stem from a shooting incident that occurred on Wednesday, 24th December 2025, in the area of Graham Drive, Yellow Elder, which resulted in the death of a 25-year-old male.

RBPF, PACD

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Bahama Brass Band Invitation Sparks Heritage Debate Ahead of TCI Constitutional Holiday

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2 weeks ago

August 20, 2026

Deandrea Hamilton

Turks and Caicos, August 20, 2026 – The planned participation of the Bahama Brass Band in the Turks and Caicos Islands’ inaugural Constitutional Holiday celebrations on August 30 has sparked public debate over culture, heritage and the historical contributions of Turks and Caicos Islanders abroad.

Organizers defended the invitation, saying the band’s inclusion is intended to highlight the deep historical ties between the two countries and honor Turks and Caicos men who helped establish and develop the institution in Grand Bahama.

According to the organizers, the Bahama Brass Band began in 1955 in Pine Ridge, Freeport, with Turks and Caicos Islanders, including the late Deacon Reuben Hall Sr. of Middle Caicos and Jenkins Williams and Mervin Hendfield of North Caicos, among those who helped build its foundation. The band eventually grew to more than 50 men.

The organizers also pointed to the participation of Turks and Caicos men in The Bahamas’ Independence celebrations on July 10, 1973, arguing that their contributions became part of Bahamian history while maintaining strong connections to their homeland.

Supporters say bringing the band home represents an opportunity to honor those pioneers, showcase their regional influence and expose younger generations to an important part of Turks and Caicos history.

However, concerns raised publicly described the invitation as potentially disrespectful to local culture and heritage. Organizers acknowledged those concerns, apologizing to anyone who felt overlooked or offended, while maintaining that no disrespect was intended.

The committee said the event should ultimately unite rather than divide, presenting the band’s history as evidence of the reach and resilience of Turks and Caicos heritage.

PHOTO CREDIT: Bahamas Brass Band

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CBC Supports Opportunities for Young Bahamian Basketball Players

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2 weeks ago

August 20, 2026

Deandrea Hamilton

NASSAU, Bahamas — Caribbean Bottling Company (CBC), local producers of Dasani products, proudly sponsored the fifth annual, Caribbean Hoopfest.

The tournament brings together Bahamian high school basketball teams and visiting teams from the United States for a competitive showcase at the Kendal G. L. Isaacs Gymnasium. Following its inaugural year at the Kendal G. L. Isaacs gym and last year’s event at Loyola Hall, the tournament returned to the Kendal G. L. Isaacs gym this year.

During the weekend tournament, CBC kept athletes well hydrated with in-kind donations of Dasani Water, Powerade and Minute Maid Juices.

During the tournament’s final day, CBC provided additional support by offering Sprite No Sugar samples and inviting attendees to participate in its Spin the Wheel for a chance to win exciting prizes.

CBC was proud to support this incredible event, which provides young Bahamian athletes with valuable exposure to U.S. basketball scouts and coaches. This opportunity gives them the chance to earn scholarships, continue their education, and pursue their basketball careers in the United States.

Event organizer, Donald Francois shared his appreciation for CBC’s support.

“I want to express our sincere appreciation for Caribbean Bottling Company, who has been a tremendous supporter and an important part of the success of our program. Without CBC’s support, Caribbean Hoop Fest would not be able to function at the level it does today. And without Caribbean Hoop Fest, we would not have been able to provide the opportunities that have helped young Bahamian athletes gain exposure and pursue educational opportunities in the United States,” he expressed.

Since the program’s inception, several Bahamian student-athletes have been selected for scholarship opportunities, highlighting the tournament’s growing impact on the development and advancement of young basketball talent in The Bahamas.

They are: Kelvin McDowells – Guard, Wodson Antoine – Power Forward, Justin Lafleur – Guard and Sean John – Guard.

After another successful edition of the tournament, Francois shared what he hopes he and Caribbean Bottling Company can achieve in the future.

“Our vision is bigger than basketball. We want to use the platform of Caribbean Hoop Fest to educate, develop, and create opportunities for young people and their families throughout the Bahamas. With individuals and organizations committed to our mission, we believe we can continue to grow the program and make an even greater impact,” Francois said.

For more details on community support, events and new products visit Caribbean Bottling Company at www.cbcbahamas.com today.