Bahamas Ramps Up Already Robust Entry Requirements Due To COVID
Thinking of going to the Bahamas? Better check the islands' latest COVID protocols, vaccine requirements.
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Thinking of going to the Bahamas? Better check the islands' latest COVID protocols, vaccine requirements.
The Bahamas announced that starting in May, all international travelers who are fully vaccinated will be able to enter the islands without needing to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test.
The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism is welcoming back visitors to Grand Bahama on Thursday.
To slow the spread of coronavirus in the Bahamas, the government there has banned some major airlines from serving the island which has left local private air charter services, such as Makers Air, busy filling the void.
The Bahamas is once against welcoming Americans, but with plenty of restrictions.
Hurricane Isaias crossed over the Bahamas' Andros Island late Saturday morning, whipping it and nearby islands with heavy rain and strong winds as the storm headed closer to Florida.
Citing recent spikes in COVID-19 cases, the Bahamas will close its borders to travelers from the United States beginning Wednesday.
Although Hurricane Season does not officially begin until June 1st, the CBS4 Weather team is monitoring weather conditions that are expected to become the season's first tropical-like system just east of Florida.
There is a legal fight unfolding in Florida over hundreds of thousands of dollars raised to help Bahamian victims of Hurricane Dorian.
Nearly six months after Hurricane Dorian decimated parts of the Bahamas, a lot of the relief aid has dried up.
A Palm Beach County family beat out over ten thousand other applicants from around the world in adopting a dog found trapped under buildings in the Bahamas, one month after Hurricane Dorian devastated the islands.
A Bahamian family who had to leave their dog behind after Hurricane Dorian was reunited with their beloved pooch.
An animal welfare organization with the help of a conversation society's ship brought precious cargo to South Florida Wednesday.
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More than a month after Dorian, a few four-legged survivors, rescued from the Bahamas are ready for their forever homes.
Photojournalist Mike Zimmer sat down with Lauren Pastrana to share what he saw in the hurricane-ravaged Bahamas.
Bahamians in the most affected areas hit by Hurricane Dorian keep searching amid alarming reports that 1,300 people remain listed as missing nearly two weeks after Hurricane Dorian hit the northern Bahamas.
About 3,900 evacuees escaping Hurricane Dorian's devastation in the Bahamas have been processed through south Florida by air and sea, officials said.
CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett spoke to residents in the Bahamas while visiting two remote islands with a group of retired Navy SEALs based in South Florida, who were on a mercy mission to deliver food and supplies.
A 12-year-old from the Bahamas who'd been held for days in a Florida shelter for unaccompanied minors has been released from custody and reunited with her mother.
About 3,900 evacuees escaping Hurricane Dorian's devastation in the Bahamas have been processed through South Florida by air and sea.
The National Hurricane Center says the disturbance that would form into Tropical Cyclone #9 is meandering over the southeastern Bahamas.
A preliminary report estimates Hurricane Dorian caused a total of some $7 billion in damage, but the government of the Bahamas has not yet offered any figures.
espite all the circulating images of Hurricane Dorian's brutal destruction, the Bahamas desperately want to get word out that most of its tourism hot spots are very much open for business.
About 17% of all Bahamians are suddenly homeless after Hurricane Dorian wiped out neighborhoods and ripped houses off foundations.
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Mayor Dean Trantalis reviewed our CBS Miami investigation and acknowledged the spikes and said the city is now looking into the most extreme cases.
City records show that those trucks are visiting the southwest Miami-Dade property in the Redlands without any authorization.
Americans weighed in on how long a conflict with Iran might last and what Congress should do.
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The Miami-Dade mayor, the Aventura, and Miami Beach police departments have issued statements in response to the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
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Americans weighed in on how long a conflict with Iran might last and what Congress should do.
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