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June 19, 2019
Government signs contract that will give Crooked Island settlements potable water for first time

CROOKED ISLAND, The Bahamas – Residents of Crooked Island clapped their hands gleefully and burst forth exclamations of praise during the contract signing ceremony...

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April 18, 2016
Crooked Island residents see no end to fire turmoil

DESPITE pleas, long-suffering residents of Crooked Island say they see "no end to the turmoil" of the last two weeks as fires continue to burn in and around four of the island's major settlements.

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February 03, 2012
Cabbage Hill School Re-Naming (Crooked Island) - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham

It is so wonderful to be with you on this special occasion and I am pleased to be accompanied by my wife Delores, a public school senior high school Principal who is making her very first visit to Crooked Island.

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May 08, 2023
Gruesome discovery of dead man in Crooked Island

THE grim discovery of a dead man in the street with lacerations on his wrist and forehead disturbed the tranquillity of Crooked Island on Saturday morning, rocking an island of just 305 residents.

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November 28, 2019
Government is committed to safe, reliable water in the Family Islands, says WSC Executive Chairman

Executive Chairman of Water & Sewerage Corporation (WSC) Adrian Gibson assured residents of Crooked Island that the government is “keenly” aware of the water needs in the Family Islands, and is currently formulating plans to address these needs and committed to safe and reliable water supply...

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March 04, 2019
New Water Mains on the way for Crooked Island residents

Some 250 residents in Crooked Island can look forward to the installation of new water mains in several settlements in this far-flung island...

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July 22, 2016
NEMA gets medical equipment for Crooked Island clinic

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, was pleased to accept an assortment of vital medical equipment from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., facilitated by the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), for the community clinic in Crooked Island which was severely damaged during the passage of Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015.

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April 22, 2016
HMBS Lawrence Major transports firefighting equipment to Crooked Island

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force's (RBDF) recently acquired landing craft HMBS Lawrence Major, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Milton Munroe, recently departed the John Alfred Wharf en route to Crooked Island to transport the Royal Bahamas Police Force's fire truck and additional firefighting equipment to Crooked Island.

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April 20, 2016
Resident: Gray sleeps while our island burns

A disgruntled Crooked Island resident yesterday criticised MICAL MP V. Alfred Gray for the government's poor reaction to massive fires on the island, as he lamented his family being subjected to inhaling "billows of thick black smoke" for the past three weeks.

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April 15, 2016
Crooked Islanders complain hurricane repairs 'too slow'

THE pace of reconstruction in Crooked Island is moving "too slow," according to a former resident, who has urged the government to quicken its efforts to restore the hurricane-impacted island to normalcy.

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