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October 30, 2015
Cat Island Sailing Association comes to the aid of deserving youth

The Cat Island Sailing Association continues to invest in the youth of Cat Island by awarding academic scholarships. For the second consecutive year, and with the help of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC), the association has provided financial assistance to four young people who hail from the island, with each student being granted $500.

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August 03, 2018
Oh, Cat Island! Hiking expedition brings joy, trepidation for Caribbean youths

What happens when you take young adults from eight Caribbean nations and plop them down on a sparsely populated island in The Bahamas for four days and three nights spent outdoors?

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May 11, 2016
Fundraiser to help form Cat Island marching band

RUDOLPH Stubbs, president of the Cat Island Development Association of Grand Bahama, has announced plans for a fundraiser this weekend in Cat Island to assist students with forming a marching band there.

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July 08, 2017
$45K to Cat Island Regatta; Sailing this year to Honour Zeke Taylor

The annual Cat Island Regatta will be held this year in New Bight, Cat Island, on Emancipation Weekend during the holiday of August 4-7, 2017 the Ministry of Agriculture & Marine Resources announced, on July 6, at its offices. Parliamentary Secretary Carlton Bowleg...

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March 02, 2015
Cat Island to host Richton Park, Illinois delegation

The Cat Island Sister City Association is hosting a delegation from the Village of Richton Park, Illinois, over the next four days to conclude talks on the formation of a sister city relationship.

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December 02, 2016
Cat Island Sailing Club Invests in Youth

The future of Cat Island is beginning to look brighter, as the Cat Island Sailing Club Association awarded five students with scholarships to attend the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI).

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April 27, 2015
Cat Island to honour one of its native sons

When the 2015 Cat Island Regatta is held later this year, it will be a very special event for the King family as the Cat Island Association has selected the family?s patriarch and one of that island?s boat building and sailing legends, the late Herbert King. During a meeting with and courtesy call on the Deputy Prime Minister and area MP, the Hon. Philip Brave Davis at the Ministry of Works, the D...

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News Article
February 05, 2015
Cat Island Regatta legacy continues under Strachan

During the 1970s, the culture of major regattas for a select number of the Family Islands was strengthened. Cat Island was in that group of islands that presented social/sports sailing extravaganzas that complimented quite well the annual premier sailing event in Exuma.

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November 13, 2012
Cat Island Airport To Triple Capacity

The proposed international airport on Cat Island would generate dozens of jobs and attract aircraft with three times more capacity, according to the project's chief architect.

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October 11, 2012
Cat Island Project To Sell 20M In Land

A Cat Island developer is looking to sell $20 million worth of land, as it completes a 90 slip mega-yacht marina in a proposed "mixed-use" community.

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