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December 07, 2015
National Disaster Reconstruction Committee to provide support to hurrican damaged islands

The business community throughout the settlements of Long Island were among the hardest hit as a result of the devastation of Hurricane Joaquin.

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November 11, 2015
Butler-Turner: School told to block herfrom special assembly

Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner claimed the Ministry of Education directed a government primary school in New Providence not to present her with hurricane relief supplies for students in her constituency during a special assembly yesterday.

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October 26, 2015
One in ten long island homes assessed so far are 'completely destroyed'

MORE than one tenth of the homes assessed by teams dispatched by the National Emergency Management Agency in Long Island have been rendered "completely destroyed" in the wake of Hurricane Joaquin...

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October 26, 2015
Long road to a normal life

Long Island resident Etoile Burrows and her husband are trying to piece together their lives after Hurricane Joaquin wreaked havoc on the island earlier this month.

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October 09, 2015
Happy ending for elderly couple evacuated by helicopter

Dennis Knight, 90, and his wife, who is in her 80s, both of whom have dementia, were trapped in their home in Petty's, Long Island, without water, power, and other critical needs for days after Hurricane Joaquin ravaged the island for 24 hours.

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October 06, 2015
Announcement for Long Island

Terrece Bootle Bethel, Family Island Administrator for Long Island wishes to advise residents from Petty's to Salt Pond - affected by Hurricane Joaquin - to meet at the NGM Major High School in Buckley's at 9am on Tuesday, October 6, 2015

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October 06, 2015
Rigby sees devastation, but hope on trip to find grandmother

After nearly three days without communicating with his grandmother in Deadman's Cay, Long Island, attorney Raynard Rigby boarded a plane and then a boat on Sunday evening in search of the retired 85-year-old woman.

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October 05, 2015
Long Island lodge owner: Tens of millions to rebuild

With Long Island residents and business owners reeling from Hurricane Joaquin's swath of destruction over the weekend, one flats fishing professional yesterday stated that his business would have to be "totally rebuilt" as the government mulls a suite of tax breaks for individuals seeking to rebuild what has been lost.

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October 05, 2015
No deaths in Long Island from storm, says police chief

POLICE Commissioner Ellison Greenslade yesterday said there was no loss of life in Long Island from Hurricane Joaquin, despite earlier unconfirmed reports of multiple deaths associated with the category four storm...

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August 18, 2011
Minister of Public Works and Transport Inspects New Dock in Salt Pond

Minister of Public Works and Transport the Hon Neko C Grant inspected the new Salt Pond Dock during a stopover visit to Long Island on Wednesday.

The Hon Desmond Bannister, the Minister of Education; the Hon Lawrence Cartwright, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources and MP for Long Island; Colin Higgs, permanent secretary; Jordan Ritchie, administrator; Shedrach Johnson, senior manager; ...

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