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Cat Island told 'it's your time' as water works start
THE Water and Sewerage Corporation broke ground on Monday for a system that will bring potable water to Cat Island for the first time.
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?
Cat Island Sailing Club Invests in Youth
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).
Fundraiser to help form Cat Island marching band
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.
Cat Island to honour one of its native sons
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...
Award winning studentss renovate historic Cat Island kitchen
Fulfilling a promise to Cat Island native, the late Margaretta Rolle, students of the award winning Indaba Project are working hard to restore Mrs Rolle?s historic detached limestone kitchen in the mystic island...
Irene's Impact Lingers On Cat Island
Irene's Impact Lingers On Cat Island
Nearly one year since Hurricane Irene hit, the signs of destruction and hardship on Cat Island are painfully evident.
Bank Of The Bahamas & Partners Send Huge Relief Bundles to Cat Island
A little more than a month after Hurricane Irene slammed into Cat Island in the central Bahamas, tearing off roofs and tearing apart lives, the mailboat M/V KCT arrived late last week with a container packed with love and crammed with proof that people cared.
Bank of The Bahamas/Phil's Extend Cat Island CODE R.E.D Hurricane Relief
In the wake of Hurricane Irene?s devastating impact on Cat Island, Bank of The Bahamas announced today it is extending Cat Island Code R.E.D. -- relief effort drive -- with donation boxes at all New Providence branches, a cash account and two large containers for food, water, baby and medical supplies at Phil's Food Services.
Caribbean travel writers feature Cat Island
Caribbean travel writers feature Cat Island
Drawn to Cat Island by the annual Rake N' Scrape festival, writers for Caribbean Travel & Life Magazine David Herndon and Zachary L Stovall spent three days talking to islanders and touring.
Developing material for a feature on the island , Herndon and Stovall made a beeline on arrival for the home of Minerva Rolle for an interview. She is the oldest woman resident of Bennett's Harbour, and she...