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Gray 'not sleeping while island burns' as fire trucks head to scene
MICAL MP V. Alfred Gray yesterday defended his handling of the fires in Crooked Island, rejecting assertions that he "sleeps while Crooked Island burns" as "utter rubbish".
Crooked Island residents see no end to fire turmoil
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.
Resident: Gray sleeps while our island burns
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.
VIDEO: Massive Crooked Island fires 'under control'
VIDEO: Massive Crooked Island fires 'under control'
THE four massive fires reportedly burning in Crooked Island for well over a week have now been repressed but not fully extinguished, according to Crooked Island and Long Cay Administrator Francita Neely.
'Crooked Island will bounce back'
For Crooked Islanders, a new way of life sets in
For Crooked Islanders, a new way of life sets in
Barbara R. Gibson and her husband spend their evenings cleaning out their home in this small fishing community, where finding fish is hard these days because the storm-damaged marina means fishermen have no safe way of launching their boats into the sea.
Crooked Island School Still In Limbo
Crooked Island School Still In Limbo
Repairs to Colonel Hill High School on Crooked Island, often called forgotten by residents, will have to wait as all bids to reconstruct the facility have been rejected by the Tenders Board, according to Minister of Education, Science and Technology Jerome Fitzgerald.
But Threatens Sit-In Over Forgotten School
But Threatens Sit-In Over Forgotten School
Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilson said if the government does not complete repairs on the Colonel Hill High School on Crooked Island by December, the teachers' union will take industrial action.
The Forgotten School
The Forgotten School
While Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald has boasted of a multimillion-dollar school upgrade around The Bahamas, more than 30 students at Colonel Hill High School on Crooked Island had to crowd into a small guesthouse because their school remains severely damaged from Hurricane Irene more than a year ago.
Lot 89 Seahorse Shores
Lot 89 Seahorse Shores
- $ 85,000
- Vacant Land
- Crooked Island, Bahamas
- Lot Area : 1 acres