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November 10, 2015
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.

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October 27, 2015
Gray: Crooked Island not forgotten - but relief efforts will take some time

MICAL MP V Alfred Gray yesterday said the government has not forgotten Crooked Island, one of the communities ravaged by Hurricane Joaquin earlier this month, stressing that the recovery efforts will "take some time."

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October 22, 2015
Defense force establishes effective presence in Crooked Island

Continuing its aggressive efforts to bring relief to the residents of the hard hit southern islands of The Bahamas in the wake of hurricane Joaquin, The Bahamas government through the Royal Bahamas Defence Force has established an effective presence in Crooked Island in the form of a temporary work base.

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October 21, 2015
Royal Bahamas Defense Force Establishes Effective Presence in Crooked Island

Continuing its aggressive efforts to bring relief to the residents of the hard hit southern islands of The Bahamas in the wake of hurricane Joaquin, The Bahamas Government through the Royal Bahamas Defense Force has established an effective presence in Crooked Island in the form of a temporary work base.

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October 21, 2015
NEMA accused of failing island

CROOKED Island Chief Councillor Timothy Thompson yesterday said the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) "dropped the ball," adding that the island is still awaiting rebuilding supplies like plywood and shingles nearly three weeks after Hurricane Joaquin...

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October 05, 2015
Devastated: Crooked Island residents describe battle against floods

IN THE aftermath of Hurricane Joaquin, residents of Crooked Island have been describing having to rip through sheetrock with their children in their hands, fighting to reach the ceiling of their home to escape chest high floods...

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September 12, 2012
Lack Of Concern By The Central Govt In Crooked Island

Many Family Islanders are of the view that the central government in New Providence cares less about the people of the Family Islands that it does for them.

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May 01, 2017
"BTC Team Member Turned Owner"

Over Thirty Bahamians are Now BTC Business Owners...If there is anything worth honoring, it is endurance.? These were the words of Crooked Island native Barbara Gibson, an employee of over thirty-eight years, who changed her status from team member, to owner...

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News Article
September 12, 2012
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.

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The Forgotten School
News Article
September 10, 2012
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.

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