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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.
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."
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.
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.
NEMA accused of failing island
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...
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...
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.
"BTC Team Member Turned Owner"
"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...
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.