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December 16, 2011
Acklins Cut Off Despite Public Outcry

Despite rising appeals from community leaders in Acklins, money owed by the government to businesses and social services workers has not reached the struggling island.

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BDB Heads to Acklins
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September 25, 2018
BDB Heads to Acklins

In continuation of fulfilling its mandate to expand the Bahamian economy, The Bahamas Development Bank (BDB) travels to Acklins, Crooked Island and Samana Cay, to advance its program to industrialize cascarilla...

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September 15, 2016
REV partners with BreAnn's Care Closet to donate school uniforms

REV has partnered with Nassau-based charity BreAnn's Care Closet to help make this back-to-school season more manageable for families in Acklins. For its part, the telecommunications company made a generous donation to BreAnn's Care Closet to purchase uniforms for students on the island.

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June 29, 2016
NEMA Conducts Surface Water Rescue Course in Acklins

In keeping with its goals to establish disaster resilient communities, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), conducted a Surface Water Rescue Course on this island ? one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Joaquin last October.

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September 12, 2017
Clean-Up Crew Travels to Acklins; Ragged Island Second Evacuation Tomorrow

Director of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Captain Stephen Russell said there would be a flight today, September 12, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. to Salina Point, Acklins...

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October 05, 2015
Salina Point without electricity, phones for at least four days

THERE was no communication with Salina Point, Acklins, for at least four days due to the devastation from Hurricane Joaquin, according to member of Parliament for MICAL V Alfred Gray...

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February 14, 2020
Salina Point Primary Project aims to preserve environment, while assisting student who ‘loves to help others’

School officials and students at the Salina Point Primary School in Salina Point, Acklins, have become great examples of how schools can effect positive change within their communities while also helping to preserve the environment with the launch of a Tyre Recycling/Refurbishment Project...

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November 03, 2015
Florida churches donate to NEMA

New Beginnings Missionary Baptist Church of Miami, Florida, and its partners New Birth Cathedral, Miami; Mt. Bethel of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Trinity Global Cathedral, The Bahamas, and TMF Aircraft in Florida presented an assortment of relief supplies...

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