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December 08, 2009
Ragged Island Residents Excited About New Infrastructure

Duncan Town, Ragged Island -- A resurfaced airport runway, a dock and paved road are on the way for Ragged Island, and the 60 plus residents who live there are excited and looking forward to the new infrastructure.

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August 28, 2018
NEMA hands out cash to Ragged families

WEEKS ahead of the one year anniversary of Hurricane Irma, which devastated Ragged Island, the National Emergency Management Agency issued more than $70,000 in financial assistance to affected residents.

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September 13, 2017
Ragged Island families want to rebuild

RESIDENTS of Ragged Island are determined to go back home immediately and rebuild despite the decimation left from Hurricane Irma, with the community's chief councillor saying it is "foolishness" for anyone to consider the island uninhabitable...

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July 05, 2017
Beach Cleanup Volunteers Get a Treat from BTC

Company partners with Ragged Island Cultural and Heritage Association...Ragged Island Native Amanda Curling spearheads an annual initiative for her hometown every year...

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December 12, 2011
Foundation to continue Hezron Moxey's legacy

Ragged Island native Hezron Moxey, in life, had a strong maritime influence. The young islander began navigating little dingy boats in the waters around Ragged Island at the age of eight. He would evolve into one of the great mariners in Bahamian history.

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Layman Maycock, 93
News Article
November 18, 2011
Layman Maycock, 93

Funeral service for Mr. Layman Maycock, 93 yrs., a resident of Augusta Street & formerly of Duncan Town, Ragged Island, who died on 8th November, 2011, will be held at The Church of God of Prophecy, Baillou Hill Road, on Friday at 2:00 p.m.

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September 29, 2011
Margaret Rose Johnson, 66

Funeral Service For Margaret Rose Johnson, 66 years,? Of High Tree Estates and formerly of Ragged Island will be held on Saturday October 1st, 3:00 p.m. at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Theodore Lane. Bro. Glen Colebrook and Bro. Herman Coston will officiate. Cremation will follow.

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November 11, 2009
PM: Politics Should be Eliminated in the Granting of Public Contracts

The Bahamas has wasted too much public funds in granting contracts to persons who failed to perform the job, and the Government is seeking to remove political influence from the process of granting publicly tendered contracts, Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham told reporters Monday.

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May 27, 2016
Negotiation and consultation right way forward to resolve South China Sea Issue

The international community has become increasingly concerned about the South China Sea dispute, in particular the South China Sea arbitration initiated by the Republic of the Philippines, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

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