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February 05, 2015
Cat Island Sailing Club to honor King at regatta

The Cat Island Sailing Club will host its 59th annual regatta in New Bight, Cat Island, from July 31 to August 3, this year.

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April 16, 2012
Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham Prime Minister Constituency Opening in Cat Island

Good Evening Cat Island,
Colour Red has come to Cat Island! And we are very happy to be here, the cradle of Bahamian culture ? rake n?scrape music, Quadrille dancing, Cuomo Hill/Mt. Alvernia, and the site of slave plantations ruins -- too many to mention. And home of some of the most productive, most educated and most artistically gifted people in The Bahamas.

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March 27, 2023
PM Davis calls the future building of the New Bight International Airport ‘truly exciting’

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Philip Davis said that what his Government is building in New Bight, Cat Island, is “truly exciting,” and an important part of a “broader push to support the vitality of all our Family Islands.”

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November 02, 2021
Visiting Fulbright Scholar Leads UB Students on Studies of Cat Island Heritage Sites

Cat Island is a treasure trove of culture and history, attracting scholars interested in connecting the dots between the past and the present to ensure a future for generations yet unborn. Dr. Allan Meyers, visiting Fulbright Scholar attached to the Faculty of Social and Educational Studies at University of The Bahamas (UB) led a team of thirteen UB students to Cat Island in an ongoing cultural he...

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May 26, 2021
'Up to 90' of BPL staff in Cat Island test positive

THE president of Bahamas Electrical Workers Union has confirmed that up to 90 percent of Bahamas Power and Light staff on Cat Island have tested positive for COVID-19.

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July 08, 2017
$45K to Cat Island Regatta; Sailing this year to Honour Zeke Taylor

The annual Cat Island Regatta will be held this year in New Bight, Cat Island, on Emancipation Weekend during the holiday of August 4-7, 2017 the Ministry of Agriculture & Marine Resources announced, on July 6, at its offices. Parliamentary Secretary Carlton Bowleg...

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July 07, 2016
Cat Island Sailing Club to honour Godfrey Kelly at 60th Regatta

Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources the Hon. V. Alfred Gray in a press conference on Wednesday announced the upcoming Diamond Jubilee Anniversary of the Cat Island Regatta July 29 to August 1, 2016 in New Bight Cat Island, and that Co-Founder of the Cat Island Regatta Godfrey Kelly would be honoured.

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May 11, 2016
Fundraiser to help form Cat Island marching band

RUDOLPH Stubbs, president of the Cat Island Development Association of Grand Bahama, has announced plans for a fundraiser this weekend in Cat Island to assist students with forming a marching band there.

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February 05, 2015
Cat Island Regatta legacy continues under Strachan

During the 1970s, the culture of major regattas for a select number of the Family Islands was strengthened. Cat Island was in that group of islands that presented social/sports sailing extravaganzas that complimented quite well the annual premier sailing event in Exuma.

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October 22, 2012
Burnt Body Found On Cat Island Road

Detectives are investigating two murders after a man was beaten to death in New Providence and the charred remains of another person were found in Cat Island.

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