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April 21, 2016
Gray 'not sleeping while island burns' as fire trucks head to scene

MICAL MP V. Alfred Gray yesterday defended his handling of the fires in Crooked Island, rejecting assertions that he "sleeps while Crooked Island burns" as "utter rubbish".

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April 18, 2016
Crooked Island residents see no end to fire turmoil

DESPITE pleas, long-suffering residents of Crooked Island say they see "no end to the turmoil" of the last two weeks as fires continue to burn in and around four of the island's major settlements.

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February 03, 2012
Cabbage Hill School Re-Naming (Crooked Island) - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham

It is so wonderful to be with you on this special occasion and I am pleased to be accompanied by my wife Delores, a public school senior high school Principal who is making her very first visit to Crooked Island.

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November 28, 2019
Government is committed to safe, reliable water in the Family Islands, says WSC Executive Chairman

Executive Chairman of Water & Sewerage Corporation (WSC) Adrian Gibson assured residents of Crooked Island that the government is “keenly” aware of the water needs in the Family Islands, and is currently formulating plans to address these needs and committed to safe and reliable water supply...

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March 04, 2019
New Water Mains on the way for Crooked Island residents

Some 250 residents in Crooked Island can look forward to the installation of new water mains in several settlements in this far-flung island...

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July 22, 2016
NEMA gets medical equipment for Crooked Island clinic

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, was pleased to accept an assortment of vital medical equipment from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., facilitated by the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), for the community clinic in Crooked Island which was severely damaged during the passage of Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015.

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April 20, 2016
Resident: Gray sleeps while our island burns

A disgruntled Crooked Island resident yesterday criticised MICAL MP V. Alfred Gray for the government's poor reaction to massive fires on the island, as he lamented his family being subjected to inhaling "billows of thick black smoke" for the past three weeks.

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April 05, 2016
VIDEO: Massive Crooked Island fires 'under control'

THE four massive fires reportedly burning in Crooked Island for well over a week have now been repressed but not fully extinguished, according to Crooked Island and Long Cay Administrator Francita Neely.

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January 27, 2016
The Governor General visits Crooked Island

Governor General Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling on Monday, January 25, visited the islands of Acklins and Crooked Island, which were impacted by Hurricane Joaquin in October of last year.

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November 11, 2015
'Crooked Island will bounce back'

Kirkwood McKinney has no plans to leave his home.

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