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NEMA makes financial contributions to Hurricane Irma victims on Ragged Island
Captain Stephen Russell, Director of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, issued financial assistance estimating $72,000 to Family Island residents impacted by the devastating Hurricane Irma in 2017...
NEMA hands out cash to Ragged families
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.
Vital Ragged Island facilities to be rebuilt
Vital Ragged Island facilities to be rebuilt
NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency Director Captain Stephen Russell yesterday said the Ministry of Works should shortly be approving plans to rebuild key government infrastructure such as a police station, clinic, and island administrator's office in Ragged Island...
WHY SO LITTLE AID AND WHY SO LATE: Year from Irma, islanders insist govt does more
RESIDENTS of Ragged Island are calling for more government assistance than the $4,000 per household issued by the National Emergency Management Agency on Friday...
Bodies found after boat capsizes
Bodies found after boat capsizes
MEMBERS of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the Royal Bahamas Police Force are investigating the discovery of three bodies washed ashore in the Ragged Island chain on Saturday...
Moxey: BPL not in crisis
Moxey: BPL not in crisis
Amid public outrage after weeks of power outages across New Providence, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) Chairman Dr. Donovan Moxey yesterday insisted the power company is not in crisis...
U.S. Government Donates 30,000 to the Salvation Army to Repair Hurricane Shelters
Nassau, Bahamas - On Thursday, June
20, the United States Government through the Office of Foreign Disaster
Assistance (OFDA) formally presented The Bahamas Division of the
Salvation Army Bahamas Division with a $30,000 USD grant to assist with
critical repairs and refitting of two emergency community shelters in
the Bain and Grants Town communities in Nassau.? The donation is timely
a...