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August 27, 2018
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...

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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 07, 2018
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...

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August 30, 2018
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...

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January 27, 2020
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...

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July 05, 2019
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...

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News Article
June 20, 2013
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...

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