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Major Structural Damage on Crooked Island
Major Structural Damage on Crooked Island
As heard on many radio and tv stations earlier today, there has been some major structural damage on Crooked Island in the Southern Bahamas. At the Colonel Hill High School, a block of classes, including the school's Computer Room have been left without a roof in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. There was also damage to the roof of St. John's Baptist Church in the Colonel Hill settlement.
"BTC Team Member Turned Owner"
"BTC Team Member Turned Owner"
Over Thirty Bahamians are Now BTC Business Owners...If there is anything worth honoring, it is endurance.? These were the words of Crooked Island native Barbara Gibson, an employee of over thirty-eight years, who changed her status from team member, to owner...
Trailer homes sent to Acklins, Crooked Island
Trailer homes sent to Acklins, Crooked Island
The government purchased the first set of trailer homes to provide temporary housing for residents displaced following the passage of Hurricane Joaquin through the Central and Southeast Bahamas last month.
Life in a clinic
Life in a clinic
If you visit this small community you might just end up sleeping in the local clinic.
Renzo Construction Awarded Contract To Repair Crooked Island high school
The government awarded a $280,000 contract to Renzo Construction yesterday for the repair of Colonel Hill High School on Crooked Island more than a year after Hurricane Irene damaged it.
Work is expected to start in two weeks said Lorenzo Moss, owner of Renzo Construction. It is expected to be completed before the end of June.
Crooked Island School Still In Limbo
Crooked Island School Still In Limbo
Repairs to Colonel Hill High School on Crooked Island, often called forgotten by residents, will have to wait as all bids to reconstruct the facility have been rejected by the Tenders Board, according to Minister of Education, Science and Technology Jerome Fitzgerald.
Lack Of Concern By The Central Govt In Crooked Island
Many Family Islanders are of the view that the central government in New Providence cares less about the people of the Family Islands that it does for them.
But Threatens Sit-In Over Forgotten School
But Threatens Sit-In Over Forgotten School
Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) President Belinda Wilson said if the government does not complete repairs on the Colonel Hill High School on Crooked Island by December, the teachers' union will take industrial action.
The Forgotten School
The Forgotten School
While Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald has boasted of a multimillion-dollar school upgrade around The Bahamas, more than 30 students at Colonel Hill High School on Crooked Island had to crowd into a small guesthouse because their school remains severely damaged from Hurricane Irene more than a year ago.