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April 15, 2016
Crooked Islanders complain hurricane repairs 'too slow'

THE pace of reconstruction in Crooked Island is moving "too slow," according to a former resident, who has urged the government to quicken its efforts to restore the hurricane-impacted island to normalcy.

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December 21, 2015
Ship stranded miles inland by hurricane is relaunched

THE Emerald Express, left stranded miles inland by Hurricane Joaquin in early October, has been successfully relaunched off the northern point of Crooked Island after a month-long operation that saw island officials dredge a road and tow the massive ship six miles overland...

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October 06, 2015
HURRICANE JOAQUIN: 46 airlifted to Nassau after plea from Commissioner, 'some time' before power will be restored in stricken areas

o 46 people evacuated from Pitts Town Point, Crooked Island, who were at Colonel Hill Airport, have been airlifted to Nassau after Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade made a plea for help this afternoon.

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June 19, 2019
Government signs contract that will give Crooked Island settlements potable water for first time

CROOKED ISLAND, The Bahamas – Residents of Crooked Island clapped their hands gleefully and burst forth exclamations of praise during the contract signing ceremony...

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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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December 19, 2011
CFAL Donates Computer Equipment to Crooked Island High School

When Hurricane Irene touched down on Crooked Island earlier this year it left in its wake a badly damaged Crooked Island High School. Included in that damage was the school's computer lab, which was used by the entire student body and adults in the community.

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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 22, 2016
HMBS Lawrence Major transports firefighting equipment to Crooked Island

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force's (RBDF) recently acquired landing craft HMBS Lawrence Major, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Milton Munroe, recently departed the John Alfred Wharf en route to Crooked Island to transport the Royal Bahamas Police Force's fire truck and additional firefighting equipment to Crooked Island.

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