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December 13, 2011
Chinese Embassy Donates 10,000 To Rebuild Crooked Island High School

Chinese Ambassador, His Excellency Hu Shan presented Minister of Education, The Honourable T. Desmond Bannister with a cheque for $10,000 towards the rebuilding of the Crooked Island High School....

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August 24, 2011
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.

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May 01, 2017
"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...

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November 17, 2015
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.

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Life in a clinic
News Article
November 13, 2015
Life in a clinic

If you visit this small community you might just end up sleeping in the local clinic.

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November 26, 2012
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.

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September 12, 2012
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.

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September 12, 2012
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.

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The Forgotten School
News Article
September 10, 2012
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.

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