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News Article
June 29, 2016
NEMA Conducts Surface Water Rescue Course in Acklins

In keeping with its goals to establish disaster resilient communities, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), conducted a Surface Water Rescue Course on this island ? one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Joaquin last October.

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News Article
November 18, 2015
Man who rode out Joaquin on Samana Cay tells harrowing tale

Six weeks after Hurricane Joaquin devastated The Bahamas, the story of what it was like to be on Samana Cay at the time of the storm is finally being told.

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News Article
November 09, 2015
Mother died after suffering emotional scars following storm

THE daughter of 93-year-old Geneva Johnson said yesterday while the devastation Hurricane Joaquin wreaked on Acklins did not take the life of her mother, the massive category four storm left in its wake mental and emotional scars too big to overcome...

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News Article
August 31, 2012
Tribute To 'Duke' Hanna

Dear Editor,

Acklins is a distinct Bahamian island laying in the southeast quadrant of the Commonwealth.

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News Article
September 07, 2010
Thousands of dollars of public money stolen after official tied up, robbed

A Family Island administrator and his son were attacked by masked gunmen, tied up and abandoned in a terrifying ordeal that resulted in the theft of a significant amount of public money early Saturday morning.

Acklins administrator Gregory Knowles was gunbutted and his 16-yea

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