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May 31, 2010
Acklins Shines in National Arts Festival

Snug Corner Primary School students recite a poem, during the E. Clement National Arts Festival Adjudications held recently in the Acklins settlement.

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February 07, 2020
Social Services to go Online; Acklins and Crooked Island Urban Centres to Get Computer Labs in ‘Shortest Possible Time’

The Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development will make its products and services available online in order to meet clients’ needs in a more efficient and effective manner throughout The Commonwealth of The Bahamas...

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February 12, 2016
NEMA awards two contracts for Acklins reconstruction

Two building contractors were awarded contracts to construct homes on Acklins, one of the islands severely impacted by the Category 4 Hurricane Joaquin in October 2015.

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February 05, 2015
BTC Providing LTE Coverage in Acklins

BTC now has over ninety LTE sites nationally. Just recently three of the six mobile towers in Acklins were upgraded to provide 4G LTE services to the island. The towers located at Lovely Bay, Spring Point and Salina Point, now have 4G LTE services...

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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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July 07, 2023
Golden Jubilee Flag Relay Landed on Acklins Community

The National Independence Secretariat continued its Golden Jubilee Flag Relay-Flag Raising Ceremony on Acklins – at the Spring Point International Airport on Tuesday 4 July 2023.

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September 12, 2017
Clean-Up Crew Travels to Acklins; Ragged Island Second Evacuation Tomorrow

Director of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Captain Stephen Russell said there would be a flight today, September 12, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. to Salina Point, Acklins...

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October 06, 2012
New Details Revealed In Acklins Blue Crash Investigation

As families of those who died in the Acklins Blue Air Charter crash in Lake Killarney off Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) commemorated the two-year anniversary of their loss yesterday, new details about what investigators believe caused the tragedy emerged.

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