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October 26, 2016
Diplomats View BAMSI as Beacon of Hope for Andros

Members of the Diplomatic Corps are ?optimistic? about the future of Andros despite the devastation to that island post Hurricane Matthew.

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March 04, 2021
On the ground in Andros, mixed views on Forbes' decision

Mangrove Cay and South Andros MP Picewell Forbes was a “lousy MP” and it is time for the constituency to see a change, Karis Rolle-Davis, a resident of Calabash Bay, said yesterday.

But other residents said Forbes did his best and was at the mercy of successive administrations, which did little for the constituency.

Forbes announced on Monday that he will not run in the next election.

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October 26, 2016
Diplomats tour BAMSI, North Andros

The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) may have provided a "positive" opportunity in light of Hurricane Matthew for the island of Andros despite its "negative" impact on the island, according to several members of the Diplomatic Corps.

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GB, Andros devastated
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October 14, 2016
GB, Andros devastated

Hurricane Matthew has created widespread devastation in the city of Freeport and throughout Grand Bahama, as well as North Andros.

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October 13, 2016
'I believe the water rise so fast and so high it was a tsunami'

The devastation in North Andros from Hurricane Matthew is almost unimaginable, Ricardo Wells finds . . .

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October 09, 2016
North Andros 'took the brunt'

NORTH Andros "took the brunt" of the eye of Hurricane Matthew on Thursday evening, resulting in extensive damage, according to administrators on the island.

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October 06, 2016
Andros warned: 'Worst is yet to come'

As the eye of Hurricane Matthew gives Andros temporary reprieve, some residents have taken to the streets, despite authorities urging them to remain indoors, according to island senior administrator Ivan Ferguson.

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April 16, 2015
Schools in Central Andros Welcome the Governor General

Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General, received a warm welcome from students and faculty of schools in Central Andros on Tuesday, April 14, 2015...

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October 01, 2013
Gun Shots Damage BTC Fibre Optic Cables in South Andros Due to Pigeon Hunters

BTC landline, internet and cell services have been knocked-out by pigeon hunters who shot through the fibre optic cable that carries all of the communication capabilities to settlements at the end of South Andros, primarily Mars Bay and a neighbouring settlement...

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March 28, 2012
Montgomery Tract Resolution & Bozine Town Land Update - Speaking Notes

Mr. Speaker:

My Government, in each of its terms of office has sought to economically empower Bahamians. One important means to that end is to facilitate land ownership by Bahamians, hence the tremendous efforts put into regularizing, at very preferential rates ? 2, 3, 5 and 7 cents per square foot - of the unauthorized occupation of Crown and Government-owned land by Bahamian citizens since 1...

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