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News Article
May 26, 2021
'Up to 90' of BPL staff in Cat Island test positive

THE president of Bahamas Electrical Workers Union has confirmed that up to 90 percent of Bahamas Power and Light staff on Cat Island have tested positive for COVID-19.

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News Article
December 02, 2016
Cat Island Sailing Club Invests in Youth

The future of Cat Island is beginning to look brighter, as the Cat Island Sailing Club Association awarded five students with scholarships to attend the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI).

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News Article
November 11, 2015
From Cat Island to Washington, D.C.

Four Cat Island students engaged in an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that took them to Washington DC where they shared learning around environmental conservation, culture opportunities, higher learning with their peers, and learnt that it is possible for every child to go to college once they work hard.

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News Article
March 18, 2016
Cat Island?s First is a Rarity in the Bahamas

Hilltop Village is one of the only communities in the Bahamas
powered strictly from renewable energy sources. The Bahamas Family Islands are often rightfully referred to as the ?Real Bahamas?, due to the unspoiled air, land & sea combined with the culture and friendliness of the residents...

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News Article
October 08, 2016
Cat Island "fared pretty well" says administrator

CAT Island administrator Jackson McIntosh says the island "fared well" during Hurricane Matthew. "There has been no report of injury or emergencies and we fared pretty well here in Cat Island," he told The Tribune shortly before 8:
30am on Thursday.

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News Article
October 13, 2016
Cat Island in darkness as high, gusty winds strike

AT Islanders will have to sit through category 3 Hurricane Matthew in darkness as Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) has shut down the electricity supply to the entire island, according to island administrator Jackson McIntosh on Wednesday night.

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News Article
August 30, 2011
Couple Rallying Friends, Family to Assist Cat Island

As the dust settles after Hurricane Irene, images out of the hardest hit southern islands of The Bahamas are sobering -- communities are facing weeks and months without water, clean food, electricity and even shelter.

To those on islands which were spared the full force of the major hurricane, the images spawn a sense of helplessness and a desire to assist those in these far-off communities in ...

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