Erickson's Public Library & Museum

Gregory Street
Matthew Town
Inagua, Bahamas

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FNM Inagua Rally - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham

Good Evening Inagua,
Colour Red is very happy to be in Inagua tonight. We have spent the day in MICAL visiting with residents in Crooked Island, Acklins and Mayaguana. Last evening Colour Red was in Central Andros.

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Devastation In Inagua

Hurricane Ike delivered a powerful blow to the island of Inagua on Sunday, tearing off roof tops, flooding streets and knocking out phone lines. Unofficial reports are that the island sustained millions of dollars in damage. Satellite images showed the eye of the Category 4 hurricane, packing 135 mile-an-hour winds, passing directly over Great Inagua around 11 a.m. Sunday.

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Remarks by Governor General in Inagua

Good evening.

It is good to return to the island of my birth to celebrate the milestone of the graduation of the Class of 2010 at the Inagua All Age School, the school where I began my own life-long quest for knowledge.

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Morton Salt To Close Indefinitely

The economy of Inagua has been dealt a crippling blow with the indefinite closure of Morton Salt.

Sunday's passage of Hurricane Ike totally destroyed Morton's main building and melted tons of salt in its salt pans, forcing management to cease operations at the establishment, the island's main economic engine.

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Prime Minister Minnis Hands Over Land Deeds

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis officially handed over land deeds to the first group of residents of Great Inagua during a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday 7 August.
The hand over to the eight residents is a demonstration of the progress being made in the Minnis Administration’s Land Reform initiative, which is focused on ensuring that thousands more Bahamians have greater access t...

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St. Matthew's Anglican Church youth members engage in spiritual retreat in Inagua, engage in educational pursuits and visit sick and shut-ins

The youthful members of St. Matthew's traveled to Matthew Town, Inagua, for a spiritual retreat, but also took time out from their fun, frolic and fellowship to help beautify the St. Philip Church and Parish Hall by picking up trash; and to bring a spot of cheer to senior citizens and shut-in members on the island by visiting them and serenading them and presenting them with gift bags.

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Archdeacon celebrates 40 years since ordination

ANGLICAN Archdeacon James Palacious celebrates the 40th anniversary of his ordination this week with a service of thanksgiving at Christ the King on Thursday and on Sunday at St. Philip's Church, Inagua, on Sunday.

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Frustration over partially-blocked dock in Inagua

A PARTIALLY-BLOCKED dock at Inagua is hindering large mailboats from offloading goods and hampering businesses by reducing their available goods, local entrepreneurs claimed yesterday.

According to several residents, the mailboat Lady Matilda - which brings food, supplies and other goods to the island about every ten days - has a hard time accessing the Yacht Basin because of three sunken vesse...

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New school on the way for Inagua and capital works planned for other schools

Matthew Town, Inagua, is set to get a new school in the upcoming year and plans are on the drawing board for the construction of new schools in Gregory Town, Eleuthera and George Town, Exuma...

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