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Duncan Town
Duncan Town
Ragged Island, Bahamas

Review

Ragged Island adequately supplied with water

The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) has an ample supply of water available in Ragged Island for residents or anyone who wishes to construct a home or business in the southern island...

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NEMA makes financial contributions to Hurricane Irma victims on Ragged Island

Captain Stephen Russell, Director of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, issued financial assistance estimating $72,000 to Family Island residents impacted by the devastating Hurricane Irma in 2017...

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Save The Bays applauds Ragged Island Green Rebuild Plan 'Most Progressive Measure in Region to Prepare for Climate Change', Seeks Progress Report

Outspoken environmental advocacy and education organization Save The Bays today redoubled its support for the government?s plan to rebuild storm-ravaged Ragged Island with sustainable design and renewable energy sources, creating the first fully green island in the region...

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Ragged Island begs: Help us - now

FRUSTRATED Ragged Islanders are demanding the government prioritise critical restoration initiatives as protracted delays have handicapped local efforts to rebuild and restore normalcy to the hurricane-ravaged island.

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Ragged Island to get 8m to help recovery from Irma

NEARLY two years after Hurricane Irma devastated Ragged Island, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis outlined plans last night for an $8 million investment in rebuilding key public infrastructure on the island...

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Duncan Town airport runway to be resurfaced

The Government of the Bahamas on Monday signed a $1.7 million contract for resurfacing of the airport runway here.
Public Works and Transport Minister the Hon. Neko C. Grant said the new runway will create a ?positive economic impact as a result of employment opportunities that would become available

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PM: Politics Should be Eliminated in the Granting of Public Contracts

The Bahamas has wasted too much public funds in granting contracts to persons who failed to perform the job, and the Government is seeking to remove political influence from the process of granting publicly tendered contracts, Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham told reporters Monday.

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Healthcare professionals to speak as block

Accused by the United Healthcare Reform Alliance (UHRA) of disrespecting Bahamian expertise and altruism in the healthcare sector, the National Health Insurance (NHI) Secretariat yesterday took a conciliatory tone, but nonetheless insisted it has been incorporating stakeholder input "as much as possible".

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Urban Renewal to repair 3,000 homes

The Urban Renewal Commission will carry out a "super plan" to repair 3,000 homes that have fallen into a state of disrepair across New Providence in 2017, Commission Chairman Algernon Allen said yesterday.

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