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News Article
May 09, 2011
A glass of wine after work can't do any harm?

A report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute states that low to moderate alcohol consumption by women is linked to a statistically significant increase in cancer risk and may be responsible for almost 13 % of the cancers of the breast, liver, rectum, and upper aero-digestive tract combined.

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News Article
March 04, 2019
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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News Article
July 05, 2017
Beach Cleanup Volunteers Get a Treat from BTC

Company partners with Ragged Island Cultural and Heritage Association...Ragged Island Native Amanda Curling spearheads an annual initiative for her hometown every year...

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News Article
December 08, 2009
Ragged Island Residents Excited About New Infrastructure

Duncan Town, Ragged Island -- A resurfaced airport runway, a dock and paved road are on the way for Ragged Island, and the 60 plus residents who live there are excited and looking forward to the new infrastructure.

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December 01, 2009
New dock and roads for Ragged Island

Construction of a dock and reconstruction of roads here will usher in enhanced economic activity for this outlying Family Island, Public Works and Transport Minister the Hon. Neko C. Grant asserted.

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News Article
May 01, 2018
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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News Article
June 19, 2019
Rebuilding govt facilities on Ragged Is. will cost 12 mil.

The reconstruction of government facilities on Ragged Island will occur in stages “over a number of years” and will cost $12 million, Minister of Public Works Desmond Bannister said yesterday...

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News Article
June 19, 2019
Ragged Island rebuild now up to 12m

WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister defended the government's decision to spend millions of dollars on infrastructure at Ragged Island, telling Parliament it came down to a matter of "life and death" for residents...

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News Article
September 07, 2018
Vital Ragged Island facilities to be rebuilt

NATIONAL Emergency Management Agency Director Captain Stephen Russell yesterday said the Ministry of Works should shortly be approving plans to rebuild key government infrastructure such as a police station, clinic, and island administrator's office in Ragged Island...

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