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Top private island placed on market

THE Bahamian island made famous by a biography of the heiress to a major oil empire is being offered for sale through a local realtor.Whale Cay, located in the Berry Islands, was made famous by author Kate Summerscale in her book, The Queen of Whale

UPDATED: First two cases of COVID-19 on Cat Island

TWO residents of Cat Island have tested positive for COVID-19, the island’s administrator Neil Campbell confirmed Tuesday.

Family Island teams make it to high school relays thanks to BAF

THE Bahamas Athletic Foundation, a non-profit organisation formed for the development and advancement of athletics, specifically track and field, through scholarship grants to athletes and coaches, provided assistance this past weekend to six Family Island teams to travel to Nassau to compete in the IAAF High School Relays Trial Meet.

Eleuthera in call for 'duty level playing field'

The Eleuthera Chamber of Commerce’s president said yesterday he was “somewhat disappointed” the island had not been included under the Family Island Development Act extension, arguing South Eleuthera, epsecially, was “just as challenged” as other locations benefiting from the duty exemptions.

Stephen Brown: ‘We have not had any good facilities in a very long time’

FAMILY Islanders are once again appealing for better baseball facilities to aid in the development of youth on the respective islands.

Briland ‘rolls with punches’ on Thanksgiving disruption

Harbour Island businesses yesterday said they had to “roll with the punches” over the Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend due to the loss of water supply and electricity woes.

‘Tax free zone’ urged for Joaquin-hit islands

The Government was yesterday urged to designate the storm-ravaged southeastern Bahamas as a ‘tax-free zone’ to give the area’s island economies a “shot in the arm”.

Diamond Jubilee Cat Island Regatta to feature top recording artists

THE upcoming Diamond Jubilee Cat Island Regatta will feature the top recording artists in the country. The regatta is scheduled for Friday, July 29 to Monday, August 1 in New Bight, Cat Island.

Praise for Cat Island students

THIRTY-FIVE Cat Islanders received certificates from the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute on Saturday and were urged by Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade to continue striving for excellence. Mr Greenslade,

Davis: Govt needs to consider resettlement

DEPUTY Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis said despite being a difficult subject, the government needs to consider the “resettlement” of some Family Islands as the country is now faced with a massive rebuilding effort following Hurricane Joaquin.

PLP plan jettisons anchor projects

ABANDONING their once signature "anchor project" plan, the PLP now proposes to develop the Family Islands through the creation of "full-circle economies" involving smaller scale tourism projects, agriculture, fisheries and mariculture.

Cat Islanders unhappy with ‘extra’ lockdown

SOME Cat Island residents are up in arms about the extension to the current COVID-19 lockdown for their community, saying it is unnecessarily excessive.

Restrictions eased on Family Islands and Grand Bahama

THE Office of the Prime Minister announced the ease of lockdown restrictions for Grand Bahama and several Family Islands yesterday, allowing the resumption of indoor church services, curbside business activity and outdoor dining. These islands can a

New osmosis plant for hurricane-hit Ragged Island

OFFICIALS expect to have a recently procured solarised reversed osmosis plant online in Ragged Island by next week, Water and Sewerage Executive Chairman Adrian Gibson has said. Addressing long-standing water issues on the island, Mr Gibson said the

Couple’s home of 35 years reduced to rubble

HURRICANE Irma’s fury stripped Marjorie Wallace and her husband of the only home they shared for 35 years, reducing the structure in Duncan Town, located in a bay of shallow water on Ragged Island, to a heap of rubble.

In pursuit of sustainable development: Domestic tourism

THE last time I visited Cat Island, I explored the exclusive peninsula on the north-west coast known as Pigeon Cay. Luxury homes dot the shoreline of Pigeon Cay, overlooking a beautiful inland creek and mangrove system as well as a stunning stretch of white sand beach.

Independence, the way forward

MORE than 40 years ago, the national flag carrier Bahamas Airways transported students and teachers from schools in New Providence on day trips to a number of Out Islands. Bravo! Super idea, exposing “city slickers” to the reality of life within the real Bahamas.

Long Island Outlook set for November 12

The sixth annual Long Island Business Outlook conference will be held virtually on November 12 under the theme, A new era: Resilience in the face of vulnerability.

The second whirlwind - private citizens lead the hurricane rescue

LEFT in a state of shock on learning that our southern islands were almost wiped from the map, government was further stunned when a second whirlwind blew past them as Bahamians gathered up as many supplies as they could, loaded them onto privately owned boats and planes and flew to the rescue.

UNLIVEABLE: PM urges remaining Ragged Island residents to evacuate

HEALTH and safety conditions on storm-stricken Ragged Island will only continue to deteriorate, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday as he urged the 18 remaining residents on the island to evacuate in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, which has reduced most structures there to piles of rubble and rendered the island unlivable.

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