OBITUARIES THURSDAY $5.50 Meals: 6Pc Nuggets McChicken McDouble
HIGH 83ºF LOW 69ºF
i’m lovin’ it!
Monday,
February
CARS! CARS!
8, 2021
The Tribune Established
Being Bound To
Swear To The Dogmas
1903
Of No Master
The Tribune L A T E S T
Volume: 120 No.279, January 5, 2023
N E W S
tise Call
To Adver
-2351
601-0007 or 502
Starting at
$33.60
CLASSIFIEDS TRADER
ed
VAT includ
Established 1903
O N
T R I B U N E 2 4 2 . C O M
Biggest And Best!
THE PEOPLE’S PAPER: PRICE–$1
‘ALARM’ AT CHILD ABUSE STATISTICS
Advocacy group ‘VILLAGE ROAD IS SAFE’ questions lack of - DESPITE CAR PLUNGE public outrage By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THERE were 240 new reported cases of child abuse, neglect and abandonment documented between January and October of last year, according to data released by the Ministry of Social Services. The statistics led to an advocacy group expressing alarm and calling for greater protection for children.
Details on data recorded for November and December were not available up to press time yesterday. But of the 240 cases reported, 75 were cases of sexual abuse, 115 were child neglect and three were child abandonment. The first ten months of 2022 also saw 45 new cases of physical abuse and one new case each of verbal and emotional abuse. SEE PAGE THREE
VILLAGE Road yesterday and, below, one of the pictures circulating online showing a crash. Main photo: Moise Amisial
COVID ‘UNDER CONTROL’ IN CHINA DESPITE WAVE OF NEW MEASURES By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
A CHINESE Embassy spokesperson yesterday insisted that the country has the COVID-19 situation there under control, arguing that commentary in international media regarding their virus policies is “nothing but double standards”. This comes as a growing
A RESIDENT engineer for the Ministry of Works has given an assurance that safety measures are in place in Village Road after concerns were raised by motorists about the road project. This comes after pictures and video of a car that had hit a hole were circulated. The incident reportedly took place on Village Road. The road project has angered many drivers in New Providence and shifting completion deadlines have led to further aggravation.
number of countries, including the US, UK and other European nations, have announced new testing measures for visitors from China as the nation battles an outbreak of COVID19 after rolling back many pandemic restrictions last month. US government officials have cited concerns over a SEE PAGE FOUR
SEE PAGE TWO
‘NO GOING BACK’ TO COVID RESTRICTIONS By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
FORWARD bookings for The Bahamas’ peak winter tourism season are 10-15 percent ahead of 2022 numbers, a leading hotelier disclosed yesterday, with the industry “satisfied” there will be no return to past COVID restrictions. Robert Sands, the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association’s (BHTA)
ROBERT “SANDY” SANDS president, told Tribune Business that “all the indicators for 2023” point to the industry surpassing its preCOVID record year of 2019 as it continues to monitor
the surge in COVID cases in China. Pointing out that there are multiple “buffers” protecting The Bahamas against Chinese COVID cases, he revealed that average daily room rates (ADR), average per capita tourism spend and length of visitor stay were all “beginning to get to double digit increases” in percentage terms compared to prior year benchmarks. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
Nassau & Bahama Islands’ Leading Newspaper
FRONT PORCH:
MAJORITY RULE - A SHARED CELEBRATION
PAGE EIGHT