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POLICE QUESTION FORMER MINISTER
Officers quizzed Lanisha Rolle as part of investigation By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander confirmed that officers questioned former Cabinet Minister Lanisha Rolle and her husband yesterday as a part of their investigations into the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture. “Yes, at this time they are being questioned,” the police chief said when asked to respond to reports circulating on the issue. “They came into custody yesterday (Tuesday).
They were released pending last night, to return this (Wednesday) morning so at this hour, I believe they are still speaking to investigators at this time.” Reports first circulated in November that Mrs Rolle was under active police investigation as a part of their probe into the ministry. Deputy Commissioner of Police Leamond Deleveaux later denied those reports when contacted by The Tribune and only said police were only looking into some “irregularities” at the ministry. SEE PAGE FIVE
SOCIAL Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe said officials are hoping to have consultations wrapped up regarding marital rape legislation in the next several weeks. The minister gave an update to reporters on consultation and the marital rape legislation outside Parliament yesterday. “We’re still waiting,” he said. “We haven’t
BAHAMAS Power & Light’s (BPL) chief executive yesterday warned the utility’s base tariff rate must ultimately increase to offset “diminished returns”, adding: “The sooner, the better.” Shevonn Cambridge, reassuring that no such hike is imminent, said it is “a necessary adjustment” that must be implemented for future financial stability given BPL’s margins continue to be squeezed by rising input costs that have only worsened from inflation. No timelines for such an increase have been set, and he added that significant work over a six-12 month period would be required to determine the appropriate base tariff to set. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
completed (it) yet. We are to move with the president of the Bahamas Baptist Missionary Educational Convention. He wanted to meet with us to discuss a few matters and with members of his church and leadership, we’re waiting for that date. “We’re hoping to have it done very shortly because in March we intend to have a national women’s convention that will coincide with International Women’s Day.” SEE PAGE FOUR
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
AIRLINES ‘WANT TO USE AIR SPACE AND PAY NOTHING’
WILCHCOMBE: MARITAL RAPE LAW CONSULTATION DONE ‘IN WEEKS’ By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
BPL POWER BILLS ‘MUST INCREASE’ IN FUTURE
FORMER Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Lanisha Rolle.
‘WE NEED A NEW COURT COMPLEX’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net CHIEF Justice Ian Winder has reignited calls for the construction of a new modern court complex, saying the time for a “complete judicial complex” has long passed as current facilities are ill suited and in a state of disrepair. The country’s top judge lamented the state of infrastructure at the courts while
LAWYERS at the opening of the 2023 legal year yesterday. speaking during the opening of the 2023 legal year at the Pointe yesterday.
He said roofs in some buildings are mouldy and leaking and also highlighted the issue of flooding. “We continue to lament the state of our infrastructure,” Justice Winder said. “The court campus is spread out in many separate buildings across the city of Nassau, between Nassau Street, and East Street. Most of these buildings have long exceeded the optimal usefulness as court facilities.” SEE PAGE TWO
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THE GOVERNMENT yesterday accused major US airlines of seeking to use The Bahamas’ sovereign air space without paying for it through “empty arguments” and “attempting to inflame lawful conduct”. The Bahamas, responding to allegations that its overflight fees regime imposes “unjust, anti-competitive and unreasonable” charges on US-based carriers, sought to turn the table on its accusers by asserting that they want to force this nation into the very conduct they are accusing it of by “discriminating against all airlines other” than themselves. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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