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Volume: 122 No. 35, January 14, 2025
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NO SHUTDOWN - BUT HEALTH ‘CRISIS MODE’ Ferguson says strike a success - but many staff report for duty By LEANDRA ROLLE, JADE RUSSELL, LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporters VOWS of a formidable, nationwide shutdown failed to materialise yesterday as most government workers reported for duty, confining the industrial action mainly to healthcare workers and some Grand Bahama teachers. SEE PAGE TWO TUC president Obie Ferguson. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN GB DISMISSED DUE TO STRIKE By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net PUBLIC schools in Grand Bahama were dismissed early on Monday after teachers and
administrators failed to report to work due to a nationwide strike initiated by the Trade Union Congress. The action impacted SEE PAGE THREE
Man fatally shot in this year’s first NO WORKING murder a targeted attack, say police FIRE ENGINES LEAVES FARMERS TO FIGHT BLAZE A 27-YEAR-OLD man was fatally shot in Big Pond in the early hours of Monday, sparking a police investigation into what officials are calling a targeted attack. The shooting, the first
murder of 2025, occurred shortly after midnight outside a home on Lakeshore Road, off Tucker Road. According to initial police reports, the victim was standing with two other people when a black,
American-model sedan approached from Rupert Dean Lane. Someone exited the vehicle and opened fire, prompting the group to SEE PAGE FOUR
PASTORS VOICE SUPPORT FOR PATERNITY LEAVE By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net AFTER the Bahamas National Breastfeeding Association called for extending maternity leave to at least 16 weeks, local pastors yesterday voiced strong support for introducing paternity leave,
though some insisted the benefit should be restricted to married fathers. The International Labour Organisation, which influences parental leave policies, does not specify minimum standards for paternity leave as it does for maternity leave. However, SEE PAGE SEVEN
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By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunmedia.net A RELENTLESS sixday fire at Fairfield Farm in Grand Bahama forced its owners to battle the flames themselves due to the island’s reported lack of operational fire engines. Tiffany Dennison, who has lived on the farm off Settler’s Way with her husband for about 10 years, said that since the fire erupted on Tuesday, their world has been turned upside down. SEE PAGE FIVE