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Volume: 122 No. 40, January 21, 2025
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MINNIS: I WILL RUN IN NEXT ELECTION Former PM has not taken part in FNM candidate training By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has set himself on a collision course with the FNM’s current leadership by declaring yesterday that he plans to run in the next election despite not completing the party’s mandatory
training sessions for aspiring candidates. FNM’s leaders have insisted that as part of the party’s selection process, all potential candidates participate in a training module –– including its former standard bearer. Dr Minnis acknowledged that he had not attended a SEE PAGE THREE
POLICE: NO COMMENT ON VIDEO OF ARREST IN CHURCH By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net POLICE declined to comment yesterday after a video purporting to show the arrest of a man during a church service went viral. The Tribune understands that representatives of the Bahamas Christian Council reached out to the police
and were told an internal inquiry was launched. One prominent pastor noted that it is unusual for police to arrest people during a church service, with authorities usually waiting until after. The origins and setting of the incident could not be confirmed up to press time. SEE PAGE FIVE
FROM left, head of construction Peter Darrell, Access Industries representative Annie Wickstrom, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Aviation Chester Cooper, Two Roads managing partner Taylor Collins and Two Roads Development partner and president Brad Meltzer during the groundbreaking ceremony for Four Seasons Residences on Paradise Island yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
$300m Four Seasons development promises over 200 permanent jobs By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net THE Ocean Club, Four Seasons Residences broke ground yesterday for its $300m luxury development over
on Paradise Island, promising to provide roughly 1,000 jobs during construction and 200 permanent jobs after completion. Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper said the project would provide $715 billion over the next 20
years. “This multi-million dollar development is extra special because it marks the 60th anniversary of the Ocean Club, a Four Seasons resort here on Paradise Island,” SEE PAGE FOUR
DAVIS DISMISSES ECONOMY SLOWDOWN CLAIM By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net AFTER an IMF report warned that the country’s economic growth is expected to slow, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis dismissed those conclusions yesterday, saying his administration does not foresee an economic slowdown just “right yet”.
“That is their predictions,” he told reporters on the sidelines of an event. “There are some headwinds for us, but it’s not in the economy. It’s the obligation that have been incurred over the years that is holding us back, but we see the observations made by them, but we will ensure… that our economy SEE PAGE THREE
PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis
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EMBOLDENED TRUMP RETURNS TO WHITE HOUSE AFTER UNPRECEDENTED COMEBACK SEE PAGE 10