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Volume: 122 No. 41, January 22, 2025
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DAVIS: FNM IS PARTY OF ELITES
80 people have crimiNal record expuNged
PM says Opposition divided with election on country’s horizon By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis taunted the Free National Movement during a Progressive Liberal Party meeting last night, highlighting Dr Hubert Minnis’ continued outsider status in a party he once led.
Dr Minnis told reporters this week that his party’s leaders have not “tapped” him on his shoulder, a cheeky reference to Michael Pintard’s comment that people who have participated in the party’s mandatory training session have been tapped to build support in
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net EIGHTY Bahamians, including people charged with curfew violations during the pandemic, had their criminal records expunged last year after applying to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Committee. Reverend Ronald Campbell, the committee’s chairman, told The Tribune yesterday that the committee anticipates an increase in applications this year,
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berry islaNders frusTraTioN aT local govT NomiNaTioNs By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net BERRY Islands residents have expressed disappointment over what they describe as a lack of transparency in the island’s local government election nomination process. They claim many aspiring nominees were hindered
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by short notice about the process. Velenzo Miller, a resident, told The Tribune that he and a group of other residents were only made aware of the nomination deadline hours before via a WhatsApp group, describing the timing as impractical. SEE PAGE FOUR
‘No surprise’ Trump rejecTs 15% global corporaTe Tax PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis took time at a PLP meeting to taunt the FNM over their training sessions and former PM Hubert Minnis’s status as an outsider in the party.
Church arrest on viral video ‘after disturbance reported’ By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net POLICE arrested a man at a church in Grand Bahama on Sunday after the pastor reported a disturbance, an incident that was captured in a viral video. The short video raised questions about police protocol among observers who
were uncertain about the circumstances surrounding the incident. The video shows an officer talking to a man dressed in a robe, saying: “You are an elderly man. I respect my elders. Do not disrespect. Do you understand me?” “I understand,” the man SEE PAGE FIVE
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By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net A CABINET minister last night asserted it was “no surprise” that Donald Trump has withdrawn the US from the 15 percent minimum global corporate tax amid fears this move may hit The Bahamas’ competitiveness. Michael Halkitis, minister of economic affairs said that even though the former Democratic treasury secretary had committed the US to the G-20/OECD initiative it was still likely to have encountered headwinds in becoming law due to Republican control in Congress. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS