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Volume: 123 No. 43, Monday, January 26, 2026
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UNIONS WARNING OF HEALTHCARE COLLAPSE Dr Lockhart: Doctors leaving in droves as they feel abandoned By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
CONSULTANT PHYSICIANS STAFF ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT DR CHARELLE LOCKHART
KEY health unions are warning of a breakdown in the public healthcare system after the Public Hospitals Authority ran out of overtime money, leaving doctors, nurses and support staff facing delayed pay and prompting calls for workers to refuse extra shifts. Consultant Physicians Staff Association president Dr Charelle Lockhart warned doctors are leaving “in droves”, not because they
do not care about patients, but because they feel abandoned by leadership. The crisis erupted after a January 13 internal PHA memorandum warned that overtime payments would no longer be processed unless first approved by the managing director’s office — a move unions say amounts to punishing frontline staff for government mismanagement. The Bahamas Nurses Union president Muriel Lightbourn and Bahamas CRISIS - SEE PAGE FIVE
BOMB SCARE AT MIAMI AIRPORT Legal cloud fuels FNM PINTARD SAYS GRAND BAHAMA LEAVES BAHAMIANS STRANDED anxiety in Long Island DEFINED BY STALLED PROJECTS By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net DOZENS of Bahamian travellers were left frantic at Miami International Airport yesterday after a bomb scare triggered evacuations and flight delays. Videos sent to The Tribune show passengers huddled together and lined
up as US security personnel moved through the terminal. A Bahamasair passenger said he arrived at the airport around 5.15 pm for check-in to find chaotic scenes unfolding. “Evacuations were already under way, and it turned out to be our area
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Staff Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net UNPAID workers, shuttered properties and stalled projects now define Grand Bahama, Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard said yesterday, accusing the Davis administration of presiding
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over deepening economic decline while offering little more than promises and press events. Standing outside the closed Grand Lucayan Resort, Mr Pintard said the government’s failures on the island’s most critical projects — including STALLED - SEE PAGE THREE
LONG ISLAND MP ADRIAN GIBSON By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net CONCERNS that an unresolved court case could cost the Free National Movement the Long Island seat are weighing heavily on the party’s nomination race, as four aspirants — including the sitting MP — press their case for selection.
Those concerns surfaced repeatedly at a special FNM meeting on Long Island on Friday, where party leader Michael Pintard and senior officials met with supporters and heard presentations from the contenders. The aspirants are incumbent Adrian Gibson, former Fort Charlotte MP ANXIETY - SEE PAGE FOUR
FRIENDS and colleagues hug school principal Simone Butler-Cornish as she broke down in tears outside court after the man who brutally hit her over the head with an iron bar was jailed for 30 months. Ms Cornish said she forgave Kenneth Farrington but was surprised he had not been locked up for longer. See PAGE SEVEN for FULL STORY
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