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As embassy staff stopped by police and Bahamasair crew unable to leave airport, Bahamians are urged...
GET OUT OF HAITI PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis has ordered all diplomatic personnel in Haiti to immediately leave the country as soon as security conditions permit, citing the rapidly devolving and unstable conditions there. The order comes amid reported violent gang killings of police officers and protests in Haiti. “The Prime Minister has ordered an immediate involuntary
departure from Haiti of all diplomatic personnel or as soon as security conditions permit,” a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted. “Up to this time, there was a voluntary departure order in place and all staff at the embassy chose to stay. Per the new instructions, they are to leave for home as soon as conditions permit.” SEE PAGE THREE
BAHAMIAN COMPANIES OWED BY FTX ARE NAMED By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net MULTIPLE Bahamian companies identified as FTX creditors yesterday asserted that the purported sums owed to them were minimal to non-existent. A “verified creditor matrix”, filed late on Wednesday night in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court, suggested that the collapsed crypto currency exchange was indebted to companies across the Bahamian economic spectrum as well as the Government. Potential creditors ranged from small and micro businesses, such as plant shops, design studios and security firms, to the likes of BISXlisted companies such as Bahamas Waste and FTX. Also included in the 116page list were Bahamian auto dealers, such as Sanpin Motors and Omega Motors, plus major resorts and highend communities such as Baha Mar, Margaritaville and Albany. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
WATSON ‘NOT BEING PAID’ FOR ZNS HELP By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net.
A WOMAN and her daughter running past a burning barricade set up by protesting police in Port-auPrince, Haiti, and, left, protesters inside the courtyard of the international airport in Port-au-Prince yesterday. Photos: Odelyn Joseph/AP
‘WE’LL SEEK TO MODIFY SHANTY TOWN COURT ORDER’ By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis revealed he has spoken to Attorney General Ryan Pinder who is now seeking to go back to court to get clarity on an existing shanty town injunction and to try to modify it to ensure officials can stop the growing numbers of illegal developments in the country. The country is currently experiencing a spike of
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis. illegal migration from Haiti and Cuba. Nearly 400 Haitian migrants are detained in Inagua after they were
caught on a vessel in Bahamian waters this week. Another group of Haitian migrants landed on Andros this week. The recent influx of migrants from Haiti comes after months of increasing social and political turmoil there. Central and South Abaco MP John Pinder had previously said the government must act now to deal with unregulated shanty towns in Abaco as the issue is about to reach a “boiling point”. SEE PAGE THREE
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PRESS secretary Clint Watson vehemently denied claims that he has been appointed as a consultant at ZNS, insisting that he is only helping the stateowned broadcaster upgrade its news department. Mr Watson said the assignment was not a paid one and added that part of his job as press secretary includes assisting Bahamas Information Services and ZNS as needed. SEE PAGE FOUR
DIANE PHILLIPS: SAYING GOODBYE TO LITTLE LOKI
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