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Volume: 120 No.25, February 7, 2023
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WHO’S TO BLAME FOR BPL COSTS? By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Philip Davis and FNM leader Michael Pintard continued their war of words in the House of Assembly yesterday over the controversial Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) fuel charge increase, with the opposition leader once again laying the blame
for burdening Bahamians with additional costs at the government’s feet. The two locked horns after Prime Minister Davis claimed that his administration had met BPL “in a mess” after assuming office in 2021. Mr Davis was contributing to debate on the 2022 Fiscal Strategy Report SEE PAGE THREE PLUS BUSINESS SECTION
PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis (above) and leader of the FNM, Michael Pintard (right) exchanged blame over ‘the mess’ BPL is in and the burden being passed on to Bahamian consumers.
BISHOP HALL CALLS OUT ‘SANCTIFIED SILENCE’ By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net AFTER two murders were recorded on Sunday, Bishop Simeon Hall lashed out against those who engage in “sanctified silence” by failing to report criminal activity. In the first incident, police were alerted to shooting in the area of South Beach, Baillou Hill Road South, around 9pm on Sunday. Arriving at the scene, police discovered the body of man dressed in a white T-shirt and black pants with gunshot injuries to his body. The victim, believed to be in his early 20s, died of his injuries. SEE PAGE FOUR
OUTAGE DUE TO LIGHTNING, BPL SAYS By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter. jrussell@tribunemedia.net PARTS of New Providence experienced power outages yesterday morning due to a system interruption at Bahamas Power and Light. Arnette Ingraham, communications manager at BPL, said that more than half the island lost power yesterday due to lightning. “We had about a little bit over 50 percent of the island lost power as a result of the lightning strikes this morning. So that would have impacted our supply both out of the Clifton Pier and Blue Hills power station. SEE PAGE FIVE
MINNIS: PM’S REACTION TO THREATS IS ‘OVERKILL’ By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter. jrussell@tribunemedia.net. FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said yesterday Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ reaction to recent death threats is “overkill”, noting it’s not uncommon for a Prime Minister to receive such threats. Dr Minnis made these comments after he was asked about the death threats made against Mr
FORMER PM Dr Hubert Minnis says threats not uncommon. Davis on Friday to his office, which prompted a full-blown investigation. He told reporters when
he was in office he also was threatened on multiple occasions, as he suggested Davis’ response to the incident was an “overkill”. “I’ve always carried on with my normal life but this Prime Minister is obviously threatened by the people. He brought out the entire police force almost. I mean, what is there to fear? What is there to fear? I do not condone violence; I do not support violence. I feel that prime ministers should be SEE PAGE FOUR
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