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Volume: 123 No. 54, Tuesday, February 10, 2026
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‘U.S. CAN BACK UP ITS WORDS WITH MONEY’ Munroe: US Ambassador can make good on intent by assisting Bahamas with prison upgrades By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe yesterday said he now expects the United States to back its words with action by helping The Bahamas secure financing for a new prison and virtual court complex.
His comment came after US Ambassador Herschel Walker publicly rebuked this country’s decision to borrow from China to fund a second New Providence hospital at terms the US considers unfavourable. Mr Munroe framed Mr Walker’s remarks not as foreign interference but as a test of American intent. “I wouldn't call it
intervention,” Mr Munroe said, adding that the ambassador was speaking from the standpoint of US interests and had indicated that Washington wanted to do business with The Bahamas. He highlighted the government’s plans for a virtual court campus and a new correctional facility to be FINANCE - SEE PAGE TWO
NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER WAYNE MUNROE
Minnis severs ties with FNM HOUSE BLAZE REIGNITES CONCERNS OVER for independent Killarney run GRAND BAHAMA FIRE EQUIPMENT CRISIS By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis last night announced that he will run as an independent candidate for Killarney in the next general election, a decision that would sever his formal ties with the Free
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
National Movement if followed through. Dr Minnis made the announcement during an appearance on the television programme Beyond The Headlines with Shenique Miller, ending months of speculation after previously saying only that MINNIS - SEE PAGE THREE
KILLARNEY MP Dr Hubert Minnis
A PRE-dawn house fire left a Grand Bahama family homeless on Sunday and renewed questions about emergency response after residents and a local government official complained that a single fire
truck ran out of water before the blaze was fully extinguished. The fire broke out around 2am while two men were asleep inside the home. Both escaped without injury, but the family dog suffered smoke inhalation and was later treated by a FIRE - SEE PAGE THREE
FIRE leaves GB family homeless.
BAIN ORDERED TO COURT OVER $90,000 UNPAID JUDGEMENT By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
COALITION OF INDEPENDENTS LEADER LINCOLN BAIN
COALITION of Independents leader Lincoln Bain still owes $90,000 from a long-standing civil judgment stemming from a failed investment dating back to 2010, nearly six months after the UK-based Privy Council declined
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to hear his appeal in the matter. A legal notice published in The Tribune yesterday requires Mr Bain to appear in person before Supreme Court Registrar Renaldo Toote on March 12, 2026, as enforcement efforts intensify over the unpaid judgment. BAIN - SEE PAGE FIVE