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DAVIS TELLS NEW COPS - BE CAREFUL PM reminds officers of duty not to harm force’s reputation By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis advised new Royal Bahamas Police Force officers to “be careful” of their actions, adding that they had a duty to keep the force’s reputation intact. Mr Davis noted public concern over how officers execute their duties and citizens’ righss to have a say in how they are policed. Just last month, a Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer was shot to death after he allegedly “charged” at a police officer and tried to disarm him. It led RBDF Commodore
Raymond King to contend that there should be an established protocol regarding how police officers interact with members of the service. In the wider public, the incident reignited discourse about police and their use of force and ability to de-escalate hostile environments. “Never forget that the Royal Bahamas Police Force works in partnership with all citizens, residents and visitors,” Mr Davis said in remarks at the new recruits’ graduation ceremony at the Police Training College yesterday. SEE PAGE THREE
‘I’VE NOTHING TO FEAR FROM DRA AUDITORS’ By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
TYCOON Waste Management Company’s Ed Curling was on the defensive yesterday as he issued a full-throated rejection of claims that the work he did to clean up portions of Grand Bahama was overpriced and not up to standard. “That is pure bull****,”
Mr Curling told The Tribune as he defended his company in the face of claims that Tycoon Waste submitted bills to the Disaster Reconstruction Authority that did not actually coincide with the level of work done at a debris management site in the nation’s second city. On Wednesday, DRA executive chairman Alex SEE PAGE FIVE
FOI TRIAL TO START WITH TEN GOVT AGENCIES By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
THE Ministry of Finance, the Department of Public Procurement, Bahamas Power and Light and the Ministry of Works are among the ten government institutions that will be initially involved in the launch of the Freedom of Information system. Deputy Information Commissioner Shane Miller said the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Environment, the Bahamas Investment Authority, the Treasury Department, the Ministry of Public Service and the Department of Immigration will also be involved in the pilot programme. SEE PAGE FOUR
CRACKDOWN ON WAY TO CONTROL UNLICENCED MONEY LENDERS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
FAREWELL TO SIR GODFREY KELLY OLYMPIAN Sir Godfrey Kelly, KCMG, died at his Eastern Road home at about 10.30am yesterday. He was 93. The avid sailor competed in the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, and was knighted in 2020. See PAGE THREE for the full story.
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A CRACKDOWN that aims to reverse “non-existent” consumer protection from unregulated money lenders will take effect in the 2022 second quarter, the Securities Commission’s top executive says. Christina Rolle said The Bahamas is “going from zero” in filling “a very big gap” in safeguarding its citizens from predatory lending by persons and entities operating outside financial services supervision. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
13-DAY-OLD BOY AMONG COVID DEAD THREE people, including a 13-day-old infant, have recently died from COVID-19, according to officials from the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The deaths pushed the nation’s COVID-19 death toll to 756, the ministry’s February 8 dashboard notes. The male infant from New Providence died on January 7. When contacted yesterday, health officials had no further details on his death. SEE PAGE FOUR
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