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VOLUME:117 No.57, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2020
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Justice in sight but 14 years late Family finally see their mum’s killer admit brutal crime By LEANDRA ROLLE lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE son of a woman fatally stabbed over a decade ago in front of her children is calling for swift justice over her murder, after the man charged with the killing confessed to the crime. Tanrio Fowler, 26, the son of murdered victim and former Tribune employee Ericka Fowler, told The Tribune yesterday that the family wants their mother’s murder trial to quickly come to an end so that they can have closure over her death. His father was charged with
her killing. “Honestly, it’s been like a nightmare, you know,” Mr Fowler said. “It’s like all the years done past. I ain’t forget about (it), but it’s like no justice was coming out of it. So, I decide whatever happen, happens so just leave it and move on with my life. “And, then it coming back up, it just waking me back up to the tragic day you know. It’s a delicate situation and it’s not like something happened between strangers. This a family matter. This a
WATER and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) workers will have to go back to work as Labour Minister Dion Foulkes has referred their strike action to the Industrial Tribunal, saying the issue has “threatened the public interest”. The referral came as armed Royal Bahamas Defence Force officers and police were assigned to guard WSC sites against
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SANDS IS BACK IN TIME FOR SUMMER By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
BAHAMIANS can look forward to Sands beer returning by “early summer”, the brand’s founder revealed yesterday, as he predicted a “massive” effort to rebuild market share. Company founder Jimmy Sands said “kegging” is set to resume by the end of March with drinkers who “favour bottles” likely to enjoy Sands’ return by “the end of May and early June.”
‘NO NEW TAXES’ TO PAY FOR DORIAN
By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
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“acts of sabotage,” company officials said. In press statement sent yesterday, Mr Foulkes explained: “Pursuant to Section 76 of the Industrial Relations Act, I have considered that the strike action taken as a result of strike certificates issued on the 23rd April, 2019 relative to trade disputes filed on the 2nd of November, 2018 and the 25th of March, 2019 by the Bahamas Utilities Services & Allied Workers
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FOULKES WADES IN TO STOP WATER STRIKERS By EARYEL BOWLEG ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
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THE Minnis administration’s request for additional borrowing is not for idle purposes, Finance Minister Peter Turnquest insisted yesterday. He told Parliament the country’s insufficient resources led government to seek more money following Hurricane Dorian. SEE PAGE SIX
WELCOME BACK PRIME Minister Hubert Minnis said he was delighted to see the reopening of the British High Commission in Nassau yesterday. Report - Page 2 Photo: Terrel W Carey Sr/Tribune Staff
CHINA VIRUS COULD HIT POINTE FINISH By EARYEL BOWLEG ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
THE Pointe’s developer, China Construction America (CCA), is worried that the travel ban on people from China due to the deadly coronavirus outbreak will affect the timely completion of the resort’s construction, according to a Chinese Embassy official. Embassy spokesman Yin Haigang said yesterday that “dozens” of workers have
WORKERS leaving The Pointe not been able to come back into the country as a result of the ban. He revealed
PLP BLASTS MINNIS NATIONAL ADDRESS By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
that the Chinese Embassy in Nassau was “very busy” talking to the relevant Bahamian government agencies to resolve the issue of Chinese workers stuck in China. “Some workers who are working on the project of The Pointe – they just cannot come back from China,” the spokesman said. “So the CCA is worried very much about the timely completion of this project at this time. So the
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ first national address of 2020 was a “fake report” showing government is completely detached from reality, Opposition leader Philip Davis said yesterday. Mr Davis hit back at major points of Dr Minnis’ televised speech and branded it “another campaign effort to tenuously hold on to power”.
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