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Volume: 123 No. 60, Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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FNM VOTER REGISTER CLAIMS ARE ‘HOT AIR’
PM dismisses voter register concerns as ‘grandstanding’ and excuses for defeat By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip Davis accused the Free National Movement of preparing excuses for defeat after the party raised new complaints about the voters register, calling the allegations “nothing but hot air”. His response followed claims by FNM chairman Dr Duane Sands that the party found serious
problems in the revised register, including empty polling divisions, duplicate entries and deceased people still listed. Mr Davis dismissed concern that the FNM’s frequent complaints could undermine confidence in Bahamian elections. “I think this is nothing but hot air, nothing more than grandstanding, nothing more than fostering and perhaps making REGISTER - SEE PAGE FOUR
PRIME MINISTER PHILIP ‘BRAVE’ DAVIS
GOVT TO BUY 15 NEW AMBULANCES FOR PMH AND RAND UB STUDY FINDS MARRIED By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net THE government plans to acquire about 15 new ambulances for Princess Margaret Hospital and Rand Memorial Hospital, Health Minister Dr Michael Darville said yesterday, as officials move to stabilise emergency response following operational problems. He said the vehicles are being
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sourced from an overseas vendor but could not say where the procurement process stands. Dr Darville said recent disruptions at the two hospitals were not caused by too few ambulances but by delays transferring patients off stretcher systems inside the vehicles. “It was because the stretchers that are in the ambulance AMBULANCE - SEE PAGE FIVE
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ONE of initial six ambulances from BACSWN to be deployed for family islands emergency response.
‘Technical glitch responsible for nurses overtime pay delay’ By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Michael Darville.
HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville said nurses caught up in last month’s pay dispute have now received overtime compensation, attributing the delay to a “technical glitch” now under review after a sick-out disrupted
care across public facilities. The protest erupted late January when nurses, frustrated over delayed overtime and holiday pay dating back to October 2025 in some cases, stayed home en masse, leaving departments short-staffed, patients waiting for hours and some turned away. Dr Darville said the payments were resolved
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quickly but acknowledged uncertainty about what failed inside the system. “It’s very unfortunate how it happened,” Dr Darville said. “I’m still getting into the nuts and bolts of what went wrong, and so we’re looking at some forensic analysis.” He said finance officers GLITCH - SEE PAGE FIVE