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CRACKDOWN PM: We cannot have shanty towns on our islands By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis pledged to take “decisive” action on shantytowns, saying prosecutions will be made where seen fit on the issue. Mr Davis made his remarks during a national address last night during which he spoke about the issue of irregular migrants in the country and introduced “Operation Secure” to aid in tackling the unregulated communities. The collaborative security operation is between the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the Royal
Bahamas Defence Force and the Department of Immigration. “The operation is focused on identifying irregular migrants, documented migrants, and Bahamians living in these communities, and addressing their status in a comprehensive and coordinated manner,” Mr Davis explained. He noted the Supreme Court injunction - which had barred action on the removal of shanty towns that was recently lifted. He said for more than a year his administration was working to satisfy legal requirements - put in place by the Supreme Court - so it could take SEE PAGE THREE
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nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE MINISTRY of Finance’s financial secretary, Simon Wilson has voiced fears that the migration crisis could “throw our Budget off
completely” with taxpayers to absorb an additional $500,000 in costs for every 100 new arrivals reaching Bahamian shores as this may lead to a shortfall during the six months to endDecember 2023. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
ANOTHER MAN QUESTIONED AS PM FACES NEW THREAT By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
POLICE have a man in custody after he allegedly threatened on Saturday morning to kill Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis. This comes nearly two weeks after a 58-year-old man was brought in for questioning for similar death threats against the nation’s leader. According to police reports, around 8.20am on Saturday a man called Central Police Station and threatened to kill Mr Davis. After this incident, a man was taken into police custody and had his cell phone confiscated for evidential SEE PAGE THREE
BRIDGEWATER FACES AXE OVER MISSING CLOSING FEES By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
REPATRIATION COSTS ‘THROW OUR BUDGET OFF COMPLETELY’ By NEIL HARTNELL
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PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis last night as he addressed the country focused on the elimination of shanty towns and will hold responsible landowners where these communities exist. Photo: Captured from broadcast
A FORMER PLP MP and Senator faces being disbarred from the Bahamian legal profession over “the most serious and egregious” conduct related to client monies that were to pay $116,300 in due taxes. A four-person Bahamas Bar Association disciplinary tribunal, in a February 15 ruling, ordered that Pleasant Bridgewater “be struck from the roll” of practicing attorneys after she was unable to account for funds advanced to her by a client to cover closing costs for a real estate transaction. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
PRINCE EDWARD AND WIFE TO VISIT BAHAMAS THE BAHAMAS will pay host to a Royal visit this week. Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex and Forfar, and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex, will visit Nassau on Thursday and Friday. During their visit, the Royal couple will take part in a Gold Award ceremony for the Governor General’s Youth Award (GGYA), formerly known as the Bahamas Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.
PRINCE Edward and his wife Sophie, Earl and Countess of Wessex Prince Edward is also the chair of the Duke of
Edinburgh’s International Awards Foundation, which has funded five projects in The Bahamas and the Earl and Countess will visit three of those projects during their trip. They will also meet volunteers and young people taking part in the GGYA. Governor General Sir CA Smith and Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis will also meet the couple during their stay.
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INSIGHT WAIT AND SEE IF CARICOM WAS SUCCESS SEE PAGE EIGHT