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DAVIS GOVT ALSO GAVE OUT NO-BID CONTRACT By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
THE Ministry of Tourism under the Davis administration gave a no-bid contract to Colina Insurance Limited to provide insurance services under the Bahamas Travel Health Visa programme. That ministry’s decision, which was made last Fall after the Davis administration came into office and flies in the face of its position when the PLP was in opposition came when it criticised the Minnis administration for similarly giving a no-bid contract to Kanoo Pays for payment processing services for the health visa. Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper confirmed
BAHAMIAN consumers and businesses were yesterday warned to brace for gasoline prices to hit $6 per gallon next month after the Ukraine crisis sent oil prices soaring to seven-year highs. Vasco Bastian, the Bahamas Petroleum Dealers Association’s (BPDA) vice-president, told Tribune Business he was monitoring Russia’s actions towards its western neighbour closely after fears of military
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yesterday there was no tendering process for the insurance contract because of time constraints. He said the previous provider, CG Atlantic, was not forthcoming with details about the performance of the programme and was not willing to extend its services until ministry officials could analyse the scheme. Just last week, however, Auditor General Terrance Bastian’s report into the visa programme was released and it criticised the lack of competitive bidding associated with the programme since its inception. Mr Bastian’s report covered November 2020 to August 2021, before Colina was given the insurance contract. SEE PAGE THREE
UKRAINE CRISIS MAY SEE GAS PRICE AT $6 A GALLON By YOURI KEMP and NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Reporters
ALICIA WALLACE: WE LIVE IN A ZOOM WORLD
conflict - and its potential disruption on world output and supply chains - sent oil prices soaring to almost $100. Mr Bastian, also owner/ operator of Esso’s East Street South and Soldier Road gas station, added that “if war breaks out” then oil prices could possibly go up by another 50 percent. “Right now is a scary time for dealers,” he said. “Oil is going up but our margins are not going up. The dealers now have to spend more money on buying gasoline with our margins at the same place. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
WHEN THE SHARK BITES BACK
A 51-year-old man is winched to safety by the United States Coast Guard on Monday after being bitten by a shark while fishing aboard a vessel near Bimini. See PAGE TWO for the full story. Photo: United States Coast Guard
BURGLARY LEAVES CHARITIES BRAVE HINTS AT LEGAL MOVE STILL STRUGGLING TO COPE ON MARITAL RAPE THIS TERM By PAVEL BAILEY REV C B Moss says higher food costs have made it challenging to continue providing meals to people in need through the Feeding Bain and Grants Town Project. He also made an appeal
for donations after one of his storage facilities was broken into late last year. In an interview in late November, Rev Moss said the thieves had stolen food items and equipment from the facility. SEE PAGE FOUR
By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said it is possible the issue of marital rape could be dealt with legislatively by his administration during this term in office.
He said following a recent Social Services and Urban Development conference that examined the inequalities between men and women in law, Attorney General Ryan Pinder was given the mandate to act on SEE PAGE TWO
BAY OF PIGS BATTLE PART TWO By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
RESIDENTS were yesterday demanding that planning authorities close two New Providencebased “swimming with the pigs” attractions that have “totally changed our neighbourhood”. Multiple inhabitants of Beach Drive, located on the island’s south-western
A PICTURE posted to Da Pig Beach’s Facebook page last July. shore at Adelaide Village, told Tribune Business they want both Da Pig Beach
and Beyond Da Village Pig Experience relocated to an area zoned for commercial use. And they questioned when the regulators, especially the Town Planning Committee, Department of Physical Planning and Ministry of Works, will finally “clamp down on enforcing the law and stop businesses opening in residential areas” such as theirs. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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