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‘DON’T WAIT FOR MEN TO GIVE YOU RIGHTS’ BIG RED
US official urges women to take political power By DENISE MAYCOCK
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A UNITED States Embassy official has urged Bahamian women not to wait around for men to grant women equal rights under the constitution or outlaw marital rape. Usha Pitts, chargé d’Affaires of the United States Embassy in The Bahamas, was speaking
PINTARD URGES PM TO OWN DEFICIT MISTAKE By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis should issue an “unfettered” apology to the public for presenting the wrong deficit figure in Parliament and “own” the mistake. On February 22, Mr Davis told the House of Assembly that revenue
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at the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute (IBWPPI) 14th annual board of directors retreat in Freeport. The event was held from March 2-3. During her opening remarks, Ms Pitts said the more women support each other, the more they can accelerate change in the political power structure. “The fact is that nothing SEE PAGE THREE
collections were up but also noted that the government experienced a net deficit of $285.7m, which represented an increase of $7.8m compared to the previous period. The revelation made the headlines in the local dailies, however Mr Davis singled out The Nassau Guardian’s headline, “Revenue Rises but Deficit Up” as not being accurate during his contribution in SEE PAGE THREE
IT was victory for St Augustine’s College in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools championships on Friday, with the Big Red Machine fending off the challenge of Queen’s College in second. See SPORTS for the full story.
SHANTY TOWN DEMOLITION BTC CEO CEDES COMPLAINTS, TO START ‘THIS YEAR’ - BELL PROMISES IMPROVEMENTS By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net LABOUR and Immigration Minister Keith Bell said he thinks the government will move to demolish shanty towns sometime this year. The minister was asked during a recent interview
about a timeline for when the government will move to raze the illegal structures now that a Supreme Court injunction barring such action has been lifted. This comes as tensions over the issue continue to mount, with political hopeful Lincoln Bain and several of his supporters SEE PAGE FIVE
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE BAHAMAS Telecommunications Company’s (BTC) top exec last night pledged to deliver “a best-inclass experience” for all users after complaints that clients were left “in the lurch” by poor customer service.
Sameer Bhatti, BTC’s chief executive, acknowledged to Tribune Business there will be “occasions” when technology fails to function after several wellknown customers recently complained they were being billed for communications services they were not receiving. FULL STORY- SEE BUSINESS
ABACO DUMP BURNING POSES HEALTH CONCERN INSIGHT By LETRE SWEETING Tribune Staff Reporter lsweeting@tribunemedia.net RECENT burning and movement of debris from the Spring City Debris Management Dump Site to the Great Abaco Sanitary Landfill has been causing environmental and health concerns for those on the island, said a local official. Roscoe Thompson,
CONDITIONS at Central Abaco landfill site located at Snake Cay raising concerns. chairman of the Marsh Harbour/Spring City Township, yesterday outlined to The Tribune several hazards
that he said are continuing to befall those in the Spring City community due to the burning of debris on the nearby dump sites. He said that among the items being burned are hazardous materials. Throughout the years, there have been multiple complaints from residents about the smoke and pile up of debris in the landfills, SEE PAGE FOUR
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