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Volume: 122 No. 72, March 6, 2025
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‘PAY US WHAT WE’RE OWED’ SAY STUDENTS
Young people struggling to pay rent and bills after delays in grants By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net FOR months, Phillawn Strachan has balanced teaching and studying at the University of The Bahamas (UB), but late financial aid payments have left her struggling to cover rent and basic necessities. The delays, which have impacted others, have left some facing eviction, according to the university’s Student Government Association (SGA), which criticised the institution
PM DEFENDS TRAVEL SPENDING
yesterday for its failure to resolve the issue, saying the delays have persisted for years despite assurances from administrators. “I’ve had to use my personal funds to cover my rent and other needs,” Ms Strachan told The Trib une yesterday. She said her teacher stipend and accommodation grant — $475 and $500, respectively — should ease the burden, but inconsistent payments have forced her to rely on family support. SEE PAGE SEVEN
MINISTER: GOVT WILL AMEND LAW ON CAR INSURANCE DATES By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net OVER 1,600 tickets were issued for uninsured vehicles in New Providence during the first eight months of 2024, according to Minister of Transport and Energy Jobeth Coleby-Davis. During her contribution to the mid-year budget debate in the House of Assembly yesterday, she also reiterated that the
government will amend the Road Traffic Act to remove the “birth month” requirement for auto insurance coverage that was set to take effect soon. She emphasised that this change is necessary to avoid “additional charges” that consumers might face from insurance companies. Last month, the Davis administration introduced legislation in Parliament SEE PAGE THREE
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis in the House of Assembly yesterday. By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis staunchly defended his administration’s travel expenditures during his contribution to the mid-year budget debate, asserting that the benefits of international trips far
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outweigh the costs. He said the frequent travels have successfully promoted The Bahamas, led to strategic partnerships, and fostered coalition-building on critical global issues. His comment came after The Nassau Guardian reported that the Davis administration’s travel expenditures in the first three and a half years
of its term significantly exceeded what was spent by the Minnis administration during its four and a half years in office. Mr Davis said these trips’ long-term advantages are significant and have already started to yield substantial benefits.
Pintard: Who complied with law on disclosures? By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net AFTER the chairman of the Public Disclosures Commission suggested facility issues are slowing down processing of public officials’ declarations of assets, liabilities and income, FNM leader Michael Pintard said his
FNM leader Michael Pintard. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff commission must be more forthcoming about who has
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PARTIES CLASH OVER CLAIMS OF BUSTING DEFICIT By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
complied with the law. “A problem with the office does not affect all of us filling out the information and sending it in,” Mr Pintard said. “Even if not all the details are there, the flexibility allows you to get in the core information and to update it. So really, we ought to be submitting that information.”
THE Prime Minister and Opposition’s finance spokesman yesterday clashed over assertions the Davis administration has never “bust” its deficit and other Budget targets and will not do so in 2024-2025.
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