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‘There will be no BPL layoffs’ Coleby-Davis: No plan to bust unions or harm employees By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net ENERGY and Transport Minister Jobeth ColebyDavis said the Davis administration’s ambitious plan to reform BPL would not bust unions or harm employees. “There will be no BPL
layoffs,” she said after revealing during her midyear budget contribution yesterday that BPL needs $1bn to address debt and deteriorating infrastructure. Neither she nor Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis gave insight into BPL plans, with Mr Davis saying SEE page three
four-year-old boy found dead Bowleg: We’ll change policy after Pintard says Deficit will after left ‘unattended’ in bath Charlton unable to get reward be $400m, PM says not By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
A four-year-old toddler was left unattended in a bathtub and later found dead by his guardians at an apartment complex on McKinney Avenue on Tuesday. Police said yesterday that a 23-year-old woman
and a 45-year-old man were arrested and questioned in connection with the incident. Police said the child was found with visible injuries. Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe urged people not to jump to conclusions pending the autopsy results. SEE page four
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
THE Bahamas’ current sports policy does not let the government properly award Devynne Charlton, the hurdler who won gold and set a world record during last week’s World Indoor Championships, according to Youth,
Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg. He said the Davis administration would update the policy so such athletes could get proper awards. Under the sports policy, only Track and Field athletes who compete at the Olympics, World Championships or Pan American SEE page five
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
Devynne Charlton Photo: Petr David/AP Josek
‘Top-Up Tax won’t directly affect Bahamians’ By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said the corporate income tax his administration will introduce would not directly affect Bahamian-owned ventures, but would generate $140m per year in government revenue. The Davis administration will introduce a Qualified Domestic Minimum
Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis. Photo: Dante Carrer Top-Up targets
Tax, which multinational
enterprises with annual turnovers exceeding 750 million Euros. During his contribution to yesterday’s mid-year budget debate, Mr Davis rebuffed critics of the tax. “As a part of the ongoing misinformation campaign,” he said, “there are those who began saying that droves of businesses will leave The Bahamas as a result of this tax.”
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The Opposition’s leader yesterday predicted the Government’s full-year fiscal deficit will be “around $400m or higher” as the Prime Minister stuck to an original forecast that is less than one-third that amount. Michael Pintard based his grim analysis on the fact that the $258.7m halfyear deficit, as unveiled in the mid-year Budget, was almost double that of the Government’s $131.1m forecast for the full 12 months. However, Prime Minister Philip Davis KC doubled down on his assertion that improved compliance and enforcement will bring the numbers back to target, adding: “This is not just wishful thinking.” FULL story - see business