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‘WAR’ IN FNM IF MINNIS SILENCED
Ex-PM addresses event amid claims leadership of party tried to stop him By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net MEMBERS of the Free National Movement said “it will be war” if party officials continue to try to block former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis from speaking at constituency association meetings. Last night, Dr Minnis addressed a crowd of FNM supporters at a Garden Hills Constituency Association meeting despite reported attempts by the
FNM’s leadership to thwart him from doing so. FNM leader Michael Pintard addressed another crowd of party supporters at a Centreville Constituency Association Meeting last night — both meetings were held at the same time. When he spoke, Mr Pintard said even if he one day no longer enjoys the support of the party as leader, he would never behave in a way that would “damage” the organisation, adding “it’s bigger than any one SEE PAGE THREE
THE government is “finalising plans” to address recent burning of debris at dump sites in Abaco, said North Abaco MP Kirk Cornish. Mr Cornish expressed concern about the ongoing issues posed by the burning of debris at the Spring City Debris Management Dump Site and the Great Abaco Sanitary Landfill.
“The government is finalising plans to address all the debris sites on Abaco, as announced in Parliament’s last sitting. We look forward to correcting these vexing and regrettable conditions,” Mr Cornish said. “As an MP and Abaconian, I am very concerned about the effects the burning at the Spring City dump site is having on Spring City residents and the environment,” he said. SEE PAGE FOUR
BAY ST STORE RULED TO BE A ‘FRONTING OPERATION’ By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
THE CHIEF Justice has ruled that “illegality was a major part” of a Bay Street retail ‘fronting’ deal involving one of Nassau’s most prominent Greek-Bahamian families. Sir Ian Winder, in a March 3, 2023, verdict, found that ZRK Ltd, owned and controlled by the Skandaliaris family, had signed an agreement with two US investors that was designed to “circumvent” the National Investment Policy’s stipulation that retail businesses are reserved for Bahamian ownership only. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
RCL’S $110M DEAL FOR PI PROJECT APPROVED
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
ABACO MP: GOV FINALISING PLANS TO DEAL WITH DUMP By LETRE SWEETING Tribune Staff Reporter lsweeting@tribunemedia.net
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SPEAKING at an FNM constituency association meeting in Garden Hills last night Former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said ‘it will be war’ if prty officials continue to block him from speaking at these meetings. Photo : Moise Amisial
THE GOVERNMENt last night said it has approved Royal Caribbean’s $110m Paradise Island beach club project after negotiating greater Bahamian ownership and entrepreneurial participation in the development. Chester Cooper, deputy prime minister who also has responsibility for tourism, investments and aviation, said in a statement that the Davis administration believes it has resolved all “previous objections” to the cruise giant’s plans by ensuring more Bahamian involvement “at all phases” of its construction and operation. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
MOTHER OF SLAIN MAN SAID HE HAD CHANGED By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
THE grieving mother of 32-year-old Patrickedo Rose, who was shot and killed on Monday, said despite her son’s criminal past she believes he was a “good person” in the end. A distraught Wendy Knowles told The Tribune yesterday that her son had spent time in prison before, but eventually started making an honest living
ONE of two men killed Monday night, Patrickedo Rose. for himself when he was released. According to police, Mr Rose was one of two
men who were shot dead Monday night at Fox Hill Park. Mr Rose had been in and out of the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services and, according to authorities, was out on bail for several murders. Officer-in-charge of the Criminal Investigation Department Chief Superintendent Michael Johnson said the man on bail was being monitored at the time, but the other victim SEE PAGE FIVE
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