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PINTARD BLASTED FOR LNG DEAL CRITICISM Sir Franklyn slams FNM leader for ‘immaturity’, and ‘petty foolishness’ By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net FOCOL Holdings chairman has accused the Opposition’s leader of “political gimmickry” and “petty foolishness” over his demands for greater disclosure and transparency on the Government’s energy reforms. Sir Franklyn Wilson
told Tribune Business that Michael Pintard had said “nothing of substance” in his call for the Davis administration to provide more and better details, including pricing and terms, for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply and regasification deal with BISX-listed FOCOL and Shell.
Charlton defends her crown
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‘My ten years trapped in bed after car accident’ By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net GABRIELLE “Gabby” Lord was 25 when a car ride with her grandfather changed her life forever. Just after 7pm on January 3, 2016, the vehicle she was in flipped on Shirley Street, just outside Doctors Hospital. Seated in the
back, she was thrown from the car. Her spinal cord was fractured. Her neck was broken. She wasn’t breathing when first responders found her. Now 34, Ms Lord is paralysed from the neck down. Her days are shaped by immobility, sleepless nights, and long stretches of SEE PAGE FOUR
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DEVYNNE Charlton defended her world indoor title in a photo finish, just besting Ditaji Kambundji and Ackera Nugent at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China. See SPORTS for more. Photo: AP
Abaco shelter ‘on track’ as officials Visitor dies after jet ski preparing for hurricane season
hits rocks at half Moon cay
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net EMERGENCY management officials say national hurricane shelter inspections will begin on April 1 as part of ongoing readiness efforts, with a renewed focus on categorising shelters by storm type and expanding overall capacity. A part of the government’s shelter expansion involves the long-delayed Marsh Harbour facility in Abaco, which remains unfinished more than four years after Hurricane Dorian. The shelter — still under construction as of January — is now in its final
progressing. We had a site visit earlier this week where
POLICE are investigating the death of a female cruise passenger who died on Saturday after crashing a jet ski into a rock at Half Moon Cay. The woman, a BritishCzechoslovakian national, reportedly lost control of the watercraft while riding near the private island shortly after 1pm. She suffered serious injuries in the collision. Medical personnel responded quickly, but she was pronounced dead
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ABACO hurricane shelter under construction in Janaury. stages. “The shelter in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, is now back on track. It is
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