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FNM ‘WOULD DROP’ NEW HOSPITAL PLAN Sands says Pintard-led govt would instead upgrade and fix PMH By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE Opposition’s chairman yesterday strongly signalled that the Free National Movement (FNM) will not proceed with the $268m project for a second New Providence hospital if it wins the upcoming general election - provided the Chinese financing deal contains no “poison pill”. Dr Duane Sands, the ex-health minister who is the FNM’s Bamboo Town
candidate, reiterated to Tribune Business his party’s view that the proposed Perpall Tract healthcare facility is a “white elephant” and that the Bahamian people would receive better value for money from public healthcare improvements by upgrading the existing Princesss Margaret Hospital (PMH) site. Arguing that the Davis administration has provided “no good reason” for “deviating” from long-standing
FNM Chairman Dr Duane Sands
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Opponents ‘appalled’ as $200m ‘Read the tea leaves’: PM hints Exuma resort wins planning nod at early May general election By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE $200m Rosewood Exuma developer yesterday hailed the “renewed momentum” created by the planning authorities’ support and findings that it “represents a low-density resort model appropriate”
for Big Sampson Cay - leaving its opponents “appalled” and “shocked”. The Town Planning Committee, in a March, 25, 2026, letter to Robert Adams KC, the Delaney Partners attorney representing Miami-based Yntegra Group, said that the “scale of proposed dredging and associated works” - a key
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
concern cited by those objecting to the resort development in its current form - is “limited” and can be further mitigated by existing regulations and controls. It revealed that, at its meeting the previous day, the Committee had agreed SEE BUSINESS FOR STORY
PRIME MINISTER PHILIP ‘BRAVE’ DAVIS
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis urged Bahamians yesterday to register to vote before Easter as observers expect him to call an early May general election. He said “stay tuned”
when asked if the House of Assembly would be prorogued next week, representing the end of the current parliamentary session. “I’m transparent, and people are reading the tea leaves, and if you are reading the tea leaves, you ELECTION - SEE PAGE FOUR
MURDER TARGET’S DEATH RENEWS ANGUISH FOR MOTHER OF SLAIN 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net TUESDAY’S fatal shooting of Gamaliel Gray has renewed anguish for the family of a 16-year-old girl who was killed in 2024 when gunmen targeted him at her Nassau Village home. Police had said at the time
that Gray was the intended target of the attack, which instead claimed the life of his girlfriend’s daughter, Davinique Gray. Gamaliel Gray was at the residence when the shooting happened, and then Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander suggested the motive was gang retaliation.
Nearly two years later, Gray was shot and killed on Tuesday night in the area of Ruthland Avenue and South Beach Drive. Davinique’s mother said yesterday that the latest killing has made it harder to move on from her daughter’s death, adding that she ANGUISH - SEE PAGE THREE
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