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ELEUTHERA PROJECT TO BE ‘GAME CHANGER’ Developer pledges to create a ‘lifealtering’ experience in $650m Governor’s Harbour investment By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net A US developer is pledging to “create a life-altering, forever game changing experience” for visitors and Governor’s Harbour residents alike via a resort, marina and boutique casino destination featuring a combined $650m in investment and real estate sales. Jeff Jacobs, chairman and chief executive of Jacobs Investments, in a December 2025 presentation setting out “our Eleuthera vacation vision” for the J Resort Eleuthera, disclosed more details on his plans by revealing that it will cover 600 acres in central Eleuthera “stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea”. And, apart from the resort itself, the development will feature “five resort-related neighbourhoods” containing more than 350 total vacation residential properties. See BUSINESS FOR STORY
Equality Bahamas: Govt failing on gender-based violence
American woman missing after falling overboard
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
EQUALITY Bahamas says the Davis administration has not treated gender-based violence as a priority this term, pointing to limited support systems for victims and its
refusal to criminalise marital rape. The group said the administration had not prioritised issues affecting women, who remain among the most vulnerable, pointing to limited resources for victims of sexual and domestic abuse. Recent cases have highlighted complaints from
rape victims about a lack of shelters, police support and housing. Alicia Wallace, director of Equality Bahamas, said the government has shown little willingness to take even the most “obvious and uncomplicated action” to address FAIL - SEE PAGE FOUR
EQUALITY Bahamas director Alicia Wllace.
A SEARCH is under way for a missing American woman who reportedly fell overboard during a nighttime boat trip in Abaco with her husband, prompting a joint response
from Bahamian and US authorities. Police said officers, along with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and Hope Town Fire & Rescue, began searching nearby waters after the incident was reported. MISSING - SEE PAGE THREE
COI 100 day play would end naturalisation in first few weeks By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net THE Coalition of Independents is proposing to end naturalisation in The Bahamas within its first week in office, part of a 100-day immigration plan that would overhaul border control, enforcement and citizenship policy. The plan states that a COI administration would amend the Bahamas
Nationality Act in its first week to eliminate naturalisation, followed by a referendum within its first year to enshrine the change in the Constitution. However, citizenship is governed by the Constitution, meaning any attempt to eliminate naturalisation entirely would likely require constitutional amendment and a referendum first, rather than a simple legislative change. 100-DAYS - SEE PAGE FIVE
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