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Volume: 122 No. 103, April 22, 2025
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CUBANS’ TAKE-HOME PAY ‘LESS THAN 16%’ ‘Health workers hired by Bahamas govt paid under $1,200 monthly’ By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net CUBAN medical professionals in The Bahamas may have received as little as eight to 16 percent of what the government paid for their services, according to purported contracts and agreements published by a US-based human rights
group — reviving scrutiny of an arrangement Bahamian officials had recently defended. The documents, leaked by the Free Society Project (Cuba Archive), suggest that while The Bahamas agreed in 2023 to pay thousands of dollars per month for each Cuban SEE PAGE THREE
FIRST CONVICTION UNDER ANIMAL PROTECTION ACT By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net A MOTIONLESS dog, its body swarmed by flies, lay chained on a property off Soldier Road. The animal later died — but its suffering triggered what advocates say was a major moment for animal welfare in The Bahamas.
Two people have been convicted of animal cruelty in what advocates say is the first successful prosecution under the Animal Protection and Control Act. Nichols and Lockhart pleaded guilty in Magistrate’s Court. They were each fined $1,500 or face four months in prison. Both SEE PAGE FIVE
Tastes like... gold THE TEAM of Emmanuel Adams, Makaiah Hitchman, Zion Miller and Jamiah Nabbie captured the first open mixed 4 x 400m relay title in the introduction of the event at the 52nd edition of CARIFTA track and field on the first day of competition. See SPORTS for more.
Roberts: Bahamas ‘dodged a big bullet’ MAN DIES IN as US reverses Chinese shipping fee BOAT CRASH IN GRAND BAHAMA ON GOOD FRIDAY By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
THE Bahamas has “dodged a big bullet” and potential 25 percent inflation hike, Super Value’s owner has asserted, after shipping to this nation was
exempted from the $1m per US port call fee on Chinesemade ships. Rupert Roberts and multiple other Bahamian business executives yesterday told Tribune Business that this country and the wider Caribbean have been “saved from economic
catastrophe” after the US Trade Representative’s Office responded to overwhelming push back by eliminating the planned fee for vessels involved in “short sea shipping” to this region. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
BAHAMAS LEADERS MOURN POPE FRANCIS By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday joined global leaders in mourning the death of Pope Francis at age 88, praising his legacy of compassion, humility, and moral leadership.
“Today, I join the global community in mourning the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, a spiritual shepherd whose life was marked by humility, courage, and a deep commitment to humanity,” Mr Davis said. “Pope Francis went SEE PAGE FOUR
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POLICE in Grand Bahama launched an investigation into a fatal boating accident that occurred Friday afternoon, resulting in the death of one man. According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF), three men departed from Pinder’s Point on a fishing trip when their vessel began taking on water and eventually capsized. Two of the men managed to stay with the overturned boat, but the third reportedly encountered difficulties in the water. SEE PAGE FIVE