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MITCHELL HITS OUT AT CUBAN CLAIMS
Minister warns of risk to sovereignty after contract leaks By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell has warned that documents leaked by a US-based human rights group — purporting to show that Cuban medical professionals in The Bahamas receive a small fraction of their contracted wages — could be part of a broader effort to influence Bahamian public policy and undermine the country’s sovereignty. He said the documents, published last week by
the Miami-based Cuba Archive, were “purloined” and lacked explanation or context. He cautioned against the influence of such leaks but did not categorically deny the organisation’s central claim: that Cuban medical professionals receive less than 20 percent of the wages paid by the Bahamian government — an arrangement that could place local officials in the crosshairs of US authorities considering visa restrictions for those linked to Cuba’s medical missions programme. SEE PAGE FIVE
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MP ‘MAY SUE’ OVER CLAIMS MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net BAIN and Grants Town MP Wayde Watson has denounced a wave of online accusations against him as politically driven and defamatory, saying the claims are part of a “wellcoordinated and calculated
attack” to undermine his reputation and the Progressive Liberal Party. During a press conference yesterday, he said the allegations first appeared online on Sunday and originated from a post by Sylvens Metayer — the same man who last year SEE PAGE SEVEN
AFTER the return of the CARIFTA track team on Tuesday, last night it was the turn of the triumphant swimming team to arrive at Lynden Pindling International Airport. See SPORTS for more. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr
Englerston backlash after White’s NATION FALLS claim ‘sensible voters vote FNM’ FAR SHORT OF VACCINE GOAL By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
ENGLERSTON MP Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday.
ST ANNE’S MP Adrian White is facing backlash for describing Free National Movement (FNM) supporters as “sensible” voters and singling out Englerston as the only constituency that has never backed the party. SEE PAGE FIVE
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
ST Anne’s MP Adrian White.
‘NO ACROSS-BOARD RISE’ DESPITE SHORT-TERM ALERT By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE government last night asserted its warnings of short-term “price
pressures” and “inflated costs” do “not mean electricity prices are rising across the board” over the next three years. Communications director Latrae Rahming said
the Davis administration was simply explaining The Bahamas is “still exposed to short-term fluctuations” in fuel prices beyond its control. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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ONLY 60 percent of children in The Bahamas have received the crucial second dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine — well below the 95 percent coverage needed to prevent outbreaks — leaving the country dangerously exposed to a potential measles resurgence. “In The Bahamas, we do not have high vaccination rates,” said Dr Eldonna Boisson, PAHO/WHO SEE PAGE FOUR