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Volume: 121 No.108, April 26, 2024
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FNM NAMES DATE FOR CONVENTION
Pintard won’t say if he expects leadership challenge from Minnis By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Free National Movement announced yesterday that it will hold a one-day convention on June 1, when party positions will be “up for grabs”. Whether former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis will challenge Michael Pintard for leadership of the party will be the central question
heading into the event. Asked after a council meeting if he expects to be challenged, Mr Pintard said he expects the Progressive Liberal Party to challenge him after he is left standing following the convention. “I think they are very concerned that Michael Pintard will still be standing on the 2nd and so we are preparing for them,” he said. SEE PAGE FIVE
PM: WOMEN NOT EQUAL? ‘Y’ALL RULING US, MAN’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis rejects the United States’ observation about how women are treated in The Bahamas. The US said in its latest human rights report that the Bahamian government is contributing to statelessness “through discrimination against women
in nationality laws”. Asked to react to the report yesterday, Mr Davis said: “You have to look through the perspective of our eyes. Bahamian women being unfairly treated in the Bahamas? Y’all ruling us, man. If you look at the hierarchy of the public service, more than 80 per cent are dominated by females. Look in the industry.” SEE PAGE THREE
FNM leader Michael Pintard flanked by deputy leader Shanendon Cartwright and chairman Dr Duane Sands as he announced that the party will be holding a one-day convention on June 1. Photo: FNM
BPL ‘could be divided into three’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis confirmed that Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) could be divided into three separate entities as the government aims to improve power
efficiency and reduce BPL’s outstanding debts. He spoke after his administration tabled a new Electricity Bill and a Natural Gas Bill in the House of Assembly on Wednesday, two pieces of legislation Mr Davis said would “accommodate and give the government
flexibility what we think is right for the Bahamian people.” “It is designed to bring efficiencies that we could afford to bring to the country at this time,” he told reporters on the sidelines of an event yesterday. SEE PAGE THREE
NIB DEFICIT ‘CUT BY 61%’ AFTER RATE HIKE By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net THE National Insurance Board took 300 people to court for failing to pay NIB contributions last year –– a
12 per cent increase over 2022 –– and expects its deficit to drop by 61 per cent once contribution rates increase in July. NIB projected a $98m deficit last year, with Myles Laroda, the former minister
responsible for NIB, saying benefits alone were expected to exceed contribution income by about $86m. Tami Francis, NIB’s
Nassau & Bahama Islands’ Leading Newspaper
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SARKIS WINS BID TO TAKE BAHA MAR FRAUD CLAIM TO TRIAL
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WENDY’S: ATLANTIS CAN’T DICTATE WHAT HAPPENS ON PI
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MADEA FILMING AT ATLANTIS
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