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Volume: 122 No. 107, April 28, 2025
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PM TALKING TO CUBA OVER WORKERS’ PAY Davis says they are looking to resolve concerns quickly By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said the government is working with Cuba to address concerns after leaked documents and mounting US pressure suggested that Cuban medical professionals receive less than a fifth of what The
Bahamas pays for their services. The US has warned that visa restrictions could be imposed on foreign government officials involved in Cuba’s labour export programme. Leaked documents published by the Free Society Project (Cuba Archive) SEE PAGE THREE
NURSES UNION HEAD DENIES CLAIM SHE WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net TWO top officials in the Bahamas Nurses Union have been suspended, even as president Muriel Lightbourne fights off claims that she herself was removed from office. Yesterday, Ms Lightbourne strongly denied
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reports that she was fired, calling the allegations a “personal attack” and insisting she remains president. “I am the president of the union, and I did not suspend them. The Constitution mandated their suspension,” she said, referring to the Secretary General and SEE PAGE SEVEN
NO political divide in sight when it comes to sailing - Prime Minister Philip Davis and Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper alongside FNM leader Michael Pintard and FNM chairman Dr Duand Sands and others in George Town, Exuma, for the National Family Island Regatta. See SPORTS for more on Exuma Regatta. Photo: Kemuel Stubbs/BIS
‘Issues of developing countries will play part in choosing Pope’ By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net CATHOLIC Archbishop Patrick Pinder said the concerns of developing countries, such as poverty
and the importance of family life, will play a major role in discussions among senior international clergy following the death of Pope Francis. Typically, such matters are discussed during the
general congregations in Vatican City, the meetings held between the death or resignation of a pope and the start of the conclave to elect a successor. Cardinals, SEE PAGE FIVE
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The Rosewood Exuma Resort, proposed by the little-known Yntegra Group for development on Big Sampson Cay, would involve major dredging work, which critics argue could irreparably harm the area’s fragile marine ecosystem. SEE PAGE FOUR
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COMMERCIAL ‘ABUSE’ OF MONTAGU SLAMMED
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net RESIDENTS and politicians alike are slamming as “absolutely crazy” the excessive commercial exploitation at one of the few waterfront New Providence sites dedicated for Bahamians and their families to enjoy. Loretta Butler-Turner says the Montagu location has now become “a free for all” for multiple commercial uses which is threatening “to defeat the purpose of all the work done” with persons “abusing it and doing whatever they want”. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS