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PM: Women must earn spot as MPs ...but Davis wants more women in frontline politics By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said while he welcomes more women in frontline politics, nominations must ultimately be earned through merit and a commitment to public service — not gender. “I would like to see as
many as I could have,” Mr Davis said when asked how many women he wants the Progressive Liberal Party to nominate ahead of the next general election. “But you know, it is for them to come forward and for them to be able to win the hearts and minds of the electorate and the constituency they SEE page two
‘Discipline officer over violently taking phone’ By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net HUMAN Rights Bahamas said it is “extremely disturbed” by a video showing a police officer violently confiscating a cell phone from a civilian and is calling for disciplinary action against the officer involved. The organisation also
urged senior law enforcement officials to remind officers that they work for and are accountable to the public. The video, which has circulated on social media, shows four uniformed officers entering a yard where at least five minors and another adult were SEE page seven
It’s nice to see you After years of billboards blocking the view of Monatgu Beach and Nassau Harbour, the area is being cleared.
Photo: Diane Phillips
Montagu billboards removal ‘China using hailed a victory by campaigners hotel to By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net Campaigners hailed yesterday’s clean-up and removal of multiple business billboard advertisements
at Fort Montagu Park, but warned: “We have to see it through to its total restoration.” Loretta Butler-Turner said she had personally witnessed staff from the Beaches and Parks
Authority on-site yesterday taking down many of the billboards that had provoked alarm about the commercial takeover of a dedicated public space. FULL story - see business
Former FNM chair appointed to oversee Lockhart asset sell-off By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net A former FNM chairman and senator is the Supreme Court-appointed receiver charged with selling-off assets owned by an ex-MP and Supreme Court judge in a bid to recover millions of dollars for his alleged victims.
Darron Cash yesterday confirmed to Tribune Business “that is correct” when contacted by this newspaper over advertisements identifying him as the receiver seeking bids on the former law offices of Elliott Lockhart KC and his Lockhart & Co law firm by 1pm this Friday, May 25. FULL story - see business
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By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net A FORMER Homeland Security and counterterrorism advisor suggested that China may be using the British Colonial Hotel in New Providence to monitor the US Embassy and its visitors. Retired US Coast Guard Rear Admiral Peter Brown made the claim during an interview with Fox News Digital, where he discussed illegal immigration from The Bahamas into Florida and broader regional security concerns. SEE page five