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‘MP RAPED ME AND SPAT ON ME’ Woman claims Cornish said as he raped her ‘You want the monster, you got it’ By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A WOMAN cried and alleged in court that North Abaco MP Kirk Cornish raped her, spat on her and left her in fear for her life. The 35-year-old woman’s testimony yesterday depicted Cornish as violent. She claimed she was with the defendant in his car off Arawak Cay in November 2022 when he put his hands on her and choked her after a conversation did not go his way. She claimed when the defendant released her, she coughed, vomited and tried to catch her breath. She said she was sitting in a yard in Cornish’s vehicle in Cooper’s Town, Abaco, on January 20, 2023, when another conversation between the two turned sour. SEE PAGE THREE
NORTH Abaco MP Kirk Cornish arriving at court on Monday.
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BANNISTER: NO Only four ambulances on road? NEW BUS FARES SAFEGUARDS IN PHA won’t say - but 14 on way TO BEGIN TODAY ELECTRICITY BILL IN NP AND GB By KEILE CAMPBELL kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works Desmond Bannister said the recently tabled Electricity Bill would empower the government to transfer Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) assets to subsidiary companies. SEE PAGE THREE
By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
THE Public Hospitals Authority denied that some ambulances are uninsured and unlicenced but did not verify whether only four ambulances in New Providence are operational. Health Minister Dr Michael Darville confirmed that there is a shortage of ambulances in the country
and said 14 new ones will arrive within a few months. A voice note purportedly from a National Emergency Medical Services (NEMS) employee alleged that only four emergency medical vehicles are operational and that they are unlicenced and uninsured. In a statement, the PHA said “all ambulances currently in service with
BUS fares will increase today in New Providence and Grand Bahama, the first adjustment since October 2008. After months of consultation and negotiations, the Ministry of Energy and Transport announced the change yesterday. It said it would introduce new routes and bus stops to facilitate
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