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MITCHELL TELLS PLPs ‘GIVE MORE VOUCHERS’ Chairman denies party did anything wrong in giving gift certificates By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Digital Editor aturnquest@tribunemedia.net FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell has urged the Progressive Liberal Party to “give out more vouchers,” becoming the first government official to publicly defend the distribution of Treasury-funded gift certificates in Abaco under the names of election candidates and party officials who do not work for the government. Prime Minister Philip
Davis has avoided addressing the controversy, and other PLPs have privately expressed disbelief that more than $200k in public funds were used in this way, making Mr Mitchell’s position stand out even in the context of his party. The attachment of party candidates and officials who do not work for the government to Treasury-funded vouchers raises questions about whether public assistance crossed into GIFTS - SEE PAGE THREE
TURTLEGRASS RESORT FORCED TO TERMINATE OVER 50 STAFF By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net A KEY opponent of the $200m Rosewood Exuma project yesterday revealed it has been forced to terminate 53 staff amid its own planning approvals dispute with the Government as impacted workers pledged to “go to
New airport terminal Transformational opened in Cat Island
THE PRIME Minister says the opening of Arthur’s Town airport will bring “more people, more trade and more opportunity” to Cat Island as the Government advances its strategy of deploying infrastructure investment to drive economic growth across the Family Islands. See BUSINESS for story. Photo: Christopher Smith
Rawson Square and fight for our jobs”. Now-former employees, told Tribune Business that the redundancies are set to have a “devastating” impact on Black Point and surrounding central Exuma settlements just a week before the May 12 general election. See BUSINESS for story
DILAPIDATED STATE of New Bight airport in Cat Island under the former FNM administration.
Fox apologises to team but not to the PLP By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net FREE National Movement Garden Hills candidate Rick Fox apologised to his family and campaign team for his conduct during a recent advanced polling
VJ AND THE 76ERS ADVANCE IN THE NBA PLAYOFFS
confrontation, but said he would not apologise to the Progressive Liberal Party. On Saturday, Mr Fox addressed criticism of his behaviour after a viral video showed him being restrained during a heated exchange at the Kendall GL FOX - SEE PAGE FOUR
ROOKIE and Rising Star MVP Valdez “VJ” Edgecombe scored 23 points to help 76ers beat Celtics, advance to second round of NBA playoffs. Garden Hills candidate for the FNM Rick Fox.
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