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GOVT MOVES TO WIPE MILLER’S $30M LOAN Documents suggest the debt was used to cover unpaid rent By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net DOCUMENTS suggest the government has authorised a deal that would use lease payments allegedly owed to Leslie Miller’s Summerwinds Plaza companies to clear his more than $30.5m Bank of The Bahamas bailout debt and millions in real property taxes. However, Damian Gomez, KC, Mr Miller’s
attorney and a former minister of state for legal affairs, told Tribune Business yesterday that “we have not yet finalised” a settlement in the long-running dispute over the government’s alleged breaches of several lease agreements for public agencies to rent space at the Summerwinds Plaza complex off Tonique Williams Highway. He spoke after Tribune Business reviewed See BUSINESS FOR STORY
FORMER PLP CABINET MINISTER LESLIE MILLER
Taxi driver wins Abaco residents angry unlawful arrest suit over wiped power bills By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A SUPREME Court judge has found police liable for unlawfully arresting, handcuffing and detaining a licensed taxi driver who was taken into custody near Prince George Wharf for “loitering and
soliciting”, even though those were not arrestable offences. Acting Justice Gail Lockhart Charles, KC, ruled that Quincy Hudson, a taxi driver working near Prince George Wharf and Charlotte Street on June 17, 2023, was unlawfully arrested, UNLAWFUL - SEE PAGE FIVE
By JADE RUSSELL and EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporters ABACO residents who lost homes, possessions and years of stability after Hurricane Dorian accused the Davis administration of insulting storm-ravaged mainland communities by wiping electricity bills for
Grand Cay and Moore’s Island residents two weeks before the general election, while others remain without comparable relief. Residents in Marsh Harbour, Dundas Town and Spring City said the move felt unfair to mainland Abaco residents who VISIBLE destruction seen in Abaco after the passage of Hurricane Dorian as resident remained without power for BILLS - SEE PAGE THREE over a year. Photo: Dante Carrer
MITCHELL DENIES POLL CHAOS BUT ADMITS UNACCEPTABLE WAITS By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell rejected claims that last week’s advanced poll descended into chaos, even as he conceded that voters faced unacceptable waits and said election officials failed to properly calculate the number of booths,
rooms and workers needed. Mr Mitchell said the long lines caused significant inconvenience, but argued that most people were still able to vote and urged those who were not to return on Election Day. “I do not want to minimise or dismiss the inconvenience of having to wait in line for five hours to vote,” he said in a voice note yesterday. “No one
should have to wait more than 15 minutes in a line. To me, this is a formula that requires simple arithmetic, and it can determine how many booths, rooms and personnel are needed. Clearly, there were defaults in this area.” His comments came after the advanced poll, held last Thursday, left many voters MITCHELL - SEE PAGE FOUR
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