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GOVT BUYS GB POWER - PROMISES 37% CUT Davis defends utility purchase one week before the election By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net THE government has acquired all outstanding shares of the Grand Bahama Power Company in a deal Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said will cut electricity bills for Grand Bahama customers by an average of 37 percent, a major intervention announced one week before the general election. Mr Davis said the company will adopt Bahamas
Power and Light’s tariff schedule, bringing Grand Bahama’s electricity rates in line with those paid elsewhere in The Bahamas. He said customers should begin seeing savings in the next billing cycle. “This decision was made with a clear purpose: to bring down the cost of electricity for the people of Grand Bahama and place this island inside our national energy strategy,” Mr Davis said. POWER - SEE PAGE FIVE
Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis speaks during a ceremony for the signing for the govt to acquire all remaining shares in Grand Bahama Power Company. Photo: Vandyke Hepburn
Union claims foreign nurses fast-tracked over Bahamians By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net BAHAMAS Nurses Union (BNU) President Muriel Lightbourn has raised alarm over what she describes as unequal treatment in the hiring process for nurses, claiming
qualified Bahamian nurses remain unemployed while applications from foreign workers are being fast-tracked. Ms Lighbourn said she was informed of the imbalance from “reliable sources” in public health, calling the situation disappointing especially at a time when
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nursing shortages persist. However, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville has rejected the claims, acknowledging that while the process can move faster, applications are still being reviewed. NURSES - SEE PAGE FOUR
Bahamas Nurses Union president Muriel Lightbourn.
CALLS FOR BRIDGE FIX AFTER FATHER DIES IN EXUMA CRASH By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net PRESTON McKenzie was supposed to fly to New Providence to reunite with his wife and children. Instead, his body was found inside his overturned car in waters near the Barraterre bridge in Exuma, a death
his family says should force urgent attention to the bridge’s poor lighting, limited guardrails and lack of proper warning signs. Police said officers at the George Town Police Station received reports shortly before noon on April 30 that a man had been found CRASH - SEE PAGE FOUR
RUPERT ROBERTS at his return home from hospital, seen with his wife Margaret and granddaughter Paige Waugh. By DAVID LEIGH Tribune Editor-in-Chief daleigh@tribunemedia.com NINE weeks after being airlifted to a US hospital after been struck down with pneumonia, Super Value owner Rupert Roberts has finally arrived home in New Providence with a message to all Bahamians: “Take
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care of your health.” Admitting he is delighted to be ‘back in the sunshine,’ Mr Roberts urged all Bahamians to ‘look after yourselves with a healthy diet and exercise.’ He warned: “You could develop an illness that The Bahamas is not equipped to ROBERTS - SEE PAGE 11