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PM HITS OUT AT ABSENT PINTARD Davis slams FNM head for missing Lucayan signing By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis torched Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard for missing last week’s signing of the Grand Lucayan Heads of Agreement, accusing him of ducking a pivotal moment for Grand Bahama and
failing to show leadership when it mattered most. Mr Pintard wasn’t his only target during a PLP Men’s Branch “Hype Sunday” event; Mr Davis slammed multiple senior FNM figures in a rally speech filled with jabs, taunts, and political indictments. He accused Mr Pintard of SEE PAGE THREE
CARNIVAL PARTICIPATION ‘will be up by 50 percent’ By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net BAHAMAS Carnival Band Owners Association chairman Dario Tirelli expects participation in this year’s event to jump nearly 50 percent over the past two years — but he’s sharply criticising the Ministry of Tourism for failing to
A fond farewell
support the festival through funding or marketing. Mr Tirelli noted that while more foreign revellers than Bahamians are expected to take part in the June 7 parade, local spectators traditionally line the route in large numbers. He attributed the increase in interest to a SEE PAGE SEVEN
PRIESTS conduct the last rites at a funeral for John Henry Bostwick at Christ Church Cathedral on Friday as family, friends and officials paid their last respects. See PAGE 12 for more. Photo: Nikia Charlton
Concord Wilshire pay $120m for ‘iMMigration Grand Lucayan and golf course will decide if By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
THE Davis administration has disclosed a $120m sale price of the Grand Lucayan resort and surrounding property.
Government officials had not revealed the figure during Thursday’s formal signing event. The resort and the adjacent 160-acre Reef Golf Course are being sold to Ancient Waters Bahamas Limited, a Bahamian
subsidiary of US-based Concord Wilshire Capital. The developer, which claims $10 billion in developed and acquired assets, is leading an $827m redevelopment to transform SEE PAGE FIVE
Man died ‘trying to scale barbed wire’ By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net A MAN was found dead early on Sunday morning in a shed on South Beach Drive, after what police believe may have been a failed attempt to scale a fence topped with barbed wire. Officers responded to the SEE PAGE TWO
A BODY of a man is removed from the scene on South Beach Drive yesetrday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
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By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net THE acting Director of Immigration said the final decision on whether Russian businessman Andrey Votinov will be granted Bahamian citizenship rests with the Immigration Board, a Cabinet-level body, and not the department itself. He told The Tribune he could not confirm additional details about Mr Votinov’s current permit to reside, which is up for SEE PAGE FOUR