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Volume: 123 No. 128, Thursday, May 28, 2026
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HEALTHCARE THE FOCUS OF 2026 GOVT BUDGET • $11.6m for Family Island clinics and an initial $20m to its proposed New Providence hospital
Supermarket mogul dead at 88
• Govt targets $470m revenue increase for the 2026-2027 fiscal period • Moves to revive longawaited public sector pension reform as unfunded liabilties hit $3bn By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE Government is targeting a $470m revenue increase for the 2026-2027 fiscal period despite this year’s collection pace lagging 2024-2025, it was revealed yesterday, as it cut the forecast Budget surplus by 24 percent. Michael Halkitis, newly-appointed minister of finance, in his first-ever
Budget presentation told the House of Assembly that the lower surplus projected for the upcoming fiscal year - now $223.1m, as opposed to the previously forecast $291.4m, representing a reduction of $68.3m - was justified by the Davis administration’s decision to “prioritise the needs of the Bahamian people” by investing in healthcare improvements. See BUSINESS FOR STORY and PAGES 4, 5 and 12
SUPER VALUE OWNER RUPERT ROBERTS JR By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net BUSINESSMAN Rupert Roberts Jr, OBE, the grocery pioneer who built Super Value into the country’s largest Bahamian-owned
supermarket chain and became a commanding voice in debates over food prices and the cost of living, died on Tuesday night on the eve of his 89th birthday. Roberts died peacefully at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, with wife, Margaret, daughter
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Candy and granddaughter Paige, at his bedside, according to a statement from Super Value. He is survived by his wife; children Richard Roberts, Judy Waugh and Candy Kelly; several grandchildren ROBERTS - SEE PAGE THREE