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Volume: 122 No. 131, May 30, 2025
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‘ABACO PLPS DON’T WANT PINDER AGAIN’ Some party supporters criticise MP’s attitude and poor performance By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net KEY Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) supporters in Abaco want a candidate to challenge Central and South Abaco MP John Pinder in the party’s nomination race, citing dissatisfaction with his performance and attitude.
Several PLP supporters, speaking to The Tribune on condition of anonymity yesterday, highlighted their discontent and said they have raised their concerns with party officials. The Tribune understands that some supporters even publicly criticised Mr Pinder’s performance during SEE PAGE THREE
REBUILD OF VICTORIA COURT hoped to start by year’s end By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net NEARLY a month after a fire destroyed the roof of Victoria Court Complex, displacing dozens, residents are hoping that rebuilding can begin before the end of the year. Sonia Cox-Hamilton, vice president of the building’s
A new visitor as US Navy ship comes to port
board, told The Tribune yesterday that while much work remains, the board is taking it one step at a time. She said residents have already engaged a structural engineer to assess the building’s integrity and have secured a team to stabilise the gables before reconstruction can begin. SEE PAGE SEVEN
THE USS GRAVELY, a guided missile destroyer named after one of the first African-Americans to achieve the rank of three-star Admiral in the US Navy, docked at the Nassau Cruise Port yesterday, giving tours aboard ship. See PAGE TWO for story. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr
Inspector gets leave from judge for tax crackdown judicial review in disciplinary matter on cruise ship By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A SUPREME Court judge has ruled that a police inspector has an arguable case against the
Commissioner of Police and the Attorney General, granting him leave to pursue a judicial review over disciplinary measures taken against him. Justice Carla D CardStubbs delivered the ruling,
issuing a stay of all disciplinary proceedings until the judicial review is resolved or the court gives further directions. The inspector must file and serve his SEE PAGE FOUR
First-ever organ transplant expected to happen before end of this year THE country’s first live organ transplant surgery under the National Organ Transplant Programme is expected to take place at Princess Margaret Hospital before the end of the year, according to sources familiar with the matter. While officials have not confirmed a launch date, insiders told The Tribune
that preparations are nearing completion. A live transplant involves the donation of an organ from a living donor to a recipient. The government has allocated $1.59m to the programme in its 2025/2026 budget, with projections increasing to $3m in SEE PAGE FIVE
MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Michael Darville.
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private islands ‘great first step’ By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net BAHAMIAN hotels yesterday hailed the private cruise island tax compliance crackdown as “a great first step” while urging that some of the funds generated be used to “fix tourism product shortcomings”. Kerry Fountain, the Bahama Out Islands Promotion Board’s executive director, told Tribune Business that creating a taxation ‘level playing field’ between stopover (landbased) and cruise tourism was a move “in the right direction”. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS