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WELLS’ NEW MAGIC NUMBER - 120,000
Minister says hitting this vaccination total puts us in ‘good place’ By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net HEALTH Minister Renward Wells estimates that 120,000 people need to be vaccinated in order for the nation to be “in good stead” in the fight against COVID-19. However, Mr Wells yesterday could not say how close the nation is to herd immunity in order to have restrictions lifted. Speaking to reporters after getting his second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at the Baha Mar resort, the minister gave a rough estimate of the portion of population that needs to be vaccinated.
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
ROYAL Caribbean is aiming to triple its Bahamas arrivals to 6m by 2030, a senior executive disclosed yesterday, adding that this nation must seize its opportunity to become a “permanent” home port base.
Russell Benford, Royal Caribbean’s vice-president of government relations for the Americas, pledged to Tribune Business that the extra 4m passengers it plans to bring to this nation by 2030 will generate an additional $1bn in spending that stays with Bahamian companies - not the cruise line. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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PASSENGERS HURT AFTER FERRY RAN AGROUND
He explained: “I would say right now we have a population of 382,000. I always round it up to about 400,000 persons. We have probably about 60,000 individuals who would’ve at least received their first dose and I think we’re probably around, well I’m not exactly sure where we are in terms of those who would’ve received their second dose, but I believe that given the fact that we’ve gone through the first and the second wave of COVID, we would’ve had some 11,000 Bahamians who would’ve tested positive in addition to those who have been vaccinated.” SEE PAGE FOUR
RCL AIMING TO TRIPLE PASSENGERS BY 2030
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By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
MORE than a dozen passengers received minor injuries when a ferry boat they were on ran aground in waters near Man-O-War Cay, Abaco, on Sunday evening. The 43ft vessel, operated by G&L Ferry, left Guana Cay around 9pm with 14 passengers, including one child, on board. SEE PAGE THREE
RUDY KING TRIAL GETS UNDER WAY
‘FOLLOW MY LEAD’
By FARRAH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter fjohnson@tribunemedia.net
MINISTER of Health Renward Wells receives his second shot of vaccine at the Baha Mar Convention Centre yesterday, administered by nurse Sharmon Frazer Calendar. Photo: Racardo Thomas
23 MORE HOMES TO BE DEMOLISHED By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
WORKS Minister Desmond Bannister said his ministry spearheaded the demolition of 23 illegal structures in The Farm shanty town in Abaco last week, with some 20 more structures targeted for demolition this week. The move comes despite widespread calls from local and international human
RECENT demolitions in Abaco. rights activists urging the government to halt demolition works of homes in the storm-hit community. Activists have said the
move could result in thousands of residents being displaced. Over the weekend, a group of residents from The Farm protested on the island, with some children seen holding placards that read “no shelters in Abaco, we have nowhere to go,” and “we need help” while delegates from the United Nations visited the island as part of their mission to this country. SEE PAGE THREE
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FIVE Post Office Department employees testified yesterday at the opening of the fraud trial of Bahamian businessman Rudolph “Rudy” King. In 2019, the impresario was charged with defrauding the General Post Office of over half a million dollars, then laundering that amount between 2012 and 2015. SEE PAGE SEVEN
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