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MEN GET TWO CHANCES BUT WOMEN ONLY ONE Corrections chief warns female recruits face firing for single misstep but males will be ‘massaged’ into line By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
CORRECTIONS Commissioner Doane Cleare speaks to recruits yesterday at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services signing-on ceremony for the 81st cohort. Photo: Shawn Hanna
CORRECTIONS Commissioner Doan Cleare warned female recruits yesterday that one misstep could swiftly cost them their jobs, while saying he would try to “massage” struggling male recruits into line because qualified men are in short supply. “Now, females in the squad, the first one of you
mess up or do wrong, I gonna let you go, and you know why, because we have an abundance of you, too much,” he said. “Our waiting list now is over 400 females trying to get in here, but it is the males who I will try to massage, wash your toes, and wash your feet to try to get you in line, but if you do fool, we still gon’ let you go.” RECRUIT - SEE PAGE FOUR
HALKITIS IGNORES RESIGNATION Strachan pledges reform CALLS AS PLP SUPPORTERS RALLY for Public Parks Authority By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
MINISTER OF FINANCE Michael Halkitis.
FINANCE Minister Michael Halkitis walked into Parliament yesterday flanked by chanting Progressive Liberal Party supporters as Free National Movement leaders, standing yards away in Rawson
Square, intensified calls for him to resign over his past role with Top Notch Builders. The split-screen scene unfolded before Mr Halkitis opened the budget debate, turning Parliament’s doorstep into a political battleground over RESIGN - SEE PAGE THREE
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net NEW Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority Executive Chairman Jamahl Strachan promised yesterday to bring transparency and accountability to an agency battered by spending controversy under
McKell Bonaby, drawing laughter, glances and an opposition charge that he had thrown his predecessor “under the bus.” In a forceful contribution to Parliament, Mr Strachan, who flew under the radar during the Davis administration’s first term, said the REFORM - SEE PAGE FIVE
PUBLIC Parks and Public Beaches Authority Executive Chairman Jamahl Strachan.
Thompson slams BPL for ‘excuses’ over power outages By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net OPPOSITION MP Kwasi Thompson accused Bahamas Power and Light of offering excuses rather than solutions for persistent power outages, saying the government has failed to deliver on promises to lower electricity costs and improve reliability.
During his contribution in Parliament on Monday, the East Grand Bahama MP referred to a recent BPL statement that blamed equipment failures, underground cable faults and an early summer heat wave for recent outages. "Bahamians have every right to demand answers," he said. "These explanations sound less like solutions and more like excuses." OUTAGES - SEE PAGE FIVE
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