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Volume: 123 No. 137, Thursday, June 11, 2026
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COLEBY-DAVIS: BPL READY FOR SUMMER
While FNM’s Rollins says outages already have people ‘sweating’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
Energy, Utilities and Aviation Minister Jobeth Coleby-Davis speaks in the House of Assembly yesterday.
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ENERGY Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis insisted yesterday that Bahamas Power and Light has enough generation capacity to meet summer demand, even as Long Island MP Andre Rollins accused her of misleading Parliament after widespread outages left Bahamians “sweating” over the weekend. For the summer period, Mrs Coleby-Davis said
BPL is preparing for peak demand of 300MW in New Providence, 27MW in Abaco and 20.5MW in Eleuthera. She said BPL currently has 340MW of installed capacity in New Providence, a figure expected to increase to 385MW by the month’s end. Abaco has 36MW of installed capacity, while Eleuthera currently has 24MW. Eleuthera’s capacity is projected to increase to 26.5MW by the end of July POWER - SEE PAGE FOUR
Great Stirrup Cay pays $840k Prison Commissioner apologises in environmental penalties to ‘the women of The Bahamas’ By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net GREAT Stirrup Cay has paid about $840,000 in environmental penalties after a Ministry of Environment investigation uncovered multiple infractions dating back to the COVID-19
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
period, Environment Minister Zane Lightbourne revealed yesterday in a rare public disclosure of the value of an environmental enforcement action. Mr Lightbourne’s disclosure marked a rare public accounting of an FINE - SEE PAGE FIVE
ENVIRONMENT Minister Zane Lightbourne.
PRISON Commissioner Doan Cleare apologised to “the women of The Bahamas” yesterday for remarks that triggered a public rebuke from National Security Minister Myles LaRoda
and calls for his resignation after he suggested female correctional recruits could be dismissed more quickly than men. Mr Cleare said his comments were "inappropriate and caused offence" after widespread criticism of APOLOGY - SEE PAGE THREE
BDOCs commissioner Doan Cleare.
Mitchell says US court documents require further review before tabling By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS and LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporters FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell defended the PLP against claims of hypocrisy yesterday, arguing that a fraud writ the party tabled against former Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest in 2020 was
different from the US court affidavit it now wants kept out of Parliament because the earlier document was Bahamian. Mr Mitchell appeared to suggest that a local court document could be placed before Parliament on its face, while foreign documents – even one filed in one of the United States’
most prominent federal judicial districts – requires further authentication or review before being given similar treatment. FNM leader Michael Pintard, making a second unsuccessful attempt to table documents tied to the US allegations, argued DEFEND - SEE PAGE THREE
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PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell.