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‘WAIT AND SEE’ SAYS WALKER
US Ambassador responds to ‘frivolous and malicious gossip’ claims of House Speaker By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
US Ambassador to The Bahamas Herschel Walker speaks at a press conference in Grand Bahama yesterday. Photo: Vandyke Hepburn
US Ambassador to The Bahamas Herschel Walker responded yesterday to House Speaker Patricia Deveaux’s dismissal of explosive allegations in a US criminal complaint against Bahamian Eric Gardiner as “frivolous and malicious gossip,” saying: “Wait and see.” Asked about Ms Deveaux’s comments during a press conference
in Grand Bahama, Mr Walker stressed that the matter remains under investigation. "You know, it is funny because people say things like that, but you know it's an open investigation, and I think people know when it is an open investigation, you just wait and see what's going to happen," he said. "You really don't want to say anything about it because you don't want to hurt either side.” WALKER - SEE PAGE TWO
Work to revitalise Bay Street expected Rollins demands PLP disclose if Gardiner donated to campaign to begin soon, says Hanna-Martin By FAY SIMMONS Tribune Business Reporter jsimmons@tribunemedia.net
TOURISM Minister Hanna-Martin
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TOURISM Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin says Nassau has been discussing downtown redevelopment “since King Hammer was a hatchet,” acknowledging decades of stalled progress while
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
promising that work to revitalise Bay Street will begin soon. Speaking to reporters, Mrs Hanna-Martin said successive efforts to transform downtown Nassau have failed to deliver the level of change many Bahamians hoped to see. SEE BUSINESS FOR STORY
LONG Island MP Andre Rollins
LONG Island MP Dr Andre Rollins yesterday demanded that the government disclose whether convicted drug trafficker Eric Gardiner made campaign donations to the
Progressive Liberal Party over the past decade, as he intensified scrutiny of government contracts awarded to a company linked to him. During his contribution to the budget debate, Dr Rollins questioned how a company tied to a man ROLLINS - SEE PAGE THREE
LPIA SEES SECOND BUSIEST MAY IN COUNTRY’S HISTORY By Fay Simmons Tribune Business Reporter jsimmons@tribunemedia.net AFTER ten consecutive months of declining US passenger traffic, Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) saw a return to growth in May, with airport executives reporting a five percent increase from its
largest source market. Vernice Walkine, president and chief executive of Nassau Airport Development Company (NAD), said May was likely the second-busiest May in the airport’s history and offered encouraging signs heading into the peak summer travel season. SEE BUSINESS FOR STORY
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