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‘I WAS BEATEN BY RBDF SUPERIOR’ Marine claims he was assaulted then abandoned on island By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net A DEFENCE force marine allegedly had his teeth knocked out and his eyes blackened by a superior officer on HMBS Kamalamee before the ship abandoned him in Inagua over the weekend, forcing him to buy a plane
ticket to New Providence. Royal Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Raymond King said the matter is being investigated. “I’m unable to prejudice that formal inquiry,” he told The Tribune yesterday. “All members of the military are subject to service law and our military justice system SEE PAGE FIVE
ROLLE: WAGES MUST GROW TO COUNTER INFLATION By KEILE CAMPBELL kcampbell@tribunemedia.net CENTRAL Bank governor John Rolle said wages must grow to counter inflation. His comment to reporters yesterday came before the Bahamas National Statistical Institute released Consumer Price Index information showing that
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inflation in March increased by 1.6 per cent compared to February, an uptick compared to the 0.3 per cent increase between January and February. The institute also noted that the CPI rose 2.9 per cent in March compared to the same period in 2023. Mr Rolle told reporters SEE PAGE FOUR
AFREXIMBANK Senior VP Denys Denya speaks during the Afreximbank’s 31st Annual Meeting at Baha Mar yesterday. See PAGE TWO for story. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Minnis: Davis administration being HOMEOWNER: hypocritical by purchasing Bazaar THEY WON’T WYNN ‘WAR OF ATTRITION’ By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said his successor is hypocritical for seeking to buy
the Princess Towers Hotel and International Bazaar in Grand Bahama, given the position he took when the Minnis administration sought to buy the Grand Lucayan resort. “They criticised us in
every way possible,” he said during his contribution to the budget debate in the House of Assembly on Tuesday. “Now look at them. They want to buy SEE PAGE SEVEN
AVERAGE BPL CUSTOMERS WILL SEE ANNUAL SAVINGS By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net THE average Bahamas Power & Light residential customer will save about $460 over a year under the government’s equity rate adjustment, according to Energy Minister Jobeth Coleby-Davis. The rate adjustments are part of the Davis
MINISTER of Energy and Transport JoBeth Coleby-Davis administration’s
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
reform plan and will take effect on July 1. Under the plan, residents will pay nothing on the first 200kWh they use per month, as the current 10.95 cents they pay will be eliminated, resulting in a monthly savings of $21.90. For the fuel charge, 2.5 cents will be eliminated on the tariff for the first
THE leading opponent of a 14-storey Goodman’s Bay penthouse project yesterday pledged he will not be ground down by the developer’s “war of attrition” and forced into selling his home. Ed Hoffer, whose property borders Wynn Group’s construction site on its eastern boundary, told Tribune Business he remains committed to the “fight” against the $100m develpment.
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