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Volume: 122 No. 141, June 17, 2025
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GOVT TO DUMP DEAL WITH CUBA ROAD TRAFFIC TO LAUNCH NEW OFFICE IN EAST NASSAU
The Bahamas to cut out middle man for medical professionals By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamian government will sever ties with Cuba’s medical recruitment agencies and move to hire Cuban healthcare professionals directly, potentially cancelling existing contracts after months of evasion, pressure from the United
States, and leaked allegations of exploitation. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville confirmed the decision during his budget communication in the House of Assembly yesterday, signalling the government’s break from an intermediary system that has come
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Road Traffic Department will open a new office in eastern New Providence before year’s end, Transport and Energy Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis announced in the House of Assembly yesterday. Citing the island’s growing population, Mrs Coleby-Davis said the new location will serve residents of St Anne’s, Fox Hill, Yamacraw, Elizabeth, and Sea Breeze.
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FIRST KIDNEY TRANSPLANT IN BAHAMAS COMING THIS WEEK By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas is set to launch its first-ever kidney transplant programme this week, while simultaneously advancing two hospital projects and finalising the acquisition of a fully equipped private hospital on East Bay Street.
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Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville confirmed Monday during his budget debate contribution yesterday that Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) will conduct the country’s first living donor kidney transplant on June 18, supported by specialist surgeons from Trinidad and
COLEBY-DAVIS: OVER 60,000 BPL BILLS UNDER $125
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BROTHERS Philip M Christie centre, Philip D Christie left, and Dangelo Christie right all died in an early morning car crash on September 2, 2024, on Sir Milo Butler Highway.
“I still am broken. Only God could do what no man can do. Right now, I’m riding out my storm,” Mrs Christie said tearfully, her voice trembling as she hummed a gospel hymn. “Day and night I do cry for
MORE than 63,000 households across The Bahamas received monthly electricity bills under $125 between January and May, thanks to the government’s Equity Rate Adjustment (ERA) Initiative, Energy Minister JoBeth ColebyDavis announced during her budget presentation. Introduced in July 2024, the ERA initiative removed the charge for the first 200 kilowatt-hours of electricity used per month.
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Mom still ‘frozen in the moment’ after three sons died in car crash By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net LOVAN Christie wishes she could say just one more thing to her sons: “Don’t leave mummy.” It’s been over nine months since a tragic car
crash in New Providence claimed the lives of all three of her sons — Philip McCarron Christie, 24, Philip D’Caprio Christie, 23, and D’Angelo Christie, 20. And while the rest of the world has moved on, she remains frozen in the moment her life shattered.
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
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