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‘Many’ failed to file disclosures Senators and public servants among those who have not complied By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net PUBLIC Disclosure Commission Chairman Bishop Victor Cooper said many senators and senior civil servants failed to disclose their assets, income and liabilities this year as the law requires. “That’s our concern,” he said. “A number of them haven’t to this
point, so I don’t know the reason. You know we sent out all of the documents on time and reminders, so that’s where the delinquencies lie: amongst these senior government officers.” He could not say for certain whether any elected officials failed to follow the law. He said he has finally
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Receipt of money paid to local govt investigated
NORTH Andros Island Administrator Beverley Laramore said she is investigating after a receipt suggested the North Andros District Council was paid to clean up a beach after a party over the weekend. According to the Local Government Act, councils cannot undertake revenuegenerating schemes. They can only receive money from the central government. Residents complained that garbage was not removed after a party on Cedar Beach over
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URCA ‘concerned’ BPL is struggling to be reliable By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority (URCA) said recent power outages suggest the Bahamas Power & Light is struggling to provide “power of sufficient reliability and quality”. URCA said it has been investigating the outages
on various islands in recent months. “As the regulator for the electricity sector, URCA is concerned about the adverse affects these power outages have on national economic development and residential and commercial consumers in particular,” URCA said in a statement yesterday. SEE page FIVE
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The project to restore the Elbow Reef Lighthouse, pictured here on Independence Day by Julie Westmore, is aiming for a November completion. The project has cost more than $1m - helped immensely by a grant from the US Embassy. See BUSINESS for the full story. Photo: Julie Westmore
No update yet on children beaten in bimini By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net MORE than four months after several Bimini Primary School students were allegedly beaten and bruised by a police officer, Commissioner Clayton Fernander still claims there is an ongoing, incomplete investigation into the matter.
Commisioner of Police Clayton Fernander He has not said what about the case requires
such a lengthy investigation. “There’s no new update at this time, but that matter is still being looked into between the police and the ministry,” he said yesterday. The parents of the students have long suspected that the police will take no action in the matter and are not addressing it.
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Unions link up to protest Atlantis shop steward firing By Fay Simmons
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Trade unions joined forces to send a “strong message” to the government and Atlantis about the firing of the resort’s chief shop steward last week. Belinda Wilson, president of the Bahamas National Alliance of Trade Union Congress (BNATUC), which comprises of six unions and two associations and president of the Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) said she is standing behind BHCAWU. FULL Story - see business