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Halt order given on Athol Island DEPP says it issued a cease and desist for work on the island By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net THE Department of Environmental Planning and Protection (DEPP) said it issued a cease and desist order regarding a project on Athol Island. Works at the Marine Protected Area have sparked controversy.
Two men charged in boating death of US woman
St Anne’s MP Adrian White has repeatedly raised the issue in Parliament, noting in the House of Assembly earlier this month that “native caucus has been removed, and piles of barge sand materials have been deposited on this island”.
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net TWO men were charged yesterday after allegedly causing the death of an American tourist, Allison Dyck, in a boating accident off Eleuthera last month. Chief Magistrate Roberto Reckley arraigned Charles Cash, 49, and Aldon Cash, 41, on manslaughter. Charles Cash faced additional charges of failure to submit a vessel for inspection, operating with
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Prosecutors push for 15-year sentence in Nygard sex trial By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net PROSECUTORS in Canada want former Lyford Cay resident Peter Nygard to get a 15-year prison sentence for sexual assault convictions. Nygard’s sentencing hearings began yesterday, months after
he was convicted of four counts of sexual assault in the first of several criminal trials he will face for his treatment of women in multiple countries across several decades. He is expected to be tried in Montreal and Winnipeg. He will then be extradited to New York to face sex SEE page Three
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‘PLP broke promise made before election’ Bahamas Electrical Workers Union president Kyle Wilson speaks during a press conference at Obie Ferguson’s office yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunmedia.net IN excluding unions from talks about the future of Bahamas Power & Light, the Davis administration is violating a pre-election memorandum
of understanding Prime Minister Philip Davis signed, according to Bahamas Electrical Workers Union president Kyle Wilson. In August 2021, Mr Davis, as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party, signed an MOU with the
National Congress of Trade Unions Bahamas (NCTUB) and the Commonwealth of The Bahamas Trade Union Congress (CBTUC). The document said that “where possible in statute and in regulations,”
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Atlantis loses bid to block PI Wendy’s restaurant By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net Planning authorities yesterday dismissed the appeal by Atlantis and other major resorts seeking to block Wendy’s Paradise Island restaurant by finding it “does not offend” land use restrictions. The Subdivision and Development Appeal Board rejected all the arguments put forward by the mega resort and other hotels including the absence of a traffic impact study and non-existent land use plan for Paradise Island. FULL story - see business