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REVIEW PLEDGED IN IMMIGRATION ROW PM makes promise over allegations as Bell a no-show By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said the government would review how immigration decisions are made and strengthen the processes. His statement came as the Free National Movement and other critics continued
to scrutinise Keith Bell, the immigration minister they say has repeatedly superseded the authority of senior immigration officials. With leaks bolstering FNM leader Michael Pintard’s criticism of Mr Bell, Mr Davis said it is unlawful for civil servants to share the names and personal
Public servants protest for better treatment
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said Bahamas Power and Light’s Wartsila engines “never worked properly”. He responded to former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis’ criticisms about rising electricity costs and reliability issues. He noted the government discontinued his administration’s fuel hedge programme, which the Inter-American
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HOTEL AND IMMIGRATION STATEMENTS DIFFER FROM PREVIOUS COMMENTS By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net PRESS statements from the Ministry of Immigration and the owner of the British Colonial Hotel appeared to differ from previous conclusions of senior immigration officials and comments from Minister Keith Bell, creating a muddy picture about the status of a
DAVIS: WARTSILA ENGINES AT BPL ‘never worked ProPerly’
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group of Chinese nationals when they were released from custody in January. The Ministry of Immigration said the Chinese nationals were here legally and that their employers were applying for their work permits when the workers were detained and quickly freed earlier this year. Likewise, Strategic
US SAYS GOVT ‘stalling anticorruPtion’ LEGISLATION By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
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BPSU president Kimsley Ferguson (holding poster), who represents social services and healthcare workers, yesterday during a protest in Rawson Square, accused the government of taking advantage of public servants. See PAGE FIVE for story. Photo: Austin Fernander By LEANDRA ROLLE Health dental depart- you does do under governTribune Staff Reporter ment employees, called ment. You does do all kinda lrolle@tribunemedia.net for hazardous pay, scarcity people work and only get allowance, and the regulari- one paycheck.” SCORES of disgrun- sation of workers, among Patrice Glenda Rolle tled social services and other things. Curry, a chief social worker, healthcare workers demon“I have been in social said staff morale is at an allstrated outside the House services ten years and I time low. of Assembly yesterday, ain’t get my letter yet,” said “We are losing social demanding promotions and Jason Rolle. workers left, right and better workplace benefits. “I want permanency. I is straight,” she said. “The The public servants, a maintenance man. I is do including Ministry of all sorts of things. That’s all SEE PAGE FIVE
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THE US State Department yesterday accused the Government of “stalling full implementation of anticorruption legislation that would promote transparency and good governance” such as the Freedom of Information Act. The Biden administration, in its newly-released 2023 ‘investment climate statement’ on The Bahamas, also reiterated prior concerns that laws and regulations to combat graft have been “inconsistently applied”. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS