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Volume: 120 No.143, July 28, 2023
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PM ‘DISTURBED’ BY LATE OPPOSITION TO VIOLENCE BILL Women’s leaders issue statement against latest legislation By LEANDRA ROLLE AND EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporters THE House of Assembly passed the Protection Against Violence Bill last night after Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said he was disturbed
and disappointed that some women’s groups announced their opposition to the bill at the “last hour”. Mr Davis said many meetings and discussions had preceded the debate on the SEE PAGE THREE
BILL HELPS DEAL WITH INCREASING SEXUAL ASSAULTS, SAYS MUNROE By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said the Protection Against Violence Bill would help the country grapple with increasing reports of sexual assaults.
His comment came during a debate on the bill, which passed the House of Assembly last night. “As Dr David Allen reminds us, hurt people hurt people, and so it is imperative that we do what is necessary SEE PAGE THREE
‘I would have agreed on wartsIla choIce’
CEO of BPL Shevonn Cambrige
provide reliable power. Mr Cambridge said the Wartsila engines are “somewhat compromised” and do not work as well as they would have worked if BPL had stuck with the original engine plans. He said the reasons the plans were changed are complicated and reflect decisions made under intense pressure to provide
the company’s ability to
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By RASHAD ROLLE AND JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporters BAHAMAS Power and Light CEO Shevonn Cambridge said if he had been involved in installing Wartsila’s engines in 2019, he likely would have agreed with the decisions his predecessors made, choices that have since had difficult consequences for
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