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MINISTER: WE’LL RAISE MINIMUM WAGE SOON Glover-Rolle assures Ready to unions they will be included and informed protect By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Davis administration wants to increase the minimum wage again soon, Labour Minister Pia Glover-Rolle said yesterday. She did not give a timeline for when a decision would be made but said talks are ongoing.
She said officials had discussed the matter with a senior economics wage specialist at the International Labour Organisation. She said union leaders would be included in discussions, adding: “You have my commitment to that.” “Not only will you be included, but you will be informed because I will
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ADVOCATE DISTURBED BY LACK OF PROGRESS ON MARITAL RAPE LAW By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net AN advocate for criminalising marital rape is disturbed by the Davis administration’s lack of progress on legislation. Lisa Bostwick-Dean, vice president of Women United, noted that although religious groups opposed cannabis bills,
the administration passed the legislation but has not moved on marital rape, which some Christian leaders also oppose. She said: “While we make no comment as an organisation on the marijuana bill as it’s not one of the items on our agenda, we did take note that the government took steps to SEE PAGE FOUR
ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) Commodore Dr Raymond King inspects officers ahead of the Reserve Commission Officer Graduation Ceremony at the RBDF Coral Habour base yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Residents applaud Town Planning’s SANDALS HITS rejection of grocery store application BACK AT CLAIM By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
THE Town Planning Committee refused an application to construct a grocery store, liquor
store and takeaway shack on Colony Village Road off Prince Charles Drive, delighting residents who opposed the development. Residents voiced their concerns about the project during a town hall meeting
on July 2. Director of Physical Planning Charles Zonicle said in a letter The Tribune obtained that the Town Planning Committee SEE PAGE THREE
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
ZNS general manager Clint Watson
networks cannot afford those rights themselves. He said the last Olympics cost $300,000 to broadcast. This year, the cost would have been about $800,000. His comment yesterday came after several residents complained that they could not watch Bahamians perform.
SANDALS is disputing assertions by the Bahamian tax authorities that its Emerald Bay resort only reported 40 percent of revenues earned as it defended its oneof-a-kind “business model”. In a September 8, 2023, letter to the Department of Inland Revenue (DIR) Sandals denied the property had failed to properly disclose “the true nature of transactions” which have sparked demands for $30.844m in allegedly unpaid VAT and Business Licence fees.
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WATSON: NO OLYMPICS ON ZNS DUE TO HIGH COST By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net ZNS is not broadcasting the Olympic Games this year because it could not afford the rights, according to general manager Clint Watson. He said ZNS usually tries to collaborate with other networks in the region to buy the rights to host the
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