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Less than 5 percent of fully vaccinated are admitted to hospitals By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net LESS than five percent of people fully vaccinated in The Bahamas have been infected with COVID-19 and fewer than one percent of recovered patients have been re-infected with the disease, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Delon Brennen has said. Dr Brennen insisted yesterday vaccinations are the only way out of the pandemic, adding that while
many may be hesitant to take the jab for various reasons, the benefits of taking the Oxford- AstraZeneca vaccine still far outweigh the risks. Dr Brennen disclosed the information as a guest on radio talk show “The Morning Blend” with host Dwight Strachan. Dr Brennen said the vast majority of people contracting the disease and being hospitalised are those who have not been fully inoculated against COVID-19. SEE PAGE TWO
HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie is to hold “Open Parliaments” for the public each Wednesday starting next week. While the House is not set to reconvene until September 22, Speaker Moultrie said most of the discussions with citizens will be held with himself and Chief Clerk David Forbes. These sessions will be held for the most part at the Senate building, Parliament Square and the House
of Assembly from 10am to 1pm. This will continue either until Parliament is dissolved or until sittings of Parliament continue in September. The Speaker’s announcement came as part of an attack on the continuation of Emergency Powers. “The chains fell off in 1833 but we are witnesses of new chains of bondage, guised as Emergency Power Orders that discriminate, infringe Bahamians’ constitutional rights and SEE PAGE THREE
By TANYA SMITHCARTWRIGHT tsmith-cartwright@ tribunemedia.net
BAHAMAS Power and Light said a mid-morning fire yesterday at its decommissioned Station O at Clifton Pier had no impact on generation or other operations. Pictures and videos of the fire made the rounds on social media with many expressing concern that the incident could affect already unreliable power supply that has plagued residents for the past few weeks. However, in a statement yesterday, BPL explained that the fire took about 25 minutes to extinguish, adding that it happened as SEE PAGE FOUR
SHAUNAE: WILL SHE RUN THE 400M?
DON’T LIKE PARLIAMENT? TRY SPEAKER’S VERSION By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
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‘WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR IMAGE FOR CORRUPTION’
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By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
The two foreign pilots who flew the plane into Abaco from the Dominican Republic later filed a stolen plane report. The Tribune understands that police have been following various leads relating to the incident. However, the Royal Bahamas Police Force has so far declined to describe the nature of their investigation
REFORMERS yesterday warned The Bahamas “is not doing enough to change perceptions of corruption” as the US government again cited irregularities in this nation’s procurement and investment approvals process. Matt Aubry, the Organisation for Responsible Governance’s (ORG) executive director, told Tribune Business it was “not good enough” for The Bahamas to believe its “status quo” ranking as less corrupt than many Caribbean competitors was sufficient at a time when “we cannot leave anything on the table economically” due to COVID-19’s devastating fall-out.
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FORMER Governor General and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Dion Hanna has died, aged 93. Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis last night described Mr Hanna, a founding father of the nation, as “a Bahamian giant and statesman”. See PAGE THREE for the full story.
PILOTS BLAMED FOR ABACO CRASH PILOTS who died in a plane crash in Abaco last month did not properly configure the settings on the aircraft for takeoff, investigators say in their report on the crash. The jet destroyed airport lighting equipment and broke several trees along its path, according to the official report from the Air Accident Investigation Department. Lavan Paul, a former
LAVAN Paul and Jason Allen. defence force officer, and Jason Allen, a marine, were pilots of the plane which crashed on July 5.
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