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WHO OWNS FIRMS GIVEN GOVT COVID CONTRACTS? TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES
Auditor General reveals his request for beneficial owners list still pending By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE Government has failed to meet the Auditor General’s demand to provide ownership details on all the companies awarded COVID-related contracts despite this being deemed “pivotal” to good governance. The revelation, contained in the Office of the Auditor General’s report on how the Government used the proceeds from last June’s emergency $250m International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan that kept
the country and government afloat during the pandemic’s peak, reveals its request for information on who beneficially owns these entities remains “pending”. The June 25, 2021, report tabled by Speaker Halson Moultrie in the House of Assembly yesterday, confirmed that the Auditor General and his staff were provided by the Minnis administration with a list of companies “that received payments for the delivery of goods and services related to COVID-19”.
By TANYA SMITHCARTWRIGHT tsmith-cartwright@ tribunemedia.net
CHIEF Meteorologist Basil Dean is predicting heavy rainfall starting as early as today due to a disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean threatening to develop into a tropical storm. SEE PAGE TWO
POTCAKES RESCUE MISSION
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40,000 J&J VACCINES HERE BY MONTH END By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
THE Bahamas should receive some 40,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this month, Health Minister Renward Wells said yesterday. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, Mr Wells said those doses will be acquired through the African Medical Supplies Platform, a non-profit
initiative created by the African Union in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He spoke after Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis revealed Monday night that his administration had concluded negotiations to bring in a substantial number of new vaccines in the country. Dr Minnis said in the next few months, The Bahamas will soon have the capacity to administer the jab to all who wish to receive it. SEE PAGE FOUR
EQUALITY AND EXCELLENCE
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By TANYA SMITHCARTWRIGHT tsmith-cartwright@ tribunemedia.net
AROUND 80 dogs from the Bahamas Humane Society will take part in a “Wings of Rescue” flight to the United States this morning as a part of a plan to reduce the population in the overcrowded shelter. SEE PAGE THREE
‘SLIPPERY SLOPE’ OF HANNA TO REPLACE QUEEN ON $100 BILL PRIVATE JETS FEE BAHAMIAN gold medal winner Shaunae Miller-Uibo celebrating after her victory at the Tokyo Olympics. Her victory has stirred a conversation about women’s rights - and whether all women have equal access to those rights, or if they need to be exceptional to receive them. See PAGE EIGHT for the full story. Photo: Charlie Riedel/AP
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced yesterday that the face of former Governor General and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Dion Hanna will replace that of Queen Elizabeth II on the $100 bill starting next year. Dr Minnis revealed this in the House of Assembly as he paid tribute to Mr
THE QUEEN on the $100 note. Hanna, who died at home last week at 93. Mr Hanna was instrumental in the move to independence and the
development of the Bahamianisation policy. Throughout his life he rejected honours from the Queen and advocated for a Bahamian honour system to take its place. Dr Minnis said yesterday that he is speaking to Mr Hanna’s family as they prepare a state funeral for him. “While his family has lost a father through bloodline, the nation has lost a founding father,” he said. SEE PAGE TWO
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By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
An aviation industry executive yesterday warned the Nassau Airport Development Company’s (NAD) plan to levy a $28 fee on all arriving international private plane passengers was “a slippery slope”. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS