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JABS FOR ALL US donates massive supply of Pfizer with 128,000 arriving today By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE race to vaccinate Bahamians and curb the spread of COVID-19 will gain a huge boost today when 128,700 doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrive in the country through a donation by the government of the United States, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced yesterday. This will be the first tranche of 397,000 Pfizer vaccine doses the US
government will donate to this country. The Bahamas will receive around half of 837k vaccines the United States is donating to Caribbean countries, according to international reports. Three hundred and five thousand doses are planned for Trinidad and Tobago, 70,200 for Barbados, 35,100 for St Vincent and the Grenadines, 17,550 for Antigua and 11,700 for St Kitts and Nevis. SEE PAGE FOUR
DAVIS CALLS FOR CLARITY ON WHO WON CONTRACTS By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Phillip “Brave” Davis yesterday called for more accountability and transparency by the Minnis administration on the awarding of COVID-19 related contracts. “It is relevant, I think, to note here that since last March, he (Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis) has had the power to reward his political donors and insiders with pandemic spending contracts – without being transparent or accountable and without having to debate his choices in this
House or defend his decisions to the public,” Mr Davis said. “The anti-corruption non-profit group Transparency International has said COVID-19 is a corruption crisis as well as a health and economic crisis. “In their report they talk about the importance of ensuring that funds for COVID treatment and relief are ‘not lost to corruption and reach the intended recipients’.” He added: “So on the one hand, we have Transparency International recommending that countries ensure open and transparent contracting. And then on the SEE PAGE THREE
ANYONE HEARD OF THIS PLACE MICHIGAN? THE BAHAMAS Humane Society held its “Wings of Rescue” flight to the US yesterday, with about 80 dogs being flown to Michigan where they have already been adopted. See PAGE FIVE for more photographs. Photo: Donovan McIntosh/Tribune Staff
HEROES HEAD HOME PALM CAY SALES SOAR - TO A CASH REWARD AMID GROWTH PLANS By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
SHAUNAE Miller-Uibo and Steven Gardiner will each receive $40,000 for winning gold in the 400m at the Tokyo Olympics, Youth, Sports & Culture Minister
Iram Lewis said yesterday. The government gives monetary incentives to athletes who win medals at the Olympics. These include $30,000 and $15,000 for silver and bronze medals. SEE PAGE THREE
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
PALM Cay’s developer is planning to invest a further $100m in accelerating its build-out by exploiting surging real estate demand, its top executive saying
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yesterday: “This boom has got some legs.” Jack Hannaby, the eastern New Providence development’s managing director, said real estate sales are “a couple of hundred percent” above 2020 levels. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
WIND AND RAIN WARNING OVER TROPICAL STORM By TANYA SMITHCARTWRIGHT tsmith-cartwright@ tribunemedia.net
A TROPICAL storm watch remains in effect for the southern Bahamas as a weather system in the Atlantic has developed into Tropical Storm Fred, with heavy rainfall and wind likely in those areas. SEE PAGE TWO
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