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Workers strike over being omitted from ‘COVID payments’ By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net SERVICES at public hospitals were severely affected yesterday by a sickout involving staff who have not received honorariums. An even wider work stoppage could happen today, The Tribune understands, with staff from the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre and the Emergency Medical Services teams in Grand
Bahama among those who may call in sick. “It’s going to be a long weekend,” one healthcare professional said. Another source estimated that 150 to 200 workers did not show up for work. It is understood workers will demand a meeting with top health officials. No worker showed up yesterday at the morgue, which is currently operating way beyond maximum capacity. SEE PAGE FOUR
PFIZER ROLLOUT TO START ON MONDAY By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday declared the country finally has enough vaccines to meet demand and administration of the 128,700 Pfizer vaccine doses donated by the United States government will begin as early as Monday. With nearly 400,000 Pfizer vaccine doses expected to be donated
by the US in the coming months, Dr Minnis said half the country could be fully vaccinated using that brand. His comment came as Ministry of Health officials reported one additional COVID-19 death and 130 new cases. “What we need now is for Bahamians to come forward quickly to take the vaccine,” Dr Minnis said after the vaccines arrived in SEE PAGE FIVE
GARDINER’S GOLD RUSH
BAHAMIAN Olympic gold medal winner Steven Gardiner joins a Junkanoo rushout yesterday on his return to the country after his heroics at the Tokyo Olympics. Fellow gold medal winner Shaunae Miller-Uibo also returned - with both winners receiving $40,000 from the government. See PAGE TWO for more photos from their arrival. Photo: Donovan McIntosh/Tribune Staff
AIR PASSENGERS NUMBER GOVT MOVES TO OPEN HEADING TO 4000 A DAY UP OWNERSHIP DETAILS By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
airlift will return to prepandemic capacity of 4,000 seats daily with confidence “going through the roof”. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguialr yesterday predicted incoming
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Beneficial Ownership Act will be issued as early as today to allow the Ministry of Finance to access the secure system on beneficial SEE PAGE THREE
FRED DOWNGRADE - BUT RAIN TO COME TROPICAL Depression Fred headed for a drenching of The Bahamas after weakening from a tropical storm. Fred weakened back to a depression by its spin over Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where it knocked out power to 400,000 people and caused flooding. It is expected to produce three to five inches of rain across the western Bahamas, and one to three inches to the eastern Bahamas.
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