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‘Central Bank must act’ on Bank costs Mitchell: Bank could be more proactive in tackling rising fees By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell has once again urged the Central Bank to be more proactive in regulating commercial bank fees, citing the Central Bank of Barbados as a successful example. Mr Mitchell’s comments yesterday came as residents continue to rail against
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bank fees. CIBC First Caribbean recently announced that personal, business, and corporate customers will face increased bank fees starting September 1. Jacqui Bend, managing director of CIBC Bahamas, told Tribune Business that the fee structure adjustments are due to rising business costs. In July, the Royal Bank of
FRED Mitchell said Dr Hubert Minnis must not undermine the Royal Bahamas Police Force with comments about an ongoing corruption probe because “for good or ill”, the police force is “all we got”.
By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net NAKITA Headley said Dean’s Blue Hole will remain a place of solace for her despite the tragic loss of her father there. Douglas McHardy, 50, drowned at the popular site last weekend, but his daughter is against restricting access to the attraction. “It’s just unfortunate that his life was lost, but I don’t agree with closing it down,” she said yesterday. “It’s a beautiful attraction and a part of home. I’m not calling for it to be shut off from the rest of the world
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Minister: Minnis undermining RBPF with comments on probe By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net
Blue hole will be ‘my place of solace’ to feel near dad
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Former Prime Minister Dr Minnis has repeatedly called for a Commission of Inquiry into matters related to voice notes that purportedly captured conversations about a quid-pro-quo arrangement among a senior police officer, a lawyer and two murdered men, Michael
PM on bed rest for three days, misses Fox Hill Day events SEE page three Mount Carey Baptist Church children’s choir performs a selection during the Fox Hill Day Church Photo: Nikia Charlton
service yesterday.
‘School repair work underway on all islands’ By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin said school repair work underway on every island is more comprehensive than usual, strongly focusing on redeveloping school infrastructure. In New Providence, where 50 of the country’s 150 government schools are
located, the ministry is conducting “a very aggressive” repair programme, she said, adding that the efforts go beyond basic repairs. For instance, she noted that Government High School is in the third phase of a summer redevelopment project to modernise the structures, adding: “You will find that it is becoming a new school.” SEE page five
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin
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PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis missed yesterday’s Fox Hill Day events because he will be on bed rest for three days, according to Fox Hill MP Fred Mitchell. Mr Mitchell said: “He is fine. He had an operation on his back, and, you know, he was at several public functions.” “You should really be careful. We’ve been trying to tell him, slow down, slow down, slow down. He’s gonna take doctor’s orders.” Mr Mitchell said Mr SEE page two