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Volume: 121 No.181, August 15, 2024
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A ‘SLIPPERY SLOPE’ TO REGULATE BANKS Bowe: Moving toward a ‘communist state’ if we control bank fees By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net GOWON Bowe, the chairman of the Clearing Banks Association, said the country is “moving towards a communist state” when discussing regulating bank fees and services, calling this a “very slippery slope”. His comment came after
Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell urged the Central Bank to take a more proactive approach to regulating commercial bank fees. Although local banks have generally made substantial profits in recent years, fees continue to escalate, frustrating residents. SEE PAGE THREE
AN END TO QUALITY STAMPS AS SUPER VALUE GOES DIGITAL By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunzings@tribunemedia.net SHOPPERS have mixed views about Super Value’s decision to replace its 35-year-old paper stamp rewards system with a digital quality points initiative. Super Value announced that its digital quality points would maintain the rate of
one stamp per every five dollars spent. Customers will be able to track their points via a mobile app, but the company has promised to continue accepting paper stamps indefinitely. Stamp collecting has long been a staple for families looking to save money. “I imagine that gluing SEE PAGE FOUR
Feeling the Downtown vibe
A MUSICIAN hangs out with a friend downtown on Monday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
GB man found dead after going PRIVY COUNCIL missing while fishing in East End area RULING ON JOINT By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net PATRICK Bevans, the man behind some of Grand Bahama’s most sought-after whelks and curb salads, was
found dead Wednesday morning after going missing while fishing in the East End area. A well-liked figure in his community of Hunters, West Grand Bahama, Bevans, 65, was known for
gathering whelks and curbs along the island’s shores, a tradition that made his name synonymous with fresh, local delicacies, according to Pastor Frank
Construction work at Rose Island
IN this photograph submitted to The Tribune by a reader, construction work is seen to be ongoing at the north-east end of Rose Island.
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MORTGAGE AFTER A PARTNER DIES
THE Privy Council upheld a Court of Appeal decision regarding who is responsible for a mortgage on a jointly owned property after one of the owners dies. The case focused on whether the surviving joint tenant should be liable for the entire mortgage or if the deceased person’s estate should share the responsibility. William Graham Scavella died without a will on November 19, 2012. He was survived by his former wife Gina Scavella, their two daughters, Bria and Erin, and his second wife, SEE PAGE SEVEN
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