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OIL LEAK INVESTIGATED 20 MONTHS AFTER SPILL DEPP to send team next week to probe Jan 2022 BPL issue By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net THE Department of Environmental Planning and Protection will start assessing a Bahamas Power & Light diesel spill in North Andros within a week, nearly 20 months after large quantities of oil reportedly leaked there. “We need to see what is going on first to be able to determine if BPL has
complied with the law or not complied with the law,” DEPP Director Dr Rhianna Neely-Murphy said yesterday. “So once we conduct our site assessments, we will be able to get further information.” It is not clear when DEPP was notified about the leak. Under the Environmental Planning and Protection Act, those who own, operate or
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VISITORS SAY TAXI DRIVER DEFRAUDED THEIR GROUP
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net TOURISTS who accused a taxi driver of defrauding them in a viral video never made a complaint to the police about the incident. Inspector McKell Pinder said the driver –– who released a voice note defending himself –– was questioned, but the investigation cannot proceed without an official complaint. Her comment came after Transport Minister Jobeth
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THE BEAT 103.5FM GIVEN FINAL WARNING ON EXPLICIT CONTENT By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net SEBAS Bastian’s radio station has escaped a fine despite committing multiple violations by broadcasting “sexually explicit” and “offensive, obscene and vulgar language” during prime daytime hours that children may have heard. The Utilities Regulation
and Competition Authority (URCA), in a July 17, 2023, final determination and order ruled that The Beat 103.5 was guilty of breaching 14 clauses in the Bahamian broadcasting industry’s content code of practice as well as its own licence terms as a result of material that was transmitted on four separate occasions earlier this year. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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MANSLAUGHTER BY NEGLIGENCE CHARGE IN INFANTS DEATH CYNTHIA ‘Mother’ Pratt, seen here being sworn in as deputy Governor General July 21, 2023, has officially been announced as the next Governor General of The Bahamas - she will take the post effective September 1, 2023. Photo: Patrick Hanna/BIS
Govt will ‘repeal and replace’ enterprises act By LETRE SWEETING Tribune Staff Reporter lsweeting@tribunemedia.net ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder said the government would “repeal and replace” the Commercial Enterprises Act in the next Parliamentary session, eliminating some “objectionable” aspects of the legislation. THE law came under
ATTORNEY GENERAL RYAN PINDER withering criticism from the Progressive Liberal Party
in opposition, with Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis pledging in 2017 to repeal the legislation. The law allowed enterprises wanting to establish themselves in The Bahamas in niche sectors to get work permits for management and key personnel. Mr Pinder said the administration would
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A 23-YEAR-OLD man and a 20-year-old woman were arrested and accused of manslaughter by negligence in the case of their two-year-old son, who died on Saturday. Police reported that sometime around 10.30am, while driving in the area of Robinson Road and Old Trail Road, the parents of the child were alerted by other motorists that the child appeared unconscious with his head hanging out of the vehicle’s rear passenger window. The toddler was removed from the window and taken to the hospital by a private vehicle. He later died.