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BOYS DEPORTED DESPITE ORDER
Six-year-olds in landmark case were sent to Haiti and now stuck in quake By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE deadly earthquake in Haiti has attorney Wayne Munroe concerned about the well-being of two young boys in a landmark citizenship case who were deported to that island in defiance of a Supreme Court order and not returned to The Bahamas as requested. Mr Munroe said he has not heard about the condition of Mayson and Nickey
Pierre since the 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti last week, killing more than 1,300 people and injuring thousands. The boys are about six years old and were deported to Haiti even after an immigration officer at Lynden Pindling International Airport was given an injunction order from Supreme Court Justice Cheryl Grant Thompson indicating they must not be deported. SEE PAGE FIVE
symptoms, officials said. “Sir Cornelius was tested last Friday, August 13, out of an abundance of caution after coming into contact with an individual who was COVID-19 positive,” the Office of the GovernorGeneral said. “Sir Cornelius is fully vaccinated and remains asymptomatic at this time. SEE PAGE TWO
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net HEALTH Minister Renward Wells said he has asked his driver and personal assistant to return the $1,158.40 the government gave them in honorarium payments as a sickout persisted among some 300 healthcare workers in New Providence and Grand Bahama for a fifth day yesterday. Mr Wells said he made no recommendations about who should receive the honorarium. In a statement last night, he said to date 308 doctors, 644 nurses, 111 emergency medical services staff and 669 non-clinical staff have received honorariums ranging from about $1,000 to $5,000. SEE PAGE FOUR
A-C GRADES INCREASE IN EXAMS
GOVERNOR GENERAL STRUCK BY COVID-19 By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net GOVERNOR-General Sir Cornelius A Smith has tested positive for COVID-19. According to a press release yesterday, his test result was confirmed on the evening of August 15. Sir Cornelius has been vaccinated and is not showing
WELLS ASKS HIS AIDES TO FOREGO PAYMENT
VISION FOR HIS FUTURE ANDREW INGRAHAM, CEO of Bahamas Global Clearance, with his grandson at the Bahamas preclearance facility in the Fort Lauderdale executive airport. Born in Nassau, he is known around the world as a leader in creating ownership for minorities in the hotel industry. See FACE TO FACE BY FELICITY DARVILLE on PAGE EIGHT for the full story.
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net EDUCATION Minister Jeff Lloyd revealed yesterday that the number of BGCSE students receiving A, B and C grades this year increased by more than 10 percent compared with 2019. “We now have the results in my hands and that’s been confirmed that (we had) an almost 11 percent better performance (in) A through C grades in the BGCSE,” Mr Lloyd told reporters ahead of the ministry’s official release of the 2021 national exams results. SEE PAGE FOUR
UNIONS QUESTION VACCINATION STATISTICS By TANYA SMITHCARTWRIGHT tsmith-cartwright@ tribunemedia.net UNIONS representing healthcare workers have challenged official statements that claim that only 50 percent of their members have been vaccinated. On Sunday, Chief Medical Officer Dr Pearl McMillan revealed that about 50 percent of healthcare workers employed
AMANCHA WILLIAMS throughout the country have taken COVID-19 vaccines. The Tribune spoke to Nurse Amancha Williams,
head of Bahamas Nurses Union, and D John Dillett, vice president of the Consultant Physicians Staff Association, who are doubtful that the percentage quoted is accurate. “We have never had a problem at all in individuals getting vaccinated,” Nurse Williams said. “Vaccinations, at the end of the day, should be a choice. Everyone has a choice in taking it.”
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PETER YOUNG: STAYING WASN’T AN OPTION BUT THIS?
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