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Volume: 121 No.185, August 21, 2024
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‘WHY THE SILENCE’ ON INTERNATIONAL POLICE? Sands concerned probe Hanna Martin lacks the urgency to inspects scHool maintain public trust By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net FREE National Movement (FNM) chairman Dr Duane Sands yesterday criticised the police force for its silence on when international investigators would arrive to assist with an ongoing corruption probe after they failed to show up last week. Dr Sands expressed concern that the investigation
lacked the urgency and sincerity needed to maintain public trust. Senior members of the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency were expected to arrive in The Bahamas on August 14, but did not do so as scheduled. Police officials did not respond to requests for comments on the reason for the delay or provide a new arrival date up to press time SEE PAGE FIVE
CONCERNS OVER SLOW PROGRESS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net ACTIVISTS and women’s rights stakeholders raised alarms over the seeming lack of progress on the domestic violence shelter, despite promises and budget allocations by the government. The frustration
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follows continued delays from the Ministry of Social Services. Prodesta Moore, president of women’s rights group Women’s United, who has been at the forefront of the campaign for the shelter, shared her concerns with The Tribune. “The last update that SEE PAGE FOUR
MINISTEROF EDUCATION, Technical and Vocational Training Glenys Hanna Martin and Minister of Works Clay Sweeting inspect ongoing work at Uriah McPhee Primary School during a walkthrough yesterday. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr
...as minister defends curriculum progress FIRE DESTROYS By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunmedia.net
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin yesterday defended her ministry’s efforts to reform the curriculum. The minister emphasised the implementation of
various programmes focused on technical and vocational education for students - and came in response to Bahamas Teachers Union president Belinda Wilson, who claimed that such programmes do not exist within the country’s public education system.
Mrs Wilson also criticised the Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training for attempting to justify national exam results each year, arguing the academic curriculum needs revision, as only a small percentage SEE PAGE THREE
Sweeting gives updates for roadworks By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net EQUIPMENT and road paving materials arrived yesterday morning in South Andros following a protest by residents on Monday about the island’s deteriorating road conditions. The Minister of Works and Family Island Affairs, Clay Sweeting, also provided
updates on roadworks in Eleuthera and on Tonique Williams-Darling Highway in Nassau. The Tribune received a video from Leon Lundy, MP for South Andros and Mangrove Cay, showing road material being unloaded from a vessel. The video included a message stating, “Equipment on the SEE PAGE FOUR
A ONE FAMILY WORK SHACK
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net A SHACK used by the Junkanoo group One Family was destroyed by fire on Saturday. SEE PAGE FIVE
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