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EX-PMs QUESTION EARLY ELECTION
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
end of my term, and thereafter I determined that we ought to move towards a fixed election FORMER Prime Minis- date as far as possible and ter Hubert Ingraham said I therefore held election a consistent election date is in 2002 in May. necessary to ensure people “Perry Christie came are properly advised and along and held it in May prepared for 2007. I came a general back and election. I held it in He was May 2012. asked outPerry Chrisside the tie came House of back, he held Assembly it in May yesterday 2017. about Prime “I thought Minister the public Dr Hubert FROM left, former Prime Min- ought to Minnis’ deci- isters Perry Christie and Hubert have a good sion to call Ingraham talking to PLP leader idea as to an early Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday. when elecelection. tions are “I had one snap elec- gonna be held. We gave tion,” he said. “I called everybody an opportunity [an] election in March of to register to vote.” 1997, which was about SEE PAGE THREE five months before the
SUSPECT WINS $160K FOR POLICE ASSAULT By FARRAH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter fjohnson@tribunemedia.net A MAN who was unlawfully arrested, beaten by officers and falsely accused of stealing his own possessions was awarded over $163,000 in damages by the Supreme Court.
Latario Rolle recently sued the Attorney General, Commissioner of Police and a police corporal for malicious prosecution, assault and battery, the loss of six of his teeth and false imprisonment. SEE PAGE SEVEN
DAVIS SETS ‘DEBATE ME’ CHALLENGE By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis has challenged Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis to a national debate before next month’s general election. However, Free National Movement Chairman Carl Culmer immediately shrugged off the challenge. He said there was no need for Dr Minnis to debate Mr Davis whose record, he said, only proves his failed representation of Cat Island, Rum Cay and San Salvador for more than 20 years. SEE PAGE THREE
‘US SHOULD BE LEVEL SIX IF WE’RE AT LEVEL FOUR’
By YOURI KEMP Tribune Business Reporter ykemp@tribunemedia.net
GLENYS’ GOODBYE GLENYS Hanna Martin bids farewell during the lying in state of her father, Arthur Dion Hanna, in the House of Assembly today. The former Governor General and Deputy Prime Minister’s state funeral will be held on Thursday morning at Christ Church Cathedral. See more on PAGE TWO. Photo: Patrick Hanna/BIS
TOURISM Minister Dionisio D’Aguilar yesterday acknowledged the Bahamas’ COVID-19 numbers are high but still better than in the US which has raised our travel advisory status to Level 4. Mr D’Aguilar said while the number of COVID-19 cases has been increasing for quite some time the most important thing for all Bahamians to do is get vaccinated. “Despite our numbers being what they are, they’re a hell of a lot better than the United States... Ninety percent of foreign visitors come from the United States and if they were to be truthful to themselves and... rank themselves, they would be a Level 6. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
CRISIS’ TOLL ON NON-COVID PATIENTS By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net FORMER Health Minister Dr Duane Sands believes some people who have sought medical care for non-COVID-19 illnesses in the public healthcare system have probably suffered and died due to the strain the virus has had on resources. In an interview with The Tribune yesterday, Dr
DR DUANE SANDS Sands said various issues have made it difficult to treat cases at Princess
Margaret Hospital as there continues to be “no room at the inn” there. It has come down to triaging patients and making decisions that may not always end up with a positive outcome, Dr Sands said. He was asked if people seeking care were being turned away as the worst health crisis in the country’s history rages on.
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ALICIA WALLACE: WE VOTE IN A BROKEN SYSTEM
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