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Volume: 121 No.195, September 4, 2024
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VALLEY BOYS SEED MONEY IS DELAYED Bowleg: Funds will be provided pending conflict resolution By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net YOUTH, Sports, and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg said seed funding for the Valley Boys has been delayed pending a Sunday meeting to resolve a conflict that has embroiled the group. Officials announced
yesterday that seed funding has been distributed to other Junkanoo groups for the upcoming Boxing Day and New Year’s Day parades. A-Division Junkanoo groups received $30,000, while B-Division Junkanoo groups received $15,000. Twenty-four D-Division groups got an SEE PAGE FIVE
Mother of Murder victiM’s kids: We all cry every day By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net LOVED ones have identified Monday night’s murder victim as 34-yearold Valentino Bowe. He was fatally shot when two gunmen opened fire on him and two other men who were drinking in the yard of a bar in Windsor Place. The
other victims, believed to be in their early 30s and 40s, suffered gunshot wounds, with one hit in the upper arm and the other in the leg. The mother of Mr Bowe’s two children shared her grief in a Facebook post, saying their children are “shattered”. SEE PAGE FIVE
VALLEY Boys participating in the New Year’s Eve Junkanoo Parade this year.
Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Darville: Govt looking to recruit 80 nurses from African countries By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said the government is looking to recruit 80 nurses
from African countries. During a town hall meeting in Cat Island, he said 40 nurses will fill gaps in the Family Islands, while the other 40 will work in critical care departments at hospitals.
Dr Darville previously said there is a shortage of 450 nurses. In November, 18 nurses from Ghana began working here under a renewable SEE PAGE TEN
CAY MILLS Court
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By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
recounted what happened when he was arrested in December for allegedly breaching his bail conditions. He said an officer, Kristan Bowles, arrested him in the Magistrate Court’s office in Abaco when he went to check on his trial date. He said the officer ordered him to strip naked
SUPER Value’s owner yesterday pledged to take a 20 percent hike in energy costs from Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) new rate structure “on the chin” and not pass the increase on to consumers. Rupert Roberts told Tribune Business that the 13-store chain will “roll with the punches” while describing the Equity Rate Adjustment (ERA) tariffs as a ploy whereby “big business will subsidise the voters”.
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Mills suing govt for violating his rights SOCIAL Media personality Cay Mills has sued government officials for allegedly violating his constitutional rights. He was charged with criminal libel last year after publishing a video about Farron Newbold Sr, the chief councillor in Abaco, on WhatsApp on August 3 to cause shame. In a statement of claim he filed with the Supreme
grocer to take 20 percent Bpl Bill hike ‘on the chin’
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