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END TO PRICE RISES IS IN SIGHT - BUT NOT FOR EGGS By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
SUPER Value’s president yesterday voiced optimism that food price inflation could start to “plateau” by end-September despite warning Bahamians that egg prices could suffer an imminent 60 percent increase. Rupert Roberts said the 13-store supermarket’s US egg supplier had informed it that cartons containing a dozen eggs will increase by $1.50 due to the loss of 35m chicks as a result of bird flu - a number equivalent to 20 percent of its regular production. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
No specific policies named as Davis asked about rape By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis said yesterday it is time for the country to “get on top” of violence and abuse in all forms, following a recent Supreme Court ruling on a divorce case involving a woman who said she felt like a “rape victim” in her marriage. The ruling was handed down by Justice J Denise Lewis-Johnson on August
BAHA MAR WORKER IS ACCUSED OF SEX ASSAULT
29 and centres around a woman’s divorce petition in which she sought to end her marriage on the grounds of cruel treatment. The woman claimed her husband would force intercourse and made her feel like a “rape victim” throughout their marriage. While ruling that the husband was cruel for forcing his wife to have sex against her will on
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis speaking yesterday. Photo: Austin Fernander
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BRAN: TIME TO CREATE NATIONAL LOTTERY By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
FORMER Democratic National Alliance leader Branville McCartney is urging the government to revisit the creation of a National Lottery as a means to assist Bahamians struggling with the cost of living. Mr McCartney said that despite suggestions a National Lottery and web shop gaming cannot
BRANVILLE MCCARTNEY co-exist there was no doubt the former would “certainly be better” for The Bahamas as a means to redistribute
monies to those with the greatest food, clothing and shelter needs. Calling on the Davis administration to “be brave” and “take some risks” to rescue The Bahamas from its post-COVID economic and fiscal crisis, he argued the National Lottery’s purpose would not be to erode the web shops’ profits although some observers believe there is insufficient funds to support both. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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A MALE Baha Mar employee was granted $7,000 bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after he was accused of indecently assaulting a female Canadian tourist at the resort. SEE PAGE SEVEN
PETER YOUNG: GORBACHEV REFORMS WERE SHORT-LIVED
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