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‘TAKE ACTION ON SHARK ATTACKS’ FNM chairman calls for more safety measures By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
FREE National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands has called on government to implement certain safety protocols for tourism water operators in the aftermath of a fatal shark attack earlier this week. Dr Sands said tour operators should be equipped, for example, with tourniquets to stop the flow of blood, blood clotting powders
and have a standard kit for emergencies. He said tour operators should also be trained to deal with the aftermath of shark attacks or other injuries that may occur on an excursion. His comments came after 58-year-old Caroline DiPlacido of Lake Erie, Pennsylvania died on Tuesday after being attacked by a bull shark while snorkelling with family near Green Cay. SEE PAGES TWO & THREE
NATION ‘AMONG WEAKEST’ IN DEALING WITH DISASTERS By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
THE Bahamas’ ability to cope with disasters is set for a $160m overhaul after being ranked among the weakest in the Western Hemisphere by the Inter-American Development Bank. The lender, in a paper
seen by Tribune Business, plans to assist the government in transforming its governance and public policy response to major catastrophes given a Hurricane Dorian-strength storm is now forecast to occur at least once every 25 years due to climate change. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
A HOME AT LAST FOR DORIAN SURVIVOR By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
A WEEK after receiving her commitment letter for a brandnew home, Dorian survivor Lovely McIntosh says she is still in disbelief and overwhelmed with joy that she will finally have a place to call her own.
Ms McIntosh, pictured with Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis and Minister of Transport and Housing JoBeth Coleby-Davis, was one of several Abaco residents who recently received housing assistance from the government after having resided in the government domes for some two years. She recalled living in a dome without running water or
electricity before her luck turned around. “The government did wonderful for me,” she said in an emotional interview with The Tribune yesterday. “They gave me a new home and it’s still in the process of finishing off and that’s all I could say because I wasn’t expecting it.” SEE PAGE FIVE
FUEL PRICES ‘WILL KEEP ON DROPPING’ By LETRE SWEETING
FUEL operators are excited over the recent drop in gas prices as well as expectations that prices will continue to decrease and stabilise. The price of a gallon of gas rose to almost $7 last month, with prices in the Family Islands surpassing that amount. Also last month, Esso Service Stations saw a fall in the price per gallon of
gas from $6.96 to $6.66. Since last week, prices at the pumps in the capital have been $6.29 at Shell, $6.30 at Rubis and $6.31 at Esso.
Yesterday, Vasco Bastian, vice-president of the Petroleum Dealers Association (BPDA), told The Tribune that he expects the recent decrease in fuel prices will be more long-term than previous fluctuations in the price of fuel. “For now I think it should continue to decline,” Mr Bastian said. “I definitely see us going a little lower. Once the price of crude oil continues to decline.” SEE PAGE FOUR
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FRONT PORCH: MANAGING CRISIS WHILE BUILDING THE FUTURE
- SEE PAGE EIGHT