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Health officials confirm feared version of virus has been detected here By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE highly contagious Delta variant is the predominant strain in The Bahamas, the Ministry of Health confirmed yesterday, after getting back genomic sequencing results from samples sent to a laboratory in Brazil. The announcement comes
as 104 COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the latest dashboard for September 7. The number of hospitalised cases also ticked upwards for a new record of 193, including 15 people in the intensive care unit. To date, 453 people have died from COVID-19. Large crowds have been seen gathering for recent SEE PAGE FOUR
SANDS: COUNTRY IS ON ITS KNEES By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
THE COVID-19 crisis has forced The Bahamas to its “knees”, former Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday, as he recalled his distress at the toll the virus has taken on Bahamian lives. “As a health care worker who is actively involved in the care of COVID patients
it distresses me how many people are sick in hospital, how many people are dying and how many more are likely to die,” Dr Sands said yesterday of the situation at the Princess Margaret Hospital. COVID-19 hospital admissions have continued to climb, jumping from 191 on Monday — a previous record — to a record 193 on Tuesday. SEE PAGE FOUR
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AN empty house for the Open Parliament with no one but the police showing up. See PAGE THREE for more. Photo: Donovan McIntosh/Tribune Staff
‘IF YOU CAN SORT OUT GOVT FINALISES DEAL BPL - WHAT ABOUT US?’ FOR HISTORIC SITES By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
DOZENS of members of Bahamas Public Service Union demonstrated outside Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday, citing unfair promotion practices, outstanding industrial agreements and other unresolved
grievances. BPSU president Kimsley Ferguson, who represents some workers at the hospital as well as airport staff, warned there could be major disruption in hospital and airport services if workers’ longstanding concerns are not immediately resolved. SEE PAGE FIVE
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamian investor group aiming to transform Nassau’s key historic sites was yesterday said to have “finalised all agreements” and is now moving to take over their management. Joshua Sears, the Prime Minister’s senior policy
advisor, said the PublicPrivate Investments group - whose principals include both FNM chairman Carl Culmer and the party’s election campaign co-ordinator Dr Nigel Lewis - was working towards “implementation” of its plans and assuming operational charge at the locations involved. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
‘GET ANSWER WRONG YOU HANG YOURSELF’ STATESIDE: By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net A STORY of terror and brutality filled a courtroom yesterday as Chavette Strachan recounted how police officers allegedly tortured her for a criminal confession at Eleuthera’s
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Governor’s Harbour Police Station in January, 2018. Lawyers believe the case can shed light on one of the most concerning and persistent complaints about law enforcement in The Bahamas: that people are sometimes tortured to confess to crimes and those SEE PAGE SEVEN
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