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Volume: 121 No. 201, September 12, 2024
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‘BOTH FACTIONS SHOULD COMPETE’ Bowleg and JCNP at odds on participation of Valley Boys groups By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net YOUTH Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg disagrees with the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence’s (JCNP) decision to bar one faction of the Valley Boys from competing as a Category A group in the upcoming
Junkanoo parades, expressing concerns that the ruling would reduce turnout on Bay Street. “Junkanoo is there for the people,” he said yesterday. “I mean, if it was my decision, in my opinion, I believe that both factions should have been given the opportunity to compete
$177M HOA SIGNED FOR TREASURE CAY DEVELOPMENT
‘School safe’ after social media alarm
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE proposed $177m revival of Abaco’s Treasure Cay development was yesterday hailed as a “winwin all the way around” and greeted with shouts of “hallelujah” by the island’s Chamber president. Daphne DeGregoryMiaoulis said the area’s restoration as a leading tourism and second home destination is “desperately needed” given the damage inflicted by both Hurricane Dorian and the pandemic as it was previously responsible for “putting Abaco on the map”.
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UK E-TRAVEL AUTHORISATION WILL be an ‘obstacle’, says mitchell By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said the United Kingdom’s introduction of an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) will be another “obstacle” for travellers, adding his ministry will be monitoring to ensure there is no
discrimination. The UK government announced on Tuesday that nationals from 49 countries and territories will be eligible to apply for an ETA on November 27, 2024. From January 8, 2025, visitors to the UK will need an ETA. This new requirement applies to visa-exempt
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PETROLEUM RETAILERS TO PROTEST NEXT WEEK
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ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Dr Chaswell Hanna speaks during a press conference at police headquarters yesterday after worrisome posts from a 9th grade student at Lyford Cay School prompted a police investigation. Photo: Dante Carrer / Tribune Staff By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net CONCERNING social media posts from 9th grade Lyford Cay International School students prompted a police investigation. Assistant Commissioner of Police Chaswell Hanna said yesterday that no
student was ever in danger, adding that police engaged school administrators, parents, and students. “There are no firearms involved, contrary to what you may see floating around,” he said. “The long and short of it as much as I can say is, it’s just some inappropriate social media banter, some of it involving
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
some Google search photographs of some weapons, but there was no actual weapon. At no time did a student bring any weapon on campus or anything of that sort.” In response to the report, the school increased security at the upper school
BAHAMIAN petroleum retailers will be on Bay Street to protest the Government’s “unconscionable” failure to approve a margin increase vital to their survival when Parliament resumes next Wednesday after receiving formal permission from the Cabinet Office to hold a demonstration.
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