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‘IT’S LIKE DORIAN ALL OVER AGAIN’
Residents distressed over ‘short notice’ of dome demolition By LETRE SWEETING ABACO residents expressed distress over the sudden and “short notice” demolition of the domes that had been home to them and their families for more than two years. One resident — K K Marshall — who watched his belongings get bulldozed last week said being without a place to live once again reminded him of the loss he felt after Hurricane Dorian. “I sleep in my car at the
back of the domes that they already demolished,” he told this newspaper yesterday. “I don’t really know what to say. I just be moving. I feel like I already lose my job and all because I couldn’t find my ID. I only find my passport. My jewellery, all my shirts gone. I ain’t really myself right now. I can’t really even talk to say too much about it because it’s so serious, it makes me feel like Dorian all over again.” SEE PAGE TWO
A YEAR IN - AND PLP CHAIRMAN HAILS VAT AND COVID-19 MOVES By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
JUST days ahead of the Davis’ administration oneyear anniversary in office, Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell said he is proud of what the government has accomplished so far, citing the
early reduction of VAT and removal of the COVID-19 Emergency Powers Orders. He is also proud of the progress he said the government has made in helping revive the Bahamian economy following COVID-19’s impact despite naysayers saying that little has been done. SEE PAGE TWO
AN AERIAL view of the destruction of domes in Abaco after demolition work began, in this image from video posted to social media.
ROW OVER CONTROLLER REPLACEMENT RISE IN STATE ENTERPRISE SUBSIDIES By YOURI KEMP and NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Reporters THE government and Opposition yesterday traded blows over assertions a Cabinet minister’s brother has been replaced as acting Road Traffic
controller due to the controversy over too many taxi plates being issued. Michael Pintard, the Free National Movement (FNM) leader, yesterday urged the Davis administration to “clarify what the facts are” surrounding the replacement. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net GOVERNMENT subsidies to loss-making state-owned enterprises (SOEs) surged to $492m during the 2021-2022 fiscal year despite a more than $50m reduction in
support for Bahamasair as it returned to the skies. Taxpayer support for the likes of the Water & Sewerage Corporation, Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas and Hotel Corporation actually rose by $17.5m or 3.7 percent. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
14-YEAR-OLD STABBED IN SCHOOL FIGHT By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy is in hospital after he was stabbed during a fight with another student at Anatol Rodgers High School yesterday. Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings spoke to reporters on the scene and said sometime around 1.30pm a fight occurred at the school during lunch break. She said the incident
POLICE investigate a stabbing incident at Anatol Rodgers High School yesterday. Photo: Austin Fernander involved junior high school students between the ages
of 14 and 15 and took place at the rear of the campus on the junior side of the property. “Which resulted in a 14-year-old male student being stabbed multiple times and the student was taken to hospital where presently he is in surgery,” CSP Skippings said. She added that police were told that the suspect fled immediately over the school fence. SEE PAGE THREE
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