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PM: NOT TIME FOR REPUBLIC DEBATE
Referendum pledge last week - but now debate off the table By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis said he does not believe now is the time to start having conversations about the country’s future with the monarchy following Queen Elizabeth II’s death, adding that discussions over the issue can be had after the official mourning period ends. This comes after he told reporters last week that a referendum for The Bahamas transition to a republic was always on the table. He also suggested that he supported the move.
“The passing of her late Majesty has prompted pockets of debate about how it might impact any future constitutional arrangements. That said, I do not think it necessary to begin that conversation while we remain in our period of official mourning. Once we have paid our final respects, there will be time enough in the future for such discussions,” he said in his address to parliamentarians in the House of Assembly yesterday. Yesterday’s meeting was the first one held since June when Parliament adjourned for the summer break. SEE PAGE THREE
PROTEST OF LAW THAT DOESN’T EXIST
THIRTY teachers at Thelma Gibson Primary School did not report to work yesterday because they are “sick of the principal”, according to Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) president Belinda Wilson. When contacted, Director of Education Marcellus Taylor confirmed that some
teachers did not report to work, but added there are others who did show up and classes went on. “The school is settled and we are satisfied - that students are learning,” he told The Tribune. He did not know the exact number of teachers who reported to work, but explained that he knew they had enough teachers. SEE PAGE FOUR
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
LONG Island member of Parliament Adrian Gibson will face Supreme Court Justice Bernard Turner on September 23 regarding his corruption trial. He was informed of his next court appearance date after he was served his voluntary bill of indictment in Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Gibson faces charges in connection to alleged malfeasance during his time as executive chairman of the Water and Sewerage Corporation during the Minnis administration. SEE PAGE SEVEN
ALLEN DENIES ROLE IN EXUMA LAND FRAUD By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
‘SICK OF THE PRINCIPAL’ SAY TEACHERS WHO SKIP WORK By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
GIBSON TO FACE COURT ON SEPT 23
LINCOLN Bain addressing a protest outside the House of Assembly yesterday, with attendees angry over government plans to change citizenship laws - even though no draft bill has been released as yet. See PAGE THREE for the full story. Photo: Moise Amisial
FORECASTERS KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON WEATHER SYSTEM
A FORMER Cabinet minister’s son yesterday vehemently denied allegations that he played a key role in a land fraud conspiracy involving two Exuma cays worth a combined $29m. Andrew Allen told Tribune Business he felt Chief Justice Ian Winder was “very, very wrong” in finding that his clients, Gardie Nixon and Samuel Burrows, had perpetrated a Quieting Titles Act fraud by failing to disclose all key facts when they obtained documentary ownership to Lumber Cay and Jim Cay. Besides acting as the duo’s attorney in the quieting action, Mr Allen was also alleged to have represented the US investor to whom both cays were on-sold for $1.8m - just 6.2 percent of their $29m value. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
FRONT PORCH: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN QUEEN’S PASSING FORECASTERS are keeping a close eye on a tropical storm - see PAGE TWO for the full story.
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