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GB airport plan comes to a halt $200m project hit by failure to secure funding by partner By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net THE long-promised redevelopment of Grand Bahama International Airport has once again ground to a halt after the private partners tapped to lead the $200m project failed to secure financing. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investments and Aviation
Chester Cooper confirmed yesterday that the UKbased Manchester Airport Group, selected under a public-private partnership, had not delivered the funding officials expected. “Regrettably, the funding had not happened,” Mr Cooper told reporters after touring the Nassau Straw Market yesterday. “We are at the moment organising AIRPORT - SEE page seven
IRATE GBPC customers line up to get power reconnection By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net SCORES of frustrated residents lined up outside the Grand Bahama Power Company (GBPC) on Monday to pay their bills following widespread electricity disconnections.
Charlton clinches sixth place at Worlds
Customers said they did not receive prior notice before their power was cut and scrambled to restore service. A huge crowd gathered at the company’s headquarters on Pioneer’s Way, where some waited for hours to make payments. DISCONNECT - SEE page seven
Bahamas’ Devynne Charlton competes in a women’s 100 metres hurdles heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Sunday. See SPORTS for story. Photo: Petr David Josek/AP
COI members criticise biometric TAXpayers to voter cards and electoral process foot 96% of new hospital’s $2.2bn needs By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
THE government’s plan to introduce biometric voter cards drew sharp resistance Thursday night as supporters of the Coalition of Independents (COI) dominated a town hall meeting, pressing officials with pointed questions and
COI leader Lincoln Bain.
security, ballot box integrity, and transparency in the electoral process. The meeting, hosted by the Parliamentary Registration Department, was meant to explain reforms to the Parliamentary Elections Act, including new ID cards with photographs, fingerprints and signatures,
vocal objections about data
OBJECTIONS - SEE page four
Track coach accused of sexual assault of teen boy makes tearful denial By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A high school track and field coach broke down in tears yesterday as he denied allegations
he sexually assaulted an underaged male student four years ago. Prosecutors allege Robert Ayton, 54, touched the complainant inappropriately at the Doris Johnson High School gym
between October 1 and 31, 2019, and later had sexual relations with him at his home and at school on two separate occasions between June 1, 2020, and February DENIAL - SEE page five
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By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
Bahamian taxpayers will seemingly have to shoulder 96 percent of the second New Providence hospital’s $2.2bn-plus revenue needs via Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) subsidies over a 30-year period. A March 2035 “feasibility study report” on the proposed healthcare facility revealed that just $84m of the projected $2.28bn in required revenue is currently projected to come from charging patients for care received. FULL story - see business