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Volume: 121 No.205, September 18, 2024
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‘$1 A WEEK MORE’ FOR MOST DRIVERS Retailers estimate cost based on $20 consumption By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net CONSUMERS should expect to pay an additional $1 to $3 per week at gas stations when profit margin increases for retailers take effect, according to the Bahamas Petroleum Retailers Association President Raymond Jones.
However, he said prices, which have declined recently, could decline even further depending on global fuel costs, which are on a downward trend. “If someone is spending about $20 a week on fuel, it’s going to cost them an extra dollar a week,” he said at a press conference SEE PAGE THREE
FERGUSON CRITICISES BOWLEG ON VALLEY FACTION SEED MONEY By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net KIMSLEY Ferguson, president of the Bahamas Public Service Union (BPSU) and coordinator of The Body of Christ Junkanoo, criticised Youth, Sports, and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg for announcing that a faction of the Valley Boys would
receive $30,000 in seed funding for the upcoming Junkanoo parades despite being classified as a “fun group”. His comment yesterday came after a press conference in which the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence (JCNP) reaffirmed that only one group, the World Famous Valley Boys SEE PAGE FIVE
BAHAMAS Petroleum Retailers Association (BPRA) president Raymond Jones (left), along with other association members, speaks during a BPRA press conference at The Cricket Club yesterday, while Peter Roker, flanked by Bernard “Porky” Dorsett, speaks during another BPRA press conference at Rawson Square. Photos: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
‘We won’t speculate on’ if Gibson sir Franklyn: will run for FNM in next election OIL MAJORS to seek own MARGIN RISE By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard declined to say whether Long Island MP
Adrian Gibson is likely to run on the party’s ticket in the next general election. He said the party will continue to support Mr Gibson, who is facing several charges related to his tenure as executive
chairman of the Water and Sewerage Corporation. These charges include allegations of failing to declare his interest in contracts awarded by the SEE PAGE TWO
‘Pensioners oversee workers lacking skills’ By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net LABOUR and Public Services Minister Pia Glover-Rolle said reappointing retirees to critical government positions speaks to “putting persons in positions of management and supervision to supervise others without the proper skills and
training to do so”. Her comment during an interview on ZNS last night comes about two weeks after the president of the Bahamas Customs and Immigration Allied Workers Union (BCIAWU) said the morale of immigration and customs officers, especially those in Grand Bahama, had been affected SEE PAGE THREE
LABOUR and Public Services Minister Pia Glover-Rolle
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By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net FOCOL Holdings chairman last night signalled that the three oil majors will likely now push to increase their own gasoline and diesel margins “that have not changed in decades”. Sir Franklyn Wilson, who heads the petroleum products supplier that operates under the Shell brand, said it was “worthy to note” that both his company as well as Esso and Rubis have not enjoyed an increase in their own gross profit margins for some 20 years. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS