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Volume: 121 No.206, September 19, 2024
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FAMILIES ANGRY AS POLICE GRANTED BAIL Arrest warrants issued for three more men who failed to appear in court By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net RELATIVES of men killed in police shootings erupted in anger outside the Magistrate’s Court complex after acting Coroner Kara Turnquest Deveaux granted bail to 11 officers during a committal hearing yesterday. The mother of Azario Major, one of the men
killed, was escorted from the courtroom after becoming emotional over the situation. The officers could be charged with crimes because the inquests into their actions resulted in a homicide by manslaughter ruling. They are due back in court on September 25 for a status hearing to determine the nature of the charges SEE PAGE THREE
GBPA CONSIDERS SANCTIONING GB POWER COMPANY RATE HIKE By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net THE Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) has completed its initial review of the Grand Bahama Power Company’s (GBPC) controversial rate proposal and will consider sanctioning the increase despite the ongoing debate surrounding its regulatory authority.
The GBPA’s Regulatory Committee announced the launch of a 45-day public consultation to gather feedback from stakeholders on GBPC’s application. The application, submitted on August 1, proposes a rate plan for 2025 to 2027, which includes a base rate hike of 6.32 percent for all customers. SEE PAGE SEVEN
BAHA Mar president Graeme Davis and Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis during a heads of agreement signing between the Government and Baha Mar for the hotel’s expansion at Rosewood yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Baha Mar’s $350m luxury hotel ‘Domestic to bring 400 construction jobs VIOLENCE By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
BAHA MAR’s $350m investment in a new luxury hotel is expected to employ 400 Bahamian workers during the construction phase and over 500 Bahamians after opening,
according to officials who signed a Heads of Agreement with the government yesterday. The 350 rooms and 50 luxury branded residences are projected to open in 2029. The project will be built on the demolished Melia Nassau Beach site, which closed in 2021.
The hotel will include a 14,000-square-foot spa and fitness center, luxury retailers, expansive pools, an outdoor bar, entertainment lounges and additional family amenities. Designed by architecture and design firm Foster
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
MINISTER of Works and Family Island Affairs Clay Sweeting
bridges connecting New Providence and Paradise Island. However, with the amendment’s passage, the authority’s responsibilities will expand. Minister of Works and Family Island Affairs Clay Sweeting said constructing
FOUR months after Social Services Minister Myles Laroda said the government would buy a shelter for domestic violence victims by the end of June, officials are still finalising the funds transfer. Mr Laroda said he expected to have an answer yesterday on whether the payment had been made, noting that all paperwork and the vetting of purchase documents had already been completed, and it was now a matter of moving the
originally oversaw the two
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BRIDGE AUTHORITY BILL PASSED IN PARLIAMENT By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net PARLIMENTARIANS passed a bill yesterday to grant the Bridge Authority the power to own, manage, operate, and maintain any bridge in the country. The Bridge Authority, established in 1988,
SHELTER NOT bought yet’
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