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MINNIS: I’LL STEP ASIDE AS LEADER
Former PM tells FNM chiefs he’ll give way to members’ new choice By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis told Free National Movement executive board members yesterday evening that he will not vie for leader at the party’s next convention but wants to lead the FNM into the House of Assembly until a new leader is chosen, according to three sources with intimate knowledge of the meeting. Dr Minnis also reportedly told executive board members that he will hold
on to his Killarney seat and has no intention of resigning from Parliament. The Tribune understands that yesterday’s gathering at the party’s headquarters came a day after a majority of the FNM’s incoming parliamentary caucus voted for Dr Minnis to enter Parliament as leader of the official opposition. For at least some of the caucus members, their vote came with the expectation that he will not remain leader of the official opposition indefinitely. SEE PAGE THREE
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GOVT URGED TO SUPPORT POACHING MEASURES By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE Davis administration was yesterday urged to “endorse and rubber stamp” the international initiative to stamp out fisheries poaching in Bahamian waters, as one fisherman warned: “We must take action now.” Paul Maillis, the National Fisheries Association (NFA) director, told Tribune Business it was important that the new government realise the progress and objectives of the Marine Action Partnership (MAP) so that such initiatives were not “terminated through lack of understanding”.
JUST DISMAL - BRAVE’S VERDICT AFTER PMH TOUR By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net THE next 100 days in office for the Davisled administration will see an aggressive push to fight the COVID-19 virus beginning with keen interest in the “dismal” Princess Margaret Hospital alongside an in-depth look at the country’s
ALICIA WALLACE: WOMEN MPS IN PARLIAMENT HAVE A REAL JOB TO DO
finances. According to Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday, the public healthcare system is a high priority for the government after it was ravaged by three waves of COVID-19 and in recent times the Delta variant, which led to increased cases and deaths.
FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis speaking to chief hospital administrator Mary Walker during a tour of Princess Margaret Hospital yesterday. Photo: Racardo Thomas/ Tribune Staff
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PLP DEBT LED TO ZNS AD BLOCK By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
THE Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas has denied allegations it had an unfair policy of refusing advertisements from the Progressive Liberal Party before the general election. The concerns were raised in a report released on the weekend by the
ZNS employees walked out yesterday in protest over medical contributions being deducted from salaries without permission. See PAGE TWO. Commonwealth Observer Group regarding their
observations of the recent election. In its report, the COG highlighted the concern that the national broadcaster ZNS “did not provide equitable access and/or balanced coverage of the activities of the contending political parties and candidates.” “This resulted in citizens being deprived of their right to receive balanced SEE PAGE TWO
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‘INVESTMENT MUST REACH THE PUBLIC’
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
THE Government must ensure that every new foreign and domestic investment project is “felt by the man on the street” otherwise “it’s only a number”, a well-known accountant has warned. Craig A “Tony” Gomez, the Baker Tilly Gomez managing partner, told Tribune Business that the $897m in foreign direct investment for 2020 - muchhyped by the former Minnis administration - was relatively meaningless if it was not felt by working class Bahamians via increased jobs, incomes and economic activity. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS