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Volume: 121 No.208, September 23, 2024
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WSC ASK S TO PUT UP WATER PRICES Proposals also call for tax on homes with private wells By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net A CABINET minister last night said “no formal decision” has been taken on Water & Sewerage Corporation proposals to increase consumer prices or impose taxes on homeowners with private wells. Leon Lundy, minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office with
responsibility for the Corporation, in a messaged reply to Tribune Business inquiries said these recommendations - contained in its 2023-2028 Corporate Business Plan - as well as associated proposals from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are “in the early phases” of being considered by the government. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
Cannot afford ‘business as usual’ on Climate, says Pm By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis warned that the world can no longer afford “business as usual” on climate action, as global temperatures have now exceeded the critical 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold for an entire year, putting
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both humanity and vulnerable nations like The Bahamas at risk. Experts say failing to remain below the 1.5 degrees threshold significantly increases the risks of severe climate impacts, including more frequent and intense heatwaves, droughts, floods, and rising SEE PAGE FIVE
PARTICIPANTS at Paradise Plates excited to take part in the annual fundraising event. The event, held at Atlantis, raises funds for Hands For Hunger - offering fine food, cocktails and good company, all in a good cause. See PAGE TWO for the full story Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff.
Specialised nurses are main need as two drown shortage cut in half, says Darville in seParate inCidents oVer weekend By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
THE national nurse shortage has been cut in half, with most remaining vacancies in specialised
nursing roles, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said on Friday. He said the government plans to recruit nurses from abroad while continuing to train nurses at the
University of The Bahamas (UB) to address the shortfall. He said graduating classes from the University of the Bahamas have
Teachers president Belinda Wilson. She told The Tribune yesterday that some windows at the school had no operators, while others could not be opened, worsening the classroom heat. Purported photos and videos of the school’s bathroom showed clogged, dirty sinks and a toilet filled with
A FIVE-year-old boy and a 35-year-old American woman died in separate drowning incidents over the weekend. Authorities were called to a house on Albacore Drive in eastern Grand Bahama on Saturday after a young boy was found submerged in a pool. The child, whose name has yet to be released to the press, was retrieved from the water, and officers performed CPR, but he later succumbed in the hospital. In a separate incident in Abaco around the same time, a 35-year-old woman from Florida was found
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CV bethel ‘oVerCrowded and rat-infested’ By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net TEACHERS at CV Bethel High School are grappling with overcrowded, stiflingly hot classrooms, inoperable bathrooms, and a rodent-infested campus, prompting the government to intervene after a list of complaints, according
BAHAMAS Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson. to
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