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STORM SHUTDOWN s 4ROPICAL 3TORM )MELDA HITS .EW 0ROVIDENCE HEADS FOR '" !BACO s "ANKS SCHOOLS AND GOVT OFlCES CLOSED TODAY s .ORTHERN "AHAMAS PREPARES FOR IMPACT s -ANDATORY EVACUATIONS ORDERED AHEAD OF STORM
VEHICLES push through flooded streets in New Providence as Tropical Storm Imelda passed through The Bahamas yesterday. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr
SEE STORM COVERAGE ON PAGES 2, 3, 15 AND 16
PLP MP AND CABINET MINISTER VAUGHN MILLER DEAD AT 64 By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribubemedia.net THE country was stunned yesterday by the sudden death of Environment and Natural Resources Minister Vaughn Miller, 64, who collapsed without warning in the early hours of the morning, becoming the second sitting Cabinet minister to die during the Davis administration. Police said Mr Miller, the MP for Golden Isles,
collapsed on Hawkins Hill around 1am. CPR was administered before he was taken by private vehicle to Doctors Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No foul play is suspected. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. Cabinet colleagues rushed to the hospital in the early hours as news spread. Condolences poured in from across the political MILLER - SEE PAGE FIVE
WILSON HAILS S&P UPGRADE AS ?9E= ;@9F?=J By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
MINISTER for the Environment and Natural Resources Vaughn Miller speaks to the media on March 27, 2024. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
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THE Bahamas is being urged not to let its upgraded credit rating from Standard & Poor’s “go to your head” even as a prominent businessman hailed the move as “a game changer” and signal the economy has “turned the corner”. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS