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UNCLE FEARED FOR LIFE IN AXE ATTACK Assailant shot by police ‘had mental issues and killed close friend’ By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net THE uncle of the 31-year-old assailant who was fatally shot by police on Sunday after he killed a man with an axe, said he feared for his life during his nephew’s rampage noting “either he would have killed me, or I would have killed him”. Christopher McIntosh told The Tribune yesterday that Larry McIntosh had lived with him his entire life, explaining that his nephew was someone
who struggled with mental issues and a drinking problem. According to police, before 7pm two men were arguing at Kenilworth Street off Mount Royal Avenue. The aggressor in this matter, while armed with an axe, chopped the victim in his upper body. Police responded and observed the suspect attempting to chop the man a second time; subsequently, the police fatally shot the suspect. EMS personnel were
NEW PUBLIC PROCUREMENT BILL COMING
BAHAMIAN property owners were yesterday warned to brace for further insurance hikes with one underwriter revealing Hurricane Ian’s multi-billion dollar devastation brought back memories of market conditions from 30 years ago.
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THELMA GIBSON WORKERS ‘HAVE HAD ENOUGH’ TENSION between teachers at Thelma Gibson Primary School and the school’s principal continued yesterday, with a number of workers allegedly calling in sick or refusing to show up to work. In a statement released to the media yesterday, BUT president Belinda Wilson insisted that workers, inclusive of teachers and teacher’s aides, have had enough and want officials to remove the school’s SEE PAGE THREE
SENIOR CIVIL SERVANT CLAIMS VICTIMISATION
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Timothy Ingraham, Summit Insurance Company’s managing director, told Tribune Business the storm was set to “make a bad situation even worse” given the losses it has inflicted on the already-struggling global reinsurance market which Bahamian carriers rely upon to underwrite all insured risks in this nation.
WHAT’S BEST FOR BABY
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
‘BRACE’ FOR INSURANCE HIKES: IAN RECALLS ANDREW EFFECTS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
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By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday that a new Public Procurement Bill will soon be released for consultation. He made the announcement while giving remarks at the launch of the GoBoneFire eProcurement platform through which goods and services for all government and quasi-government agencies will be sourced. SEE PAGE FOUR (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna)
MINISTER ‘HOPEFUL’ FOR MASK-FREE SCHOOLS SOON By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin is “hopeful” that the mask mandate will be lifted in classrooms soon, noting she was aware conditions are not ideal. As of Saturday, the country’s mask mandate was largely relaxed with the exception of those accessing healthcare facilities, visiting senior care homes or in an indoor classroom
GLENYS Hanna Martin setting. The adjustments to the mask mandate were recommended by the advisory committee at the Ministry of Health and Wellness.
Mrs Hanna Martin said that with the assistance of Health Minister Dr Michael Darville, plans to further relax mask measures are in the works. “I have spoken to the minister of health about it, of course we are very empathetic for the situation of students and teachers in the classroom, which already have conditions which are not so ideal,” she told reporters yesterday. The education minister
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A SENIOR civil servant believes she is in the waning days of her public service career due to alleged victimisation, having spent the better part of the last several months “staring at the walls every day” without any tasks to carry out. “I have no portfolio, no support staff and I have been doing absolutely nothing all day, every day,” the public officer claimed to this newspaper. She was explaining the SEE PAGE TWO
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NEW BRITISH PM WILL HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN THIS
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