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The Farm reported to have quadrupled in size since Dorian By LETRE SWEETING lsweeting@tribunemedia.net IMMIGRATION Minister Keith Bell said there will be an increased number of immigration officers deployed to Abaco due to the recent expansion of several shanty towns there, with one unregulated community mushrooming to 200 acres since 2019. A recent operation on Abaco resulted in 52 arrests and exposed the scope of the worsening shanty town problem. The Department of immigration launched Operation
Expedition from October 7 to 10, where immigration officers as well as the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force went to the island to explore, detain and eventually repatriate any irregular migrants found. The expedition found that one shanty town in particular - The Farm - grew from 50 acres to about 200 acres since Hurricane Dorian. Other shanty towns, including a large area in Marsh Harbour, have expanded as well. SEE PAGE FOUR
THE head of the Retail Grocers Association yesterday warned that the government’s decision to expand its list of price-controlled items and increase the national minimum wage at the same time will be a “big hit” to businesses, adding: “I don’t know if they’ll be able to survive it.” Philip Beneby, the
association’s president, told The Tribune yesterday that while the government’s plans to ease the high cost of living would likely be a big help to many struggling Bahamians, it would not benefit small business owners. He also cautioned officials to be careful not to add further economic hardship on businesses that he described as the “engine to any economy”. SEE PAGE THREE
By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis has told both married and single women to report matters of abuse to the police in the face of a new University of The Bahamas study that explored the prevalence of spousal rape and assaults within marriages. The study found that one in 12 or an estimated 4,000 married women have been raped by their husbands. The study suggested that around 6,000 wives claimed SEE PAGE FIVE
UNIONS: WE’LL STILL PUSH FOR MINIMUM WAGE OF $300 By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
‘I DON’T KNOW IF BUSINESSES WILL SURVIVE’ DOUBLE BLOW By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
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PARTY TIME AFTER TEN YEARS OF RUBIS A JUNKANOO dancer at the tenth anniversary celebration for Rubis last night, held at Baha Mar’s convention centre. The company is celebrating the landmark after opening its fuel business in The Bahamas in 2012. See PAGE TWO for more. Photo: Austin Fernander
THE Trades Union Congress president yesterday asserted that the labour movement will push for a further minimum wage increase to $300 per week once the economy has rebounded “in a strong way”. Obie Ferguson told Tribune Business he “sees no reason” why the unions should not advocate for such a rise once The Bahamas has fully recovered from the devastation inflicted by COVID-19 while affirming that achieving a “livable wage” remains the ultimate goal. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
‘PRICE CONTROLS ARE HURTING CONSUMERS’ By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
SUPER Value’s principal yesterday urged the Government to abolish the price control regime rather than expand it, arguing: “Consumers will be better off.” Rupert Roberts, speaking to Tribune Business after the Prime Minister pledged to extend price controls to 38 extra products and further cut existing
RUPERT ROBERTS mark-ups allowed on food staples such as chicken and eggs, argued that the
administration needs to move in the opposite direction by allowing retailers and wholesalers true freedom to compete. Describing price controls as akin to “price fixing”, he explained that they eliminated incentives for grocery retailers to seek out efficiency savings and sell below what rivals charged since all operators simply offer price-controlled goods at the same cost. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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