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Volume: 118 No.227, October 21, 2021
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âMISLEADINGâ CLAIMS OVER BPLâS OSBORNE Ex-chair is supported in key area - but probe also shows breakdown By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis commissioned an independent investigation into Bahamas Power and Light that rejected former Works Minister Desmond Bannisterâs characterisation of Darnell Osborneâs acquisition of makeup and home security services when she chaired BPLâs board of directors. In 2018, at the height of the controversy over the disintegration of BPLâs board, Mr Bannister told reporters he intervened in the management of BPL after learning the institution
covered makeup and home security system bills for Mrs Osborne. His allegation forms part of the lawsuit Mrs Osborne has filed against the government as she seeks payment related to defamation and wrongful dismissal claims. FTI Consulting, the foreign management consulting firm Dr Minnis hired to review matters concerning the dissolution of BPLâs former board, interviewed BPL CEO Whitney Heastie, Executive Director Patrick Rollins and board member Ferron Bethel for its report, according to sources familiar with the document.
INAGUA TESTING BEGINS
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LEWIS: IâM RUNNING FOR FNM LEADER
...AND NO NOMINATIONS FROM FLOOR
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still required on the development, including the production of a master plan, a feasibility study and topography studies. Mrs Coleby-Davis, Minister of Transport and Housing, expressed her views during the administrationâs first official press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister.
- SEE PAGE EIGHT
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net FORMER Minister of Disaster Preparedness, Management and Reconstruction Iram Lewis, the member of Parliament for Central Grand Bahama, announced yesterday that he is running for leader of the Free National Movement. SEE PAGE FOUR
âSO MUCH WORK TO DOâ ON PROSPECT RIDGE By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net JOBETH Colbey-Davis said that although her team is confident the Davis administration can still proceed with the Prospect Ridge project, the government cannot commit to the cost benefits the Minnis administration promised because so much work is
FRONT PORCH: PREPARE NOW FOR THE NEXT DEADLY WAVE
ABOUT 100 people got free COVID-19 tests in Inagua yesterday after the government launched the pilot phase of its promised free testing programme. See PAGE FIVE for the full story.
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Free National Movement, which has officially opened its nomination process for party leader, will not allow nominations for the post to be made on the convention floor as is custom, according to a party memorandum The Tribune has obtained. SEE PAGE FOUR
DAVIS TAKES UP OFFICE SHE QUESTIONED By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net AFTER receiving advice from technical experts in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Prime Ministerâs wife Ann Marie Davis decided to keep the Office of the Spouse active despite previously questioning its purpose. Press Secretary Clint Watson acknowledged yesterday that initially Mrs
ANN Marie Davis in the Office of the Spouse. Photo: Ulric Woodside/BIS Davis questioned the office when it was first formed
during the Minnis administration. At the time of her criticism, she did not yet have an opportunity to see its functions, he said. He said Mrs Davis is now eager to use the Office of the Spouse to continue her work with gender-based issues and work with young women. âI talked to the first lady last night because I wanted to find out what is it that you want to do,â Mr Watson said yesterday in response SEE PAGE TWO
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STATESIDE POWELL LED A CAREER OF DISTINCTION
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