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FAMILY’S DESPAIR AT BELLA’S DEATH
Police quiz couple after four-year-old dies from ‘injuries’ By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net THE family of a fouryear-old girl who died in hospital on Friday after being brought to the facility with injuries is struggling to accept the situation, with one relative sorrowfully telling The Tribune yesterday “we sent her to her death”. According to police, sometime around 5pm officers received information from medical practitioners at Princess Margaret
Hospital that a female child was brought into the facility unresponsive. Police said initial investigations revealed the child, a resident of a major subdivision, sustained several injuries to her body, from which she later died. Police are awaiting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death, however. Although police have not officially released the child’s name, she was identified as Bella Walker by relatives SEE PAGE THREE
GOVT TARGETS VACCINE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12 By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said yesterday officials are hoping to receive paediatric doses of the Pfizer vaccine for five to 11-yearolds as soon as possible to assist with the successful opening of schools for
face-to-face learning. The minister would not commit to a timeline yesterday for the restart of in-person learning, telling The Tribune assessments of both schools and clinics are ongoing. However, he said there were protocols officials intend to use to guide the SEE PAGE FOUR
BELLA WALKER, who died in hospital on Friday.
NEW HEALTH RULES JUDGES DISMISSES BPL ARE ‘TOO INFLEXIBLE’ WORKERS’ JOBS CLAIM By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
FORMER Cabinet minister Dr Duane Sands has warned the proposed
COVID-19 rules are too “inflexible and draconian”, and threaten to “create hardship” for businesses and citizens unless amended. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
THREE Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) staff accused of playing key roles in the
DAVIS SETS HIS STALL AGAINST OIL By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said he is “not minded” to allow oil drilling in The Bahamas and is completely opposed to oil exploitation in the country. He was speaking to reporters on Friday after his delegation returned from the United Kingdom where the COP26 summit
THE STENA Icemax drilling ship used by the Bahamas Petroleum Corporation. and other meetings were held. He said: “I am not in any
definitive position now to say, but as I speak having come from COP conference and having had conversations with world leaders, having had conversations with technical people, I am minded not to allow oil drilling and for certain at this time I am not prepared to move toward oil exploitation. Because you could still, cap and monetise; you could still exploit.”
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$1.9m fraudulent invoices scam that rocked the utility have lost their wrongful/ unfair dismissal claims after a ruling on Friday by Justice Ian Winder. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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WILL BRAVE WORDS BE BACKED UP BY BOLD ACTION?
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