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‘SEEK SAFER GROUND’ SHUTTERS going up in Grand Bahama yesterday. Photo: Vandyke Hepburn
By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net
AS conditions began to deteriorate in Abaco due to Tropical Storm Nicole’s approach, government officials continued to urge vulnerable residents in vulnerable areas in the storm’s path to seek safer ground as some residents still have failed to evacuate areas considered unsafe. This comes as some 500
residents in Cooper’s Town, Abaco, were said to be cut off due to the main road being flooded. However officials said those residents could still access basic facilities in the immediate area. Director of the National Emergency Management Agency Captain Stephen Russell said yesterday during a press briefing that 70 percent of the people who occupied trailers in Abaco evacuated. SEE PAGES TWO, THREE AND FOUR
TROPICAL CYCLONE NICOLE PROJECTED TRACK National Hurricane Center 10PM Advisory
Jacksonville
THU 3PM
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TUES 11PM 50 mph
WED 1PM
75 mph
Orlando Tampa Freeport
THU 1AM
75 mph
Abaco NASSAU
A SENIOR executive with Baha Mar’s main contractor urged employees to better conceal “fake” construction work amid assertions that it failed to “properly perform” its duties to the project and its original developer. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
70 mph
Eleuthera San Salvador
Exuma
THE seemingly-forced sale of The Bahamas’ flagship digital assets investor will not undermine the country’s ambitions to become a major “hub” in this space, argued Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) chief executive Gowon Bowe yesterday. Mr Bowe, a member of the government’s Digital Advisory Panel, said FTX’s potential purchase by rival crypto currency exchange Binance does not reflect poorly on this nation’s regulatory regime. FTX’s Bahamas executives were yesterday tight-lipped on what the company’s sale to/merger with Binance might mean for its plans locally. Valdez Russell, FTX’s vice-president of communications, did not directly respond to questions on the potential impact the proposed deal will have on its planned $60m Bayside Executive Park headquarters or recruitment of several hundred Bahamians. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
WED 2AM
Cat Island
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
BAHA MAR CONTRACTOR: HIDE YOUR FAKE WORK BETTER
FRI 1PM 45 mph
‘FTX FORCED SALE WILL NOT UNDERMINE’ NATION PLANS
Long Isl.
PM: CLIMATE ISSUES WILL ONLY GET WORSE By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis told heads of government that as the world enters a new climate era, the situation will only get worse requiring binding commitments instead of statements alone that have been used to postpone real action. Should the status quo remain, Mr Davis painted
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis speaks at the COP27 UN Climate Summit yesterday. Photo: Peter Dejong/AP a sobering picture that there could be hundreds of
millions of climate refugees, placing pressure on borders, security and political systems across the world. The prime minister made the remarks at the World Leaders’ Summit of the United Nations Climate Change Conference during COP27, which is being held at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt this year. Mr Davis said many Bahamians have questioned why its government was yet SEE PAGE FIVE
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ALICIA WALLACE: SPEAKING OUT AT CLIMATE EVENT
- SEE PAGE EIGHT