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Volume: 123 No. 7, Monday, December 1, 2025
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TEACHERS VOTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTION
Wilson hits back at PM: Civil servants are ‘disappointed in you too’ as 92% of members support taking strike vote By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
Bahamas Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson.
TEACHERS have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action, a show of unrest a few days after Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis expressed disappointment with unions’ fierce reaction to the government’s latest salary increases. A Bahamas Union of Teachers survey released on Sunday found 87.8 percent of respondents in favour of
taking industrial action over unresolved issues. The union said 92 percent of teachers also supported taking a strike vote. BUT president Belinda Wilson said she will advise members on the next steps following the results. The vote deepened tensions that flared last week when Mrs Wilson described government pay increases — which she said ranged from $150, $200 and $341 — as “crumbs.” She urged teachers STRIKE - SEE PAGE FOUR
MAN SHOT FIVE TIMES DIES Immigration investigates abuse claim AFTER AMBULANCE CRASHES after detainee went ‘missing’ for days By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net A TEENAGER shot five times on Saturday was alive and responsive before the ambulance carrying him to hospital collided with another vehicle at the traffic
light at Shirley Street and Hawkins Hill, The Tribune understands. The crash was captured in a video now circulating online. The man, whom police said was 18, ultimately died. MURDER - SEE PAGE THREE
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net THE Department of Immigration has launched an investigation into claims of physical abuse by a man of Haitian descent whose wherebouts remained
unknown for several days following his detention for alleged immigration violations – causing tensions to flare in the local Haitian community. Haitian-Bahamian activist and immigration consultant Louby Georges wrote in a Facebook post
that the man, later identified as 31-year-old Fegens Laguerre, went to court on Tuesday to face immigration-related charges. Mr Georges said Laguerre had been seen at hospital before being taken ABUSE - SEE PAGE 12
LOUBY GEORGES
Thompson dismisses ‘outdated’ registry claims By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER HARRISON THOMPSON
PARLIAMENTARY Commissioner Harrison Thompson has pushed back against former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham’s claim that the voter registry needs to be “cleaned up,” insisting the database is up to date and that ongoing
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efforts are aimed squarely at maintaining its accuracy. In an interview with The Tribune on Sunday, Commissioner Thompson dismissed Mr Ingraham’s assertion that the register was outdated. He said candidates and party representatives were given copies of the register ahead DEFEND - SEE PAGE SEVEN