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Volume: 120 No.263, December 9, 2022
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SEARS MISLED HOUSE Minister says he ‘did not recall’ BPL fuel briefing email By YOURI KEMP and NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Reporters
MINISTER of Works and Utilities Alfred Sears.
A CABINET minister yesterday admitted misleading Parliament by initially denying he was briefed on the Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) fuel hedging controversy that will allegedly cost households and businesses over $100m. Alfred Sears KC, minister of works and utilities, confirmed that on October 9, 2021, he received a briefing on the rationale for executing transactions, known as “call option” trades, that would enable BPL to acquire additional cheaper fuel at
below-market prices and thus keep its fuel charge - and overall electricity bills - relatively low with stable rates. The minister, who had previously told the House of Assembly on several occasions that he never received any such advice or recommendations, added that he forwarded the e-mail briefing and attachments to the Ministry of Finance and its financial secretary, Simon Wilson, for their assessment. Mr Sears said Mr Wilson recommended the trades which would have supported the initial BPL fuel hedge not be executed. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
‘MORE THAN 1,00O POTHOLES PATCHED’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Ministry of Works and Utilities has patched up more than 1,000 potholes in New Providence over the last five months as a part of its efforts to improve roads in the capital amid continued complaints over the issue. Bahiyyah Hepburn, engineer in the Ministry of Works, said during a press conference yesterday that
A POTHOLE on East Bay Street. officials have heard people’s cries and agree that the problem needs to be fixed. As a result, she said workers have been working seven days a week to repair potholes which, she said, has not been an easy task.
She also blamed increased rain from earlier this year as the cause for many of the potholes locals now see today. “We’ve literally patched over the past five months, almost 2,000 locations, like actual holes so that’s about 340 holes per month and even then, I still haven’t gotten all the information of where else that we’ve patched and that will be done with an audit,” Ms Hepburn said. SEE PAGE FIVE
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ANN MARIE DAVIS JOINS CALL FOR MARITAL RAPE LAWS By LETRE SWEETING lsweeting@tribunemedia.net ANN Marie Davis yesterday said “no means no” and joined countless other Bahamian officials and activists calling for marital rape to be outlawed. Mrs Davis’s comment came at the final monthly forum for the year for the Department of Gender and Family Affairs and the Ministry of Social Services at the Edmund Moxey Centre. Mrs Davis said: “We must agitate and hold our policy makers accountable. We want them to upgrade our laws and we really need that. “Imagine, we are still living in a society where no does not mean no. How could that be? I tell you no and you think I mean yes. No, sir. Of course I’m talking about marital rape right. No means no.” SEE PAGE FOUR
KNIFE KILLER ‘KNEW WIFE OF VICTIM’ By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net THE sister of a man who was fatally stabbed at a home in Pinewood Gardens on Wednesday night believes he was killed by someone his wife knew. Eric Pyfrom, 28, was identified by relatives as the country’s latest homicide victim. According to police the incident occurred before 8pm. “Preliminary reports revealed that the victim was SEE PAGE FOUR
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