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PMH RENOVATION TO START ‘NEXT WEEK’
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville said renovations at Princess Margaret Hospital will begin as early as the beginning of next week. The minister gave an update at the official commissioning of the National Emergency Medical Services (NEMS) headquarters yesterday. The Tall Pines MP not only mentioned the work being done at PMH, but plans to improve clinics on the Family Islands. He said: “As we speak, there’s a transformation
change that is presently in stream for the construction of nine new clinics throughout our Family Islands, the renovation of 22 clinics, the construction of a new state of the art hospital for Grand Bahama and a construction for new state of the art hospital here in New Providence. While this is going on, we are renovating the existing structures throughout our archipelago and our hospitals. “As you are aware a few weeks ago, (the) managing director made it very clear that we are now going to use some components of Doctors Hospital West where
BANKMAN-FRIED GRANTED $250M BAIL BY US COURT By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
ONE day after being extradited to the United States, Samuel Bankman-Fried, former CEO of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was released on a $250m bond while he awaits trial on several fraud charges. At yesterday’s arraignment in New York, Bankman-Fried appeared before Judge Gabriel Gorenstain and was not required to enter a plea. “Under the bail
A SERENADE FOR THE DEPUTY PM
SEE PAGE FOUR
agreement, BankmanFried will be monitored via an ankle bracelet. He was required to surrender his passport and to agree to mental health and substance abuse treatment,” the UK Guardian reported yesterday. According to the newspaper, Judge Gorenstain warned Bankman-Fried that if he violated any of his bail conditions a warrant for his arrest would be issued and his parents would be responsible for the $250m bond. SEE PAGE FOUR
DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper pictured during a walkabout in Downtown yesterday. Mr Cooper dismissed talk of a recession next year as he pointed to strong bookings by tourists - who might also get a serenade when they visit. See PAGE THREE for more. Photo: Austin Fernander
SLOW SEASON? NOT THIS YEAR, PERFECT SCORE FOR BAHAMAS SAYS HOTEL UNION PRESIDENT FROM FINANCIAL TASK FORCE By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
MANY hotel staff worked “unprecedented” five-day weeks during the tourism season’s slowest months, Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union president Darrin
Woods revealed yesterday, as he bids to complete multiple new industrial agreements in early 2023. Mr Woods said that the post-COVID tourism recovery meant many employees worked double the two-three day weeks typical for the season. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
THE Bahamas yesterday shrugged off FTX’s implosion through what Attorney General Ryan Pinder hailed as the “enormous accomplishment” of a perfect score in the fight against
CROWDS IN GB FOR HOT MEALS By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
GRAND Bahama residents turned out in large numbers at the Bahamas Union of Teachers building in Freeport yesterday for hot meals distributed by United Faith Ministries International. A queue of vehicles was directed to a drive through distribution station set up in the parking lot, where
THE SCENE at the giveaway yesterday. Photo: Denise Maycock volunteers presented them with their meals. Police officers from Urban Renewal were
present to ensure a smooth flow of traffic in and out of the distribution station, which opened promptly at noon. As residents picked up their meals, some of them thanked Apostle Phalmon Ferguson and the crew of volunteers for their kind gesture. “We appreciate what you are doing for us,” a resident said to Apostle Ferguson. SEE PAGE SEVEN
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financial crime. Ryan Pinder said The Bahamas became only the sixth nation ever to achieve full compliance with the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) 40 recommendations for combating money laundering and terrorism financing. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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