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VIRTUAL CLASS ONLY - FOR NOW By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville said the resumption of face-to-face learning in public schools has been postponed by at least two weeks as officials grapple with the fourth wave of COVID-19. The Ministry of Education, Technical and Vocational Training later said all public and private schools, including pre-schools and daycare facilities, may only reopen in January 2022 on a fully virtual basis. The ministry said this decision will be revisited within the next 14 days at which time a further assessment will be conducted in
conjunction with the Ministry of Health and Wellness. The Ministry of Education had planned to open public schools on a hybrid basis next month, allowing students to return to campuses for the first time since the start of the 2021/2022 school year. Education Minister Glenys Hanna Martin has characterised the return to school as essential because thousands of children have not engaged in online learning. Dr Darville, during a press conference, said the school plans are now being reconsidered as the country deals with yet another surge in COVID-19 cases. SEE PAGE THREE
MINISTRY of Health officials noticed a significant increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases from travellers about three to four weeks ago, acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Phillip Swain said yesterday. “About three to four weeks ago during our weekly review, the Ministry of Health noted changes in the source of
our numbers for reported positive cases,” Dr Swain said at a press conference yesterday. “We noticed that a greater proportion of our cases were among travellers ranging from 30 to 40 percent. It was at that time that we began conversations with fellow government agencies on steps to tighten the net around testing requirements to enter the country.” SEE PAGE FOUR
- SEE PAGE EIGHT
ATTORNEY FINED FOR CONTEMPT
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
GUNNED DOWN AFTER DEATH THREAT
‘WHY WE TIGHTENED THE NET FOR ENTRY’ By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
FRONT PORCH: HOPE IN A TIME OF DESPAIR
KENDRICK MCKENZIE, who was shot dead after having received a death threat. See PAGE SEVEN for the full story.
FUSION FINDING ITS WAY OUT OF A HOLE By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
AS FUSION Superplex’s financial woes persist, its chief executive officer, Carlos Foulkes, told The Tribune that officials were grateful for the holiday surge in business and equally hopeful this would allow the facility to break even this month. In a candid interview yesterday, Mr Foulkes said executives saw the business
FUSION SUPERPLEX boom as a light at the end of the tunnel “to help us to begin to climb out of the hole that we’re in”. The cinema and
entertainment complex managed to retain about 300 workers of its original staff complement since reopening earlier this year after being closed for about 11 months due to restrictions sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. The employees who did not return sought more stable means of income to support their families, creating gaps in labour at Fusion. SEE PAGE TWO
Nassau & Bahama Islands’ Leading Newspaper
A BAHAMIAN lawyer was fined $35,000 and ordered to pay an additional $20,000 in legal costs after she was found guilty of contempt of court. Justice Indra H Charles handed down her ruling to Donna Dorsett-Major who she said “knowingly and intentionally fabricated the contents of her affidavit with the objective of demeaning the judge and bringing the court into disrepute and prejudice the due administration of justice”. SEE PAGE SEVEN
FIRE HITS HOSPITAL ER ROOM SOME patients had to be evacuated from Princess Margaret Hospital’s Emergency Department early yesterday morning after a patient who had been placed in an isolation room started a fire. The Public Hospitals Authority said in a statement that no patients in the Emergency Department were affected by the incident, however some staff members displayed “minor respiratory symptoms”. SEE PAGE FOUR
STATESIDE - HAS ANYONE GOT AN ANSWER?
- SEE PAGE NINE