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Clint Watson moving to ZNS

the sensitive nature of the matter, said the Davis administration wants someone at the helm of ZNS who has a close relationship with Mr Davis and administration members and who could help ensure the government’s message reaches the public. Some board members are said to be concerned about the station’s declining status in The Bahamas and want to see it reformed for the digital era.

Mr Watson served as director of news at Eyewitness News before joining the Davis administration. Before that, he was a reporter and editor at ZNS.

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As press secretary, he helped formalise the role, making it a more public

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position and accessible to reporters. Previous press secretaries had rarely engaged reporters or taken questions from the press –– though Anthony

Newbold did so for a short time at the start of the Minnis administration.

Under Mr Watson, pre-Cabinet interviews with ministers have also become more formal, though some reporters have complained that the new process gives them less access to ministers than before. The OPM now hosts a weekly press briefing. It is

T Wo Dead In Weekend Of Violence

from page one they found a man unresponsive on Rogers Corner suffering from multiple gunshot injuries. The man died of his injuries at the scene. unclear who will host the briefings when Mr Watson leaves.

The second incident occurred on Sunday around 3pm on Crepe Myrtle Avenue off Solider Road.

According to reports, the man was walking north towards Soldier Road when he was approached by a man dressed all in red and armed with a high-powered weapon, who shot him multiple times in his body.

In February, the OPM announced that Keishla Adderley was appointed deputy press secretary.

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