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Volume:115 No.160, JULY 13TH, 2018
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WEEKEND: THE AIRLINE THAT HELPED BUILD THE NATION
‘I AM WE’ PORTRAITS Page 8 & 9
History takes wing
Paul C Aranha on a pioneerin g airline pages 4 & 5
PM: PLP playing the race card
THREE CHARGED OVER MURDER IN CULMERSVILLE By NICO SCAVELLA Tribune Staff Reporter nscavella@tribunemedia.net
THREE men between the ages of 21 and 25 were arraigned in Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with murdering a man in the Culmersville neighbourhood late last month. Shaquille Rolle, 21, along with 24-year-old Tille Brown and 25-yearold Theo Williams, stood SEE PAGE SEVEN
Minnis says SMILES we must move AFTER VAT beyond colour MEETING By KHRISNA RUSSELL Deputy Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said it appears the Progressive Liberal Party is playing the race card when it comes to Sir Roland Symonette’s posthumous award of National Hero but implored Bahamians to move beyond skin colour when discussions focus on the contributions made toward nation building. The Bahamas’ first National Honours recipients were announced on Independence Day.
Sir Roland received the top honour with former Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling, Sir Milo Butler and Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield. Sir Roland’s honour has been met with controversy, including allegations from the PLP that the former premier led a “racist regime” and opposed the fight for independence. “I don’t go down that road. We must move beyond colours. So, I don’t see people like that,” Dr Minnis said when asked about the controversy. SEE PAGE THREE
...WHILE HE HAS SET SIGHTS ON 2022 ELECTION VICTORY By KHRISNA RUSSELL Deputy Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis intends to run as leader of the Free National Movement in the 2022 general election and he’s confident Bahamians will elect him again to lead the country. Dr Minnis said this much in an interview with reporters at the Department of Housing’s launch of the first service lots for sale at the Sunset Close
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extension yesterday. During the event, as he remarked about the government’s plan to develop one housing subdivision each year for the next ten years, Dr Minnis quipped: “They got the message. They hear me say the ten-year plan so they can interpret that. That mean you got nine more years of me.” Following these remarks, the prime minister was asked about his plans to introduce term limits for SEE PAGE THREE
DEPUTY Prime Minister Peter Turnquest and Bahamas Christian Council President Bishop Delton Fernander pictured last night after a meeting with the council to discuss VAT. Bishop Fernander had called for the country to be led by “progressive innovation” as opposed to regressive policies such as tax increases, a call that Mr Turnquest had called “premature” coming as it did ahead of last night’s meeting. The meeting discussed VAT and other matters. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff
SHANTY TOWN TEAM IDENTIFIES 200 RENTAL UNITS FOR HOUSING By RICARDO WELLS Tribune Staff Reporter rwells@tribunemedia.net
MORE than 200 rental units have been identified and logged as alternative housing for evicted shanty town residents, according to an official with the government’s Shanty Town Action Task Force. This was disclosed yesterday by Colin Wright, chairman of the Alternative
Housing Committee, a subcommittee within the task force, during a status briefing at the National Training Agency on Munnings Drive. Mr Wright said his unit has identified and documented just over 200 vacancies around New Providence that range between $400 and $800 per month in rent. He said the committee has started the process to
pair residents with suitable alternative housing. “Our job was to find as many vacancies as possible in the area of New Providence, mark the land owner, the location and what they charge,” he told reporters. “And so far, the average price is between $400 and $800 per month same thing they are paying in the shanty towns.” SEE PAGE FIVE
UNION CALLS FOR WSC CHIEFS TO GO ANY LARGE SPECIALTY PIZZA
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By FARRAH JOHNSON THE union representing employees of the Water and Sewerage Corporation is calling for the removal of the organisation’s executive chairman and general manager after the termination of three employees among other issues. The union wants the
three workers reinstated and is threatening to “withdraw enthusiasm” if the situation is not amicably resolved. During a press conference in the front of WSC’s main office, Dwayne Woods, Bahamas Utilities Services & Allied Workers Union president, said the group was “disappointed” in and disapproved of the
dismissal of three WSC workers. Earlier this year, the men were formally charged in the case of the alleged theft of a fire hydrant from WSC. However, the case was discontinued and the men, who denied the theft charge, were never convicted.
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FOUR MONTHS TO ANSWER MARIJUANA QUESTIONS
By KHRISNA RUSSELL Deputy Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net CABINET will discuss the committee to be given responsibility for holding town hall meetings on the possible legalisation of medical marijuana in the country when it meets on Monday, Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis announced yesterday. This committee, Dr Minnis said, will be given three to four months to carry out its work and create a report. He also said the group will have to be provided with the necessary funding for national travel to conduct the meetings. The Killarney MP first announced the planned creation of a marijuana committee over the weekend on his return from a CARICOM Heads of SEE PAGE SIX