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The Tribune

Volume:115 No.179, AUGUST 10TH, 2018

Established 1903

Weekend

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Nurses threaten new action after press blunder By MORGAN ADDERLEY Tribune Staff Reporter madderley@tribunemedia.net BAHAMAS Nurses Union President Amancha Williams yesterday criticised the Ministry of Labour for its “disrespect” and again threatened industrial action, ratcheting up the fight between the bargaining union and the government over various disputes. The new row came after the ministry issued a press release about the non-validity of the union’s recent

strike vote. The press release was later rescinded. Ms Williams told The Tribune that the union members were not made aware of the rescinded notice until reporters informed them of it. The BNU also renewed its threat to take action due to these grievances. The Public Hospitals Authority also released a memorandum yesterday confirming that a shift change for its nurses will go into effect on September 3. SEE PAGE FIVE

ONE of two men arraigned yesterday in a Magistrate’s Court in connection with a thwarted escape plot at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services admitted he used a piece of steel from a prison bathroom to cut a hole in his cell’s ceiling over a two-month period. Mario Taylor, 36, and Fred Lifaite, 45, appeared before Magistrate Cara

Turnquest, charged with attempted escape from the facility and damage in the amount of $900 for a portion of the ceiling. It is alleged the men, being concerned together between Tuesday, October 3, 2017, and Friday, August 3, of this year, conspired to escape their A-block cell at the facility through a hole dug into the ceiling. In a statement on the incident earlier this week, Minister of National SEE PAGE FIVE

‘WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY’ By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net HUMAN rights group Rights Bahamas is blasting the government’s intention to pay lawyers outside the Office of the Attorney General for representation in a major judicial review case about shanty towns, calling it a “waste” of money at a time when the government is cutting back on its school uniform budget for the less fortunate. Supreme Court Justice Cheryl Grant Thompson granted leave last week for a judicial review of the government’s actions on the shanty towns. She subsequently granted an injunction preventing the government from demolishing homes in the areas. SEE PAGE SEVEN

LIGHTHOUSE POINT MUST BE SAVED AS NATIONAL PARK By MORGAN ADDERLEY Tribune Staff Reporter madderley@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas National Trust yesterday confirmed its efforts to secure Lighthouse Point as a national park and a “model for sustainable” development. Lighthouse Point is a 700-acre peninsula located at the southern tip of Eleuthera. The Tribune understands Lighthouse Point, despite its history and importance to the island of Eleuthera, sits on a privately-owned property that is now listed for sale by Bahamas Realty and is also listed on the Bahamas Real Estate Association’s website. SEE PAGE NINE

‘I’M GUILTY’ - JAILBREAKER GETS THREE MORE YEARS By RICARDO WELLS Tribune Staff Reporter rwells@tribunemedia.net

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MUSIC and magic came together at the Bahamas Christian Fellowship Centre for a show starring Disney and Cirque de Soleil star Cheetah Platt. See today’s Weekend section for more on the show. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff

‘WE’LL PAY TARANIQUE’S BILLS’ By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Chief Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net

THE government has arranged to pay for stateless teen Taranique Thurston’s medical treatment and travel costs, her mother Ginette Caty confirmed yesterday. Officials were said to be working on obtaining a US visa for Taranique’s certificate of identity under

TARANIQUE THURSTON emergency circumstances, Ms Caty was told. She is scheduled for

brain surgery at Jacksonville Memorial Hospital on August 28. “They confirmed to pay for the ticket, the hotel, a small stipend and then the medical treatment,” she said. “They called us in for an interview this morning, and while we were in there they called the hospital and confirmed the surgery. I’m so SEE PAGE THREE

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VICTIM DEAD IN LATEST HOMICIDE A VICTIM was killed last night in the latest homicide in New Providence. Few details of the incident were confirmed at the time of going to press, but police said that officers were at the scene of a homicide at Taylor Street, off Victoria Road, at the corner by Porky’s service station. No further details of the victim were available last night. For more details, see www.tribune242.com.


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