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Speaker in new clash over report sign-off

HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie committed a “clear and flagrant breach of the Constitution” when he submitted a report on Friday to Governor General C A Smith that contained only his signature and no one else’s from the Constituencies Commission, committee member Marco City MP Michael Pintard said in a statement.

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Sands fears for staff as cases spike

WITH daily recorded new COVID-19 infections back in the triple digits, former Minister of Health Dr Duane Sands says the country’s third wave appears to be accelerating.

PLP voices concern on voting changes

THE Progressive Liberal Party yesterday said the Parliamentary Registration Department published information in local newspapers about registering new voters and transferees that is “wrong in law”.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: Villain or folk hero – our mixed emotions about the Barefoot Bandit

MONDAY, July 11, will mark 11 years to the day that international fugitive Colton Harris-Moore was captured in Harbour Island, Eleuthera. The capture ended a brazen two-year crime spree during which the teen, better known as the Barefoot Bandit, stole airplanes, boats, broke into businesses and homes and evaded police in three countries while taking the world along for a ride, post after Facebook post.

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BPL worker: I don’t even have anywhere to live in Abaco, so why am I being sent there?

A FRUSTRATED Bahamas Power and Light employee has complained about staff being told they have to return to their home island of Abaco, where conditions are not suitable.

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RBDF sends condolences after death of pilots

THE Royal Bahamas Defence Force yesterday expressed condolences to the families of Jason Allen and Lavan Paul, two former marines who died in a plane crash in Abaco on Monday.

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Rolle presents cheque for King’s Sons Basketball Camp

ROYAL Bahamas Police Force Commissioner Paul Rolle said he was so impressed with the work that Dr Apostle Carlos Reid is doing in the community that he had to take time out from his busy schedule to make a contribution to the King’s Sons Basketball Camp.

EDITORIAL: What really went on in Treasure Cay?

THERE are very obviously missing pieces in the story of what happened that led to the plane crash in Abaco that killed two pilots.

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PAHO confirms vaccine production delays

PAN American Health Organization officials have revealed that the deployment of COVAX issued vaccines was delayed in June due to a myriad of issues experienced by the group with Oxford-AstraZeneca production sites.

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PILOTS WEREN’T RATED TO FLY DOOMED PLANE: Questions mount over fatal crash as police confirm jet had been reported stolen

TWO Bahamian pilots who died in a fiery plane crash in Abaco on Monday were not qualified to fly the jet, perplexing investigators who have since opened a stolen aircraft inquiry into the matter.

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UPDATED: Plane in Abaco crash was reported stolen

THE airplane involved in Monday’s fatal crash in Abaco “appeared to struggle to get off the ground” at the runway in Treasure Cay before the incident, according to crash investigators.

EDITORIAL: Hesitancy among our health workers

IN yesterday’s Tribune, we reported on the concerns of nurses with a number of workers sick with COVID, and one having recently died. Those are valid concerns indeed – so why is it that in today’s Tribune, we hear that there is a hesitancy within healthcare workers to take the vaccine?

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4,000 approved for funding from DRA

NEARLY 4,000 approved homeowners on Grand Bahama and Abaco have been assessed and funded through the Disaster Reconstruction Authority’s Small Home Repair Programme.

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‘Frustration at a peak’ on $90m project delay

An Elbow Cay developer yesterday revealed “frustration has reached a peak” over obstacles impeding a $90m project that could help “supercharge” Abaco’s post-Dorian economic revival.

Cays ‘feel neglected’ over Dorian recovery

Residents on Abaco’s multiple cays “feel neglected” by Hurricane Dorian relief efforts, an Elbow Cay developer charged yesterday, amid perceptions that wealthier residents will “pay for everything”.

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Two dead in Abaco plane crash

FAMILY and friends are mourning the deaths of two former Royal Bahamas Defence Force marines who perished in a fiery plane crash in Abaco Monday.

Home construction to start in Central Pines

WITHIN the next few days, the Disaster Reconstruction Authority will start construction of five homes in Central Pines, Abaco, one of the island’s popular housing subdivisions.

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BPL staff issues still unresolved

AFTER Bahamas Power and Light employees walked off the job last week in protest, government officials have held conciliatory talks with union officials, however, there is still a level of distrust with the company’s management.

Traffickers continue to prey on the vulnerable

A NEW US report has noted people with unresolved status in The Bahamas have a heightened risk of human trafficking.

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Attempted murder conviction quashed, sentence set aside, new trial ordered

THE Court of Appeal yesterday set aside the 35-year sentence of a man who was convicted of attempting to murder three men at a cemetery in East Grand Bahama over three years ago.