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‘RULES COLLAPSE IF NO ENFORCEMENT’ Brensil Rolle calls for disciplinary action against Foreign Affairs PS Melvin Seymour By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net FORMER Public Service Minister Brensil Rolle is calling for disciplinary action against Permanent Secretary Melvin Seymour after he was photographed last week in Progressive Liberal Party paraphernalia, warning that failing to act would make the rules governing political activity unenforceable and expose the government
to challenges from public officers previously disciplined under those same rules. Mr Rolle said the issue is not simply one of optics but of enforcement, insisting the government cannot apply General Orders selectively without collapsing the system used to regulate public officers. Mr Seymour, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Melvin Seymour (left) seen wearing political paraphernalia at a recent PLP event.
HYPOCRISY - SEE PAGE FIVE
$130m grid upgrades delayed Bain seeks to seal court records in $90,000 dispute after US contractor’s murder By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net COALITION of Independents leader Lincoln Bain, who is seeking election in the upcoming general election, is attempting to have court proceedings in a long-running $90,000 civil dispute
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
sealed, though an initial effort earlier this month failed after the request was made without a formal application. The Tribune understands the request was raised orally by attorney Tanya Wright, who appeared on Mr Bain’s behalf, during a SEAL - SEE PAGE FIVE
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BAHAMAS Grid Company’s new chairman yesterday voiced “200 percent” confidence it will fulfill its energy reform obligations despite its managing partner’s sudden exit as he revealed
FNM TO REMOVE MINNIS FROM THE PARTY ‘IN DUE COURSE’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net FREE National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands said the party will move to remove former leader Dr Hubert Minnis as a member in due course, but declined to say when, insisting the party has “far more important things” to focus on
during the election campaign. Dr Minnis formally entered the Killarney race as an independent last week, setting up a contest against the FNM’s Michela Barnett-Ellis, the Progressive Liberal Party’s Robyn Lynes and the Coalition of Independents’ Dr Veronica McIver.
the recent shooting death of a US contractor had delayed completion of $130m in network upgrades by two months. Anthony Ferguson, who is also CFAL’s principal, told Tribune Business that the separation with Island Grid and Eric Pike had been “an amicable dissolution” although he
referred this newspaper to Bahamas Grid Company’s now-former managment firm and its principal when asked to explain the reasons for the relationship ending less than two years into what was supposed to be a 25-year tie-up. See BUSINESS FOR STORY
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