Director of Broadcasting at Bahamas Information Services, Steve McKinney, has been relieved of his duties at the government communications department.<\/p>\n
McKinney was reportedly pulled into the office of BIS Executive Director Edward Ellis on Thursday and forced to take an accumulated 18-weeks vacation, beginning Monday.<\/p>\n
The move came a day after McKinney participated in a demonstration on Bay Street with a cross-section of Bahamians who opposed a 51 percent stake of the Bahamas Telecommunications Company being sold to Cable and Wireless?Communications.<\/p>\n
In an interview with The Nassau Guardian yesterday, McKinney explained that the situation unfolded when he was handed a letter requesting he take immediate vacation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI looked at the letter and it said February 28 is the day effective for my vacation leave. I had Thursday and Friday to get my belongings and get out of BIS,\u201d<\/p>\n
McKinney said. \u201cI had already indicated to them I was not signing a new contract with them.\u00a0 They had asked me, and I told them I wasn\u2019t interested in signing a new contract with them because I am going into my own personal business in broadcasting and journalism. They knew that from last year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked whether he thought the move was politically motivated, McKinney said that question has to be directed at senior government officials. However, he believes his participation in the demonstration has a lot to do with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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