Nassau, Bahamas - The following is a press statement by the Hon. Neko Grant, Minister of Public Works  and Transport.

"Mrs. Glenys Hanna Martin
has distorted answers I gave to the House of Assembly in response to questions
put to me in my capacity as Minister of Transport.

She
falsely claimed:

'The Minister's
answers reveal that hundreds of licenses and franchises have been issued by
this Government across the length and breadth of this Country- in New
Providence, Grand Bahama, Abaco, Long Island, San Salvador, Eleuthera, Cat
Island and Inagua, all during the last twelve (12) months'..."