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Saxons make history with fourth victory This marks their second ‘four-peat’ as the group celebrates six decades By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Shell Saxons Superstars did it again, pulling off a fourth consecutive win of the Junkanoo season by unofficially clinching the 2025 New Year’s Day parade with a theme celebrating six decades of achievement and resilience. This marks another historic “four-peat” for the group, which previously accomplished the feat by sweeping the Boxing Day and New Year’s Day parades from 1998 to 2000, according to SEE page five An enthusiastic member of the Shell Saxon Superstars rushes on Bay Street during the New Year’s Day Junkanoo Parade as the group captured their fourth straight Junkanoo title making history. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Former officer and attorney arrested Murder rate and interviewed in voice note probe up 8% over prior year By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
OUTGOING Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander said police arrested and interviewed a former high-ranking officer and an attorney at the centre of a major corruption investigation involving leaked voice recordings. Mr Fernander said both men were released pending
further inquiries as his office awaits the Director of Public Prosecutions’ review and recommendation in the matter. He suggested the investigation’s scope was broader than initially revealed, saying: “It’s not just the voice note. It goes beyond the voice note.” The investigation surrounded voice notes that SEE page two
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
Former Police Superintendent Michael Johnson
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THE country recorded 119 murders in 2024, an eight percent increase from the 110 homicides in 2023, according to The Tribune’s records. SEE page three