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HORROR AS TEEN COLLAPSES AND DIES PLAYING BASKETBALL By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net AN 18-YEAR-OLD girl collapsed and died at a basketball court at Masons Addition park yesterday. Press liaison officer Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings said police are classifying the matter as a sudden death until they can get more information. “Around quarter to 10
20 LAID OFF AT CONTAINER PORT - THEN DECISION IS REVERSED
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
THE decision to lay off 20 Bahamian workers at the Freeport Container Port has been reversed following the “swift intervention” of Prime Minister Philip Davis, according to an official statement by the Ministry for Grand Bahama. After being informed of recent developments at the container port, Mr Davis personally intervened in the matter and reached out to the international and local partners of the company to get those laid off back to work.
this morning, we understand that the victim was here playing a game of basketball when she reportedly collapsed,” CSP Skippings said at the scene. “We are going to have an autopsy performed to find out exactly what went wrong (and) why she collapsed on the park today. We can’t say if she had any previous medical condition or known to have any,” she said. SEE PAGE TWO
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FTX INVESTORS FINANCE LINK IN ROBINHOOD By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
PEOPLE watch on in shock after an 18-year-old girl collapsed and died while playing basketball at Masons Addition yesterday. Officials are seen left removing the body from the scene. Photos: Austin Fernander
PHARMACIST PROFITS DOWN AFTER PRICE CONTROLS By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
PRIVATE pharmacies have seen a reduction in profits since the government’s price control regulations that were meant to bring economic relief to Bahamians were introduced late last year, according to the Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association’s (BPA) president yesterday. Despite this, Shantia McBride told The
SHANTIA McBride, president of the Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association. Tribune there has been no major negative impact on their businesses and
that most pharmacies in the association have been complying with the policies since reaching a compromise with the government in November. “None of our pharmacies have indicated any issues whether with the government or with price control departments,” she said. “So, we regularly seem to be complying so we don’t have any issues. We’re just carrying on smartly.” SEE PAGE FOUR
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FTX’s Bahamian subsidiary, and its customers/ investors, were yesterday said to have unwittingly helped finance a $546m investment by Sam Bankman-Fried that has been seized by US authorities. The Bahamian joint provisional liquidators, in a filing with the US Chapter 11 bankruptcy court in Delaware, said their probe suggested assets belonging to FTX Digital Markets and/or its clients may have been used by the crypto exchange’s indicted founder and his fellow principal, Gary Wang, to last year acquire 56m shares in online brokerage firm Robinhood Markets. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
DIANE PHILLIPS: ERIC CAREY TOOK ELITISM OUT OF BNT
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