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Volume: 122 No. 39, January 20, 2025
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MOM: I SCREAMED AND PRAYED TO GOD GOVT CRITICISED for ‘dragging feet’ on anti violence bill
Mother of woman killed last week also recently lost her son By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net TWO mothers are grieving after one of the first shootings of the year left a woman with four children dead and her boyfriend nursing gunshot wounds in the hospital. Shantol Miller, 33, was killed in Nassau Village
last Wednesday when two armed men exited a black jeep around 6.30pm and opened fire. The driver tried to escape but crashed and overturned on Alexandria Boulevard. A third gunman fired more shots before all suspects fled in the jeep, which was later found abandoned on a dirt
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net A LOCAL women’s rights activist has criticised the government for “dragging its feet” on the implementation of the Protection Against Violence Bill, accusing officials of using the bill’s passage to appear supportive of women’s rights while failing to do anything substantial. The bill would establish a commission that is is intended to support victims, liaise with police when victims face insufficient cooperation, and
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Man’s life altered as rusty nail leads to aMputations By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net EZEKIEL Miller dreamed of becoming a mechanic and starting a family, but his life changed dramatically when he stepped on a rusty nail at 14, causing a viral infection that led to the amputation of body parts.
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Now, the community in Grand Bahama is rallying around him after learning about his story, which was featured on ZNS last week. “I was walking home through a cut and when I come home I told my mommy I had a rusty nail in the bottom of my foot and I did not know, I did not
IMF: PROPERTY and rental rates outpaced wages growth
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By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
“I closed up at 3am last night and everything was fine until I woke up to that early in the morning.” The Bay, which had been at its current location for two years, following its renovation, was previously known as Junkanoo Village.
PROPERTY prices and rental rates outpaced growth in Bahamian wages seven-fold during the decade to 2022 to deepen the housing affordability crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed. An IMF report on this nation’s economy said the “most vulnerable” persons in Bahamian society will have suffered most from real estate-related costs outstripping earnings and incomes.
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THE BAY on Arawak Cay after a fire destroyed the restaurant and bar yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Fire ravages the Bay Restaurant By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A FIRE yesterday ravaged the Bay Restaurant and Lounge, a popular nightlife spot on Arawak Cay. The fire, which started
after 3am, was fully controlled by fire services around 9am, but not before nearly destroying the space. The owner, who requested anonymity, said he did not know what caused the fire. “We will come back bigger and better,” he said.
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