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‘WE DID OUR BEST TO HELP HEAVENLY’
Police alerted to her ordeal but she would not make a complaint By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net SENIOR officials have insisted law enforcement did all in its power in the days leading up to the murder of 21-year-old Heavenly Terveus by her boyfriend and father of her child, Fenron Ferguson. According to National Security Minister Wayne Munroe yesterday, on January 16 a patrol car was dispatched to the Miami Street home where Heavenly lived with her mother in response to a complaint of damage to a vehicle
by Ferguson. However, when police arrived, Ferguson was long gone and Heavenly declined to make a formal complaint against him at a nearby station despite the urging of a friend who was there at the time, Commissioner of Police Paul Rolle further revealed. At one point, officers even spoke to Ferguson to try to have him return so that he could be arrested. But aware that police were searching for him, Ferguson evaded authorities and was never caught. SEE PAGE THREE
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe says the concept that greater penalties will stop someone from committing a crime overlooks the fact that people need to have self-control and take personal responsibility for their actions. Ahead of a Cabinet meeting yesterday, the minister
was asked if he was of the view that stiffer penalties were needed as a deterrent to crime. He made the comment during an interview about what transpired in the lead up to the murder of Heavenly Terveus on Saturday. The young mother was shot by her partner in front of her newborn son. Police said the man, Fenron Ferguson, then shot himself. SEE PAGE THREE
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CORRUPTION RATING EDGES SLIGHTLY UP By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE BAHAMAS’ latest relatively favourable corruption ranking “doesn’t tell the full picture”, governance reformers warned yesterday, as they urged it to “grow a culture of integrity”. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
GOVT U-TURN ON PAYOFFS TO LUCAYAN MANAGERS
HARSHER SENTENCES ARE NOT THE ANSWER By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
ALICIA WALLACE: SOUNDBITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA WON’T CHANGE A THING
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
THE government has reversed course and settled a wrongful/unfair dismissal claim by 36 current and former Grand Lucayan managers that it previously won before the Supreme Court. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
39 MISSING AT SEA FROM SHABACK DEFENDS PLACE ON DUBAI TRIP BIMINI BOAT FENRON FERGUSON, who shot and killed Heavenly Terveus before shooting himself. He died of his self-inflicted wounds on Monday.
By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
SHABACK, the gospel group led by Office of the Prime Minister Press Secretary Clint Watson, has said its participation at Expo 2020 was in the works long before the former talk show host assumed his role in government. While thanking Bahamians for their support as it represented The Bahamas
SHABACK, led by Clint Watson, performing in Dubai. in Dubai, Shaback said discussions about the possibility of performing there began with the Ministry of
Tourism in 2019. However, the plans were sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, the group said in a press statement yesterday. The statement followed questions and criticism of the size of the delegation that travelled to the United Arab Emirates and the cost of the undertaking. Some have also questioned the criteria for selecting participating groups and solo acts at the world expo. SEE PAGE TWO
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THE US Coast Guard searched yesterday for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be used for human smuggling capsized off Florida’s coast en route from the Bahamas. A good Samaritan called the Coast Guard early Tuesday after rescuing a man clinging to the boat 45 miles east of Fort Pierce, the maritime security agency reported on Twitter. SEE PAGE FOUR