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Volume: 120 No.32, February 16, 2023
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ARRESTS AT CARICOM s ,INCOLN "AIN DETAINED DURING "AHA -AR PROTEST s 4RIBUNE REPORTER S PHONE TAKEN BY POLICE OFlCER s 4RAFlC JAMS AS ROADS CLOSED OFF By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net POLICE arrested activist Lincoln Bain as he and his supporters tried to demonstrate outside Baha Mar where regional leaders were
gathered ahead of CARICOM meetings. Mr Bain documented the protest on social media, going live on Facebook before his arrest. He claimed he and about 20 others were paid guests of Baha Mar.
He said they would not be protesting on the hotel’s premises but that the “street is ours” which is where he suggested they would gather. Mr Bain was seen speaking privately with police as the number of supporters
grew to a small group assembled on the sidewalk on the hotel’s property. Supporters started to become upset when they saw barricades being put outside, some saying “a bunch of coward”. Mr Bain moved the
LINCOLN Bain pictured yesterday during the protest at Baha Mar. The leader of the Coalition of Independents was arrested. Photo: Moise Amisial
supporters away from the hotel’s entrance so he could explain what happened. “Ladies and gentlemen, we just had an interesting experience dealing with the police just now. I mean they were just calling everyone in the world just now
to just try to get some help because they said … that’s what Wayne Munroe said, we wasn’t going to be able to protest here. “The police came and told me they want to talk SEE PAGE THREE
PM KICKS OFF CARICOM MEETINGS By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis last night called on Caribbean leaders to “seize the opportunity” to collaborate to make progress in areas of concern facing the region. Mr Davis, who is also the chairman of CARICOM, told government heads at the official opening ceremony of the 44th
PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davs opening CARICOM last night. Photo: Austin Fernander CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting: “We
have learned that inaction has its own costs and consequences.” The three-day CARICOM event began yesterday and ends on Friday. Dozens of Caribbean leaders and top officials from the US and Canada, including John Kerry, the former presidential candidate who now serves as the US special presidential
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