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• SpaceX rocket makes history in Bahamas landing • But Ex-FNM minister says ‘where are the legal documents?’ By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas was the site yesterday of the firstever successful landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster outside of the United States. The rocket booster landed on a drone ship called ‘Just Read The Instructions’ in Exuma Sound. Prime Minister Philip Davis hailed the landing as a “transformative moment” emphasising that “this is not a one-time event” but the “beginning of a new chapter”. “This agreement with SpaceX will position The Bahamas as a leader in space tourism, giving people from around the SEE page two
The rocket from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 making it’s landing at a drone platform in waters in the Exumas yesterday evening. Photos: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Inquest over Christie’s role on Urban Renewal Authority will not be paid position man who FORMER Prime Minister Perry Christie will not be paid in his advisory role to the Urban Renewal Authority. Latrae Rahming, the
director of communications in the Office of the Prime Minister, revealed this a day after Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis announced Mr Christie’s
role guiding and leading Urban Renewal, which has now been established as an independent statutory body. SEE page five
Missing Acklins man reignites local fears By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
AN Acklins man who reportedly called police for help after getting lost has been
Nassau & Bahama Islands’ Leading Newspaper
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A POLICE officer testified that it was “highly unusual” for there to be a six-hour gap between the last recorded welfare check on Hartman Dawkins, a 60-year-old man in custody at Central Police Station, and the discovery of his body in his cell the following morning.
missing for four days, reigniting fears among residents who say others have inexplicably disappeared without a trace on their island before. SEE page three
died in police custody begins
James McKinney
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