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Volume: 122 No. 67, February 27, 2025
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CORONER FINDS POLICE REPORT WAS FALSIFIED Jury dismissed as discrepancies found in officers’ accounts By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net THE coroner abruptly dismissed the jury investigating the death of a 60-year-old man in police custody after evidence suggested the police report was falsified and incomplete. Coroner Kara TurnquestDeveaux’s decision came after hearing testimony
from Corporal 3721 Kristian Duncombe, the officer in charge of Central Police Station on the night Hartman Dawkins was brought into the station, only to be found dead in his cell the following morning. The five-person jury, which had already heard six days of testimony, could have returned a verdict of SEE PAGE ONE
‘review of Moorings lease reveals need for new plan’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said the controversy over the nowterminated Bahamas Moorings deal had forced his administration to review marine policies, claiming officials still cannot determine how certain breaches
Man allegedy firing gun shot by off-duty officer
occurred. His comments in the House of Assembly yesterday came as the Free National Movement intensified its calls for transparency over the lease agreement between the government and Bahamas Moorings. The company drew SEE PAGE FOUR
POLICE remove the body of a man that was shot by an off-duty police officer after the man was allegedly firing a weapon near Palm Beach Street yesterday evening. See PAGE SEVEN for more. Photo: Nikia Charlton
JaMaican doing $1.5m worth of marijuana seized on Unlicenced dentistry boat at Lucaya in Grand Bahama By DENISE MAYCOCK leading to the arrest of two Providence, were onboard caUght in sting Tribune Freeport Reporter Bahamian men. a 25-28ft go-fast vessel dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
BAHAMIAN law enforcement officials seized over $1 million worth of suspected marijuana yesterday,
The discovery was made around noon at a marina in the Lucaya area. The suspects, both in their mid-to-late 30s and residents of New
carrying approximately 500 pounds of marijuana, valued at around $1.5 million. SEE PAGE TWO
Thompson ‘at a loss’ over PM’s confidence despite fivefold full-year deficit overshoot By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE Opposition’s finance chief yesterday asserted he is “at a loss” over why the Prime Minister is standing by the $70m full-year deficit target despite overshooting this more than five-fold after just six months. Philip Davis KC,
unveiling the mid-year Budget in the House of Assembly, sought to soothe concerns over the near-$400m deficit at end-December 2024 by reiterating the Government’s oft-stated position that “there is no need for alarm with respect to our ability to achieve our fiscal targets”. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis.
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By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net POLICE officers posing as clients caught a Jamaican national performing unlicenced dental work in Grand Bahama during a sting operation, leading to his arrest after he attempted to flee. Taval Noble, 25, of Kingston, Jamaica, was convicted and fined $1,500 yesterday after he pleaded guilty to practising dentistry without a licence and engaging in gainful occupation without a work permit. He was cautioned and discharged for carrying out business without a licence. Nearly a dozen dental SEE PAGE FIVE