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DEMOLITION OF 100 SHANTY HOMES BEGINS Residents hurry to get personal items before structures destroyed By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net AFTER years of government pledges to dismantle unregulated communities in Abaco, the Ministry of Works began demolishing more than 100 structures
in the Gaza shanty town on the island yesterday. Buildings Control Officer Craig Delancy said the demolition exercise started around 10am in the Gaza shanty town located near SC Bootle Highway. Bulldozers clamped down on SEE PAGE FIVE
WORK began yesterday to demolition homes in the Gaza shanty town in the area of Murphy Town, Abaco. Upset residents were seen gathering items up to the last minute.
AMERICAN MAN DIES AFTER Head of Film Control Board defends ‘he took his last breath in FALL FROM BOAT OFF ABACO decision on anime movie rating By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A 68-YEAR-OLD tourist from Mississippi, USA, fell off a vessel and died near Tillo Cay, Abaco, yesterday.
The man, who has not been identified, was reportedly standing on the edge of a vessel around 1am when he accidentally fell into the water. The victim was retrieved SEE PAGE TWO
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net THE head of the Film Control Board yesterday defended its decision to give a D rating to the anime “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - To The Hashira
Training”, which prevents it from being shown in local theatres, saying the film has no understandable plot and is not in English. The comment of the board member, who did not respond to questions about disclosing her identity, drew a rebuke from Tecoyo
Bridgewater, Fusion’s chief lawyer, who said the Board were considering matters outside the scope of its regulatory framework. The board member said eight of nine people on the board, including writers, actors, filmmakers and SEE PAGE FOUR
THE former chief financial officer (CFO) of the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) testified yesterday that Adrian Gibson pressured the general manager of the company to resolve delayed payments to landscaping companies.
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By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
CFO from May 2019 to March 2020, said during her tenure at WSC, payments to landscaping companies had to be made on time. She said Mr Gibson pressured WSC General Manager Elwood Donaldson, Jr, to make payments and resolve delays. Murrio Ducille, KC, who represented the defence,
THE uncle of the latest teen murdered in the country said before Andrew Newry took his last breath in front of him on Monday, that he had unsuccessfully tried to learn who his killer was. Wentworth Newry said he was in the shower when he heard gunshots go off. Rushing out, he encountered another one of his nephews lifting Andrew’s body from the kitchen door to the kitchen floor. “He just took his last breath right there,” Mr Newry told The Tribune
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Manager ‘pressured’ on WsC payMents By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
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