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WITNESS ‘DID NOT SIGN’ CONTRACTS Cashier tells court signature on papers does not match hers BY LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A KEY witness in the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and five others claimed she never signed maintenance contracts awarded to a company of which she was a shareholder when court documents
TANYA DEMERITTE, a key witness in the trial involving Adrian Gibson, arriving at court yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer
allegedly bearing her signature were shown to her in court yesterday. Tanya Demeritte, a cashier at the Bahamas Financial Centre, denied signing two contracts issued to Elite Maintenance from the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) to SEE PAGE THREE
Mother believes son’s Murder Police urge men who are victims deMolition RETALIATION FOR 2022 STABBING of domestic abuse to speak out continuing at abaco ‘gaza’ SHANTY TOWN By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
THE mother of a teenager murdered in a double shooting believes his killing was retaliation for a
stabbing at Anatol Rogers High School in 2022. 16-year-old Andrew Newry was one of two teen boys killed on Monday night at a residence north of SEE PAGE FOUR
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
THE director of the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s domestic unit is urging men who are being abused to speak out, saying many men are often also suffering in silence as victims of domestic violence. “They were taught from young children not to cry, as a result of that we see men in societies who are crying out in silence. But since this unit was created, I’ve seen many men, many men who’ve come to the doors to report matters referenced to violence,” Kendra Whyms, Assistant Superintendent of Police, and director of the domestic unit said. ASP Whyms spoke during the third installation
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net MORE than 60 structures have been demolished at the Gaza shanty town in Abaco so far - with more expected to be destroyed, according to the Ministry of Works. SEE PAGE THREE
AS P KENDRA WHYMS , director of the Domestic Violence Unit. Photo: Dante Carrer of the “Men Speak Series” symposium yesterday. The domestic unit hosted the symposium to educate on
how domestic violence impacts men in society,
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