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TWO NEAR-MISSES ‘ALMOST CATASTROPHIC’ Family Island incidents trigger Serious Safety Concern Notice from aircraft investigation unit By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net TWO potentially catastrophic near-miss incidents involving American Airlines planes at Family Island airports triggered a formal safety warning from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority to the Civil Aviation Authority of The Bahamas. The Tribune has
confirmed that the AAIA issued a Serious Safety Concern advisory following two separate incidents at Exuma International Airport and North Eleuthera International Airport, which occurred roughly two weeks apart last month. An American Airlines aircraft approaching Exuma on February 12 was forced to take evasive SAFETY - SEE PAGE FIVE
PAIR HELD OVER FRAUDULENT PASSPORT AND VOTER ID SCHEME
Four-year-old boy shot in leg during attack on teenage uncle
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
AN 18-YEAR-OLD Haitian man accused of fraudulently obtaining a Bahamian passport and voter’s card was remanded to prison yesterday after prosecutors said he used the
document at the Lynden Pindling International Airport. Max Veve Pierre and Gersey Pierre, 59, are accused of agreeing on December 23, 2024, to fraudulently obtain a Bahamian passport. Prosecutors allege the FRAUD - SEE PAGE FOUR
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A FOUR-year-old boy was shot in the leg after a gunman opened fire at his uncle outside a home on New Providence, relatives said, turning a quiet yard filled with children into a scene of panic.
Romando Sactl was playing at his grandmother’s home on Verbena Street, off St George's Avenue, shortly before 3pm on Sunday when the shooting occurred. Police said two adult men were at the residence when they were approached by a third man, believed to be in his teens and known
to them, dressed in dark clothing. Investigators said a verbal altercation followed. During the confrontation, the suspect allegedly produced a firearm. One of the men tried to disarm him but failed. The suspect then fired SHOOT - SEE PAGE THREE
Chamber urges swift release of $357m GBPA arbitration By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE outcome of the $357m Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) arbitration dispute must be swiftly disclosed to uphold business and investor confidence, it was argued yesterday, amid subtle hints the verdict may not have gone fully the
government’s way. Dillon Knowles, the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president, told Tribune Business that - given the decision’s importance for Freeport’s governance and future development - it was vital that both sides rapidly agree to release the outcome and any “conditions” attached because “investors
abhor a vacuum and uncertainty”. He asserted: “Freeport’s governance is dependent on what the ruling is, what the conditions of the ruling are and, the sooner we know what the ruling is and conditions are, the better because investors abhor a vacuum and uncertainty. See BUSINESS FOR STORY
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GRAND BAHAMA Chamber president Dillon Knowles.