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Volume: 123 No. 73, Monday, March 9, 2026
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‘THEY HAD NO REASON TO SHOOT THE DOG’
Bahamian musician demands answers after ‘trigger-happy’ officer fatally shot family dog By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
BAHAMIAN MUSICIAN DUKE ERROL STRACHAN
A CORRECTIONAL officer’s fatal shooting of a family dog at the end of a funeral procession for a retired canine officer sparked national outrage and debate over the weekend and left veteran Bahamian musician Duke Errol Strachan mourning a pet his daughter gave him. The three-year-old dog was shot
Friday on Mr Strahan’s land on Soldier Road as officers walked in a procession for retired officer Andrew Sears. Video shared widely online shows correctional officers with leashed dogs passing Mr Strachan’s property when two dogs began barking and approached. One officer, who shockingly had his handgun already drawn, quickly discharged his weapon, killing the animal with a single shot. SHOOTING - SEE PAGE THREE
Officials seek extensions after Teen one of two men fatally stabbed in Grand Bahama over weekend missing disclosure deadline By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net SEVERAL elected officials have sought extensions to file their annual financial disclosures after the March 2 deadline passed. National Security Minister Wayne Munroe and Environment Minister Zane Lightbourne told The Tribune they requested 30-day
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
extensions. Sea Breeze MP Leslia Miller-Brice said she sought a two-week extension. Golden Isles MP Darren Pickstock said he was finalising his filing and awaiting bank statements, adding he expected to file by today once he received them. The Tribune was unable to confirm whether Prime DISCLOSE - SEE PAGE FOUR
National Security Minister Wayne Munroe
A MOTHER’s worst fear became reality on Saturday night when her 17-year-old son was fatally stabbed outside a nightclub in Grand Bahama. Gtero Foster was one of two men killed in separate stabbings on the island in less than 24 hours.
His mother, Latara Knowles, said she learned of the attack after her daughter called to say her son had been stabbed outside the Ibiza nightclub and lounge on Queen’s Highway and that it did not look like he would survive. By the time she reached the hospital, she was told he had died while being transported MURDERS - SEE PAGE FIVE
17-YEAR-OLD GTERO FOSTER
FNM LEADER PROMISES FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF OMBUDSMAN AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said if elected, his Cabient would ensure the Ombudsman and Freedom of Information (FOI) Acts are fully implemented within his first year of office. He also pledged to
modernise general orders of the Public Service to ensure that civil servants provide satisfactory service to Bahamians. Although the Ombudsman Act was passed in 2024 and the FOI Act in 2017, implementation has yet to happen. Speaking on Friday at FOIA - SEE PAGE FOUR
FNM LEADER MICHAEL PINTARD
Nassau & Bahama Islands’ Leading Newspaper
PROMINENT ATTORNEY ROMONA FARQUHARSONSEYMOUR REMEMBERED AT FUNERAL SEE PAGE EIGHT