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Volume: 121 No.77, March 12, 2024
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GOVT DITCHES BAIL MONITOR COMPANY Previous provider chosen to take over ankle bracelet service By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE government has cancelled its electronic monitoring contract with Metro Security Solutions and selected Migrafill Electronic Security, the previous provider of the service, to take over monitoring persons on bail.
Man shot dead in Montell Heights
The Ministry of National Security sent Metro Security Solutions a showcause letter in February, demanding it explain and remedy problems within 30 days associated with its performance. Ultimately, the Royal Bahamas Police Force pushed for a change, SEE PAGE THREE
MOTHER ACCUSED OF NEGLIGENCE IN DROWNING DEATH OF HER SON By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A YOUNG mother appeared distraught in court yesterday after she was accused of negligence in the drowning death of her four-year-old son last week. Assistant Chief Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans
charged Faydeen Aspinall, 23, with manslaughter by negligence and two counts of cruelty to a child. Ms Aspinall’s fiancé, Aubert Cunningham, 45, was charged with two counts of mandatory reporting of child abuse. It is alleged that Ms Aspinall negligently allowed SEE PAGE FOUR
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net A MAN in his late 40s was shot dead last night outside a residence at Akel Close in Montell Heights. Inspector Gerard Culmer told reporters that shortly after 9pm police were
notified by an unknown caller about multiple gunshots being dispersed at Akel Close in Montell Heights. Upon officers arriving at the scene, they met the male victim who was suffering from gunshot wounds about the body. SEE PAGE THREE
A MAN thought to be in his 40s was found dead with gunshot wounds to his body at Akel Close in Montell Heights last night. Police said he was not electronically monitored or known to police. Photo: Dante Carrer
SUMNER: FEES AND FIRINGS LIKELY OVER NIB HIKE By KEILE CAMPBELL kcampbell@tribunemedia.net FORMER director and CEO of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation (BCCEC) Edison Sumner said when National Insurance Board contribution rates increase, businesses may offset costs by increasing prices, service fees and firing employees.
EDISON SUMNER Last week, Alfred Sears, the minister responsible for
MILLER WARNS SHIPS NOT TO ADVISE GUESTS STAY ON BOARD By KEILE CAMPBELL kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
NIB, said the contribution rate will increase by 1.5 per cent on July 1st. Although Mr Sears initially said contribution rates would increase by 1.5 per cent every two years for the next 20 years, the Office of the Prime Minister later reversed this commitment. Mr Sumner said businesses would complain
ENVIRONMENT and Natural Resources Minister Vaughn Miller said cruise lines that discourage guests from leaving their ships to venture into local communities and marketplaces will not be welcomed to The Bahamas and will be forced to seek “other ports”. Although he did not name specific cruise lines, his comment came after a video of Carnival cruise
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