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BAHAMAS ‘A HAVEN FOR FINANCE CRIME’ US govt says nation lacks political will to tackle corruption By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE US government is asserting that The Bahamas “lacks... political will” to fully crack down on financial crime with this nation representing a “low risk” haven for fraudsters and corrupt individuals. The State Department, unveiling its annual international narcotics control
strategy report for 2025, critcised the lack of prosecutions and convictions for money laundering and other financial-related crimes while acknowledging that Bahamian regulators had “imposed” almost $220m in so-called administrative penalties on licensed financial institutions in 2024 for legal and supervisory breaches. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
GOVT ASKED TO CLARIFY HOW CUBAN WORKERS ARE PAID By RASHAD ROLLE AND EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporters THE Bahamian government may be required to prove that Cuban workers in The Bahamas receive their salaries directly, rather than through the Cuban government, as the United States threatens to expand visa restrictions to foreign
Bahamas into beach finals
officials involved in Cuba’s labour export programme. International labour laws generally require that workers be paid directly and have full control over their earnings. Reports from some countries where Cuba operates similar labour export programmes indicate that SEE PAGE THREE
THE BAHAMAS’ Creven Ferguson attempts a bicycle kick in the team’s 5-4 victory against Trinidad & Tobago at the 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship last night at the Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility. See SPORTS for more. Photo: Chappel Whyms Jr
Father’s alleged voice notes express ‘I found space remorse over molesting daughter ROCKET DEBRIS on the beach’, SAYS ISLANDER By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
THE Supreme Court heard voice recordings allegedly of a father accused of incest, in which
he appeared to apologise to his daughter for years of alleged sexual abuse and molestation. The recordings, sent by WhatsApp to the alleged victim’s phone in late 2020, were later forwarded to a
lead police investigator in March 2021. The father is facing five counts of incest allegedly committed between September 2015 and July 2019 SEE PAGE FIVE
Defence attorney accuses Water and Sewerage chief of ‘being a criminal’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A DEFENCE attorney in the criminal trial of Adrian Gibson and others yesterday accused Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) General Manager Robert Deal of “being a criminal” and suggested
that he had turned a blind eye to an alleged conflict of interest involving a landscaping contract awarded to the daughter of former WSC chairman Sylvanus Petty. During a fiery crossexamination, Geoffrey Farquharson, who SEE PAGE SEVEN
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By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A RAGGED Island resident said he found debris from a SpaceX Starship rocket along the beach on Tuesday afternoon while on the shoreline with his daughter. Craig Maycock, Sr, said the largest fragment of the debris was about a foot long. “It had a little funny smell,” he added, sharing photos with The Tribune. His apparent discovery came after a SpaceX Starship rocket was launched SEE PAGE TWO