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Volume: 122 No. 79, March 17, 2025
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MPS REVEAL WHO FILED DISCLOSURES OFFICIALS ‘concerned’ as suicides reach 2023’s total
‘FNMs met deadline’ as PLPs also report on fulfilling the law By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net THE Free National Movement (FNM) said that all its parliamentarians met this year’s deadline for filing financial disclosures under the Public Disclosure Act. Several Davis administration officials told The Tribune they filed their
disclosures, including Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper, Education Minister Glenys Hanna Martin, Grand Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe, Labour and Public Service Minister Pia Glover-Rolle, Energy and Transport
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas has recorded six suicides less than three months into the year –– already matching 2023’s total and surpassing half of last year’s total of eight. A man in his 20s was found hanging at a home in Star Estates off Prince Charles Drive on Friday. Chief Superintendent Marcus Sands, head of the Eastern Division, said police received a report of the apparent suicide
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Mitchell: bahaMians air concern at us treatMent By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said Bahamians complain weekly to his ministry about the immigration policies of the United States of America and the “tone and manner” in which local US Embassy personnel treat
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them. “They complain about the decisions, which seem whimsical, arbitrary and unilateral,” he added in a voice note. He also touched on the US decision to potentially impose restrictions on the travels of Caribbean ministers that allow their
north abaco bush fire destroys vacant club
SEE PAGE THREE ARCHBISHOP DREXEL GOMEZ, the former head of the Anglican Church in the West Indies, conducts the funeral of Dr Perry Gomez in 2023. The Archbishop has been hospitalised with cancer. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
‘Pray for Archbishop’ as he fights battle against cancer ARCHBISHOP Drexel Gomez, the former head of the Anglican Church in the West Indies, has been hospitalised and diagnosed with cancer. Prime Minister Philip Davis acknowledged the clergyman’s illness in a
statement posted to social media yesterday, calling him a “guiding light” and “a steadfast shepherd to so many.” “During this Lenten season, we lift him up in prayer, asking for strength, healing, and peace,” Mr
Davis said. “We are grateful for his wisdom, his faith, and the love he has shared with our nation.” The prime minister emphasised the country’s support for the religious
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By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net DAYS after spending $10,000 on repairs for his vacant Abaco nightclub, Omar Bodie watched on a video call from Grand Bahama as the building burned down. The fire, which has been burning in the Treasure Cay area for days, reportedly started last Monday near Treasure Cay International Airport. Residents had noticed smoke rising a few miles behind the airport, and volunteers were SEE PAGE FIVE