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Volume: 123 No. 81, Thursday, March 19, 2026
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MOM: I JUST WANT JUSTICE FOR MY SON Eight years after Joshua’s death, PMH negligence case still before the court By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net EIGHT years after her son’s death, Madeen Bullard says she is still waiting for answers in a medical negligence case she claims began with a critical error at the Princess Margaret Hospital during her pregnancy. Despite the years of delays, Mrs Bullard said her focus remains on accountability. “There is nothing they can do to bring him
MADEEN and Ricardo Bullard and baby Joshua (inset)
back, but accountability, you should hear from me,” she said. “I just want justice for my son.” Mrs Bullard believed being given the wrong type of blood, receiving A positive despite being O negative, contributed to the complications that followed and ultimately to the death of her son, Joshua Bullard, in 2018, aged just two. The case, still before the Supreme Court, remains JUSTICE - SEE PAGE THREE
Bell slams ‘no jail’ ruling as DPP Cocaine and caffeine found in reef appeals GB businessman’s sentence sharks off Eleuthera, study finds By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Staff Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net A CONTROVERSIAL ruling that spared a Grand Bahama businessman jail time after he was convicted of carrying a loaded gun in a nightclub is set to be challenged, with Housing and Urban Renewal
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
Minister Keith Bell warning the outcome risks undermining confidence in law enforcement. The Department of Public Prosecutions confirmed yesterday that it will appeal the sentence imposed on Lloyd Rolle Jr, 28, who was found guilty APPEAL - SEE PAGE FIVE
HOUSING AND URBAN RENEWAL MINISTER KEITH BELL
SHARKS off Eleuthera have been found with cocaine, caffeine and common painkillers in their blood, according to a new study that highlights the growing reach of human pollution in Bahamian
waters. The peer-reviewed research, published in Environmental Pollution, found contaminants of emerging concern in multiple shark species sampled from nearshore waters around the island. The study marks the first reported detection of caffeine and acetaminophen in sharks anywhere in the
world, and the first report of diclofenac and cocaine in sharks from The Bahamas. Researchers analysed blood samples from 85 sharks, including tiger sharks, blacktip sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, Atlantic nurse sharks and lemon sharks. The samples were SHARKS - SEE PAGE SEVEN
CLASH OVER ALLEGED PASSPORT FRAUD AND VOTER REGISTRY By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER WAYNE MUNROE
CLAIMS by Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard that more than 250 fraudulent document cases are under investigation triggered a rebuke from the Davis administration yesterday, with officials accusing him of creating fear based on
inaccurate or incomplete information. Mr Pintard made the allegation in the House of Assembly, tabling what he described as a partial list of investigations, including cases involving E-passports. He said several matters are already before the courts. Documents later shared by the FNM included FRAUD - SEE PAGE FIVE
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