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PINTARD SHARES FNM ELECTION PROMISES FNM leader pledges expanded healthcare coverage, tax relief for seniors and homebuyers, and tougher bail policies By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net THE Free National Movement formally has launched its general election campaign, outlining a broad set of promises on healthcare, the economy, education and national security as 40 candidates took the stage at Baha Mar. The party pledged to redevelop Princess Margaret Hospital, increase nurses’ pay, expand
National Health Insurance to cover catastrophic care, introduce VAT rebates for first-time homebuyers, grant real property tax relief for seniors, invest $100m in Bahamian entrepreneurs, support affordable housing development, and strengthen crime prevention with tougher bail policies and increased resources for law enforcement. Progressive Liberal Party PLEDGES - SEE PAGE THREE
American shot dead by senior police officer By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net A SENIOR off-duty police officer, believed to be a superintendent, is being questioned about the death of an American worker who was shot and killed on Saturday outside Da Plantation
FNM leader Michael Pintard speaks to party supporters at the launch of the FNM’s election campaign on Saturday at Baha Mar. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr
Family mourns ‘wonderful father’ DOMINANT killed in Exuma boating crash By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
Bar & Grill, igniting alarm and questions about the use of force. Across social media, witnesses said the killing of the man, employed by US-based contractor, Pike Corporation, appeared unjustified. POLICE - SEE PAGE FOUR
DENARDO SMITH
A 45-year-old Bahamian boat captain died after being thrown from a vessel that ran aground near Rolle Cay late Thursday, a tragedy that has left his family mourning a man they described as a steady source
of support. Police said Denardo Smith was aboard a 20-foot vessel carrying two United States citizens and one Bahamian shortly before 11.50pm on March 19 when it ran aground along a rocky shoreline near Rolle Cay. During the incident,
DEVYNNE TIES WORLD RECORD BOAT - SEE PAGE FIVE DEVYNNE Charlton cemented her dominance of the women’s 60 metres hurdles, tying her own world record for an unprecedented third consecutive title on Sunday at the World Indoor Championships in Kujawy Pomorze, Poland.
PRISON OFFICER ARRESTED IN FATAL HIT-AND-RUN OF YOUNG DAD By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net A PRISON officer was arrested in a hit-and-run investigation that left a 29-year-old father of two dead after he was struck so hard he was thrown into the air, according to relatives. Kareem Williams died on
Thursday, days after he was hit on East Bay Street last Sunday. Friends said Williams was meeting team mates at a bar after finishing a flag football game. As he got out of his vehicle to open the passenger door for a friend, a car that was reportedly HIT & RUN- SEE PAGE FOUR
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