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‘END SECRECY OVER SPACEX CLEAN-UP’ Former minister calls for transparency and for polluter to pay up By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net FORMER Environment Minister Romauld Ferreira says the government must be transparent about how much SpaceX will pay to clean up debris from its Starship rocket explosion, arguing that secrecy only benefits the polluter and
erodes public trust. He cited the international environmental law principle of “polluter pays”, which holds that those responsible for environmental damage must cover the costs of remediation. SpaceX’s Starship rocket launched from the company’s Starbase facility in SEE PAGE FIVE
PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL LINKS TO HOLLYWOOD FIRM By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net A NEW government arts school offering free, highlevel training in acting, dance, and singing will open in September with help from a top Hollywood talent agency representing such stars as Tom Hanks and Reese Witherspoon.
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The Bahamas Creative and Performing Arts School (CAPAS) will operate out of the former Phil’s Food Service building on Gladstone Road, which is being renovated at a cost of between $5m and $7m. The site will feature studio spaces for singing, dancing, and acting. SEE PAGE THREE
A RELATIVE is comforted as he looks on at the scene where a man in his 50s was pronounced dead by EMS after his vehicle veered off the road into a fence on Jean Street yesterday. Another man died after his motorcycle crashed at 2am yesterday morning. See PAGE TWO for more. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Man abducted teen and kept Pindling’s her at his home for a month BIRTHDAY By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A 26-YEAR-OLD man was sentenced to one year in prison after admitting to abducting his 17-year-old
girlfriend, who had recently argued with her mother, and keeping her at his home for over a month. Assistant Chief Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans arraigned Alex Simmons on a charge of abduction.
Simmons reportedly kept the teenage girl, whose name is being withheld because she is a minor, at his residence in New Providence between February SEE PAGE SEVEN
Mitchell: No one wants to wait six months to open a bank acccount By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell has dismissed a recent Central Bank survey claiming that 99 percent of bank account applications are approved, calling a headline about the story “the big
chuckle of the week” and arguing that the statistic masks the frustrating reality many Bahamians face. The Central Bank’s 2024 report — its firstever survey on the ease of opening a bank account — found that 99 percent of 28,153 deposit account SEE PAGE FOUR
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PROPOSED FOR NEW HOLIDAY By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell has proposed that the government make the birthday of Sir Lynden Pindling, or a nearby date, a national holiday. Speaking at a PLP branch meeting in Fox Hill last night, Mr Mitchell said he presented a draft resolution to the party’s caucus to begin discussions on the matter. Sir Lynden, the country’s first prime minister and a key figure in attaining majority rule, SEE PAGE 12