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THREE MEN HELD IN SAUNDERS MURDER Former MP was shot in neck area after he brushed gunman’s hand By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net FORMER Tall Pines MP Don Saunders was shot in the neck area, Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander revealed yesterday. The shooting occurred after the former MP had brushed the hand of the culprit who held him at gunpoint during an armed
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robbery on Margaret Road in Gambier Village on Wednesday last week, the commissioner said. Three suspects are in custody in connection with the murder of Mr Saunders, who became the country’s 35th murder victim of the year. All of the suspects are known to police, with two being SEE PAGE THREE
MINNIS: PEOPLE LOOK AT DISCLOSURES ‘AS A JOKE’ By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said “people look at it as a joke” regarding the filing of financial declarations as required by the Public Disclosure Act. The deadline for disclosures, according to the
Public Disclosure Act, is March 1. However, a source told The Tribune an extension was given this year to March 15, but could not give a reason for the decision. Previously, acting press secretary Keisha Adderley said the deadline this year was March 31. Public Disclosure SEE PAGE FIVE
THE BAHAMAS Swim Team secures their sixth straight win of the CARIFTA Swim Meet. SEE SPORTS. Photo: Dante Carrer
‘Explosive’ hurricane forecast predicts FTX BAHAMIAN over 20 named storms for 2024 season LIQUIDATORS By KEILE CAMPBELL kcampbell@tribunemedia.net THE Atlantic 2024 hurricane season, expected to begin in less than two months, has been forecast to be “explosive”,
with weather forecasting company AccuWeather projecting 20 to 25 named storms, and eight to 12 hurricanes – with four to seven of those expected to be major hurricanes. It has been reported that
meteorologists could run out of names for hurricanes and tropical storms. According to an article posted on AccuWeather, the “super-charged SEE PAGE FOUR
ALLEGATIONS of a police officer being involved in a $90,000 robbery are being investigated by the force’s deputy commissioner and corruption unit. Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander said at a press briefing yesterday that
POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander says an officer is being investigated for alleged involvement in a $90k robbery. Photo: Dante Carrer nobody is on administrative
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leave at this time, but police have a complaint. He said: “There’s so much bits and pieces of information that the deputy and his team are trying to bring together. Once that is done, and we are moving quickly to do just that, and I told the deputy I want to see him along with the team as soon as we completed
FTX’s Bahamian liquidators are hoping the legal fees “run rate” drops sharply due to the settlement with their US counterpart after incurring an estimated $56m bill during their first 15 months of work. The just-released minutes of the first creditors meeting for FTX Digital Markets, the collapsed crypto exchange’s Bahamian subsidiary, revealed that legal and professional fees for the three months to end-January 2024 were likely to total $9.3m.
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OFFICER ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN $90,000 ROBBERY By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
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