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Volume: 122 No. 97, April 10, 2025
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US: SECOND RAPE CASE UNREPORTED Police have denied withholding details of alleged crimes By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net POLICE did not publicly disclose two alleged rapes involving American tourists and jet ski operators in the past month — cases highlighted in a heightened advisory issued yesterday by the US Embassy in Nassau, which warns
travellers of sexual assault risks tied to jet ski rentals in The Bahamas. Last week, The Trib une reported that a Carnival Cruise Line passenger alleged a jet ski operator raped her near Junkanoo Beach. A man has since been charged with raping the 23-year-old SEE PAGE EIGHT
PM: TARIFFS PUT COUNTRY IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip Davis warned that newly announced US tariffs have placed The Bahamas in “unchartered territory,” with potentially serious consequences for local exporters, the cost of living, and the tourism
‘Govt knocked down my home by mistake’
sector. The United States’ sweeping ten percent base tariff on goods from more than 100 countries — The Bahamas included — could lead to fresh inflationary pressure, Mr Davis said, aggravating already high prices at home and threatening economic SEE PAGE EIGHT
THE HOME belonging to Shcara Forbes which was mistakenly demolished under Urban Renewal’s ‘Clear, Hold, Build’ initiative. By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A SINGLE mother had her newly acquired property in Nassau Village demolished without notice
— the result of a government-led initiative targeting abandoned buildings. Housing and Urban Renewal Minister Keith Bell said that the matter will be addressed to the woman’s satisfaction.
Shcara Forbes, 34, said she purchased the distressed Fourth Street property through the Bahamas Mortgage Corporation in June 2023, after three SEE PAGE EIGHT
‘My daughter deserves an education’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net MEDITERRANEAN Shipping Company (MSC) is “joining” the Grand Bahama Shipyard via a joint venture with the latter’s two existing cruise line shareholders, it was confirmed last night. Dave Skentelbery, the Shipyard’s chief executive, confirmed that the global global cargo shipping giant is set to buy-in to the Grand Bahama-based operation once all necessary government and regulatory approvals are received.
FROM public schools to private institutions, grant programmes to special education centres — every path to the classroom has been blocked for an Abaco mother trying to secure an education for her sevenyear-old daughter with cerebral palsy. Royaltee Newton was diagnosed with the condition at age two. She uses a wheelchair and needs SEE PAGE THREE
SHIPPING GIANT MSC ALL SET FOR BUY-IN TO GB SHIPYARD
ROYALTEE Newton - seven-year-old with cerebral palsy.
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