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Volume: 122 No. 98, April 11, 2025
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HAVE VISITORS WEAR CAMERA, SAY POLICE Advice after recent alleged attacks by jet ski operators By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net IN the wake of two reported rapes involving jet ski operators and a heightened warning from the US Embassy, police have proposed outfitting tourists with body-worn cameras as a safety measure — an idea some licensed operators
Making a difference for future of coral
support, though they say the real problem is a lack of enforcement against unlicensed vendors. The US Embassy’s advisory warned travellers of sexual assault risks tied to jet ski rentals in The Bahamas, noting that both victims were picked up from beaches on Nassau SEE PAGE THREE
RBDF OFFICERS FACE DISCIPLINE FOR MARINE BEATEN AND LEFT By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net SEVERAL Royal Bahamas Defence Force officers are facing internal disciplinary proceedings in connection with the alleged assault of a marine and his subsequent abandonment in Inagua last year, officials said yesterday.
The case, which drew public attention after the marine’s detailed account of being beaten aboard HMBS Kamalamee and forced to buy his own flight back to New Providence, is now at the summary trial stage. Captain Glen McPhee, captain of Coral Harbour, confirmed yesterday that SEE PAGE FOUR
OFFICIALS including Grand Bahama and Bimini MP Kingsley Smith, Minister of Works and Family Island Affairs Clay Sweeting, Pierfrancesco Vago, Diego Aponte, Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Investment and Aviation Chester Cooper view a coral growing aquarium during the official opening ceremony of the MSC Marine Conservation Centre at Ocean Cay yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net THE MSC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of one of the world’s largest cargo operators, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), officially opened
its Marine Conservation Centre on Ocean Cay, marking a significant investment in coral reef restoration and environmental research in The Bahamas. The non-profit organisation aims to promote sustainable practices that conserve marine
ecosystems. By 2027, it expects to cultivate 3,000 corals in its offshore nursery and outplant more than 6,000 corals annually. The centre includes 22 aquaria used to study coral physiology, with the ability
JET SKI OPERATOR ONE OF TWO ON CHARGES OF SEE PAGE TWO RAPING TOURISTS
Girl with cerebral palsy will get education, says ministry By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net THE Ministry of Education says a special needs student in Abaco is expected to resume inperson classes immediately after the identification of necessary support staff to
replace a school employee who resigned. The development follows national attention on the case of Royaltee Newton, a student with cerebral palsy who was unable to attend Central Abaco Primary School after losing SEE PAGE FIVE
MINISTER of Education Glenys Hanna Martin.
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By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net TWO men, including a jet ski operator, accused of raping female tourists in separate incidents in New Providence and San Salvador were informed that their cases will proceed to the Supreme Court for trial. Whitney Burrows, 37, and Jabez McDonald, 19, appeared before Assistant Chief Magistrate Carolyn SEE PAGE THREE