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Volume: 120 No.72, April 17, 2023
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‘MP RAPED AND ASSAULTED ME’
Woman says politician choked her and said he would kill her family By RASHAD ROLLE and EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune News Editor and Staff Reporter THE woman who filed a complaint with police about a sitting member of parliament alleges that he raped, choked, struck and made death threats against her and her family. She said she went to police when she lost hope that he would change and
feared for her life and that of her family. “I’m having difficulty sleeping, difficulty eating. I’m having panic attacks,” said the woman, whose name is being withheld as she is an alleged victim of sexual assault and who will be referred to in this article under the pseudonym Jane Rolle. “Emotionally, mentally, it’s a lot to deal with,” SEE PAGE FIVE
FAMILY MOURN AS MOM AND DAUGHTER FOUND MURDERED By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net THE grim discovery of the bodies of Allison Thompson and her 14-yearold daughter Trevorniqua on Friday has reopened wounds for their family - after having lost Allison’s mother and another female relative in similar incidents years ago.
Police pursuit ends with man fatally shot
When she was a toddler, Allison’s mother was shot in the head by a neighbour, according to two cousins who spoke to The Tribune yesterday on the condition of anonymity because they were uncomfortable being identified. They said an aunt of theirs was also beaten to death in another incident. SEE PAGE TWO
GOVT PROPOSAL ‘FIRST STEP’ IN FIXING FUEL MARGIN ISSUES By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net PETROLEUM retailers and wholesalers are studying “significant new ideas” proposed by the Government to foster greater competition - “but not at the expense of consumers” - in a bid to
resolve the industry’s structural woes. Sir Franklyn Wilson, chairman of BISX-listed FOCOL Holdings, which operates the Shell brand, told Tribune Business that the government unveiled its proposal during a Friday morning meeting.
A MAN was killed in a police-involved shooting after a car chase that ended in a gunfight in the Seven Hills area, officers reported yesterday. The incident took place shortly before 4pm when officers from the Southwestern Division were conducting routine traffic checks in the area of Fire Trail and Gladstone Roads. Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings, speaking to reporters at the scene of the shooting yesterday,
said: “They observed the driver of a darkcoloured Nissan Cube acting suspiciously. They attempted to stop the driver, however he sped off at a high rate of speed – thus a chase ensued which ended in the Seven Hills area where there was an exchange of gunshots which resulted in the driver being shot fatally.” She added that the coroner had been called to the scene and was taking charge of the investigation.
FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
SPORTS WILSON DEFENDS RESPONSIBILITY ALLOWANCE HIKE RECORD By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
FINANCIAL Secretary Simon Wilson defended the 58 per cent responsibility allowance increase senior civil servants have received, saying the real scandal is that the Police Commissioner and Defence Force Commodore only make $70,000 a year. “Wages at the senior
FINANCIAL Secretary Simon Wilson level of the public service are very, very low,” he said yesterday, adding The
Bahamas does not offer enough money to retain the best and brightest officials in the service. The little-known “responsibility allowance” is awarded to senior officials who “undertake duties that require a greater degree of skill or responsibility associated with the post”, according to State Minister for Public Service
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SEE PAGE FIVE
TERRANCE JONES TIES NATIONAL RECORD FULL STORY - SEE SPORTS