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MURDER VICTIM HAD PLANNED TO PROPOSE Flamingo Air worker killed weeks before planned engagement By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net KENNETH Bain Jr was just starting his car for work on Wednesday, a quiet, routine moment that was shattered by violence when he was shot dead just weeks before he planned to ask his long-time girlfriend to marry him. The 32-year-old, a newly promoted ramp supervisor at Flamingo Air Nassau, was ambushed outside his
home around 6am and later died in hospital, becoming the country’s 26th murder victim for the year. “He was going to surprise her with a nice engagement but it wasn’t to be,” said Evalna Nesbitt, his future mother-in-law. “But he’ll always be my son. He’ll always be here, always being in all our heart.” Police say a white Japanese-model vehicle pulled up to Bain’s residence on Yamacraw Hill Road. SEE PAGE THREE
COMMODORE’S CONTRACT WILL NOT BE RENEWED By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Davis administration will not renew the contract of Royal Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Raymond King, ending his five-year tenure at the helm of the military agency. Director of Communications in the Office of the Prime Minister, Latrae Rahming, told The Tribune yesterday that a successor
will be announced within two to three weeks. Commodore King began acting in the role in October 2019 and was confirmed the following year. Known for his forthright and confident leadership, he was well-regarded by the public and the press. Government officials have not explained why his contract is not being extended. SEE PAGE THREE
ENDANGERED WHALES SEEN IN BAHAMAS NORTH Atlantic right whales in Bimini on April 15. TWO endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Bimini last week — the first time the species has been documented in Bahamian waters. The sighting, described as extraordinary by marine scientists, took place on April 15 during a dolphin-watching tour led by Captain Isaac Ellis of Neal Watson’s Bimini Scuba Center.
“That moment for me was breathtaking, and I couldn’t fully gather myself. I thought it was fake at first. Once in a lifetime moment for sure,” Captain Ellis said. Video footage captured by divers was quickly shared with Dr Diane Claridge, executive director of the Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation (BMMRO). She sent
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Photo: Jero Prieto/Pelagic Life it to researchers at the New England Aquarium, who confirmed the whales were two adult females named Koala and Curlew. “In the past 30 years, BMMRO has documented 26 different marine mammal species in The Bahamas, and I’d always hoped we’d see a right SEE PAGE TWO