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Volume: 122 No. 114, May 7, 2025
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‘SEX ATTACK’ IN ABACO SHELTER Teenage girl allegedly assaulted in RV trailer next to govt building By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A TEENAGE girl in Abaco was allegedly sexually assaulted in one of the government-issued RV trailers located next to the Marsh Harbour government complex, amid growing concerns about illegal activities taking place
in the temporary housing units. Police did not publicly disclose the alleged assault — reportedly committed on Saturday — in their daily press reports. However, Chief Superintendent Michael Thurston, officer in charge of the Abaco Division, confirmed SEE PAGE FIVE
LABOUR COMPLAINTS AT CRYPTO company dubbed ‘top priority’ By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE government’s labour director last night confirmed that an investigation into complaints about hiring practices at a Bahamas-based crypto currency exchange is “a top priority”. Howard Thompson, when contacted by Tribune
Business, confirmed that concerns raised with the Department of Labour about OKX Bahamas are genuine and the watchdog has already moved to address them with the western New Providence-based exchange and Fintech (financial technology) company. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
Face to face in Washington PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis shakes hands with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a meeting held in Washington yesterday. See PAGE FIVE for more.
Pinder believes arsonist behind ‘pay up $10k recent spate of forest fires in Abaco FOR SCALDING 3-YEAR-OLD in bathtub’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
AS firefighters continue battling a series of bush fires in Abaco, Central and South Abaco MP John
Pinder said he has asked police to be on the lookout for potential arsonists, believing some of the recent blazes may have been deliberately set. While fires in Sweeting’s Village had been brought
under control, officials were alerted to a new blaze in Bahama Palm Shores — a residential community in South Abaco — on Monday night, as well as another SEE PAGE TWO
Pintard predicts early general election as he calls for fixed date By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net FREE National Movement (FNM) Leader Michael Pintard is predicting –– without substantial evidence –– that the Davis administration will call an early general election, possibly by September, and
is renewing calls for the implementation of a fixed election date as part of broader electoral reform. “We would not be surprised if they do, and we are making preparation daily to field a full slate of candidates that the public would be able to put their SEE PAGE THREE
FNM leader Michael Pintard.
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By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A 59-YEAR-OLD woman was ordered to pay $10,000 in compensation after admitting she negligently burned a three-year-old boy she was babysitting earlier this year. Judy Spence pleaded guilty to a charge of cruelty to children before Assistant Chief Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans. The incident occurred on March 31, when Spence was babysitting for her neighbours in New SEE PAGE SEVEN