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‘pay up $100k’ for unlawful detention Court: Comply or govt must provide full $2m settlement By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Supreme Court has denied the government’s attempt to reopen a longsettled liability case in the high-profile unlawful detention lawsuit brought by Jamaican national Matthew Sewell, while imposing a financial condition for delaying payment of a $2m damages award.
In a decision issued this week, Chief Justice Sir Ian Winder refused to grant the government an extension of time and leave to appeal two interlocutory rulings made in 2020, citing a four-year delay that he called “inordinate and unexplained.” Sir Ian simultaneously granted a stay of execution on the August 2024 SEE page three
Court of Appeal quashes Williams’ murder conviction By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net THE Court of Appeal has quashed the murder conviction of Marcellus Williams and substituted two lesser convictions for robbery following a successful application to reopen his appeal. Mr Williams, along with Anton Bastian and Craig
Johnson, was convicted in 2015 of the murder of American sailor Kyle Bruner and two counts of armed robbery. He was sentenced to 40 years for murder and 12 years for each robbery count. His initial appeal was dismissed in 2018. In 2024, Mr Bastian SEE page three
Welcome to our new commodore Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe KC, outgoing Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) commodore Raymond King and incoming commodore Floyd Moxey greet Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis during a RBDF command change ceremony at HMBS Coral Harbor yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net CAPTAIN Floyd Moxey assumed command as the ninth Commodore of the Royal Bahamas Defence
Force (RBDF) yesterday, stepping in at a time when The Bahamas is reinforcing its southern maritime presence in response to the worsening crisis in Haiti. Commodore Moxey laid out a reform agenda at his
Change of Command Ceremony at HMBS Coral Harbour, including a new court-martial system and an anonymous feedback platform to improve discipline, SEE page four
Archbishop Pinder: Election of new Pope beginning of new era By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net ARCHBISHOP Patrick Pinder said Thursday’s election of Pope Leo XIV marked a moment of joy for the Roman Catholic community in The Bahamas, calling it the beginning of a new chapter while affirming continuity with the Church’s global mission.
He spoke to reporters following the revelation that the new pontiff is former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who previously served as prefect for the Congregation of Bishops in Rome and held pastoral appointments in Peru. He noted the significance of Pope Leo’s diverse SEE page five
Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV.
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40-year-old Man shot dead at All Saints Way Police call for the public’s assistance as a 40-year-old man was gunned down while sitting in his vehicle on All Saints Way last night. Police said the man was sitting in the yard of an establishment when a moped pulled up with two masked men on it. One of the men got of the moped and opened fire on the victim, killing him. Police were not able to confirm if the victim SEE page five