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Volume: 122 No. 117, May 12, 2025
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TRAGEDY STRIKES TWO GB FAMILIES Woman dies in crash with police rushing to save drowning teen By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Staff Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net A 17-YEAR-OLD boy drowned in the ocean. A 30-year-old woman died in a car crash with police rushing to save him. Their deaths, hours apart but tragically intertwined, left two families in the same community grieving and a
town searching for answers over the Mother’s Day weekend. Sanders Joseph, a high school senior just weeks from graduation, went swimming Saturday afternoon with a friend in rough waters off Bay Shore Road. Only one of them came back alive. As police SEE PAGE FIVE
Murder victiMs’ MoMs face holiday with heavy hearts By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net AS families across the country honoured motherhood with hugs, flowers and celebration yesterday, some Bahamian mothers were facing the day with heavy hearts, haunted by the absence of sons lost to violence.
Remembering the fallen
For Demonia Butler, this Mother’s Day is her second without her only child, Jaiden “Pepper” Butler, who was shot and killed in April 2023. Though not the intended target, the 20-year-old’s life was cut short in a moment of senseless violence. “It’s been rough, but you SEE PAGE SEVEN
A WREATH is laid during the 45th anniversary of the HMBS Flamingo tragedy at the Royal Bahamas Defence Force base at Coral Harbour yesterday. See PAGE 15 for more. Photo: Nikia Charlton
Mitchell dismisses early election Govt push to talks - ‘only one man knows when’ siGn Grand By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell on Friday dismissed speculation that the Progressive
Liberal Party (PLP) is considering an early general election, asserting that the Davis administration is committed to serving its full five-year term. Addressing questions about the possibility of a
snap election as early as September, Mr Mitchell said only Prime Minister Philip Davis holds the constitutional authority to call an election, and no such SEE PAGE 13
FNM: We will invest $10m in firefighting aircraft and trucks By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Free National Movement (FNM) says it will invest at least $10m in new fire trucks and a firefighting aircraft — and fund it, in part, by eliminating the Prime Minister’s private plane and cutting luxury
government travel. The proposal, outlined by Deputy Leader Shanendon Cartwright, follows party leader Michael Pintard’s announcement of a stand-alone National Fire Department under a future FNM administration. Mr Cartwright, who SEE PAGE FOUR
FNM deputy leader Shanendon Cartwright
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lucayan deal by May 15 By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE Government is moving rapidly to seal the Grand Lucayan’s sale to a $10bn Miami-based developer with hopes for a Heads of Agreement signing as early as this Thursday. Multiple anonymous sources, told Tribune Business that the Davis administration and representatives for Concord Wilshire are in the final stages of reviewing legal documents in anticipation that a deal could be closed imminently on May 15. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS