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Volume: 121 No.119, May 14, 2024
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FOREST FIRE HITS CORAL HARBOUR Roads closed in zero visibility as blaze strikes area By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A MASSIVE forest fire erupted in the Coral Habour community yesterday. The blaze further strained firefighting resources, which have been used to battle fires in Abaco and in eastern New Providence in recent weeks - while sparking fears among fishermen concerned about their supplies. Around noon yesterday, reports emerged of a fire on the western and eastern forestry of the Coral Habour Road. With low visibility in the area, officials closed the road. Chief Superintendent of SEE PAGE TWO
A BUSH fire burns along both sides of Coral Harbour Rd yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Bahamas Independence signatory and FAMILY WAITS FOR ACTION ON former MP Loftus Roker dead at 88 By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net LOFTUS Roker, an Acklins native whose tough approach to illegal immigration and drug trafficking made him a defining political figure in his era, died yesterday at 88. Mr Roker was one of the last surviving signatories of the independence agreement, which was signed on December 20, 1972, during
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a Constitutional Conference in London. Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said yesterday: “From a young age, Loftus Roker was deeply moved by the injustices he witnessed, especially against people of colour. This profound sense of fairness and desire for change led him to run for public office in 1956, even though he was too young to vote SEE PAGE FIVE
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE family of a man police killed in 2018 is concerned over the length of time police are taking to announce or act on recommendations from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions concerning the officers who killed him. FORMER MP A Loftus Roker
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