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Volume: 121 No.125, May 24, 2024
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FTX’S $675K LINK TO GOVT OFFICIALS Payouts included $500k ‘purported donation’, says US-appointed examiner By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net FTX and its jailed founder, Sam BankmanFried, paid $675,000 to “entities affiliated with high-ranking Bahamian government officials and their families”, it was revealed yesterday. Robert Cleary, the
examiner appointed by the US Justice Department trustee to investigate the crypto exchange’s collapse, revealed that one “purported donation” totalled $500,000 as the probe into the multi-billion dollar fraud inched a step closer to the Bahamian political and official elite. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
CHANGES TO UB GRADUATION LOCATION UPSETS GRADUATES By KEILE CAMPBELL kcampbell@tribunemedia.net SUDDEN changes to the University of The Bahamas’ upcoming graduation ceremony prompted frustration and anger from graduates yesterday. The graduation ceremony was initially scheduled for May 30 at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium. However, students
reportedly learned on Wednesday night that because the stadium is being renovated, it will be held at the Atlantis Ball Room at 2pm. Graduates were told they could only invite two to four people. The students were reportedly told that when the room, which can sit 5,000 people, reaches capacity, SEE PAGE THREE
FNM leader Michael Pintard greeting supporters as he enters the room at the British Colonial Hotel last night. Photo: Tameka Petit-Homme
More FNM members throw support MOM ACCUSED behind incumbent leader Pintard OF FAILURE TO REPORT ABUSE OF HER CHILD By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
MORE members of the Free National Movement who former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis
appointed to Cabinet threw their support behind Michael Pintard yesterday ahead of the upcoming oneday convention. Former Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar said it is time for
Dr Minnis and his successor, Philip “Brave” Davis, “to go home” and let a new generation lead. Meanwhile, former Minister of National Security SEE PAGE TWO
‘NO MORE THAN FIVE’ RBDF OFFICERS GOING TO HAITI By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Raymond King said he expects “no more than five members” of the force to be sent to Haiti to help with peacekeeping efforts as part of an international team. His comments are the
RBDF Commodore Raymond King latest example of how the Davis administration’s
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
plans to help Haiti have evolved since officials committed last year to sending 150 troops to the country as part of a multinational security force. The plans have quietly changed from expecting to send troops to Haiti to hardly sending anyone at all. Some Kenyan
A MOTHER was remanded in custody yesterday after she was accused of failing to report the molestation of her daughter earlier this month. Assistant Chief Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans charged the 39-year-old woman, whose name is being withheld to protect the identity of the child, with mandatory reporting of child abuse and deceit of a public officer.
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