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HALKITIS DENIES GARDINER HIRED HIM FNM calls for resignation of Finance Minister after he admits link to construction firm By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Digital Editor aturnquest@tribunemedia.net FINANCE Minister Michael Halkitis yesterday confirmed that he previously served as a director for Top Notch Builders after initially denying any involvement with the company when questioned by The Tribune a day earlier. His admission comes
amid repeated silence on emerging details of the election day plane crash off the Florida coast, and mounting political scrutiny over allegations contained in a US Drug Enforcement Administration affidavit alleging links between government figures and individuals accused of involvement in drug trafficking. DENIES - SEE PAGE THREE MINISTER OF FINANCE MICHAEL HALKITIS
ESCAPED MURDER SUSPECT CAUGHT Bimini man faces child AFTER EIGHT MONTHS ON THE RUN cruelty and gun charges By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net
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ESCAPED murder accused D’Angelo Culmer was captured on Thursday after nearly eight months on the run, ending a manhunt that led to investigations and police tribunal proceedings against officers
responsible for his custody. Police said officers from the Internal Security Division, also known as SWAT, arrested Culmer and a 44-year-old man shortly before midday after intercepting a grey Nissan Note at the corner of Tonique Williams-Darling Highway CAUGHT - SEE PAGE FIVE
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net A BIMINI man accused of exposing an eight-yearold child in his care to unnecessary suffering and possessing a handgun with intent to endanger the child’s life was charged
and remanded to prison yesterday. Dexter Durell Saunders, 40, of Bailey Town, appeared before Magistrate Uel Johnson charged with one count of child cruelty and one count of possession of a firearm with intent to CRUELTY - SEE PAGE FIVE
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BPSU MEMBERS DEMAND ANSWERS OVER ALLEGED FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net BAHAMAS Public Services Union members in Grand Bahama have given union President Kimsley Ferguson seven days to answer allegations of financial mismanagement and constitutional breaches after protesting outside the union’s Freeport building on Thursday. Members gathered at the BPSU
Building around noon, chanting “Fergy got to go” as they demanded answers about alleged failures to provide biannual financial reports since 2019, outstanding National Insurance Board payments and a lack of insurance coverage for union buildings in Grand Bahama and New Providence. Latoya Cartwright-Jones, BPSU area vice president for the Northern Region, alleged Mr Ferguson had FERGUSON - SEE PAGE THREE
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