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‘I CAN’T FIGHT THESE PEOPLE NO MORE’ Dialysis patient dies two years after $9k for treatment disappeared during police search By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net MORE than two years after Marvin and Aynalel Deveaux reported that $9,000 disappeared after a police search of their Marathon Estates home, Mr Deveaux has died without learning the outcome of the investigation or what became of money his widow says was meant to help fund medical treatment in Turkey. Aynalel Deveaux said her husband died in the early morning hours last Thursday after years of health challenges, including kidney disease that required dialysis for about 20 years. Mrs Deveaux, 51, said her husband would have turned 61 on July 2. She said the alleged disappearance of the money destroyed the couple’s plans for overseas treatment and left him emotionally broken in the final months of his life. "My husband told me, 'Anna, I can't fight these
MARVIN Deveaux’s wife Aynalel. people no more. My heart already broke. I don't have energy," Mrs Deveaux said, recalling her husband's mindset during his final days. "He told me 'Today I die, or I die tomorrow, I don't know how you will bury me because you don't have money'. Three days later, he died in my hands." Mrs Deveaux said her husband had breathing difficulties in the hours FUNDS - SEE PAGE THREE
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PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis and Fort Charlotte MP Sebas Bastian present a wheelchair-accessible bus to Stapledon School as Principal Amanda Moncur received the vehicle on behalf of the school yesterday. Photo: Nikia Charlton
Prime Minister Davis and Bastian donate wheelchair-accessible bus to Stapledon School By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net a
THE Stapledon School received new wheelchair-accessible bus
yesterday through a donation from Prime Minister Philip Davis and Minister of Innovation and National Development Sebas Bastian, a move school officials said would significantly improve transportation for
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SECURITY OFFICER FIRED AFTER DAVIS AVOIDS QUESTIONS OVER SEARCHING PM’S BAGGAGE ELECTION DAY PLANE CRASH By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net AN airport security officer was fired after reportedly searching Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis’ bag during a pre-election stop in Bimini, raising questions about whether airport security protocols were enforced too aggressively or whether
political status shielded a dignitary from routine scrutiny. Carlesha Bain, a Grade 2 security officer and Bimini resident, was dismissed yesterday over what was described as "inappropriate" conduct toward the prime minister and members of his entourage as they departed Bimini on FIRED - SEE PAGE FIVE
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday again avoided reporters’ questions about “Politician-1” in a US Drug Enforcement Administration affidavit and his administration’s links to an election-day plane crash involving convicted drug
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students with disabilities. The presentation took place at the school located on Dolphin Drive, where Prime Minister Davis was
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smuggler Jonathan Eric Gardiner. The Prime Minister was rushed into his vehicle after an event as journalists pressed him on the allegations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, meanwhile, confirmed yesterday that Bahamian consular officials met with the detained DODGE - SEE PAGE FIVE