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Volume: 122 No. 135, June 5, 2025
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‘NO JUSTICE’
‘Men tried to cut my foot off in Atlantis nightclub - and police took no action’ By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net TWO years after suffering a brain injury and foot damage so severe that bones protruded from the flesh, Charles Sinn is still shocked by the lack of justice, especially given how publicly it all unfolded. The 37-year-old
American says his life was destroyed by a violent attack inside Atlantis’ Aura nightclub — a crowded venue full of witnesses — and by the silence that followed. He now runs a blog, justiceforcharles.com, sharing video footage, documents, and graphic photos of his SEE PAGE THREE
Just $30k Budget for govt’s ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMITTEE By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE government has allocated a mere $30,000 to the newly established Independent Commission of Investigations, a body the Davis administration touted as a cornerstone of its anti-corruption efforts. The commission was
conceived in the wake of a US federal indictment alleging that Bahamian law enforcement officials facilitated cocaine smuggling into the United States. The indictment named highranking officers, including Chief Superintendent Elvis Curtis and Defence Force Chief Petty Officer Darren SEE PAGE FIVE
CHARLES Sinn as he was being put on a plane to fly to US for medical attention following an attack that nearly severed his foot at an Atlantis nightclub two years ago.
Other PLP backbenchers: OFFICER GUILTY OF SOLICITING ‘We don’t feel sidelined’ SEX TO DISMISS TRAFFIC TICKETS By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party (PLP) Members of Parliament pushed back yesterday against Southern
Shores MP Leroy Major’s claims that backbenchers are being sidelined in the Davis administration. Mr Major, in an interview with The Tribune on SEE PAGE FIVE
‘Pay rises this month’ for public sector staff By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday announced that middle management public servants would receive salary increases at the end of this month. SEE PAGE FOUR
PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis.
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A POLICE constable remained silent yesterday as he was convicted of attempting to solicit sex from a woman in exchange for dismissing traffic tickets while in
uniform near Yamacraw Beach in 2023. Constable Shaquille Williamson, 28, appeared before Justice Renae McKay as his trial for attempted procuration concluded after two weeks of testimony. A nine-person
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