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Volume: 120 No.113, June 15, 2023
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‘NO ONE WANTS BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN HAITI’ Prime Minister says there’s no appetite for international force By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net ALTHOUGH United States Vice President Kamala Harris renewed the Biden administration’s push for a multi-national security force in Haiti during her visit to The Bahamas last week, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said there is still no appetite among CARICOM countries for sending forces to the country.
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“Boots on the ground is not the question right now,” Mr Davis said, noting that Haiti’s defence force disbanded years ago. “The question is, how do we, as a community, assist the Haitian national police to restore law and order in the country and the mechanism for that.” “At the moment, we are suggesting that the mechanism will be providing the resources, assisting in
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net FTX’s founder has warned he will use the Bahamian judicial system to block efforts to bring additional fraud, bribery and corruption-related charges against him “for years” by going all the way to the UK-based Privy Council. Sam Bankman-Fried, the embattled crypto exchange chief, warned US prosecutors in Tuesday filings in New York that he “intends to pursue” his legal rights all the way through the Bahamian judicial network to the system’s highest court of need be.
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DPP: “No DecisioN maDe yet’ ON MP RAPE ALLEGATION CASE By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net CORDELL Frazier, Acting Director of Public Prosecutors, said her office received the police file on an MP accused of abusing his ex-girlfriend but has not yet made a decision on the matter. Her comment came after Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander said
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the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s legal team is discussing the matter with her office. “It’s no longer than this morning I’ve met with my legal team and we are in communication,” Commissioner Fernander said yesterday. “The legal team is in communication now with our DPP office, so just stand by and results will be
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COMMISIONER of Police Clayton Fernander said the RBPF has recieved 50 new motorcyles to assist with the flow of traffic on the most populated islands. For full sotry see PAGE 5. Photo: Moise Amisial
FIRST CASE OF MONKEY POX CONFIRMED IN BAHAMAS By LETRE SWEETING Tribune Staff Reporter lsweeting@tribunemedia.net
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man heaD oF UB resigNs For ‘PersoNal aND Family reasoNs’ withA no31-YEAR-OLD relevant travel hisBy LETRE SWEETING Tribune Staff Reporter lsweeting@tribunemedia.net THE University of the Bahamas announced the surprise resignation of president Dr Erik Rolland yesterday, saying he will leave his position on June 30 for “personal, family reasons”. After a lengthy, exhaustive process, Dr Rolland was named UB president in May 2022.
RESIGNING UB president Dr Erik Rolland The university said Janyne Hodder, a permanent resident of The Bahamas for the past 40
years, will serve as acting president for the remainder of Dr Rolland’s contract, which expires in July 2025. Ms Hodder was the president of the College of the Bahamas from July 2006 to June 2010. In a statement, the university said: “A veteran educator and leader in higher education administration, Ms Hodder began her career as a teacher at
tory has been diagnosed with monkeypox, the first reported case of a Bahamian confirmed with the disease. The Ministry of Health & Wellness said the man presented himself with symptoms of the virus on June 1 and was placed in isolation until tests confirmed the disease. “Surveillance and public health protocols were
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