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Volume: 123 No. 144, Monday, June 22, 2026
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KEMP ROAD MAN KILLED BY PACK OF STRAY DOGS Lincoln Deal calls for urgent action after fatal attack by ten dogs By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net A MAN was mauled to death in the Kemp Road community after residents said as many as ten stray dogs attacked him while he walked through the area, renewing long-running fears about aggressive animals roaming the neighbourhood. Residents identified the victim as Don Smith. The attack prompted
Free Town MP Lincoln Deal II to call for urgent action, saying residents have complained for some time about packs of stray and dangerous dogs threatening public safety. Mr Deal said he was saddened by the attack, extended condolences and support to the victim’s family, and had begun talks with relevant authorities and agencies about immediate steps to improve safety STRAYS - SEE PAGE THREE
CENSUS REPORTS OVER 38,000 PEOPLE LIVE WITH DISABILITY By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net MORE than 38,000 Bahamians aged five and older reported living with a disability in the 2022 census — nearly four times the number recorded in 2010. However, officials have cautioned that the sharp increase partly reflects a major change in how disability was measured.
The Bahamas National Statistical Institute’s latest disability report found that 38,551 people, or 10.3 percent of the population aged five and older, reported at least one disability. The 2010 census recorded 10,138 people with disabilities, but officials said the figures are not directly comparable because the latest census used different questions. DISABLED - SEE PAGE FIVE
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RCL closes $30m deal for Xanadu Beach Hotel By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net Royal Caribbean has closed its $30m acquisition of Freeport’s long-shuttered Xanadu Beach Hotel, it has been revealed, and is near to completing the purchase
of adjoining land parcels from the Royal Oasis owner. Well-placed Tribune Business sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told this newspaper that the cruise giant closed the resort’s purchase from the family of late businessman,
Mario Donato, at the end of May 2026 as part of its ambitions to establish a private Grand Bahama destination for its passengers that will be similar to both its own Royal Beach Club on Paradise Island and Carnival’s $600m Celebration Key project.
And Royal Caribbean is also understood to be in the final stages of completing its separate deal with Harcourt Developments, the Irish-headquartered property developer that owns the Royal Oasis, and SEE BUSINESS FOR STORY
PMH HALTS ELECTIVE SURGERY AS BROKEN AC STALLS WORK By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net ONGOING works at Princess Margaret Hospital have forced the cancellation of all non-emergency elective surgeries, creating a “significant backlog” as technical problems stall renovations in the hospital’s main operating theatre, former Health Minister Dr Duane Sands warned yesterday.
Dr Sands told The Tribune the disruption has dragged on for several weeks as the Public Hospitals Authority tries to replace flooring in the main operating theatre, but cannot move ahead because the space must be properly climate-controlled and the air-conditioning chillers are not working. “So even though they have the DELAYS - SEE PAGE EIGHT
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