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Double the cost Govt House renovation twice initial $9.9m budgeted price
By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net THE cost of renovations to Government House –– initially pegged at $9.9m –– will double by the time the project is complete, according to the contractor.
Azario’s family excluded from motion to overturn Coroner’s Court ruling By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A SUPREME Court judge rejected an application from Azario Major’s family to be included as respondents to a constitutional motion seeking to overturn the Coroner’s Court finding that Major’s death was a homicide by manslaughter. The judge argued that the deceased’s family had no right to be heard in the matter. Four officers involved in Major’s death want the Coroner’s Court ruling
overturned, arguing pretrial publicity prevented a fair inquest. The attorney general and the “Coroner of the Coroner’s Court” are the first and second respondents; the family is not a party to the proceedings. The constitutional motion argues that a widely circulated video discussion of Major’s death unfairly prejudiced the inquest. Facebook user “ChristianAdamG” posted the video in April, which has been viewed thousands of SEE page three
Floyd Wilmott, CEO of Telco Enterprise Limited, said changes were ordered as the project progressed, pushing the cost up. “So, we started with one figure, and as we continued, for example, the ballroom, there were change orders,” he said yesterday after a
USS Wasp arrives for Bahamas independence celebrations
blessing and rededication service for the institution. “We had to do the same for the main residence, same for the Windsor wing and the landscaping.” He could not definitively say how much the project SEE page seven
‘Other lines of inquiry’ requested in MP rape claim By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net THE director of public prosecutions has instructed the police to pursue “other lines of inquiry” in the investigation of an MP accused of abusing his ex-girlfriend, police Commissioner Clayton Fernander said yesterday.
HUNDREDS of US sailors in crisp white uniforms lined the landing deck of the USS WASP as it arrived yesterday to help The Bahamas mark its 50th anniversary of independence. See story PAGE EIGHT. Photo: US Embassy
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Gibson: I performed Jury discharged in Gibson trial for protocol breach citizenship oaths too
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
THE jury in Adrian Gibson’s corruption trial was discharged yesterday after a Supreme Court judge dismissed two jurors for failing to obey protocols. A jury of entirely new people must now be empaneled, an exercise scheduled for July 24 in a trial that has already faced several
Long Island MP Adrian Gibson delays. During cross-examination before Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson, a woman
juror admitted to discussing the case out of court. She said she discussed the trial with her husband to determine if he was related to Mr Gibson. She said her husband confirmed that Mr Gibson is his distant relative. Justice Grant-Thompson discharged her because she spoke with a relative about the case despite explicit instructions not to. She
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By LETRE SWEETING Tribune Staff Reporter lsweeting@tribunemedia.net FORMER Immigration Minister Shane Gibson said he always administered citizenship oaths, adding that the ceremony granting the status has sometimes been performed in people’s homes. SEE page four