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Volume: 123 No. 149, Monday, June 29, 2026
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FOUR DEAD IN CAR CARRYING EIGHT Early Sunday crash kills group of young college hopefuls By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter Jrussell@tribunemedia.net
FOUR young women died in a traffic accident yesterday. From left: Betrica Brown, Diamond Stubbs and Stania Webb, who died along with another unnamed young woman in an early Sunday morning crash on Shirley Street.
FOUR young women from Cat Island were killed in a devastating Shirley Street crash on Sunday morning, shattering families, a school community and university dreams just weeks before some of the victims were expected to leave The Bahamas for college. Most of the eight occupants in the vehicle had
MAN SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS National Security Minister IN CHILD SEX ASSAULT CASE troubled by assault reports By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A MAN was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Friday for the sexual assault of a child in the family islands in 2022, resulting in pregnancy. Jakyle Barry, 23, was sentenced for 11 counts
of unlawful sexual intercourse before Justice Renae McKay. Barry pleaded guilty to the charges last November. Barry, then 19, began an illegal sexual relationship with a 12-year-old girl on a family island in PRISON - SEE PAGE FOUR
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net NATIONAL Security Minister Myles Laroda said he has seen numerous reports of women being sexually assaulted since taking office one month ago, calling the cases a troubling
known each other since childhood. Among those killed were Diamond Stubbs, 17, Betrica Brown, 19, and Stania Webb, 19. The Tribune could not confirm the identity of the fourth victim up to press time. Residents of Cat Island described the tragedy as a nightmare, saying the close-knit community was struggling to absorb the loss of so many young lives. Family members flew to TRAGEDY - SEE PAGE THREE
Beat Retreat held yesterday on Bay Street
theme in the daily crime reports he receives from the Commissioner of Police. Mr Laroda made the comment after he was asked whether police are seeing an increase in sexual crimes against women following reports that a 91-year-old ASSAULT - SEE PAGE FOUR
BAHAMAS RECORDS 142 NEW HIV CASES DURING 2025 By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net ONE hundred and forty two newly reported HIV cases were recorded in The Bahamas in 2025, with men accounting for more than 60 percent of cases and people aged 30 to 39 representing the largest affected group,
according to National HIV/ AIDS and Infectious Diseases Programme Director Dr Nikia Forbes. Dr Forbes said health officials are studying why men and people in that age group represented the largest share of newly reported cases, noting that the trend HIV - SEE PAGE EIGHT
THE ROYAL Bahamas Police Force Marching Band performs during the Beat Retreat on Bay Street yesterday. See PAGE TWO Photo: Shawn Hanna
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