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No solution to Valley Boys RIFT Breakaway group told by chairman ‘find another name’ By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net THE leader of the original Valley Boys group yesterday accused the breakaway group of trying to sabotage it through public attacks and urged that group to “find another name”. Brian Adderley,
chairman of the original group, broke his silence yesterday on the split that has raised questions about the future of the iconic Junkanoo participant. The extent of the division was apparent during last month’s Labour Day parade when two groups participated under the SEE page Three
Not all Downtown Vendors happy since port’s opening By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net DOWNTOWN vendors are divided about the profitability of business since the Nassau Cruise Port opened in 2023, with cruise port vendors saying business has been good, while straw market vendors say tourists aren’t buying their
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goods. The $300m cruise port officially opened on May 26, 2023 and has several Bahamian restaurants, hair braiders, and vendor booths catering to cruise passengers. When The Tribune visited the port yesterday, several cruise passengers bought SEE page Four
Passengers, including thirty students, arrive at Lynden Pindling International Airport last evening after being evacuated from Jamaica to New Providence in anticipation of Hurricane Beryl which is expected to make landfall on the island nation today. Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell, Minister of Education and Technical and Vocational Training Glenys HannaMartin and Minister of Labour and Public Service Pia Glover-Rolle were at LPIA to greet them. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff BY LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net MORE than 30 Bahamians were airlifted home from Jamaica last night in a Bahamasair jet sent to
evacuate residents threatened by Hurricane Beryl. The 35-member group, which included 33 Bahamians and two Caribbean nationals - an Anguillan and Turks and Caicos Islander - arrived in New
Providence late on Tuesday night and was greeted by relatives and friends when they landed at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) after 9pm. SEE page five
Yoga retreat criticised by friend of Casey By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net A CLOSE friend of missing American Taylor Casey said it appeared the leaders of the yoga retreat Ms Casey visited were struggling to keep a “linear and cohesive narrative” regarding her disappearance. NBC Chicago reported yesterday that Colette Seymore, Ms Casey’s mother, alleged in a statement to
the station that she had to “beg” to talk to people at Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat Bahamas, who then appeared to share rehearsed information. The statement claimed the yoga retreat’s lead manager recalled that two days before the 41-yearold’s disappearance, an “unidentified man with a walk-talkie” was seen walking near the area where Ms SEE page three
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