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Volume: 122 No. 155, July 7, 2025
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PINTARD: EMERGENCY OVER NATION’S YOUTH Opposition leader pledges action by FNM administration By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net FREE National Movement (FNM) leader Michael Pintard has declared the findings of the Ministry of Health’s Global School Health Report a “national emergency” demanding immediate and compassionate action, warning that The Bahamas
Mervie’s ATTORNEY walks free ‘vindicated’
risks losing a generation to mental health crises, violence, and substance abuse. Mr Pintard described the report as painting a “deeply troubling picture” of Bahamian youth, with teens facing rising violence, social disconnection, and overwhelming economic pressures. He stressed that nearly every mental health
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net MERVIE Knowles’ attorney, David Cash, has been acquitted by a Grand Bahama magistrate, who ruled that his actions reflected an attorney passionately defending his client’s rights, clearing him of disorderly conduct and obscene language charges stemming from his controversial arrest in Freeport last year. Mr Cash said he feels vindicated by the outcome and is considering taking legal action over the incident. The New Providence
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‘Ministry of finance used as private atM for chosen few’ By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net OPPOSITION leader Michael Pintard accused the Davis administration of turning the Ministry of Finance into what he called a private ATM by awarding nearly half a million dollars in no-bid contracts for Christmas decorations. However, the government quickly rejected
the claims, defending the spending as lawful, transparent and supportive of Bahamian businesses. “When the Ministry of Finance functions less like a watchdog and more like a private ATM for a handchosen few, you know the system is broken,” said Mr Pintard. Mr Pintard pointed to Department of Public SEE PAGE SEVEN
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‘A miracle I survived boat accident horror’ when he was struck by a speeding boat, its propeller tearing through his lower body. From his ICU bed at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Mr Slough told The Tribune over the weekend: “It’s a miracle I
A 26-YEAR-OLD Bahamian man was shot and killed in Nashville, Tennessee, early Saturday morning following a dispute over rent money, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD). Police said they found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the breezeway of an apartment complex. He was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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BRENT SLOUGH, seen here in ICU at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, was snorkelling just 20 feet from shore at Tar Bay Beach on June 30 when he was struck by a speeding boat, its propeller tearing through his lower body. Photo: Slough family By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net AN American tourist who narrowly survived a brutal boating accident in Exuma said it is a miracle he survived. He is urging authorities
to improve emergency medical resources on the island, saying he owes his life to the kindness of strangers but fears others may not be so fortunate. Brent Slough, 42, of Prosper, Texas, was snorkelling just 20 feet from shore at Tar Bay Beach on June 30
BAHAMIAN MAN shot dead in tennessee in rent dispute
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