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Family grieves for Mom and daughter Third person also dies after morning traffic collision By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunmedia.net A MOTHER and her daughter were killed in a violent car crash early Saturday morning, a tragedy that has left their family struggling to cover burial costs. Yesterday, a third person in the car, a 33-year-old man, was also pronounced dead.
Cannabis Authority’s work ‘moving too slowly’
Among those grieving is Guy Timber Louidor, who had moved to New Providence just two months ago to live with the women: his sister, Natasha David, 41, and her daughter, Nayka Saint Fleur, 24. He said he urged his niece not to go out Friday night, worried about a nearby shooting.
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net A DIRECTOR on the Cannabis Authority says the authority’s work is moving too slowly. “Almost like everything in our country, it’s just slow, almost to a stop,” said Bishop Simeon Hall, who also served as co-chair of the former Marijuana Commission. He urged policymakers to consider small-time users. “Redeem the little
MOM and Daughter - SEE page five
China: Is there a US loan proposal on the table? By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net THE Chinese embassy has challenged the United States to say whether it ever offered The Bahamas a competing loan for a new hospital, after the US criticised the Davis administration’s $195m agreement with Beijing.
CANNABIS - SEE page four
“Is there a US loan proposal at all on the table?” the embassy asked in a statement released yesterday, describing American concerns as “baseless and absurd”. The sharp response came days after US chargé d’affaires Kimberly Furnish said Chinese investments PROPOSAL - SEE page three
Opponents of East Bay condo hotel fear it’s ‘a done deal’ Mother and daughter, Natasha David and Nayka Saint Fleur, pose together. Both were killed in a traffic collision early saturday morning.
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
Sebas rejects pastor’s claim that he is trying to reinvent himself
Opponents of a proposed East Bay Street condo hotel and marina yesterday voiced suspicions it was “a done deal” after the project received its conditional go-ahead despite their protests. Neighbours of the Grantanna Holdings development say the project is akin to “putting ten pounds of potatoes in a five-pound bag” with the land simply too small to contain all the proposed amenities.
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net SEBAS Bastian has defended his role in the rise of the web shop industry, rejecting calls from a prominent pastor to repent for what the clergyman described as years of profiting off the poor.
His comments came in a letter to the editor published today, responding to an open letter from Pastor Lyall Bethel in Monday’s Tribune. The pastor urged Mr Bastian to repent for his role in legalised web shop gaming, describing it as a morally corrosive industry REINVENT - SEE page four
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