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Volume: 123 No. 162, Friday, July 17, 2026
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DAD GRIEVES SLAIN SON: ‘NOT THIS ONE’ ‘Hardworking’ handyman fatally wounded by two gunmen on a scooter By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE father of a quiet, ‘hardworking’ handyman gunned down by masked attackers Wednesday night is demanding answers, saying he could have believed gunmen were hunting his other son — but “not this one”. Dwight “Smily” Benjamin, 35, was shot dead shortly after 9pm after
Emotional memorial held for the five victims of fatal car crash
leaving a residence off Father Calnan Road, off Market Street. Police said two men approached on a scooter before one, dressed in a black jacket and white mask, climbed off and opened fire. The attack fatally wounded Benjamin and plunged his family into disbelief, with relatives struggling to understand GRIEF - SEE PAGE TWO
BPL outage rebate is just $8.45 per home By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net BAHAMAS Power and Light customers will receive just $8.45 each under a rebate initiative tied to more than $610,000 in regulatory fines. The disclosure came one day after the Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority announced
that more than 72,000 residential customers would share the money, but did not reveal how little each household would receive. BPL said eligible New Providence customers will receive the one-time credit automatically during the July billing period. The $8.45 will appear in the “adjustment” section of REBATE - SEE PAGE FIVE
TWO women comfort each other as family and friends gathered for a memorial service at the William Thompson Auditorium for the five young people who died in a car crash on Shirley Street on June 28. Photo: Nikia Charlton By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter Ebowleg@tribunemedia.net A NEAR-capacity crowd packed the William Thompson Auditorium last night as grieving families, friends
and national leaders gathered to honour the five teenagers whose lives were cut short in last month's Shirley Street crash. The emotional memorial celebrated the lives of Bertrica Brown, 18, Diamond Stubbs, 17, Stania Webb,
19, Evalena Johnson, 19, and Keno Gordon Jr, 19, all recent high school graduates whose futures were only beginning to unfold. Many attendees wore memorial MEMORIAL - SEE PAGE THREE
CAPTAIN PLEADS GUILTY TO $4M US DRUG BUST By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A BAHAMIAN boat captain accused of carrying about $4 million worth of cocaine aboard a vessel owned by former National Security Minister Marvin Dames and his wife has agreed to plead guilty and is asking a US judge to
sentence him to between nine and 11 years in prison. Malcolm Goodman, 31, a former employee of Mr Dames, struck a plea deal with US prosecutors after weeks of negotiations and agreed to admit possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Goodman initially denied the charges but later changed his plea under an
agreement requiring prosecutors to dismiss a second count of importing a controlled substance. US authorities arrested Goodman on February 11 after intercepting the 45-foot M/V Reel Xperience about four miles off Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He told officers he had PLEA - SEE PAGE THREE
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