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Volume: 122 No. 166, July 23, 2025
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VICTIM’S SISTER: ‘PEOPLE SO COLD’ Relative of man who was run over twice says he has long recovery ahead By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A MAN who was struck in a hit-and-run, then rolled over by a second vehicle in an incident captured on a viral video, has suffered a broken spine, four fractured ribs, a broken leg, punctured lungs, and internal bleeding. He has been identified as 29-year-old Winchester “Chester” Robinson. The
incident has sparked public outrage, but as of Tuesday, no one has come forward to take responsibility. His sister, Shonda Robinson, said he remains in critical condition and may require multiple surgeries. “One of the doctors said that he’s going to be in there a little while,” she said. “Surgery-wise, we could only pray. He’s broken up. He’s in critical condition. RECOVERY - SEE PAGE FOUR
RIGHTS GROUP: GIVE UPDATE ON ‘degrading’ video by officers By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net HUMAN Rights Bahamas is demanding an update into the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s handling of a disturbing incident involving a detained woman, after National Security Minister
Wayne Munroe confirmed that the viral video of the woman defecating on a police station floor violated force policy. The rights group condemned the treatment captured in the video as “inhumane” and INHUMANE - SEE PAGE FIVE
THE CORAL at Atlantis on Paradise Island is expecting to close for as much as eight weeks.
Coral Towers faces eight-week costs mount closure amid visitor slowdown TO RETRIEVE By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net ATLANTIS last night confirmed its Coral Towers complex will “temporarily close” after August 17 for what union leaders suggested
will be an eight-week period due to a “significant dropoff” in bookings. Vaughn Roberts, the Paradise Island mega resort’s executive vice-president of administration and strategic initiatives, in an e-mail response to Tribune Business
inquiries confirmed the move although he provided few other details while suggesting it was consistent with actions taken in prior years during the slower part of the tourism calendar. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
Govt moving ahead on proposed Junkanoo bill despite JCNP protest By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Davis administration says it will move ahead with consultations on a National Junkanoo Authority bill, despite the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence
suspending all activities in protest over what it calls a rollback of self-governance and an attempt to centralise control. The JCNP, which has managed New Providence’s major Junkanoo parades since 2004, voted SUSPENDED - SEE PAGE FIVE
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By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net THE family of Shadrack Stuart says it is facing nearly $17,000 in costs to retrieve his body from Haiti, after the Bahamian man was killed in a suspected drug operation earlier this month. From paying locals to pull Stuart’s body from the sea, to morgue fees and inter-island transport, the family claims they have been left to manage the process alone, with no firm assistance from Bahamian officials. BODY - SEE PAGE THREE