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Volume: 120 No.145, August 1, 2023
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WITNESS: DEANGELO RAISED HANDS IN AIR Crowd shouted that man shot by police did not have a gun By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net TWO men testified about the chaos that consumed Masons Addition after police killed Deangelo Evans in 2018 and the crowd’s scepticism about officers’ claim that the 20-year-old had a gun. Edmund Lee and Dwight Johnson testified in the Coroners Court yesterday, one a cousin and the other
a friend who allegedly accompanied Evans before he was killed. Mr Lee lives across the street from where Evans was shot on Sandy Lane. He said he was cooking breakfast on May 27, 2018, when he saw Evans and Mr Johnson walk down McCullough Corner. He said he soon heard gunshots; his wife told him that Evans had been shot.
FNM VOTES FOR VIOLENCE BILL BUT SAYS IT IS NOT ENOUGH
Shanty blaze contained to one structure
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said although his party supported the passage of the Protection Against Violence Bill last week, it believes the legislation is inadequate. “We didn’t want to be on the wrong side of history that opposed any measure that was fighting violence in the country,” he said yesterday. “The desired impacts,
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MINNIS CONCERNED AS 19 PASSPORTS ARE MISSING By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune NEws Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE temporary misplacement of 19 passports at the Passport Office has sparked a police investigation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. Before the ministry’s statement was released, former Prime Minister Dr
Hubert Minnis questioned whether something untoward happened. “I’m very concerned that passports within the Passport Office were missing last week,” Dr Minnis told The Tribune. “What is the government doing to protect the national treasure? Will we have SEE PAGE THREE
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A FIREFIGHTER battling a blaze in a shanty town off Joe Farrington Road last night. See PAGE FOUR for more. Photo: Austin Fernander
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell defended the country’s efforts to counter human smuggling after an American newspaper highlighted the problem. In an article published last week, The Washington Post depicted human smuggling as the latest illicit
MINISTER of Foriegn Affairs Fred Mitchell activity gaining prominence in The Bahamas, following periods of drug and alcohol
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
smuggling and piracy. The Post’s journalists spoke of alleged smugglers who claimed that getting involved in human smuggling in the Bahamas is easy. In a voice note yesterday, Mr Mitchell said the portrait that emerged from the reporting is exaggerated. “There are facts involved like the fact of
ROYAL Caribbean International is nearing completion of its efforts to satisfy the requirements to have its Paradise Island Beach Club project fully approved. RCI hosted a public consultation event in June. Diane Phillips, RCI’s public relations representative in The Bahamas, said yesterday the company is finished answering questions related to the project’s environmental
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Mitchell defends BAhAMAs’ efforts on sMuggling By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
AtlAntis’ tone SOFTENS ON RCI BEACH PROJECT QUESTIONS
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