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PREVENTION OR PROSECUTION?
PM says priority must be tackling causes of crime not just catching criminals LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis has described as “alarming” this year’s current rise in cases of murder. On Tuesday, Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander revealed homicides were up by 21 when compared with 2021. He also said there was a rise of 49 percent in armed robberies so far this year. In response Mr Davis said his administration
plans to tackle escalating violence by placing more focus on crime prevention rather than detection. “We don’t embrace it and we will do all that we can to try to reverse that trend,” Mr Davis told reporters. “And we start not from after the murders would have taken place, but we’re going to put more emphasis in prevention rather than detecting because we think that if we work to identify the root causes of the challenges our young people SEE PAGE THREE
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis says plans are underway to set up vaccination sites at school campuses in an effort to get more children inoculated against COVID-19. Mr Davis gave the comments to reporters after touring several government schools under renovation in
the capital yesterday. He was asked whether his administration planned to lift the mask mandate for children in schools for the new semester. Currently, children aged five and older are eligible to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the country. Last month, France donated 24,000 paediatric SEE PAGE FIVE
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MEMBER of the national women’s basketball team appeared in court yesterday accused of trying to use a fake police record to travel through Lynden Pindling International Airport. Leashja Grant, 27, and Antonio Percentie, 27, both faced Acting Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain on fraud charges. Grant was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud by false pretences, possession of a forged document and uttering a forged document. Percentie was charged with abetment to possession of a forged document. SEE PAGE SEVEN
‘LEARN TO SWIM’ - A WARNING TO PARENTS
VACCINE FACILITIES TO BE SITED ON CAMPUS LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
NATIONAL PLAYER IN FORGERY OFFENCE
By LETRE SWEETING
LADIES PREFER DIAMONDS ANOTHER gold for Bahamian Shaunae Miller-Uibo, as she wins the final of the women’s 400m during the Diamond League athletics meeting at the Louis II stadium in Monaco yesterday. See SPORTS for the full story. Photo: Daniel Cole/AP
SWIM instructors have echoed police warnings to parents to make certain that their children are supervised while swimming. Dionisio Carey, a former competitive swimmer and swim instructor at Evolve functional fitness, said that recent drownings and water incidents have caused a spike in people wanting to learn to swim. “We’ve had a big spike in our adult learnto-swim programmes, to the point where our adult learnto-swim classes now are pretty much filling up daily,” Mr Carey said yesterday. SEE PAGE FOUR
SCHOOL REPAIR TO MEET DEADLINE LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
THE Ministry of Education is moving full steam ahead with plans to revamp and redevelop public schools, according to Education Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin. The minister said yesterday at least two schools - including Government High - were in “deplorable condition”.
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hann-Martin speaking yesterday. Photo: Austin Fernander She also said T A Thompson Junior High had significant challenges.
Despite the task at hand, Mrs Hanna-Martin said the repairs of all schools will be completed by the start of the new school year. The minister said a key priority for her ministry is not only to get children safely back in the classrooms, but to also create an environment conducive to learning. Her comments came as she toured several schools SEE PAGE FIVE
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