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‘Hoping for miracle’ in Blue Hole Search Man vanishes on the same day family buries grandmother
‘We’re so proud of you’
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
that her father, Douglas McHardy, was an experienced diver and fisherman who loved the The daughter water. of a 50-year-old On Saturday, man who vanhe attended his ished in Long mother-in-law’s Island’s Dean’s funeral with his Blue Hole on family before the same day the heading to a local family buried her restaurant and grandmother is then to the beach holding out hope Douglas McHardy near Dean’s Blue for a miracle. Hole around Nakita Headley, 32, told The Tribune SEE page three
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net ALTHOUGH The Bahamas failed to win a medal at the Olympics for the first time in 36 years, Minister of Youth, Sports, and Culture Mario Bowleg congratulated Bahamian athletes and emphasised how impressive it is to qualify for the sporting extravaganza. “The Bahamas has a proud and storied history at the Olympics, and this
Man found shot to death in South Beach is 79th murder By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net POLICE are investigating a fatal shooting in South Beach that has raised this year’s murder count to 79. Around 2.30pm on August 10, police received reports of an unresponsive man lying in a ditch near a dirt road off Holiday Drive,
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leading to the South Beach canals. Officers found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso. Emergency medical services found no signs of life. Witnesses reported that the man was last seen walking with another person shortly before gunshots
Abaco Residents are sceptical shelter ready by year’s end By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
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saying The Bahamas lags behind the region in the growth of stopover visitors. The previous record of 3.99 million passengers was set in 2019, and LPIA is on track to surpass its alltime calendar year record of 4.1 million passengers by
DISASTER Risk Management Authority officials say a long-awaited hurricane shelter in Abaco will be completed by the end of the year, but Abaco residents are sceptical. DRM managing director Aarone Sargent announced Thursday that the shelter in Central Pines, Abaco, is expected to be finished at $4.5m, including “relative change orders”. The facility is designed to accommodate 200 people during a hurricane.
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Devynne Charlton embraces American Masai Russell after the women’s 100m hurdles finals. Russell took the gold medal while Charlton placed sicth in the finals.
4m passengers new airport record By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net
THE Nassau Airport Development Company said the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) welcomed a record 4.06 million passengers in fiscal year 2024,
a milestone in the airport’s recovery from the pandemic. This news comes amid concerns about the country’s ability to increase its share of stopover visitors. Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard has repeatedly criticised the country’s performance,
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