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BLACKOUT New Providence hit by power outage as generators trip By Fay Simmons and Lynaire Munnings Tribune Staff Reporters RESIDENTS across New Providence experienced power outages around 9pm last night after two generators at the Bahamas Power and Light Clifton Pier Station tripped. Some reported intermittent power outages. BPL communications manager Arnette Ingraham said the outage affected several areas, including SEE page three Production crew work to erect a stage ahead of Goombay on Bay in Parliament Square during a blackout on August 15, 2024. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
AG submits legal brief on Govt urged to act as two climate change to the ICJ vessels damaging reef By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas has formally submitted a legal brief to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) addressing positions filed by various countries regarding
climate change, according to Attorney General Ryan Pinder. Mr Pinder announced earlier this year that the country supported a United Nations Resolution requesting an advisory SEE page three
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
THE Bahamas National Trust (BNT) and its partners are urging the government to ensure the removal of two vessels stranded in a protected marine area in Abaco since March, citing significant environmental damage to coral reefs and
the loss of sand. A barge and tugboat became stuck in Fowl Cays National Park, a protected area managed by the BNT, after encountering rough seas en route to Baker’s Bay, Abaco, on March 27. Despite multiple attempts to remove the vessels, the BNT said efforts have been unsuccessful due SEE page two
The scene on South Ocean Road where the body of a man was found in adjacent waters yesterday. Photos: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Two men dead in under 24 hours in Bimini and Nassau By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
Aerial photo of the vessels grounded in the Fowl Cays National Park, which threatens the surrounding coral reefs the longer they remain there. Photo: BNT
THE Royal Bahamas Police Force is investigating two separate murders — one in Bimini and another a man found with stab wounds and his hands and
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feet bound in New Providence — bringing the year’s homicide count to 81. In North Bimini, 32-yearold James Sands of Abaco was shot dead on Thursday afternoon at Fisherman’s Village Marina. Police are searching for a SEE page two