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TEEN GIRL ACCUSED OF THREE MURDERS
18-year-old also charged with three attempted murders and string of firearm and robberies - in just one week By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net AN 18-year-old woman was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged with three murders, three attempted murders and a string of firearm and robbery offences stemming from a series of killings and other crimes last week.
Diamonique Webster is accused of taking part in three separate murders within about 20 hours between August 21 and 22, as well as an armed robbery and an alleged shootout with police. She appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Ancella Evans on three TEEN - SEE PAGE FIVE
JUDGE SAYS HOMEMAKER’S Vendors protest over Cabbage Beach fence ROLE EQUALS BREADWINNER FREE Town MP Lincoln Deal speaks with protesters at Cabbage Beach over a fence erected near Four Seasons yesterday.
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
A FENCE erected across part of Cabbage Beach this week will be removed after vendors who have worked there for decades warned that it threatened businesses they rely on to raise families, pay mortgages and put children through school.
The Ministry of Tourism described the developer’s decision to erect the fence as “regrettable” and said the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection had intervened. The ministry said it had previously met the developers to discuss their plans and understood that a site walkthrough would take place before proposed works proceeded so their impact on vendors could be assessed.
Instead, vendors said they arrived at the Paradise Island beach and found workers erecting the fence without being told how they would continue operating. Once the fence is removed, the ministry said discussions will continue among the developers, DEPP, affected vendors and ministry officials BEACH - SEE PAGE THREE
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net A SUPREME Court judge has reinforced that homemakers must not be treated as making a lesser contribution to a marriage than breadwinners, as she divided more than $400,000
in property between a divorced Grand Bahama couple. Justice Constance Delancy said a matrimonial partnership can operate through a division of labour and courts should not discriminate between the RULING - SEE PAGE FOUR
Govt drops 31 Cuban teachers amid US pressure over labour By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Davis administration will not renew the contracts of 31 Cuban teachers ahead of the new school year, while the recruitment of Cuban medical personnel remains on hold amid continuing talks with US officials over the
status of Cuban healthcare workers in The Bahamas. The decisions mark the latest changes involving Cuban workers as the administration navigates US concerns about Cuba’s overseas labour programmes. Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville told The Tribune yesterday that negotiations with
US officials over Cuban healthcare professionals are continuing and said officials will meet Cuban Ambassador Juan Carlos Marcof Sánchez on Monday to discuss the way forward. However, The Tribune understands that the Public Hospitals Authority has also not extended CUBANS - SEE PAGE FOUR
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HEALTH Minister Dr Michael Darville.