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Volume: 121 No.198, September 9, 2024
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‘WHY NO ANSWERS ON AZARIO DEATH?’ Major’s father calls on AG and PM to intervene for justice By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net AZARIO Major’s father fears the public may never learn the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution’s recommendation on whether officers who killed his son should be prosecuted, given the police commissioner’s silence in
Biker dies in Go Slow crash
previous police-involved killings. The Tribune understands that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions sent a recommendation to Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander last month, more than a year after the Coroner’s Court ruled that Azario Major’s killing was a SEE PAGE FOUR
LEGAL HELP SOUGHT ON WHICH VALLEY BOYS GET SEED FUNDS By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net AFTER a meeting between warring Valley Boys factions failed to resolve their dispute yesterday, the Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Culture will consult “legal minds” to determine which faction will receive the seed money
and the opportunity to rush on Bay Street as a category A-group, according to Minister Mario Bowleg. Although Junkanoo Corporation of The Bahamas chairman Dion Miller had insisted that the faction led by Brian Adderley would get the funds because it registered for the Boxing SEE PAGE FIVE
THE SCENE west of Go Slow Bend on West Bay Street where a motorcyclist believed to be in his teens was killed after being in collision with an SUV last night. See PAGE FOUR for story. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Alston appointed chairperson of BPL ‘I could back as Davis looks to reform energy sector SHORT BAN ON FOREIGN entertaIners’ CHRISTINA Alston has been appointed chairperson of Bahamas Power and Light, replacing Pedro Rolle. Her appointment comes months after she was
appointed a director on BPL’s board and comes as the Davis administration tries to significantly reform the electricity provider. She served as chief operating officer at BPL from
2017 to 2019 before resigning under controversial circumstances. In March, the government said: “Her leadership SEE PAGE FOUR
FOMRER MP AND JUDGE FACING ASSETS SEIZURE By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net AUTHORITIES were yesterday said to be moving to seize assets owned by an ex-MP and former Supreme Court judge in a bid to satisfy a multi-million dollar judgment obtained against him. Well-placed sources,
speaking on condition of anonymity, told Tribune Business that the provost marshall - acting upon a Supreme Court Order - is now seeking to secure real estate, properties and other valuable assets thought to be owned by Elliott Lockhart KC with locks said to have been changed and padlocks put in place. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net LABOUR director Howard Thompson said he could support a 30-day moratorium on short-term work permits involving foreign artists and entertainers. His comment came after the United Artists Bahamas Union (UABU) raised concerns last week about the “unchecked” influx of foreign entertainers in the country. The union accuses the Bahamas Musicians and Entertainers Union SEE PAGE FIVE