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‘global oil must pay climate fund’
Defendant cites odd reasons for failed free ftx lawsuit help
Davis: “We cannot afford another decade of empty pledges” By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said fossil fuel companies should contribute two percent of their profits to a climate fund that aids vulnerable countries, noting the Attorney General is pushing the International Court of
Justice to compel firms to pay because they may not do so willingly. Mr Davis made the comments in an interview with the Associated Press. Caribbean leaders agreed to call for a two percent levy on oil exports to fund loss and damage for climate-vulnerable countries
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
A “magic mushrooms” co-defendant cited multiple attempts to poison him as just one of numerous bizarre explanations for why he failed to deliver a Bahamian lawsuit on behalf of FTX victims. Jan Biere, a Dutch national with permanent residency in The Bahamas, variously blamed a $34,000 tax bill from The Netherlands’ revenue authorities; burns and other injuries suffered in an alleged “gas bomb” explosion; and efforts by his parents-inlaw to gain custody of his daughter for why he was unable to initiate promised “free” litigation against Sam Bankman-Fried and other directors over FTX’s implosion.
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PM slammed for not fixing act he deemed dangerous By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net LEGISLATORS passed amendments to the National Crime Intelligence Agency Act yesterday –– but not before Michael Pintard condemned Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis for failing to confront provisions he deemed “dangerous” and
“unconstitutional” while in opposition. Mr Pintard said despite the amendments, the law was largely the same as the one the Minnis administration passed in 2019. In 2019, Mr Davis expressed concern about the minister’s authority to issue specific and general directives that the agency’s SEE page three
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Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis debates a new bill in the House of Assembely yesterday. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr
Outrage over ‘appalling’ outcome in elderly woman’s rape trial By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
A NINE-year prison sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to multiple violent crimes, including the rape of an elderly woman, sparked outrage from female Free National Movement (FNM) members yesterday, with Senator Michela BarnettEllis calling the outcome
FNM Senator Michela BarnettEllis “appalling”. However, National
Security Minister Wayne Munroe noted that sexual offences often have high acquittal rates, implying that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions may have considered several factors and found the plea arrangement acceptable. Joel Strachan, 22, pleaded guilty to rape, housebreaking, four counts of armed
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