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Volume: 122 No. 218, October 6, 2025
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PINEWOOD TIRED OF YEARS OF PROMISES Decades of wading through flood water has residents angry By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net AFTER decades of wading through floodwater and replacing ruined furniture, Pinewood Gardens residents voiced frustration and hope as officials unveiled a $20 million drainage plan aimed at finally ending the
community’s long-standing flooding crisis, which was worsened recently by Tropical Storm Imelda, which inundated large parts of the neighbourhood. Many at the Ministry of Works town-hall meeting said they were exhausted by years of promises that never materialised. One FLOOD - SEE PAGE FOUR
FOUR-YEAR-OLD WHO SAW DAD MURDERED STILL TRAUMATISED By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl who witnessed her father’s murder still plays with dolls as if speaking to him, a haunting reflection of the trauma she carries months after the brutal shooting. Samantha Clarke,
grandmother of the child and mother of 24-year-old murder victim Quintero Arnett, said her granddaughter often uses two dolls—one for herself and one for her father—to act out their conversations. “If you watch her sometimes, she ask the doll how you feeling? You feeling TRAUMA- SEE PAGE THREE
MEMBERS of a joint drug taskforce unload suspected cocaine from an airplane at Odyssey Aviation yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Over $12m in drugs seized by law enforcement operations on weekend COUPLE’S MARITAL FIGHT ERUPTS IN COURT BATTLE LAW ENFORCEMENT agencies seized nearly $12.3m worth of suspected cocaine in two major drug operations over the weekend, one on Cat Island and another on Grand Bahama. In the larger bust, officers recovered 359 kilograms of
suspected cocaine valued at $7.81m during a joint operation in southern Cat Island on Saturday. According to police, the operation involved officers from the Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), OPBAT, and US counterparts. Acting
on intelligence, the team travelled by helicopter from New Providence and, with assistance from local officers, searched an area near McQueens where two men were allegedly found hiding COCAINE - SEE PAGE THREE
After Miller’s death, voter support HELLO fractured in long-held PLP seat MORNING! Maple Edition
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THE death of Vaughn Miller has created a vacant seat and exposed deep fractures in voter confidence, with long-time Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) supporters disillusioned, some pledging to defect, and others questioning whether
politics itself can deliver meaningful change. Residents who spoke to The Tribune on Saturday described a constituency starved of attention, where potholes deepen, costs soar, and many say their representative’s presence in the community had waned long before his sudden passing VOTERS - SEE PAGE FIVE
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By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A MARRIED couple were warned in court on Friday after arguing about their marital problems before a magistrate. At one stage, Rima BainKing accused her husband — her partner of 18 years and husband of four — of having an affair, even pointing to a woman in court she claimed had been his “sweetheart” for five weeks. Senior Magistrate Algernon Allen Jr repeatedly MARITAL - SEE PAGE FIVE