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STORM WARNING • Northern Bahamas under tropical storm warning • School closures announced for Northern and Central Bahamas By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net WEATHER forecasters and government officials yesterday announced school closures, warned of possible power outages, and urged residents in the northern and northwest Bahamas to brace for strong winds and heavy rain as Hurricane Milton nears, despite The Bahamas being expected to avoid a direct hit. Abaco and Grand Bahama are expected to face the most severe impacts from the system starting SEE page Five Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis speaking at a national address concerning preparations for Hurricane Milton. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr
Davis rules out formal Deleveaux: No charges to be brought Dad of teen inquiry on dorian deaths against officer that shot family’s dog killed in bike By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said investigations into Hurricane Dorian-related deaths are ongoing “administratively” to guide future actions, as his administration decided to fore go a more formal inquiry
that he once suggested might be necessary. His comment came after The Tribune asked about his previous calls for an independent inquiry — either by outside police investigators or through a commission of inquiry — to determine the fate of those still missing in Abaco and
crash seeks answers
By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
DEPUTY Commissioner of Police Leamond Deleveaux said “no charges will be brought against the officers” involved in the tragic shooting of a family’s dog four months ago, a decision that has left the owner, Silvan Ferguson, angry. When Tiana Ferguson opened her home door to the police in June, allowing her dog, Milo, to escape outside, she
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By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
POLICE looking for a man wearing an ankle bracelet at the wrong residence end up shooting and killing a family’s pet dog Sunday (dog pictured here with his family previously)
Capo demands $600m damages from Genting By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net Resorts World Bimini’s original developer is demanding its Genting partner pay more than $600m in damages for allegedly turning the project into a “financial wasteland” via a nearbillion dollar liability “dump”. The spectacular
breakdown in the longstanding relationship between Gerardo Capo’s RAV Bahamas and the multi-billion dollar Malaysian conglomerate is revealed in a lawsuit filed with the south Florida federal court on Monday, with the former asserting that “a massive and co-ordinated fraud” has left the real estate and other assets it contributed to their Bimini
partnership “essentially worthless”. RAV Bahamas is essentially accusing Genting of using its 78 percent majority ownership, plus Board and management control, to conceal how it funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars in liabilities incurred elsewhere in its global empire on to the Bimini resort’s books. FULL story - see business
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THE father of a teen killed in a traffic accident involving a car belonging to a senior judge wants closure and answers from the police about the circumstances of his son’s death. SEE page Four
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