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DID MARINES DO DUTY IN ATTACK? Officers relieved and probe starts over smashed Columbus By FARRAH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter fjohnson@tribunemedia.net ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Raymond King said the officers who were on duty when a man trespassed on Government House property and partially destroyed a statue of Christopher Columbus have been relieved of their duties. On Saturday afternoon, a man was arrested for damaging the monument with a sledgehammer. Video footage capturing the man shouting “I bringing
him down” while causing extensive destruction to the statue made the rounds on social media over the weekend. Police were dispatched to the scene around 1.20pm. When they arrived, they arrested the man who was also found with a bullet proof vest for which he could not give a satisfactory account. Police said he was taken into custody for damage to government property and unlawful possession. Investigations into this matter are ongoing. SEE PAGE THREE
ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder revealed on Friday that his team may have to re-prosecute defendants whose voluntary bill of indictments were signed by African prosecutor David Bakibinga. He made the revelation
after a Supreme Court Judge ruled that Mr Bakibinga’s signature on a particular Voluntary Bill of Indictment (VBI) was “invalid” because he was not approved for practice by the Bahamas Bar. The ruling was handed down by Supreme Court judge Deborah Fraser on Thursday. SEE PAGE FIVE
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COVID DEATH TALLY PASSES 600 MILESTONE
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas achieved another grim milestone over the weekend after the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths reached 605, with one senior physician warning the country could be grappling with another coronavirus surge. Forty-eight virus related deaths were reported in data released by the Ministry of Health between October 3 and October 10. SEE PAGE FOUR
DAVIS: ENOUGH TO WARRANT WSC INVESTIGATION
CASES SIGNED BY AFRICAN MAY GO BACK TO COURT By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
FACE TO FACE: MENTAL HEALTH IN THE PANDEMIC
THE COLUMBUS statue at Government House with an arm and a leg missing after being attacked with a sledgehammer on Saturday. Photo: Racardo Thomas/Tribune Staff
FOX ‘EARNED $300K FROM TRAFFICKING’ CLAIM By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
ISLAND Luck’s cofounder allegedly earned up to $300,000 from human trafficking, US federal prosecutors have asserted, as they urged a New York judge to jail him for up to six months. Jordan Estes, an assistant US attorney, in an October 8, 2021, letter to Judge Denise Cote, argued that Adrian Fox’s
ADRIAN FOX involvement in a more than decade-old scheme to smuggle illegal Chinese into Florida “warrants” a minor custodial sentence because
he “profited handsomely” from his involvement. Alleging that Mr Fox had played an active role in the trafficking of 100 Chinese nationals, the letter nevertheless acknowledged the Island Luck co-founder’s philanthropic activities in depressed Bahamian communities as well as “his efforts to cooperate with law enforcement” although no details were provided in relation to the latter. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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By FARRAH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter fjohnson@tribunemedia.net THERE is enough information in the public domain to “warrant an investigation” into contracts issued at the Water and Sewerage Corporation, according to Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis. Just weeks before he assumed office, Mr Davis called on the attorney general and the commissioner of police to instruct the Anti-Corruption Unit at the Royal Bahamas Police Force to launch an investigation into allegations SEE PAGE FIVE
PETER YOUNG: NON-VIOLENCE IN RESOLVING CONFLICT
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