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Volume: 118 No.222, October 14, 2021
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MURDER RATE RISES BY 61%
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Police Commissioner hails overall crime drop - but denies curfew played part By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle revealed yesterday a 26 percent increase in crimes against the person, with nearly all criminal offenses in that category including murder, robberies and rape trending upward this year. Regarding murder specifically, that category increase
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by 61 percent. Despite the uptick in these serious offenses, the police chief highlighted a two percent decrease in overall crime. The new crime stats were released yesterday shedding light on the increased level of crimes against the person, which took place between January 1 and September 30 this year. SEE PAGE THREE
SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED IN APRIL JEROME AVENUE MASSACRE By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
POLICE Commissioner Paul Rolle says officers are “actively” searching for several suspects some of whom are believed to have left town following the mass shooting on Jerome Avenue that left six men dead in April. Another person of interest, he added, is believed to have died since the incident. The police chief made the revelation during a virtual press conference yesterday when asked for an update on the investigation into the April 15 shooting.
He told reporters: “We have identified suspects in that particular incident, and I have a team of officers who are actively searching... I do not wish to as I said then to put that information in the public for reasons I have already explained. “I do believe that (a) couple of those individuals have skipped town and at least one is already deceased but we will find them and they will have to come back home to nest and when they do, we will be there waiting.” SEE PAGE FIVE
FOR the first time since the COVID pandemic began, five cruise ships pulled into port in a single day yesterday, bringing up to 10,000 passengers to visit as tourism continues to rebuild. Photo: Donovan McIntosh/Tribune Staff
REHIRING THE RETIRED? THEY LORETTA URGES CUSTOMERS GET SALARY PLUS PENSION TO DITCH ZERO INTEREST RBC By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
THE Davis administration will allow retired civil servants who are reengaged by the government to simultaneously receive
their salary and their pension, a shift in policy from the Minnis administration. A memorandum seen by The Tribune says Cabinet has “agreed that the present policy position which SEE PAGE FIVE
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
FORMER Cabinet minister Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday urged Bahamians to pull their money from Royal Bank of Canada
after it cut interest rates on savings accounts and term deposits to zero. She said the move was a further sign that the bank needed “to close down and push out”.
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TRIBUTES PAID TO ‘PIONEER’ FARRINGTON EDITOR’S By TANYA SMITHCARTWRIGHT tsmith-cartwright@ tribunemedia.net
VETERAN hotelier J Barrie Farrington died yesterday, prompting tributes from people including the president of the Atlantis resort who hailed him as one who chartered the course to The Bahamas becoming an international destination. Mr Farrington died after a long battle with cancer.
J BARRIE FARRINGTON pictured when he voted this year. He spent 41 years at Atlantis on Paradise Island, which bore many other names over the years. In 1995, Mr Farrington
was named Hotelier of the Year and in 1997, Queen Elizabeth II honoured him with the prestigious title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He received the Clement T Maynard Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of tourism. He was also a lifetime director of the Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association. SEE PAGE TWO
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