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Volume: 123 No. 219, October 15, 2024
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MOM TELLS HOW SON FOUND DEAD ‘Happy home and good family’ for boy in suspected suicide By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net EIGHT-year-old Mariano Chery disagreed with his family over what to watch on TV before retreating to his room on Thursday, where he appeared to have taken his own life, according to his grieving mother. “I wish I could’ve
catch him in time,” she told The Tribune yesterday. “But like I say, that’s God’s plan.” Mariano, a third-grade student at TG Glover, was found unresponsive in his bedroom with a belt around his neck, hanging from the security bars of a window. EMS was called and SEE PAGE THREE
21-YEAR-OLD STABBED TO DEATH IN GRAND BAHAMA AT WEEKEND By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A 21-YEAR-OLD Grand Bahama man became the country’s latest murder victim after being fatally stabbed during a fight on the island over the weekend. Relatives said the victim, Kennedy Webb, recently
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appeared in a viral video of a grocery store where his mother shielded him as other men threatened and insulted him. In the footage, a man said: “Y’all got Vassy in the store hiding, bey. This y’all lil bredrin, bey. Look how he got his mummy, bey. He got his mummy scared, and SEE PAGE THREE
GOVERNOR General Cynthia “Mother” Pratt presents The Order of The Bahamas (Companion) to Bishop Walter Hanchell during the Investiture and Conferment of National Honours ceremony at Baha Mar yesterday. See PAGE TWO for story. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
First gay pride march safely held but PINTARD: participants faced onlookers’ jeers BLAME PM FOR DELAYED SALE OF LUCAYAN By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
THE first gay pride march in The Bahamas was held safely on Friday, though participants faced
jeers and quotes of scripture verses from some onlookers, according to Alexus D’Marco, president of Rebirth of Pride Bahamas. She said the goal of the march, which started at the
University of The Bahamas’ entrance and ended at Hillside House on Baillou Hill Road, was to increase the visibility of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender SEE PAGE SEVEN
“Brave” Davis dismissed the idea of a formal inquiry, saying it would be an inappropriate use of resources at this time. Mr Davis claimed investigations would continue “administratively” to determine what happened and to gather recommendations on how to improve future responses.
FNM leader Michael Pintard yesterday criticised Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis for ongoing delays in the sale of the Grand Lucayan Hotel, noting that his recent pledge to finalise the resort’s sale “within the next two weeks or so” has yet to materialise. In a statement yesterday, Mr Pintard expressed frustration over what he described as the government’s pattern of missed
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BISHOP CRITICISES PLP AND FNM ON DORIAN FAILURE
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By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net BISHOP Simeon Hall, former president of the Bahamas Christian Council, criticised both the PLP and FNM for failing to address lingering questions about Hurricane Dorian. He also renewed his call for an official inquiry into the disaster, just a week
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By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
after Prime Minister Philip
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