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Volume: 121 No. 232, October 28, 2024
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SHIVER BAIL REVOKED IN CONSPIRACY CASE Judge orders woman and boyfriend to jail after blatant violation By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net LINDSAY Shiver, a former beauty queen from Georgia who allegedly conspired with two Abaco men to kill her husband, will return to jail after a judge revoked her bail on Friday, citing blatant breaches of bail conditions and her
engagement in pre-trial publicity. Terrance Bethel, 30, one of the men with whom she allegedly conspired, also had his bail revoked for the same reasons. Shiver, 37, Bethel and Faron Newbold, Jr, 29, were charged last year with conspiracy to commit murder. SEE PAGE FOUR
BPSU CHIEF ACCUSES GOVT OF POLITICAL FAVOURITISM By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net BAHAMAS Public Services Union (BPSU) president Kimsley Ferguson accused the government of political favouritism, claiming that qualified public servants are being bypassed for politically connected individuals.
Dunked for a good cause
His comments came during a Guardian radio interview where he highlighted a series of concerns about what he claims is the treatment of public servants, lack of adherence to policies, and inequities in the allocation of benefits. In response, Labour and Public Services Minister Pia SEE PAGE THREE
RBC executive Jason Mortimer gets dunked during “Dunkin’ For Boobies” to raise funds in support of The Cancer Society of The Bahamas at Radio House on Friday. See PAGE 11 for more pictures. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
AMMC preparing to receive Lucayan ONE DEAD remains from a Michigan museum IN DOUBLE SHOOTING NEAR CHURCH By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
IN a first for The Bahamas, the Antiquities, Monuments, and Museums Corporation (AMMC) is
preparing to receive the human remains of Lucayans, which have been housed in a Michigan museum for nearly 100 years. This repatriation will be the first instance of the
country retrieving human remains or other cultural materials taken from its borders. Dr Grace Turner, senior archaeologist at the SEE PAGE FIVE
TWO DEAD IN EARLY MORNING PLANE CRASH TWO people were killed after an early morning plane crash in Ragged Island yesterday. Police said officers were notified of the incident shortly before 5am. The crash occurred east of Duncan Town Airport. Police and personnel from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, Operation Bahamas Turks and
Caicos, and the US Drug Enforcement Agency responded. At the scene was a twinengine plane engulfed in flames. The charred remains of two people were found. The Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) said it is coordinating with law enforcement officials to investigate the incident.
BURNED remains of the plane that crashed early Sunday.
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A DOUBLE shooting outside a church left one man dead and another in hospital on Saturday, while a separate shooting left another man in critical condition in hospital. The killing brought the murder rate for the year to 99. The fatal shooting occurred at about 4.15pm after gunshots were fired on West End Avenue. Police arrived at the scene to find two men, believed to be in their 20s, suffering from gunshot injuries. One died at the scene, while the other was taken to hospital. SEE PAGE TWO