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US TRANS DEPORTEE NOW ‘LOST IN LIMBO’ Rare sighting in Exuma Sound
ICE sends transgender woman to country she hasn’t seen since birth By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Digital Editor aturnquest@tribunemedia.net HANDCUFFED, shackled, and escorted up a plane’s steps, Deanna Richardson said an officer leaned close and said: “In Trump’s world there are only two genders. Put him back with the other men.” Hours later, she was on Bahamian soil — a country she had not seen since she
was two years old. Three and a half weeks after that flight, Ms Richardson remains in limbo. With no Bahamian identification, no job, and nowhere permanent to live, the 47-year-old trans woman spends her days at a government-assisted shelter trying to make sense of a life uprooted. “I’m still trying to wrap LOST - SEE PAGE THREE
PMH PATIENTS DETAIL LONG WAITS, POOR CONDITIONS By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A 23-YEAR-OLD accident victim who said he slept in a chair for two days waiting for treatment and a young mother whose citizenship bid has stalled for months because she is unable to retrieve her hospital records are among the latest to highlight frustration with conditions at
Princess Margaret Hospital. The motorbike victim, who declined to give his name and had visible injuries to his face and hands, described his experience at the country’s main public hospital as “dreadful,” saying overcrowding and lack of staff left him without a bed for days. “They had me in the little waiting section,” he said. “I couldn’t HOSPITAL - SEE PAGE FIVE
SCIENTISTS at the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) recently recorded a rare sighting of orcas, also known as killer whales, off Eleuthera in an encounter that thrilled researchers and renewed concern about the potential effects of industrial noise on marine mammals in Bahamian waters. See PAGE 11 for more. Photo: Natalie Hodges
Dogs that attacked young PINTARD: BY-ELECTION RESULT NOT boy have been euthanised REFERENDUM ON FNM LEADERSHIP By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net TWO pitbulls which mauled a seven-year-old boy on Saturday were owned by the youngster’s restuarant operator’s father, it was revealed yesterday. The dogs have now been euthanised. The boy suffered serious injuries to his right hand during the attack, which occurred in the rear of
the father’s restaurant on Rosetta Street. Officials said three dogs were loose on the property, two of which became aggressive and attacked the child. Police said officers arrived shortly before 4pm and found the boy drifting in and out of consciousness. He was taken to hospital by Emergency Medical Services and underwent surgery. ATTACK - SEE PAGE THREE
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said yesterday he will be “good regardless” of the outcome of the November 24 Golden Isles by-election, rejecting claims that the race could be a referendum on his leadership. He dismissed speculation that his political future hinges on the result, accusing Progressive Liberal
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Party insiders of trying to shape that narrative. He said his focus is on residents' needs rather than partisan gamesmanship. “I’m here representing the Bahamian people, I’m not representing myself,” he said. “I’m going to be good regardless of what happens this election, by-election, or general election. I’m good, it’s not about me.” Mr Pintard said his party’s attention is on issues PINTARD - SEE PAGE FOUR