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RBDF OFFICERS IN HAITI ‘CAN OPT OUT’ Voluntary withdrawal option to personnel in Haiti ‘if they feel unsafe’ By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell said defence force officers and Bahamians in Haiti have been given a voluntary withdrawal order, allowing them to leave the country at any time without government approval if they feel unsafe.
The voluntary withdrawal opportunity for defence force officers is uncommon, as military personnel deployed in peacekeeping or stabilisation missions usually require formal withdrawal or redeployment orders issued by the government or agency. “No one is going to be put in harm’s way,” Mr SEE PAGE THREE
OFFICER FACES MANSLAUGHTER BY GROSS NEGLIGENCE RULING By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net THE family of 21-yearold Phillip Daniel Clare Jr said “justice was served” after a jury returned a verdict of gross negligence manslaughter yesterday against a police officer involved in a traffic inquiry.
‘Transparency matters’, says PM to COP29
This verdict comes seven years after Clare Jr was killed by an off-duty officer, who knocked the deceased as he attempted to cross Tonique William Darling Highway in 2017. Corporal 3847 Samuel Rolle, the subject of the inquiry, was visibly sweating in court and appeared SEE PAGE THREE
PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis addresses COP29 yesterday, calling for greater transparency on climate commitments. See PAGE FOUR for story. Photo: BIS
Man claiming he ‘feared for his life’ NEARLY 75% gets two years jail for fleeing police OF BAHAMIAN By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A MAN has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming he fled police because he feared
being chased by a mob, a story that was contradicted by witnesses and police who testified there was no mob and that his actions were a deliberate attempt to evade arrest. Cheguevera Moxey was
accused of attempting to flee police and charged with causing damage on November 23, 2020. Allegedly fearing for his life after being accused of raping a
BUSINESSES pay bribEs
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By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
Evans’ family criticisEs pagEant organisErs newspaper came after Ms Evans was stripped of her title for an alleged breach of contract related to unprofessional behaviour and conduct. Ms Evans denied the allegations, insisting that the pageant organisers had acted unprofessionally and breached their contract. The dispute sparked
NEARLY three-quarters of Bahamian firms have admitted to paying bribes to obtain permits and public services, it was revealed yesterday, with this nation ranked fourth in the Caribbean for this type of corruption. An IDB report disclosed that 73.4 percent of Bahamian companies have made “informal” payments to government officials to get their necessary approvals.
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By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE family of Cameronique Evans, former Miss Teen Universe Bahamas 2024, has criticised the organisers of The Bahamas International Pageants Organisation for allegedly subjecting the teen to a traumatic experience and is calling for a public boycott
CAMERONIQUE EVANS of the organisation. Their comments to this
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