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‘RESTRAINT WILL BE TESTED’ Cleare admits it may be difficult for officers to guard man accused of killing one of their colleagues By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net CORRECTIONAL officers’ restraint and professionalism will be tested as they are now tasked with guarding the man accused of killing one of their colleagues, Commissioner of Corrections Doan Cleare admitted yesterday. “It is our job,” he said at an emotional comfort and healing session for
slain Ashantino Johnson’s co-workers. The room filled with sobs as colleagues mourned the 23-year-old officer who had only months earlier graduated from the department’s training programme. Tears flowed freely as officers embraced one another and sang hymns, including It’s So Sweet to Trust in Jesus and Because He Lives. “It is our mandate to take
PRISON officers mourning their murdered colleague during memorial service yesterday. Photo: Lynaire Munnings
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WORK CONTINUES ON SITE FOR Expectant father ‘Milky’ killed in tragic car crash ROADSIDE GARAGE RELOCATION By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net WORK has begun to prepare the Gladstone Road site where the government plans to relocate New Providence’s long-troublesome roadside garages, newly appointed Environment and Natural Resources Minister Zane Lightbourne
said yesterday. “Infrastructure work has to be completed before the property can be used,” he said, adding that he has been in talks with the Ministers of Works and of Urban Renewal and Housing, who are collaborating on the effort. The initiative follows GARAGES - SEE PAGE THREE
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
JAMES ‘Milky’ Lambert and his mother, Debbie Lambert.
FATHER-TO-BE James Lambert, known across Nassau’s entertainment scene as “Milky,” died in a car crash as he prepared to welcome his second child. As tributes flooded in for the 34-year-old, known for organising concerts and parties, his grieving mother Debbie Lambert said it comforted her to see how much he was loved. Friends described him
as joyful, calm, and the life of the party. “He’s not supposed to go before me,” Ms Lambert said through tears. “We never talked about his death. We always talked about what would happen if I died.” Police said the accident happened shortly after 6am on November 7. Officers who responded to a collision on Bethel Avenue, off Tonique Williams-Darling Highway, found a red Nissan Note that TRAGEDY - SEE PAGE THREE
Fields: Deactivate inactive taxi and livery plates By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A FORMER Nassau Cruise Port director has praised the government’s decision to recall nearly 800 inactive taxi and livery plates, but believes officials should go further by permanently deactivating them and imposing a moratorium to curb the oversaturated market. Ed Fields, who served as
the port’s director of business development and is the former managing director of the Downtown Nassau Partnership, also urged the government to publish a list of current plate holders, saying he is certain some plates are being held by people who should not have them. “The distribution of public service franchises is not as a result of any analysis of need, nor is it based on awarding these
franchises to people who are directly engaged in the industry,” he said. “They are coveted gems that serve as rewards to the favoured.” His comments came after the Ministry of Transport and Energy announced plans to recall 783 taxi and livery plates that had been inactive for more than six months. Transport Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis said PLATES - SEE PAGE FOUR
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