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RETURNING OFFICER DEFENDS IMPARTIALITY Campbell dismisses allegations of a conflict of interest despite admitting he calls PM Davis his adopted father By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribubemedia.net
GOLDEN ISLES by-election returning officer Neil Campbell during a press conference at the Parliamentary Registration Department yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
THE returning officer responsible for overseeing the Golden Isles by-election has defended his impartiality after Monday’s chaotic standoff over the handling of advance poll ballot boxes - despite admitting he
called Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis his ‘adopted father. Neil Campbell — the official tasked with supervising the vote count, certifying the results, and ensuring polling procedures are legally followed — found himself at the centre of the dispute after FNM leader Michael Pintard
accused him of having political conflicts of interest, including claims he once served as PLP leader Mr Davis’ campaign general. Mr Campbell dismissed the allegations as unfair and unfounded, saying his personal relationships have never influenced his REGISTRAR - SEE PAGE FIVE
High-speed chase ends with man killed by police in morning Kemp Road shoot-out By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net CHAOTIC scenes erupted in Kemp Road yesterday morning after police shot and killed a man in his early 30s during a highspeed chase that scattered residents and sent officers swarming through narrow lanes. Police said the dead man was the only suspect struck as the vehicle’s other three occupants fled on foot. By mid-morning, crowds
pressed against fences and clustered outside a yard, trying to piece together what happened. Some residents said they heard gunfire; others were unsure what sparked the confrontation. Children played nearby or stared from windows as officers cordoned off the scene. One mother, shaken, said the commotion dredged up the trauma of losing her own son to a police shooting two years ago. When The Tribune arrived, residents and
reporters had climbed onto a house roof for a clear view as investigators examined the suspects’ battered silver vehicle, which had shattered windows and a torn-off front bumper. Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Roberto Goodman said officers initially responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 9am reporting gunfire on St James Road. A patrol was dispatched, and shortly after, police received SHOOT-OUT - SEE PAGE THREE
THE BODY of a man killed by police in a shoot-out on Kemp Road yesterday is removed from the scene. Photo: Nikia Charlton
PM’S MEETING ARAWAK CAY SpaceX eyes new booster VENDORS ‘LIKE A PHOTO OP’ landings before year’s end BY LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A MEETING between Arawak Cay vendors affected by Sunday’s blaze and the prime minister was not favourable for business owners, the association’s president charged yesterday, describing the talks as “more like a photo op.”
“Nothing significant happened for the vendors,” Rodney Russell, president of the Arawak Cay Conch, Fish, Vegetable and Food Vendors Association, told The Tribune yesterday, referring to the outcome of Monday’s meeting with government officials. His stall, Red VENDORS - SEE PAGE FOUR
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net SPACEX hopes to resume Falcon 9 booster landings in Bahamian waters before the end of the year, with up to 20 additional recoveries planned at the Exuma Sound site once government approval is finalised.
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The update came during the Ministry of Education’s Starlink rollout at CH Reeves Junior High School. SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis told The Tribune the company is close to completing regulatory requirements for a second landing at the same deep-water site used for SPACEX - SEE PAGE EIGHT