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DEADLIEST YEAR FOR NATION SINCE 2017 Body found dumped on Cowpen Road in latest murder By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas reached a grim milestone yesterday morning after another murder was recorded, surpassing last year’s murder count. The latest killing has pushed the country’s murder toll to 120, according to this newspaper’s records, which is the highest number of killings in the past four years. In 2021, there were 119 killings recorded; 73 in
2020; 95 in 2019; 91 in 2018 and 122 in 2017. Regarding yesterday’s homicide, police said a man who appeared to be in his mid-20s was found with gunshot wounds on Cowpen Road east of Golden Isle Road. Police suspect the man was shot somewhere else and his body was dumped on the scene. Officers were alerted about the man’s body shortly after 7am yesterday.
A BAHAMIAN bank and trust company was yesterday tight-lipped over court documents showing that FTX and entities controlled by its besieged founder, Sam BankmanFried, held no fewer than 17 accounts with it. Deltec Bank & Trust neither confirmed nor denied whether it had any banking relationships with the
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PHONES AND DRUGS SEIZED IN PRISON SOME 400 cell phones have been confiscated by officers at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services for the year as officials enhance their efforts to crack down on contraband smuggling. Acting Commissioner of Corrections Doan Cleare gave the latest figures during a press conference at the prison yesterday before leading government officials and members of the media on a tour. SEE PAGE FIVE
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collapsed crypto exchange, its affiliates or Mr Bankman-Fried when contacted by Tribune Business over filings in the Delaware federal bankruptcy courts. Documents produced by John Ray, the newlyappointed chief executive for FTX Trading, disclosed the latter held just one account at Deltec. However, a further nine were said to be in the name of Alameda Research, the fund controlled by Mr Bankman-Fried. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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BANKMAN-FRIED HELD 17 ACCOUNTS AT DELTEC By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
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...AS PLANS MADE TO BUILD NEW FACILITY By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe during his tour of the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services yesterday. Photo: Austin Fernander
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe revealed yesterday that officials are hoping to break ground in the coming weeks on the construction of a new high-medium security correctional facility at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services. SEE PAGE FIVE
MILLER-BRICE ‘STANDS WITH WOMEN’ ON GENDER VIOLENCE By LETRE SWEETING lsweeting@tribunemedia.net
LESLIA Miller-Brice, the Bahamas High Commissioner to CARICOM, vowed yesterday to “stand with any female” that is facing gender-based violence in The Bahamas. Mrs Miller-Brice, who is also the Seabreeze MP and chair of the Independence Secretariat, made these comments yesterday in support of recent comments made by CARICOM
LESLIA Miller-Brice yesterday. Photo: Moise Amisial Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett. Last week, Dr Barnett
encouraged persons of the Caribbean community to take swift and decisive action against gender-based violence. “This is a vital human rights imperative that needs our collective and concerted action,” Dr Barnett said in a statement to mark the 16 Days of Activism campaign against genderbased violence that takes place November 25 to December 10.
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