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PRISON INMATE WAS MURDERED By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe has confirmed “blunt force trauma” as the cause of death of an inmate who died at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services last month. Given the cause of death signals the man’s death was a “homicide”, according to the minister, the Royal Bahamas Police Force is now investigating the incident. Mikhail Miller, 29, was found dead at BDCS on Monday, November 1. His sister, Sherine Miller, told The Tribune yesterday the family was appalled at
THE United States has announced tightened entry requirements for travellers entering the country, requiring a negative COVID-19 test taken within one day of departure regardless of vaccination status.This begins next week. The US previously
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the findings of the autopsy, insisting authorities needed to tell the family how her brother was killed at the facility. “It was found that he died from blunt force trauma and as that would indicate homicide then, yes, the police will have interviewed the persons who were in the immediate area and they would have carried out an investigation,” the minister said when contacted. “I haven’t seen the results of it as yet.” Mr Munroe said this raises immediate concerns. Among them is how people with mental illnesses are treated when committed to prison. SEE PAGE THREE
US STEPS UP TESTING RULE FOR ENTRY INTO COUNTRY By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
NAUGHTY: OUR HEATED PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES ARE NOT SO BAD
required travellers to show proof of a negative COVID19 test taken within 72 hours of travel. The new measure is in response to the Omicron strain, which was detected in the US this week after being found in other countries. Despite the US’ plans to implement stricter travel rules, Press Secretary Clint Watson said there is no SEE PAGE FOUR
OSCAR THE COVID CANINE DETECTIVE OSCAR, a three-year-old Belgian Malinois, is one of two dogs with the Dog World K9 Service that has been trained in COVID-19 detection. He is pictured at Edmund Moxey Park yesterday. Photo: Earyel Bowleg • SEE PAGE FOUR
CUBAN COUPLE ‘DON’T EIGHT MORE DEATHS QUALIFY FOR ASYLUM’ ATTRIBUTED TO VIRUS By FARRAH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter fjohnson@tribunemedia.net
A CUBAN couple seeking political asylum in The Bahamas after fleeing their home country for fear of persecution claim
immigration officials have discriminated against them because of their nationality. The two also allege that they are being forced to endure unsanitary and inhumane conditions while SEE PAGE FIVE
THE country’s COVID19 death toll has risen by eight. According to the Ministry of Health, the deaths were previously under investigation but have now been confirmed as being COVID-19 related. The
country now has a COVID19 death toll of 685. The deceased—five men and three women—were all residents of New Providence. They died between September 6-16. Their ages ranged from 38 to 74. SEE PAGE FOUR
GB REEFS DECIMATED BY DISEASE
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
NINETY percent of coral reefs off Grand Bahama have been devastated by the lethal stony coral tissue loss disease – SCTLD – which threatens to ravage much of The Bahamas’ corals, affecting livelihoods and making the country less safe from storms. Rochelle Newbold, director of
CORAL in The Bahamas. environmental planning and protection, suggested yesterday the problem is significant enough that some Bahamians should begin rethinking career
paths that focus on marine systems. “When those systems collapse, we have no more protection and then if we have a climate change situation, these things are just going to roll right up on shore and then we’re gonna see increasing devastation beyond that which we saw with Grand Bahama and Abaco with Dorian,” she said during a press briefing
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DIANE PHILLIPS: ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, LIFTING SPIRITS
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