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Minnis: It’s time for a full inquiry Former PM rules out public tit-for-tat with Police Commissioner By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said he wouldn’t engage in a public “tit-for-tat” with Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander, who linked corruption in the police force to the Minnis administration’s decision to sideline
several senior police officers, including himself. “I am looking for futuristic permanent solutions,” Dr Minnis said when asked if he would address Commissioner Fernander’s claim, which was made during a national address on Sunday night. The comments comes SEE page four
Mom wept as officer charged in shooting death of her son By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A POLICE officer was charged with manslaughter yesterday for killing a 15-year-old boy in 2017, prompting the boy’s mother to break down in tears. Acting Coroner Kara Turnquest transferred Police Constable Dennis
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Sturrup’s case to the Supreme Court for trial. The officer is accused of fatally shooting Gino Evante Finley Jr during an alleged armed robbery at Seagrapes Shopping Centre on May 23, 2017. Evidence presented during the inquest indicated that the teenager, who was SEE page three
Deputy Police Commissioner Leamond Deleveaux receives the King’s Police Medal from Governor General Cynthia “Mother” Pratt during the King’s Birthday Honours at Government House yesterday. See PAGE TWO for more. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Missing young man feared dead after Court denies kayak capsises at sea in the Exumas request of man accused of killing wife By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
A YOUNG man in Exuma is missing and feared death after his kayak capsised in rough seas on
Sunday. Hailand Rolle travelled with two others on Sunday. The other men swam to Duck Cay, where they were rescued by police shortly after midnight on Monday. Police said all three
men, all Exuma residents, left Ramsey Beach on a yellow kayak around 2pm on Sunday, heading toward Duck Cay. When they failed to return or make contact, SEE page three
Pinder warns international court The Bahamas will ‘cease to exist’ By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder delivered an oral argument to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) yesterday, highlighting climate change’s existential threat to small island nations like The Bahamas.
The ICJ has begun hearings on the legal obligations of states concerning climate change, marking a potentially significant moment for global climate accountability. This initiative, led by small island developing states (SIDS) such as The Bahamas, seeks to clarify states’ responsibilities in SEE page five
Attorney General Ryan Pinder
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By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Court of Appeal has denied a murder suspect’s request to remove the electronic monitoring device from his bail conditions, rejecting his claim that it negatively affects his business operations and causes him financial hardship. Lavardo Huyler has been on bail since 2019, pending trial for the alleged murder of his wife. In a decision delivered by Justice Evans, the Court of Appeal found that the monitoring device SEE page three