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Volume: 122 No. 10, December 4, 2024
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‘DAVIS MUST ACT AND END POLITICAL GAMES’ Dames: Unfair to leave allegations on COP’s doorstep to deal with By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net FORMER National Security Minister Marvin Dames said Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis should take “decisive” actions after a US federal indictment made explosive corruption allegations about the Royal Bahamas Police Force, insisting the matter is beyond the
commissioner of police and minister of national security. “This should be resting at the doorstep or of the desk of the prime minister now to take some decisive measures,” he said in an interview with Eyewitness News. He accused Mr Davis of placing the burden on Commissioner Clayton SEE PAGE THREE
EIGHT YEARS JAIL FOR RAPE OF 15-YEAR-OLD By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A FATHER of ten children was sentenced to eight years in prison after taking a plea deal for molesting a 15-year-old girl in 2019. Justice Joyann Ferguson Pratt presided as Elray Deveaux’s trial for unlawful
sexual intercourse came to a close. Deveaux, 40, forcefully had sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl in New Providence on April 1, 2019. This child, whose virginity the defendant stole, was reportedly the daughter of a female friend of his. SEE PAGE FIVE
Expanded A&E at PMH open - but not fully functional By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net GOVERNMENT officials held an opening ceremony for Princess Margaret Hospital’s renovated Accident and Emergency (A&E)
PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, Governor General Dame Cynthis ‘Mother’ Pratt, Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Michael Darville along with other govt officials and Princess Margaret Hospital staff at the opening ceremony of the newly rnovated and expanded Accident and Emergency section of the hospital. Photo: Nikia Charlton
Department, highlighting the facility’s expanded footprint. However, Health and Wellness Minister Michael Darville said the department, which has increased to 21,338 square feet, won’t be fully operational until January. In October, he said the
renovations would be completed by early November. The expansion includes such new features as a redesigned registration area, larger waiting spaces, paediatric zones, and an SEE PAGE TWO
Junkanoo ticket app ‘upgraded’ THE BAHAMAS as tickets go on sale noon today GETS TOP PAY By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net JUNKANOO organisers said Aliv has upgraded its parade ticket-purchasing app, hoping to avoid last year’s frustrating experience. Junkanoo tickets went on sale at 12 noon today. Eight thousand seats, including 3,000 in the Rawson Square area, are up for grabs. Raymond Wright, Director of Digital and Emerging
Products at Aliv, acknowledged that high demand may cause delays. “When there’s a rush of persons that’s going towards purchasing anything, the sheer amount of traffic that’s going to hit towards an app, you’ll see some of those challenges,” he said during yesterday’s press conference. “But we sharpened our tools this year and made some adjustments to SEE PAGE FOUR
IN THE REGION By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
RAYMOND Wright from Aliv. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
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THE Bahamas is the top-paying country in the Caribbean, paying above market value for over 97 percent of roles examined in a research report published by the Caribbean Society for Human Resource Professionals (CSHRP). SEE PAGE FOUR