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Volume: 122 No. 11, December 5, 2024
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s #HAOS IN (OUSE AS MACE THROWN OUT BY &.- DEPUTY LEADER s 0OLICE #OMMISSIONER RESIGNS AND lRST WOMAN NAMED TO LEAD FORCE s )NDEPENDENT COMMISSION PLANNED TO INVESTIGATE SECURITY FORCE COMPLAINTS s 'OVT WILLING TO HELP ARREST THOSE NAMED IN 53 INDICTMENT By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net CHAOS erupted in and around the House of Assembly yesterday after Shanendon Cartwright hurled the Speaker’s mace out of a window, prompting police to storm the chamber and drag opposition members out before clashing with an unruly
FNM deputy leader Shanendon Cartwright removes mace and throws it out of the window at the House of Assembly yesterday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
For full coverage of today’s events see pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 21, 22, 23, and 24
crowd outside. The scene evoked memories of Black Tuesday, a key moment in the country’s history when then opposition leader Sir Lynden Pindling famously threw the mace out of a window to protest the governing party’s gerrymandering of electoral boundaries. SEE PAGE TWO
ACP KNOWLES SET TO BECOME FIRST FEMALE CHIEF OF POLICE
COP FERNANDER RESIGNS AS DELEVEAUX TO RETIRE EARLY By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net CLAYTON Fernander’s noteworthy police career and tenure as commissioner of police ended abruptly yesterday after he resigned amid the public’s concern about police corruption. The Tribune understands that Deputy Commissioner Leamond Deleveaux is also set to depart and will head on retirement leave on December 10. Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis emphasised
yesterday that Mr Fernander’s departure was not linked to the explosive corruption allegations highlighted in a recent US federal indictment. Still, he noted in the House of Assembly yesterday that the police force needs reform. Even before ascending to the commissioner role, Mr Fernander, a former head of the Central Detective Unit, was a familiar figure to Bahamians, known for taking a tough, SEE PAGE FOUR
ACP SHANTA KNOWLES By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Shanta Knowles is set to be the country’s top cop amid a tumultuous period for the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Prime Minister Philip
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“Brave” Davis announced at a national address yesterday that he recommended ACP Knowles for the position. She would be the first woman to serve in the role, a move that follows Commissioner Clayton Fernander’s resignation and Deputy Commissioner SEE PAGE THREE