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Volume: 123 No. 13, Tuesday, December 9, 2025
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GOVT DROPS MIGRANT IMMUNITY CLAUSE Section blocking charges for illegal landing from smuggling is removed By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Wayne Munroe speaks yesterday in the House of Assembly during debate on the Smuggling of Migrants Bill. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr
MOM: MAN BROKE IN TWICE AND RAPED MY DAUGHTER By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net A MOTHER testified yesterday that a man broke into her house in Andros twice in 2022 and raped her daughter during the second intrusion. The victim’s mother, whose name is being withheld to protect the
National Security Minister Wayne Munroe, who led debate on the bill, acknowledged concerns about the clause and spent much of his contribution outlining the bill’s structure while responding to opposition criticism. The proposal became IMMUNITY - SEE PAGE THREE
ALIV blames ‘unprecedented surge’ as ticket app crashes again By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
complainant, testified in the rape and burglary trial of 27-year-old Garnet Thompson Jr before Justice Guillimina Archer-Minns. Prosecutors allege Thompson broke into the complainant’s Cargill Creek, Andros home on the night of November 18, 2022 and raped her. The victim RAPE - SEE PAGE FIVE
THE Progressive Liberal Party has removed a controversial clause from the Smuggling of Migrants Bill that would have protected smuggled migrants from certain types of prosecution. The clause would have
protected them from prosecution for illegal entry, illegal stay or possessing fraudulent documents if those actions were directly caused by being smuggled. The bill passed the House of Assembly after the governing party retreated from this provision, which critics said would have weakened immigration enforcement.
ALIV EVENTS APP
JUNKANOO fans were left frustrated yesterday after the ALIV Events app crashed just minutes into ticket sales, with officials attributing the disruption to an unprecedented surge of online traffic. Eager customers hoping to secure seats for the
upcoming parades flooded the system shortly after sales opened at 10am. The app quickly became inaccessible, triggering confusion and complaints across social media. In a Facebook statement, ALIV acknowledged the outage, noting that the platform experienced an unusual volume of simultaneous purchases and that technicians were working urgently
to resolve the issue. Online reaction was swift, with many people complaining that recurrent technical failures had become an annual hallmark of Junkanoo ticketing. “Every year it's the same BS,” one person said. “Y'all add 3k more tickets, so y'all didn't think 3k more customers will be on your ALIV - SEE PAGE THREE
SUICIDAL FEELINGS RISING AMONG YOUNGER PEOPLE, SAYS DOCTOR By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net SUICIDAL behaviour among young Bahamians has continued to increase this year, with Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre seeing most cases among people in their late teens through their mid-thirties, according to Chief of Staff Dr Srinivas Bodha.
He said the trend had become increasingly evident across school-aged and young adult populations. “We see a lot in the younger generation, especially those starting in the late teens and going into the mid-thirties,” he said. “It is very rare in the older population. We may see one or two cases, but the SUICIDE - SEE PAGE FOUR
GOVERNOR GENERAL Cynthia ‘Mother’ Pratt (centre) is taken on a tour of the Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre yesterday by Hospital Administrator Leotha Coleby (right) and other staff. Photo: Shawn Hanna
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