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Volume: 122 No. 15, December 11, 2024
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PM: US HASN’T GIVEN CORRUPT OFFICIAL’S ID Indictment tarnishing Bahamas’ reputation ‘unfairly’, says Davis By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunmedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis appeared frustrated yesterday by US officials’ failure to identify an unnamed high-ranking Bahamian politician mentioned in a recent federal indictment alleging that police and government officials helped smuggle tons of
cocaine through The Bahamas to the US. According to the US Southern District of New York’s explosive indictment, an unnamed politician was allegedly expected to authorise Bahamian law enforcement to facilitate a $2m cocaine trafficking scheme to the US. “I told them to disclose to SEE PAGE THREE
FERGUSON SAYS ALL JUNKANOO GROUPS SUPPORT WITHDRAWAL By KEILE CAMPBELL AND LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporters FORMER Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence (JCNP) chairman Silbert Ferguson claimed yesterday that Junkanoo groups have unanimously agreed to withdraw from the annual parades if the Davis administration insists that both Valley Boys
factions be allowed to compete in the main category of the parades. His comment came as the status of the parades remained uncertain yesterday amid silence from the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence (JCNP) and the government. JCNP chairman Dion Miller, who first revealed SEE PAGE FIVE
THE PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis arrives at the Fox Hill Community Centre for a luncheon with pastors, greeted by FNM protestors chanting that the PM ‘got to go’ and for the removal of the National Security Minister Wayne Munroe. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr
TWO RBDF SHIPS TO DEPLOY TO Community appeals for help for HAITI BEFORE families affected by Taylor Street fire END OF YEAR By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net A HOME was destroyed, and three other houses suffered extensive damage after an unattended candle
sparked a fire on Taylor Street on Sunday. Affected families are staying with relatives or in hotel rooms as the Christmas holiday approaches. Yesterday, some cleared out their homes and salvaged
what they could, the smell of smoke lingering two days after the fire started around 7.15pm. The structure remains intact, but most rooms are charred, and SEE PAGE TWO
Bowleg ‘Blindsided’, says JCnP Chairman By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net DION Miller, chairman of the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence (JCNP), suggested Youth, Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg was blindsided by the government’s decision to allow
both Valley Boys factions to compete in Category A of the Junkanoo parades, revealing he was with the minister when a press statement was released under the name of Mr Bowleg’s ministry. “It came as a surprise to the minister and myself,” SEE PAGE FIVE
MINISTER of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg
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By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas’ substantial involvement in a multinational security support mission to Haiti may begin by the end of this month, according to National Security Minister Wayne Munroe, who said two boats will be deployed by December 22 to patrol offshore areas, intercept illegal firearms entering Haiti, and prevent migrants from leaving the country. His comment came during a luncheon with local pastors at the Fox Hill Community Centre yesterday. SEE PAGE FOUR