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MOM BEATEN IN THE STREET Woman’s legs broken Bringing the in broad daylight attack as people watched on gift of music for By KEILE CAMPBELL AND LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporters A MOTHER of two suffered two broken legs after a vicious, broad daylight assault from a man she reportedly didn’t know after she stepped off a jitney on Baillou Hill Road, leaving bystanders stunned and prompting questions about
the delay in intervening. The assault, caught on a video that has gone viral, involved a man repeatedly punching and kicking the victim. “I heard screaming,” said Roniqua Newbold, a witness who was driving behind the bus. “When I looked, I saw him kicking SEE PAGE THREE
ORG CRITICISES GOVT BILL TO INVESTIGATE LAW ENFORCEMENT By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net BAR Association president Kahlil Parker criticised the Davis administration’s proposed Independent Commission of Investigation Bill, saying it fails to resolve lingering questions about the operation and management of law
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enforcement agencies amid declining public trust. His comments came during a virtual forum hosted last night by the Organisation for Responsible Governance (ORG). He appeared as a panellist alongside anti-corruption specialist Lemarque Campbell and youth ambassador SEE PAGE FIVE
THE ROYAL Bahamas Police Force marching band please the crowds at this year’s Beat Retreat at Rawson Square on Bay Street yesterday. See PAGE TWO for more photos. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Judge approves adoption despite AG ELDERLY Office alleging citizenship concerns MAN WHO LOST HOME IN DESPAIR By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
A JUDGE approved a man’s adoption of a teenager shortly before his eighteenth birthday,
despite the Attorney General’s Office alleging it was a means to circumvent citizenship laws and the Department of Social Services opposing it due to the boy’s advanced age. Supreme Court Justice
Hope Strachan determined that the Department of Social Services’ own report showed that the applicant loved and cared for the child and wanted what was SEE PAGE FIVE
Ambassador to our nation’s youth, our men and women in the military, and athletes at home and abroad,” Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social, a media platform owned by Trump Media & Technology Group. “A successful businessman, philanthropist, former Heisman Trophy winner, and NFL Great, Herschel
TWO weeks after a blazing fire on Harbour Island destroyed Vincent Cleare Sr’s home, the 84-year-old revisits the site every day, reflecting on the destruction, according to his daughter. Mr Cleare was one of several residents who lost their homes in the blaze on December 5. Frustrated residents argued that the fire could have been contained if the island had a reliable water supply. Water outages have been a recurring issue
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TRUMP TAPS WALKER FOR AMBASSADOR TO BAHAMAS By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net UNITED States President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate Herschel Walker to be US ambassador to The Bahamas. The US hasn’t had an ambassador to The Bahamas in 13 years. “Herschel has spent
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