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The Tribune

Volume:115 No.55, FEBRUARY 9TH, 2018

Established 1903

Weekend

A COMIC’S VIEW: PARLIAMENT BECOMES THE HOUSE OF HADES

Speaker stands firm on outburst Doggone it we’re back

...but Moultrie admits could be issues ahead By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie, pictured, stopped short yesterday of offering an apology for the personal attacks he launched at Progressive Liberal Party members and former parliamentary clerk Maurice Tynes Wednesday, but admitted he now regrets how his words may “affect the operations of the institution” moving forward. His comment came as former Free National Movement parliamentarians have

criticised his conduct, arguing his rush to suspend opposition members and his personal attacks from the chair were without precedent in the modern history of the Bahamian Parliament. One by one, sitting elected FNM MPs lavished praise on him Wednesday and justified his actions, but former FNM officials, including some who spoke to The Tribune anonymously, described Wednesday’s House sitting as a departure from tradition in several lamentable ways. SEE PAGE SIX

‘ZERO TOLERANCE ON DOMESTIC ABUSE’ By KHRISNA RUSSELL Deputy Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net

AS HE denounced MICAL MP Miriam Emmanuel’s “ill-advised” comments yesterday, Attorney General Carl Bethel said no form of domestic violence is tolerated by Bahamian law, adding the country is beyond the days

of patrimonial control of the family. Speaking in the Senate, Mr Bethel said domestic violence is not to be joked about as was the case in Parliament on Wednesday. “As the leader of government business in this place and the attorney general for this great country,” Mr Bethel said. SEE PAGE SIX

THE PEOPLE’S PAPER: $1

SHOT DEAD OUTSIDE HIS OWN HOME

By KHRISNA RUSSELL Deputy Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net

A MAN died in hospital after he was found outside a home with gunshot wounds Wednesday night. The shooting happened at Munnings Drive in South West Ridge and marks the 11th murder for the year, according to The Tribune’s records. According to police, shortly after 10pm, officers received a report of gunshots in the area. When officers responded to the scene, they discovered a man lying in front of a residence with injuries to the body. The Tribune understands the victim is Keno Strachan. SEE PAGE FIVE

PARENTS PANIC AT TB REPORT

By RICARDO WELLS Tribune Staff Reporter rwells@tribunemedia.net

THE BAHA Men performing on Live With Kelly and Ryan at Atlantis this week - see today’s Weekend section to find out about the band’s new single - and why they think it will be a global hit.

EVENTS TEAM DEMANDS: WHERE’S OUR MONEY? By AVA TURNQUEST Tribune Chief Reporter aturnquest@tribunemedia.net

SOME 150 members of an organising committee established to manage national events on behalf of the government are reportedly demanding payment, stating they were fired but never given termination letters or severance. The group, which was said to comprise 150 workers and called Local Organisation Committee or LOC Bahamas, sent an open letter to the government on Wednesday, a copy of which was obtained by The Tribune.

ACTION from the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas - but members of an organising committee are claiming they were not paid. Director of Labour Robert Farquharson yesterday confirmed complaints had been registered at the department, but did not

wish to comment further on the matter or provide details concerning the claims. SEE PAGE FIVE

Nassau & Bahama Islands’ Leading Newspaper

HEALTH and education officials were called in at Garvin Tynes Primary School after an errant social media post suggested the school was concealing a tuberculosis outbreak, leading to mass panic among parents who showed up in droves to collect their children yesterday. The fears prompted Minister of Health Dr Duane Sands to hold a press conference to dispel misinformation about the spread of TB. SEE PAGE THREE

$280K FRAUD: FIVE FACE CHARGES By NICO SCAVELLA Tribune Staff Reporter nscavella@tribunemedia.net

A WOMAN supervisor of a local accounting and business firm was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday over allegations she made false entries into the records of her workplace to show that five people were collectively entitled to over $280,000 in payments. Shukuanya Thompson, a corporate services supervisor at HLB Galanis & Co, stood before Deputy Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain charged with 18 counts of falsification of accounts stemming from various incidents that allegedly occurred between May and December 2016. SEE PAGE THREE


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