CHRISTIE: BE CAREFUL ON FAVOURING CRUISE LINES

By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net

FORMER Prime Minister Perry Christie said there should be a “New Providence experience” – and that “we have to exercise the greatest care” in being partial to a cruise line.

Mr Christie answered a series of questions from The Tribune on Friday in relation to the approval by the government of Royal Caribbean’s $110m beach club resort project for Paradise Island.

Education Minister Glenys Hanna Martin recently said her views have not changed on Royal Caribbean International’s $110m project for Paradise Island. She said she did not support it during the Minnis administration and her

By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net

THREE men were shot and killed in separate incidents over the weekend, pushing the country’s murder count to 21 for the year, according to the Tribune’s record.

The three incidents happened less than 24 hours apart on Saturday, with the last two incidents both taking place around 9.30pm in different locations.

This country’s latest murder occurred shortly after 9.37pm when a man sitting outside his friend’s residence was shot dead in Samson Street, Nassau

Village.

Many bystanders crowded in the streets anxiously watching, with some holding back tears as police entered the scene.

“The victim was sitting on a scooter on the outside of a friend’s residence. It was during this time, that he was approached by a male who produced a handgun and opened fire on him. This resulted in the