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Food parcels giveaway swamped as desperate queue from dawn for aid By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net THOUSANDS travelled to the Thomas A Robinson Stadium to collect a box of food and supplies at Island Luck’s IL Cares food drive yesterday, blocking roads for miles in every direction in a bracing showcase of the scale of need in the country. The give-away was supposed to start at noon but kicked off at 8.30am instead because lines of cars began crowding the streets as early as 5.15am. Brian Huylar, the company’s senior facilities manager, said he didn’t know the depth of need in
the country until he saw how many people showed up for items. “I want to think that people are just stocking up,” he said. “I would hate to think that so many people just need food. It speaks volumes, what we saw today.” Mr Huylar said between 3,000 and 4,000 boxes were distributed. By noon all the boxes were gone, yet a stream of cars continued arriving at the stadium up to 3pm, with many people disappointed that they missed out on the donation after waiting hours in their cars. SEE PAGES TWO AND THREE
CHRISTIE KEEPING CLEAR OF CANDIDATE SELECTION
By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
FORMER Prime Minister Perry Christie says he will support whomever the Progressive Liberal Party chooses as the candidate for the Centreville constituency in the 2022 general election. Mr Christie represented the inner-city constituency for 40 years before he was defeated in the 2017 election by then Free National Movement MP Reece Chipman, who has since become an independent representative. Yesterday, Mr Christie said it was critical for him not to become personally involved in the process now underway. To do so, he said, could be easily “misunderstood”,
adding it was important the PLP’s leadership be given the opportunity to lead as they see fit. “I will support whomever the PLP and the leadership of the PLP agrees with, whoever that person is,” Mr Christie said yesterday, when asked if he planned to endorse any candidate in the lead up to the election. “One of the things I try to avoid is getting personally involved because it is very easy for my involvement to be misunderstood. “Then rumours start about my involvement and I was trying at all times to avoid that to give the new leadership an opportunity to lead the party the way they see fit.” SEE PAGE TWO
BOXES of food and supplies being handed out at the IL Cares food drive yesterday - with thousands of people showing up in need of help as the economic effects of the pandemic continue to hit hard. Photo: Donovan McIntosh
ROMY’S GRIEF AS TEENAGE SON FOUND DEAD AT HOME By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE teenage son of Environment Minister Romauld Ferreira died yesterday of suspected suicide, according to police. Assistant Superintendent of Police Audley Peters told the press outside the Ferreira home: “Sometime after 2pm today’s date, police received reports of a body being found unresponsive here at the Ferreira residence. The officers responded. When they arrived, they were directed to a room where
they found the body of a juvenile male lying on the ground unresponsive. “EMS was called in and performed CPR, however they were not successful in resuscitating the juvenile. The coroner visited the scene and the investigations into this matter continues.” ASP Peters said based on the investigator’s analysis, there were no visible signs of injury on the body. He said the victim is between the ages 13 and 18. The boy was found in his room. A distraught Mr Ferreira was seen outside his home SEE PAGE FOUR
PEOPLE TRAFFICKERS USING BAHAMAS AS TRANSIT ROUTE By TANYA SMITHCARTWRIGHT tsmith-cartwright@ tribunemedia.net
NATIONAL Security Minister Marvin Dames said there has been an increase in recent years of females being transported through The Bahamas for sexual and domestic exploitation. He made the comments as a panelist in an IDB-sponsored Latin America and Caribbean webinar on human trafficking yesterday. “We in The Bahamas recognise that globally,
approximately 71 percent of enslaved humans are women and girls,” Mr Dames said. “In recent years there has been an increase in female victims being transported and/ or transited through The Bahamas for sexual and domestic exploitation, particularly from non-English speaking countries. “The act of trafficking transcends our respective borders, languages and cultures, which is a strong indicator that all nations in the region must prioritise this dehumanising industry. SEE PAGE SEVEN
JUDGES GRANT APPEAL IN BLAIR KILLING By FARRAH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter fjohnson@tribunemedia.net A MAN who was sentenced to 49 years for breaking into a couple’s home and killing their adult son during a 2014 Blair home invasion has been granted an appeal against his conviction. Submissions will be heard later about a possible retrial. Tiano D’Haiti was accused of entering the
TIANO D’HAITI Blair Estates residence of Glenn and Emma Cartwright in the early morning hours of October 28, 2014. The prosecution alleged the appellant and another
person, in the course of committing a robbery, shot and killed the couple’s son Robert Andre Cartwright. In 2017, a jury unanimously convicted D’Haiti of murder, attempted armed robbery and burglary and in April 2018, he was sentenced to 49 years imprisonment, 25 years imprisonment and 20 years imprisonment respectively. The sentences were ordered
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