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Volume: 123 No. 123, Wednesday, May 20, 2026
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‘TELL US IDENTITY OF POLITICIAN-1’ Government in asks to US: share information on 3-year undercover By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Davis administration yesterday said it will again ask the US government for information about explosive allegations linking an unnamed politician to an international drug trafficking probe, even as a promised independent corruption watchdog remains
19 counts of bribery
19 counts of extortion
unestablished. The statement from the Office of the Prime Minister followed The Tribune’s exclusive report on details contained in a US Drug Enforcement Administration affidavit tied to the arrest of convicted cocaine smuggler Jonathan “Player” Gardiner. It also makes clear
19 counts of money laundering 19 counts of fraud by false pretences
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“Any person involved will be held accountable without fear or favour, and the chips will fall where they may” - Office of Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis
Senior Customs officer faces 77 charges in $58k bribery case SENIOR Customs officer Pamela Williams covers her head as she leaves court in Grand Bahama yesterday. Photo: Denise Maycock/Tribune Freeport Reporter By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net A SENIOR Bahamas Customs officer was charged in Freeport Magistrate’s Court yesterday with bribery,
extortion, money laundering and fraud involving more than $58,000 allegedly solicited from a local business and an American man while she was stationed in Exuma. Pamela Williams, a chief customs revenue officer,
appeared before Magistrate Uel Johnson on 77 charges involving $58,045. The alleged offences reportedly occurred between March 2023 and April 2025. She left the court BRIBERY - SEE PAGE FIVE
1 count of fraudulent breach of trust
BACSWN introduces aviation carbon credit platform
MICHAEL STRACHAN, BACSWN’s Chief Operating Officer, sits with Bart van den Hurk, fellow co-chair of IPCC Wokring Group II.
THE Bahamas Aviation, Climate & Severe Weather Network’s (BACSWN) unveiled its ground-breaking US certified aviation carbon credits platform to more than 200 climate scientists from nearly 90 countries who are attending the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting currently underway in Nassau. Presenting to the panel, Quincy Rolle, President and CEO of Tribune
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Digital Labs and chief project developer behind BACSWN’s revolutionary platform outlined the company’s innovative approach of integrating advanced weather intelligence, realtime flight tracking and aviation emissions analytics to help airlines optimise flight operations, reduce fuel consumption and generate measurable carbon reduction outcomes. BACSWN - SEE PAGE 12