OBITUARIES Family ‘vindicated’: azario death ruled homicide

By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Staff Reporter pbailey@ tribunemedia.net

AZARIO Major’s siblings hugged and held back tears after a Coroner’s Court jury ruled that their brother’s police-involved killing in 2021 was a homicide by manslaughter.

The officers in the case, meanwhile, sat silently, seemingly shocked after the five-member jury delivered their verdict.

Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Cordell Frazier will now decide whether to charge any or all of them with a crime.

She told The Tribune yesterday: “File has to be received and reviewed and a determination made.”

Findings against the police are rare. In addition to homicide by manslaughter, jurors could have returned a result of justifiable homicide or homicide by murder.

Major was killed outside Woody’s Bar on Fire Trail Road on December 26, 2021.

His family was convinced he did nothing to justify being killed and spent thousands investigating his death.

Pm highlights incenti V es for corP or Ate tA x

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net

PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis highlighted incentives for The Bahamas to introduce a corporate income tax yesterday, noting that multinational companies could face a “top-up tax” in their base country if The Bahamas does not conform with the global minimum tax push. His comments came after a green paper on corporate income tax was released on the government’s website last week –– nearly two years after the country signed on to a G-20/ Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) drive for a minimum 15 per cent global corporate tax.

Mr Davis said consultation surrounding the tax proposals has been extended and would end in August. He said the government would not introduce new or increased taxes without feedback from stakeholders.

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By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net

SOCIAL Services Minister Obie Wilchcombe tabled the Protection Against Violence Bill yesterday, the long-awaited legislation purporting to establish mechanisms to protect victims and help them get justice.

Among other things, the bill would establish a Protection Against Violence Commission to support victims and liaise with police officers when victims feel they lack full cooperation from the police.

Protection AgA inst Violence Bill tABled goV t securities m A ndAte c Auses ‘grave concern’ for insurers

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

BAHAMIAn insurers yesterday blasted the Davis administration for seeking to “dictate” their investment strategy by mandating that a “minimum” 50 percent of their total portfolio be held in government securities.

The Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA), in a letter warned it has “grave concerns” with a proposal that could ultimately “lead to the collapse of the industry” by disrupting its ability to match assets, and the returns they generate, with its liabilities as they mature.