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The family of 21-year-old Edvadro Munroe is mourning his death days after he was hospitalized following a stabbing in Graham Drive.

Munroe was attacked on October 30 by a man known to him and remained in hospital until his death on Friday, leaving relatives heartbroken.

“You didn’t deserve to go this young,” his aunt Jahvet Smith wrote on social media. “Every time I see ‘RIP’ under your pictures, tears flow uncontrollably.”

Munroe, who had dreams of becoming a mechanic and often worked on cars and boats, was described by family as “loving and strong.”

Police had previously issued a wanted poster for Michael Adderley in connection with the incident, then classified as attempted murder. With Munroe’s passing, authorities are expected to upgrade the charge to murder.

According to reports, Munroe and a friend were talking with another man on Graham Drive around 5 pm when Adderley allegedly approached and stabbed him. It is unclear if he is currently in police custody.

In the days after the attack, relatives appealed for blood donations, but doctors later told the family Munroe had lost too much blood.

Munroe’s mother, Irene Smith, said she is demanding justice for her only child.

“We all know this guy. We know his family, and he knows ours. We still don’t have a clear understanding of why he attacked my child,” she told The Tribune.

“I want justice for my baby. He was all I ever had in this world. My life will never be the same without him.”

Jahvet remembered how Munroe checked in on her daily and joined her at a recent Zumba class.

“You made me feel comfortable enough to dance,” she said. “I’m truly grateful I got to spend those last two Saturdays with you.”

Friends and family of 22-year-old prison officer Ashantino Johnson, who was killed in a brawl early Wednesday morning, say they are heartbroken and in disbelief. Many described him as a humble, respectful young man with a bright future ahead of him.

“He was such a humble officer with a bright future ahead of him,” wrote friend Myzz Lovely Deleveaux in a social media post.

Johnson was one of three people stabbed during an altercation at a popular pub on Blue Hill Road North. He later died from his injuries.

Originally from North Eleuthera, Johnson previously served as a Ranger Cadet with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force before joining the Bahamas Department of Corrections.

One of his former coordinators, Tevin McPhee, remembered Johnson as a standout cadet.

“He was my ranger–quietly respectful, big-hearted and always quick with a smile that could light up the parade,” McPhee said.

“I used to joke, ‘I don’t like people taller than me.’ He’d bend his knees just to make me laugh. He was thoughtful, playful and full of love for people around him.”

Johnson had recently graduated as a corrections officer and was excited about his future on the job.

Coworkers also shared their grief online. One said she last saw him marching proudly in the color party at the Department’s annual church service on Sunday.

“This is truly tragic,” she said.

His mother, Marie Cash, wept over her son’s death.

“My baby, look at my baby. Mommy loves you, Clevy,” she cried. “They took my baby, oh Jesus.”

His cousin, Ezranique Cash, said, “This world was too evil for the kind heart you had.”

Another colleague remembered him as dedicated and dependable.

“Always willing to step forward for any duty or task, very mannerly and loving,” the coworker said. “You weren’t just my teammate, you were like a little brother.”

Friend Edward Pratt recalled their last conversation.

“You had so many plans ahead of you. My last words to you were, ‘Stay focused and keep your head up.’”

His sister, Chante Johnson, shared her heartbreak on social media.

“Y’all killed my baby. 2025 hasn’t even finished yet. I can’t catch myself,” she wrote.

Another friend, Sheila Thompson, added, “You deserved so much better. This was the biggest heartbreak of the year.”

Johnson’s death has sparked an outpouring of grief and tributes, as loved ones remember a young man whose life was filled with promise and cut tragically short.

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may have disappointed Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry at CARICOM on Thursday when he fell short of offering military presence on the ground in Haiti to quash the surge of unimaginable gang violence in the troubled island nation.

Trudeau instead, promised to deploy two Royal Canadian Navy ships to conduct surveillance and gather intelligence for Haitian police, to assist with quelling the violence –HMCS Glace Bay and Moncton from West Africa, along with 90 sailors.

“Today, I am announcing that Canada will also deploy Royal Canadian Navy vessels to conduct surveillance, gather intelligence and maintain a maritime presence off the Haitian coast in the coming weeks. Canada continues to reinforce the capacities of the Haitian police to overpower armed gangs and hold those who support them accountable.”

Henry, who also participated in the meetings, asked for a foreign military intervention, which the United Nations supports. Instead, the United States suggested that Canada lead the discussions of military operations.

“Canada is elbows deep in terms of trying to help. The best thing we can do to help is enable the Haitian leadership and the patient people themselves to be driving their pathway out of this crisis,” he said in the Bahamas when pressed by reporters.

Trudeau has since stated that Haiti’s restoration must be led by the Haitian people and has left the idea of military intervention as a last resort indicating that Caribbean countries must play a role in “legitimizing” international help, otherwise military operations by the US or Canada can be viewed as “colonialist” interventions.

He also added two other influential Haitians to a list of 15–accused of corruption and gang ties. This group of sanctioned individuals is banned from making economic dealings in Canada—former interim president Jocelerme Privert and ex-political aide Salim Succar.

An additional 12.3 million dollars will be given for humanitarian help and 10 million dollars to assist the International Office on Migration to protect Haitian women and children along the borders.

“The toll of human suffering in Haiti weighs heavily on me.”

Haiti is an embattled country fighting humanitarian, political, and social ills, and since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021, it has descended into further chaos with the raping of Haitian women and children, kidnappings for ransom, and the killing of law enforcement officers.

Photo credits: New York Times, The Guardian

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s arrival in the Bahamas on Wednesday means the beginning of talks on Haiti’s deepening crisis after the US suggested it lead the intervention in the failed island nation.

When Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who will also participate in the CARICOM meetings, asked for a foreign military intervention due to the strangled hold gangs have on his country’s resources, the United States immediately suggested that Canada lead the discussions and send military troops on the ground.

Trudeau has since stated that any effort to restore Haiti must be led by the Haitian people and has left the idea of military intervention as a last resort, though the US said it should lead one.

Before his arrival to the Bahamas, Trudeau’s office said his discussions at the Caribbean summit, will allow leaders to consider political, security, and humanitarian assistance to Haiti and seek “Haitian-led solutions to the ongoing situation.”

According to Canadian media, Trudeau, when speaking in French, stated before his arrival, that Caribbean countries must play a role in “legitimizing” international help for Haitian people after decades of failed “colonialist” interventions.

In a prèss conference on Tuesday, Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis said Canada and the United States must step up to assist Haiti since the Bahamas has felt the brunt of Haiti’s economic and social instability, through the influx of thousands of Haitians fleeing the troubled state.

“We (The Bahamas) do not have the resources to be able to deal with the Haiti problem ourselves and we do need outside help.”

Davis hinted that the Bahamas would be willing to send personnel to a security mission if it’s needed.

Waves of violence have swept Haiti marked by poverty, the assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moise in 2021, rising energy prices, corruption, and civil unrest.

Trudeau will speak to the Caribbean panel on Thursday and leave for Ottawa later in the evening.

Photo: Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau and Ariel Henry arrive in the Bahamas on Wednesday to attend the Caribbean Summit

The police force in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos are looking for one man who is wanted in each country for murder, drugs and firearm offences.

Brandon Rahming, a 33-year old is wanted by the Royal Bahamas Police Force for drugs and firearms and his last known address is listed as Turks and Caicos.

But he is also wanted in the British Territory of Turks and Caicos for murder, drugs and firearm. The RTCIPF believes that his last known address is a local area, The Bight Providenciales and Freeport, Grand Bahama in the Bahamas.

Rahming is known to frequent the Dock Yard and Kew Town in Turks and Caicos, which have become synonymous with crime.

As the crime wave heightens there, on Tuesday morning, a family was the latest victim of murder in the Dock Yard. A man and woman were found in a car, shot to death. The youngest victim, a 3-year-old boy later died from the gunshots and a 7-year-old girl was wounded during the attack.

Last week Saturday, another man was shot in the crime hotspot area.

Why it matters

Officers from the Bahamas went to Turks and Caicos to help fight crime in the British territory. It was speculated that criminals may be traversing between the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos, though authorities have not presented that information to the public.

But on Saturday, Turks and Caicos Commissioner Trevor Botting met with Bahamas Commissioner Clayton Fernander to discuss deepening the relationship between the two countries.

Rahming is described as 5 feet, 7 inches of slim build. If you see him, you are asked to call Crimestoppers at 242-328-8477.

The bus driver killed on Tuesday during his routine drive has been identified as 32-year-old Giovanni Lafleur.

Lafleur made a stop on his number 15 bus on Florida Court, Robinson Road, to allow passengers to exit when the suspect got up from his seat and approached the driver and shot him in the head.

The driver died on the scene.

A 16-year-old boy sustained injuries during the ordeal and was hospitalized.

Who was Giovanni Lafleur?

• Lafleur was arraigned in Magistrate’s Court in 2015 for the murder of Luternier Excelus.
• He was also charged with the attempted murder of three others: Stephon Bastian, Denario Andrews and Frederick Morley.
• Court documents say Lafleur shot Excelus while he played a game of dominoes on Matthew Street, Nassau Village. He pulled up with other occupants in a red Kia jeep and fired gunshots into the group. Excelus was shot in the left side of his chest and died.
• Lafleur then with other men on the same night, shot into another group of men standing on Butler Street, Nassau Village, wounding the three men.
• It took nearly a month before he was caught after an islandwide manhunt.

In a video, the 16-year-old injured during the shooting is seen holding his head with a bloodied white shirt as blood drips down his back. He hits the bus window on the driver’s side of the bus and shouts to Lafleur, “Wake up bey.”

Police are asking anyone with information to contact CDU at 502-9991/2.

A young woman in her 30’s is in hospital, fighting for her life after a man physically attacked her in the street while she held a baby in her arm, then ran over her with his vehicle

Peatra Curry is in urgent need of blood at Princess Margaret Hospital after the horror attack on Monday afternoon through Key West Street.

A video circulating social media, shows the man, believed to be her boyfriend, hitting the woman to the head as she lays on the ground with her baby in hand.  Residents run to her aid to fend off the man. He then drives off in a silver Note, then returns in the vehicle, running over the victim, before residents were able to retrieve the baby.

She is dragged beneath the vehicle before it crashes into a nearby truck and overturns.

The man is captured by residents and arrested by police.

Social media posters have identified the man as Ray Sands, who has a history of abuse.

Last year, Sands pleaded guilty to stabbing the mother of his child in the neck and back with a pair of scissors. She told police, she was holding their three-week-old baby when Sands slapped and choked her, then locked her in a room.

He was bound over to the peace, ordered to pay $800 in compensation for her injuries.

Anyone who can assist is asked to donate blood at the ICU ward.