WEATHER TRY OUR McFLURRY SNICKERS HIGH 91F LATEST NEWS ON WWW.TRIBUNE242.COM LOW 80F The Tribune PARTLY THE PEOPLE’S PAPER SUNNY BIGGEST AND BEST Volume: 107 No.187 SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2011 PRICE – 75¢ (Abaco and Grand Bahama $1.25) PET OF THE WEEK DONALD D’ALBENAS TRIBUTE RAFFLES, A HIT WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY CHISEEL PAGEDR TWOEN JOUSEE PAGERN SEVENEY STRAW VENDORS Shopkeeper RECEIVE COUNTERFEIT GOODS WARNING shot in mouth TOP OF THE WORLD: STOP THE FAKES: Counterfeit goods are still on display at the Father Straw Market as warnings come from Prime Minister Hubert SHAUNAE MILLER Ingraham that possession of the goods will be illegal. and son Photo: Tim Clarke/Tribune staff By TANEKA THOMPSON Deputy Chief Reporter hurt in
[email protected] PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham has warned straw vendors to abandon the trade of counterfeit goods as the Government moves to crack down on the import armed and sale of the prohibited items. Under the Customs Management Bill, which was passed in the House of Assembly yesterday, Customs officers will soon have the power to confiscate sus- robbery pected counterfeit or knock-off goods at the country's RESIDENTS yesterday SEE page 12 relived the horrific moments when a shopkeeper and his son were shot in an armed robbery. Lewis Ramsey, 64, was on duty in Ramsey’s Snack Shop on Croton Street, Pinewood BEC CHAIRMAN: NO MORE Gardens, when two men, each wearing sunglasses and dark hooded sweatshirts, burst in NEW PROVIDENCE BLACKOUTS and threatened him with a By SANCHESKA BROWN handgun. They grabbed the chain on THERE will be no more blackouts for the shopkeeper’s neck, New Providence residents, promised BEC demanded cash and then shot Chairman Michael Moss, who said the com- him in his mouth and torso.