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Young woman reported to have attempted suicide By ALISON LOWE Tribune Staff Reporter [email protected]

POLICE were called to Students stabbed the condominium home of a young woman on Paradise Island on Wednesday after receiving reports that she had attempted to commit sui- cide. If correct, this would make the incident the sixth attempted or actual suicide in under two weeks — rep- in latest violence SEE page 10 Calls for permanent CONCERNED PARENTS police presence on school campuses

By ALISON LOWE Fearful parents who gathered Tribune Staff Reporter outside C I Gibson Junior High [email protected] School, where two male stu- dents were stabbed in a break- A SENIOR school official, time brawl during the morning, the President of the teacher’s were unanimous in their view union, police, parents and coun- that a permanent police pres- selors offered a variety of views ence was needed to quell rowdy yesterday on whether police students in the face of what should be re-introduced as a they believe is escalating vio- permanent presence on school lence in and around school campuses as two students were campuses. stabbed and five more taken President of the Bahamas into custody in the fourth seri- Union of Teachers Belinda Wil- ous outbreak of violence son, who is to face an electoral involving school children to take place in as many days. SEE page two The parents of student shooting victim reflect on ‘senseless crime’ f

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Rashad’s shooting only saddened that their son’s injuries are just m i one casualty in an overwhelming tide of youth violence. T Rashad’s father, Gregory Rolle, a 45-year-old self-employed mason, and his mother, Janet Taylor, a 44-year-old janitress, told SHOW OF CONCERN: Parents stand outside the gates of C I Gibson yesterday after two male students were stabbed in a break-time brawl. The Tribune of how on that tragic day their entire world was changed forever. Majority of Call for govt Prison record Date set for SEE page 11 staff at ZNS investigation defended by hearing into ‘walk off job’ over worker’s Dr Elliston Grant-Bethel UNIONIZED workers at ‘severe illness’ Rahming the Bahamas Broadcasting decision Corporation were reportedly By DENISE MAYCOCK By NOELLE NICOLLS By NATARIO McKENZIE told to walk off the job yes- Tribune Freeport Reporter Tribune Staff Reporter Tribune Staff Reporter terday, amid reports that [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] those same workers locked their union president inside FREEPORT - The govern- THE prison’s record speaks A DATE was set yesterday his Farrington Road office for ment is being called on to inves- for itself, said Dr Elliston Rah- for a judicial review hearing nearly an hour. tigate operations at Bradford ming in response to claims that into the decision not to It is understood that the Marine after an employee was the Prison Staff Association has appoint Cheryl Grant-Bethel reportedly diagnosed with a declared its opposition to his to the post of Director of Pub- majority – if not all – of the severe, possibly life-threaten- reporters and staff at ZNS left reappointment. lic Prosecutions. ing respiratory illness that is Dr Rahming’s current con- the corporation yesterday at believed to be commonly asso- While that hearing has been the request of the Bahamas tract, soon to expire, will require set for January 2011, Mrs ciated with sandblasting. the government to appoint a suc- Communications and Public The activist group Families Grant-Bethel’s attorneys were cessor by February 2011, or presented yesterday with their Officers Union. For Justice is concerned that make a reappointment at the However, reports also indi- the health of other employees first legal hurdle. During a SEE page 11 SEE page 10 SEE page 10 SEE page 10

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LOCAL NEWS Crabs for Computers initiative finally nets laptop funds By REUBEN SHEARER jects and class assignments. Now they is in talks with Flamingo Air and Lee- cil of Mangrove Cay, Mr Pretzel’s, Tribune Staff Reporter will have full access to modern tech- Air to arrange a flight to leave Nassau Scotia Bank International, Kelly’s [email protected] nology, and complete their work in at 1 pm for Mangrove Cay to take Home Centre, Commonwealth Bank, real time. those attending the ceremony from CIBC, Our Lady’s Catholic Church, THE Mangrove Cay District has The Crabs for Computers initiative Nassau to make the presentations. Holy Family Catholic Church, Flamin- finally collected enough funds to pur- was launched by administrator Gilbert They will return to Nassau by charter go Air, Lee Air, Bahamasair, chase 19 laptops for primary and high Kemp who inspired many Bahamians at 6 pm. Bahamas Subs and the Deputy Prime school students who participated in to believe that they could have a good To ensure that the majority of the Minister and his wife were sponsors of the Crabs for Computers initiative start by getting a real reward with island is covered with wireless internet the project. during the summer months. hard work. access, the Mangrove Cay District is Governor-general Sir Arthur Gilbert Kemp, administrator of the The students reached the goal of still accepting donations for more lap- Foulkes will also attend. programme told The Tribune yester- the project by raising $9,000 to catch tops and powerful routers to place at day that the children of Mangrove and sell crabs, to use the money for various spots on the island. COLLECTING CRABS: The initiative has Cay were inquiring about the use of the purchase of Compaq laptops. The Tribune, Omni Technologies, raised enough funds for 19 laptops. laptops to do research for their pro- According to Mr Kemp, the council Galleria Cinemas, the District Coun- FROM page one Students stabbed in latest violence challenge on Tuesday, called for “beefed up security” at pub- iar scene – a group of ten par- cation Desmond Bannister lic schools in the form of added ents and other relatives of stu- found himself privy to a first reservists and retired police dents at the school gathered hand view of school violence officers joining school security, outside the school’s gates seek- when he saw CV Bethel Senior and more frequent police ing information after receiving High School students that had patrols on and outside campus- word that there may have been just left school very quickly get es, but said she did not want to multiple stabbings inside. caught up in a brawl with other see a permanent police pres- Several were frustrated that young men and students from a ence. they were not given the oppor- private school in a nearby plaza. Meanwhile, former principal tunity to speak with their rela- The fight led to the arrest of Dressler Sherman, District tives inside. Some shouted three people. Students, along Superintendent of Schools for insults at the school security with others involved in the the north eastern area of New who stood guard by the locked brawl, were seen throwing Providence, who has responsi- school gate, suggesting the inci- rocks, wielding cutlasses and bility for C I Gibson school and dent proved they were not one was even witnessed wield- three others said she felt police doing a good enough job. ing a gun. Mr Bannister had in schools would make little dif- Grandmother of a 14-year- been in the area to observe first ference to the levels of violence old student at the school, Della hand what happens when if no other efforts were made to Thomas, said: “The police school children are leaving address the root cause of the should’ve been here before the schools, amid fears that it is problem, and may even be fight started. The Government during this time that students counter productive. needs to do something about are most prone to starting or “Is it deterrent or are we fur- this situation now before some- vulnerable to getting caught up ther making police powerless one gets killed because that’s in fights. that they would be fighting in what’s going to happen. This is On the same day a 16-year- front of them? war. They need to go in each old CC Sweeting high school Their comments came after class and take out the bad kids, student was attacked in a sepa- the stabbing incident at C I other ones want to learn.” rate incident by a number of Gibson Junior High School, “If they don’t have enough students and subsequently which police said resulted in police get reserve fellas who stabbed. Four CC Sweeting stu- two male students receiving want to help the country. ” dents were arrested. The injuries and being taken to hos- Cheri Rolle, mother of 15- stabbed student was treated at pital by ambulance – with one year-old Kerenique McKenzie, hospital and discharged. discharged yesterday and the said: “They need to put the Meanwhile, on Tuesday a other remaining in hospital in police back. (Kerenique) told female student was taken to an unknown condition. me from when school opened hospital in an ambulance after The school was placed on there were all kinds of fights. I being beaten by a group of fel- “lockdown”, with no one but worry about her because all low students outside AF police and education officials kinds of funny things happen Adderley Junior High School allowed in or out for a number in schools today,” at around 3.20pm. of hours after the incident, Renaldo Rolle, 18, a former And in the most serious inci- which occurred at around head boy at Eight Mile Rock dent of violence involving a stu- 11.20am in the area of the boy’s High School who came to the dent, eighth grader at T A bathrooms. campus yesterday out of con- Thompson, 13-year-old Rashad Mrs Sherman said school cern for his cousin who goes to Rolle was shot in the head after officials believed the latest out- C I Gibson, and counsels at- leaving his school on Monday. break of violence in the public risk young men at LW Young, In this case, police have sug- school system to be “gang-relat- agreed. gested Rashad, who was wait- ed.” He said: “The majority of ing at a bus stop at John Road The school official told The teachers, if an altercation off Baillou Hill Road, may not Tribune she understood only occurs, are scared. They’re run- have been deliberately targeted one male student had been ning around. It’s hard for them but was perhaps the victim of a stabbed – receiving non-life to even get to the land phone to stray bullet that was not intend- threatening back injuries – call the police. So it would be ed for him. He is recovering in however police later reported better to have (police) around. hospital in stable condition. A there were two stabbings. From observation when I was formal assessment of the level The stabbings are the third in school – we had police then – of brain damage Rashad may and fourth at the school since and we never used to have have endured from the bullet December 2009. That month, problems. Now it’s chaos in wound is yet to be conducted. a 17-year-old student was there (Eight Mile Rock High His father, Gregory Rolle, attacked by two other male stu- School). I think there should told The Tribune yesterday that dents armed with knives. In be at least three (officers in it would appear that in any area May, three students – aged 16 each school). One in every where a government school and 15 – were stabbed during block.” exists, that area seems to another on campus brawl. At However, District Superin- become a crime “hot spot” that time, Director of Educa- tendent of schools for the area, after school closes for the day. tion Lionel Sands said plans Mrs Sherman, said that in her “It’s not that the public trans- were in place to install CCTV view, the presence of police in portation isn’t safe – just where at the school in an effort to schools in the past – they were the drop off point is – it isn’t diminish school violence. removed after the 2007 general safe. Where any government When this newspaper arrived election – did not lead to a school is at the end of the day at C I Gibson Junior High, reduction in school violence that area becomes a problem located on Marathon Road, at and solving the problem comes area,” said the 45-year-old around noon yesterday, it down to changing attitudes. father. found what has become a famil- “Even if police are there look Assistant Commissioner of at the wider society: How do Police Hulan Hanna, asked yes- you prevent arguments? Some- terday for the police force’s one wanting to pick up a knife position on the issue of officers and stab someone. We are in and around schools, said focusing on self discipline. At C police will continue to “make I Gibson that’s the concept we our presence felt wherever are trying to teach the children there are hotspots.” – to manage your thoughts and “Whenever there are inci- actions.” dents we are constantly evalu- “I think we have to continue ating the aftermath of these sit- to teach our children about uations and making decisions. choices and consequences when Divisional commanders man- they perpetrate crimes,” added age policing in their districts the education official. and we are very confident they Crisis Centre Counselor are rising to the occasion to Donna Nicolls, who works with deal with situations in their at-risk students, suggested that areas. Mobile units are “police have no place in deployed strategically.” schools” but should be present ACP Hanna said police will outside. She considers that not only focus on using their indiscipline and violence among presence as a deterrent but also students stems in large part on intelligence-led efforts to from a lack of discipline in the reduce school violence. classroom, and teachers need “By its very nature that has more support from school offi- to be covert to get the maxi- cials when they set standards mum results. In some instances and rules for their students. there are outsiders creating Incidences of violence on problems for youngsters out- campus or involving students side so a lot of what we have to near their school have escalated do has to be intelligence led. heavily in recent weeks. On There is the balancing act for Wednesday, Minister of Edu- us.”

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THE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010, PAGE 3 LOCAL NEWS Minister refuses to BAHAMAS NATIONAL TRUST STATEMENT ON THE BELL ISLAND DEVELOPMENT respond to ‘baseless’ IF THE 176-square-mile Exuma Cays issued by the central government and/or Land and Sea Park could have been local government authorities. The BNT acquired as an untouched or pristine wilder- works co-operatively with private landown- ness, the issue of land use conflicts within ers within the Exuma park and surrounding the park could have been easily avoided by communities to encourage compatible plan- $1m donation claim forever excluding all private interests. ning and land use. There is, however, a legacy of private Every landowner in the park has con- By MEGAN REYNOLDS “how the public interest is land holdings in this park, which existed tributed generously to the funding of the Tribune Staff Reporter protected and served by well before the government leased the ter- BNT. [email protected] the government granting ritory to the BNT in 1962. The Bahamas In the present case, the owner of Bell permission for the dredg- National Trust Act does not override the Island applied to the government for per- inalienable rights of property owners, as mission to expand an existing service/utili- ENVIRONMENT Min- ing of a protected marine enshrined within the constitution of the ty area, excavate an inland yacht basin, and ister Earl Deveaux refused habitat for purely private Bahamas. dredge less than nine acres of sandy seabed to respond to “baseless” use and personal conve- In fact, about a third of the Exuma park's to accommodate 150-foot vessels. The total claims he facilitated a nience.” land area is privately owned, including Cis- development footprint on the 349-acre $1million donation to the The party further con- tern Cay, Pirate's Cay, Little Pigeon Cay, island is less than five acres, and mitigation Bahamas National Trust demned Dr Deveaux’s South Halls Pond Cay, Soldier Cay, Dinna would include removal of all casuarina trees, from billionaire landowner accepting the ride in the Cay, White Bay Cay, Osprey Cay, Bell restoration of natural vegetation and devel- the Aga Khan, who has helicopter, and what they Island and Little Bell Island. opment of a native plant nursery. plans to develop in the Exu- said was his “arrogant and There is no commercial development any- The government consulted the BNT on ma Cays Land and Sea dismissive attitude” where in the park, but some private islands environmental safeguards for the develop- Park. toward the matter, as the have been developed for the personal use of ment, although in the past consultation on The PLP accused Dr minister stated he could the owners and their guests. Examples such matters has been an exception rather Deveaux of facilitating the not be bought by a heli- include Soldier Cay, Cistern Cay, Halls than the rule. The BNT executive commit- donation from the billion- copter ride and denied Pond Cay, and Bell Island. Developments tee reviewed all available documents and aire leader of an Islamic any conflict of interest. over the years have included land clearing, considered the matter very carefully. The sect, Shah Karim al-Hus- home and infrastructure construction, and documents included an Environmental sayni, the Aga Khan IV, to dredging of the seabed. Impact Assessment completed by Turrell, the BNT ahead of their REFUSING TO RESPOND: Cabinet The most egregious development on pri- Hall & Associates of Naples, Florida in scrutiny of his development Dr Earl Deveaux vate land in the park occurred in the early March 2010. The BNT called for: “Based on the principle plans for Bell Island. 2000s, when the owner engaged in an orgy 1. An independent survey of all dredging of collective responsibility, of pointless land clearing, marina and road areas and the relocation of any marine The Aga Khan submitted However the PLP are the leader of the Cabinet, construction. The BNT had not been con- resources that may be practically salvage- plans to dredge at least 8.8 now asserting Dr Deveaux the prime minister, is cul- sulted prior to the proposed development, able. acres of sand for two 12ft facilitated a $1million pable and must accept full but was able to persuade the government to 2. A comprehensive environmental man- and 14ft deep channels, as donation from the Aga responsibility for the put a stop to the activities. agement plan for the development. well as a yacht basin with Khan to the BNT, which behaviour of his cabinet The comprehensive Planning and Subdi- 3. Completion of all dredging activities slips for 20 vessels and a manages the 176 square colleagues,” stated the vision Act, which will come into force on within 60 days. barge landing with 100ft mile park and no-take PLP. October 1 2010, will form the basis for land 4. Appointment of a full-time, on-site dock after he bought the marine reserve. “The PLP strongly urges use decisions throughout the Bahamas. This environmental/compliance officer approved 349 acre island in the park The donation was said the prime minister to pub- provides an opportunity for the BNT to by the BNT with full authority to suspend last year. to have been made at the develop an authoritative land use plan for works and enforce conditions. licly state his reasons for the park with strict rules on the scale and 5. A requirement for the developer's full Trust’s annual fundraiser rejecting Minister last year. scope of development. Currently, the BNT and frank co-operation and consultation Helicopter Deveaux’s resignation, in can set rules and regulations for public use with the BNT on all matters. When contacted for light of the FNM-inspired of the park but has no control over private 6. Indemnity for any costs that may be Dr Deveaux admitted to comment yesterday, Dr ‘standards of conduct for land use. incurred by the BNT as a result of the devel- taking a free ride in the Aga Deveaux told The Tri- ministers of government’,” These private islands were grandfathered opment. Khan’s helicopter to attend bune: “I have no response said the statement. in when the park was created, and succes- a film screening in Abaco to this baseless allegation. The FNM manifesto sive governments have treated them as an The BNT also endorsed other environ- with his wife and two “I believe, the Bahamas states: “Ministers must important part of the country's tax base. mental recommendations made by the friends before going on to National Trust will ensure that no conflict They also provide spin-off benefits for near- BEST Commission. Bell Island to do a land respond in due course.” arises, or appears to arise, by communities like Black Point, Staniel The despoilation of Halls Pond Cay is a assessment with BNT exec- He said he was minded between their public duty Cay and Farmers Cay. prime example of why the BNT needs to utives the next day. to approve the Bell Island and their private inter- The objectives of the Exuma park – as be actively involved in any land use plan- And the Minister of the project, and that he passed ests,” and “Ministers must expressed in the 2006 general management ning within the Exuma park. We are pleased Environment tendered his on the plans and the Envi- avoid accepting any gift or plan – are to protect biodiversity, conserve that the government has invited our input in resignation to the Prime ronmental Impact Assess- hospitality, which might natural and cultural resources, support the the case of Bell Island, and we have condi- Minister, which was ment (EIA) to the BNT appear to compromise local and national economy, and provide tionally accepted the relatively low impact refused, after his actions for their input. their judgment or place environmentally sensitive visitor experi- of this proposed development. Our view were revealed in The Tri- In its statement, the them under improper ences. was to permit reasonable access for the bune. PLP it would like to know obligation.” Development on private land in the owner under strict environmental proto- Bahamas is controlled through permits cols.

18-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH STABBING DEATH By NATARIO McKENZIE Tribune Staff Reporter [email protected]

AN 18-year-old man charged in the stabbing death of a man on Abaco this week was arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Raheem McBride, 18, of Murphy Town, Abaco, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez in Court One, Bank Lane, charged with the September 13 murder of Arah Brown. Mr Brown, also an Abaco resident, was report- edly stabbed at around 4.45pm on Monday at Curry Lane in Murphy Town. According to reports, police found Mr Brown’s body lying face-up in the driveway of a home at Curry Lane. He had been stabbed in his stomach. Initial reports indicate the victim and another man got into a fight and at some point Mr Brown was stabbed. He was tak- en to the local clinic where he was pronounced dead. McBride was not required to enter a plea to the murder charge. Twenty-three witnesses are listed on court dockets. McBride was represented by attorney Anthony Forbes who appeared on behalf of attorney V Alfred Gray. The accused was remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison. The case was adjourned to September 27 and transferred to Court 6, Parliament Street. Second presidency

RAHEEM MCBRIDE, 18, of candidate tours COB Murphy Town, Abaco, was By AVA TURNQUEST arraigned before Chief Magis- Tribune Staff Reporter trate Roger Gomez charged [email protected] with the September 13 murder of Arah Brown. THE second of three final- ists in the College of the Bahamas' 2010 presidential search, Dr Kathryn Bindon, arrived yesterday to tour the main campus and meet with the college community. INDEX Dr Bindon currently serves as Advisor to the President of the University of Bahrain, and MAIN/SPORTS SECTION her career was described by the Local News...... P1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,16 Search Committee to have spanned over five provinces in CANDIDATE: Editorial/Letters...... P4 Canada. Dr Kathryn Bindon Among her credentials, she Sports...... P12,13,14,15 has served as president of engagements with upper level BUSINESS SECTION Okanagan University College management at the institution, in Kelowna, British Columbia, the Minister of Education, mul- Business...... P1,2,3,4,5,6,8 Canada which has five cam- tiple open forums with alumni, Comics...... P7 puses. She is also listed as the faculty, students, and their founding president of Bahrain's unions, and also a trip to the Royal University for Women. Northern Bahamas campus. INSERTS - FURNITURE PLUS Dr Bindon’s three-day can- The final candidate visit, Dr didate tour began with break- Susan Coultrap-McQuin, is fast with the search committee scheduled for Monday. Dr at the British Colonial Hilton Coultrap-McQuin currently CLASSIFIED SECTION 28 PAGES followed by an introductory serves as deputy to the Presi- meeting with the current presi- dent for Special Projects, of the dent Dr Earla Carey-Baines. State University of New York USA TODAY MAIN/SPORTS 12 PAGES The slate of activities include (SUNY) at Oswego.

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PAGE 4, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 THE TRIBUNE EDITORIAL/LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Tribune Limited Astounded and NULLIUS ADDICTUS JURARE IN VERBA MAGISTRI Being Bound to Swear to The Dogmas of No Master LEON E. H. DUPUCH, Publisher/Editor 1903-1914 disappointed to SIR ETIENNE DUPUCH, Kt., O.B.E., K.M., K.C.S.G., (Hon.) LL.D., D.Litt .

Publisher/Editor 1919-1972 Contributing Editor 1972-1991 hear Baha Mar EILEEN DUPUCH CARRON, C.M.G., M.S., B.A., LL.B. Publisher/Editor 1972- Published Daily Monday to Saturday project details Shirley Street, P.O. Box N-3207, Nassau, Bahamas Insurance Management Building., P.O. F-485, Freeport, Grand Bahama EDITOR, The Tribune. employment in the nation. Is this the way to go, how- While I generally support LETTERS ever? TELEPHONES the concept of the necessity [email protected] The Rt Hon Prime Minis- Switchboard (News, Circulation and Advertising) 322-1986 for the much ballyhooed ter says that the land will be Advertising Manager - (242) 502-2352 Baha Mar project and the transferred “on certain con- Circulation Department - (242) 502-2387 absolute necessity for the mental entities? ditions”. That may well be Nassau Fax: - (242) 328-2398 creation of badly needed Over 260 acres of prime his good intentions but he, jobs for Bahamians, I was real estate is being proposed like me, is a lawyer and must WEBSITE astounded and gravely dis- to be transferred, outright, appointed to have heard of to Baha Mar for which it know that once a fee simple www.tribune242.com – updated daily at 2pm and to have read the intri- will, allegedly, pay some 80 estate would have been cre- cate details of the same. million dollars This trans- ated, as it must be in this The Rt Hon Prime Minis- lates into roughly to case to facilitate the “deal” The Minister and the Prince’s helicopter ter’s introduction and first B$70,000.00 per acre for with the Chinese that is the reading of the proposed land which is worth from end of the matter. THE PLP never cease to amuse us. “As a matter of fact,” commented some- “Resolution” in the House B$150 to B$200,000.00 per No trust instrument is Knowing the party’s own free-ride histo- one from the Christie era, “investors flying of Assembly the other day acre on the market. being set up and we must ry, we were surprised members would have around PLP ministers and civil servants had was lackluster, at best, but Why are we proposing to read the conveyance as it the temerity to venture into the debate on reached an alarming level.” So alarming, in it revealed details which the give away this valuable will be. whether Environment Minister Earl fact, that when Mr Ingraham became prime Bahamian people had never chunk of real estate at what Deveaux should have accepted Prince Karim minister and saw what was happening, he If Baha Mar defaults on known of before. It is incon- appears to be a fire sale the terms and conditions of Aga Khan lV’s helicopter to fly him to a had to apply the brakes. price? meeting with the Bahamas National Trust at However, as another person recalled, the ceivable that Baha Mar the loan with China, the the prince’s Bell Island development. use of private planes by Ministers and other appears to have been able Both major political par- Chinese will end up owning ties have a role in the con- The prince’s proposal to develop his pri- MPs has a long history in the Bahamas — to “negotiate” with the Peo- land and assets worth in ceptualization of this partic- vate island, located within the environmen- not all of it with ulterior motives. It was just ple’s Republic of China and excess of three-four billion tally sensitive Exuma Land and Sea Park, is the accepted practice that if the developer i’s relevant agencies, for the ular “baby”. dollars. now before the cabinet. In the public eye wanted a minister to see what he was doing, disposition of valuable Indeed, as has been attrib- the reason for the flight made Mr Deveaux’s he often sent his plane for him, offered him Bahamian owned land with- uted to the Chinese Ambas- To God then (or is it Bud- helicopter ride precarious. lunch and flew him home. out first having the fee sim- sador to The Bahamas this dha?), in all of these mun- There were those who believed that Mr And now to Minister Deveaux. The ple documents in hand. baby may well turn out to dane things, be the glory. Deveaux’s acceptance of the prince’s hospi- Friends of the Environment had invited Mr be a “golden” one. tality was a conflict of interest. Deveaux to Hope Town for an early morn- Is Baha Mar a govern- Of course, the PLP quoted Prime Minis- ing premier of a documentary on the “Lion- mental partner with powers The FNM and the PLP ORTLAND H ter Ingraham’s “standards of conduct for fish Invasion.” However, Mr Deveaux had to to arrogate the disposition are, seemingly, desperate to BODIE JR ministers of government”, which was be back in Nassau that morning to catch an of Crown Land and land prop up the massive levels Nassau, prompted by Mr Ingraham’s alarm on Executive Flight support aircraft to get him owned by various govern- of unemployment and under September 13, 2010. becoming prime minister to find the extent to his Bell Island appointment in the Exu- to which the free-wheeling practices of some mas. There was no way that he could fly to ministers and civil servants during former Abaco, see the documentary, and get back to prime minister Perry Christie’s administra- Nassau in time to meet the Bahamas Nation- The Park stands for preservation and Baffled by rap tion had been honed to a fine art. al Trust members and Ministry staff to make “Ministers must avoid accepting any gift or the scheduled flight to Bell Island. This is hospitality, which might appear to compro- where Prince Karim stepped in. The Prince one of the most beautiful places on earth song decision mise their judgment or place them under an offered his helicopter to fly Mr Deveaux to improper obligation,” said a PLP press Marsh Harbour, then back to Nassau to pick release quoting from the Ingraham code of up the waiting team, and on to Bell Island. It EDITOR, The Tribune. conduct. seemed a practical solution, and Mr Deveaux EDITOR, The Tribune. On the face of it, it would appear that Mr accepted the hospitality. I am baffled by the deci- Deveaux had committed an unfortunate Someone who perceived conflict of inter- I read in The Tribune the possibility that Bell Island will be sold again. sion of Church authorities indiscretion. est in this arrangement called The Tribune. in England and Wales to However, Mr Christie also had codes of The next morning a photograph appeared on Peggy Hall, as the Park conduct for his ministers, which were more The Tribune’s front page showing Mr Warden from 1988/1995, fought so long and hard to have a rap song serve as honoured in their breach. Deveaux leaving the Prince’s helicopter. Mr save Bell Island when the last investors came in, the “Youth Anthem” dur- One only has to speak with Bobby Ginn, Deveaux knew exactly what this meant. some twenty odd years ago. ing the papal visit to the the Grand Bahama developer, who at that Being the man of honour that he is, he did With NO agenda but to keep “The Exuma LAND UK this month. time had applications before cabinet and/or what we expected. He went straight to the Pope Benedict XVI has various government departments, to find Prime Minister’s office and offered his res- and Sea Park” pristine and safe for generations of Bahamians to come, Peggy went up against all com- previously described pop out how many times his private aircraft was ignation. music as the “cult of the made available to members of the PLP And the Prime Minister also did what ers to stop this assault on the Park, and through her dedication, stopped fishing and was working on banal.” administration. we expected under the circumstances. He has also stated that It was Mr Ginn’s plane that flew Mr Recognising that there was no way that a NO more development when she had her stroke. Christie to the Cleveland Clinic when he helicopter ride could influence his hard It is through her efforts and single-mindedness rock music “is a form of had his medical emergency. Mr Manuel Dias working Minister’s decision, or buy his that The Exuma Land and Sea Park is the success worship...in opposition to is another one who should be able to recall integrity, he refused to accept the resigna- that it is today. Christian worship.” how many times he accommodated a PLP tion. I sincerely hope the new owner will respect The Rap music has a beat minister in his private aircraft, as for Mr But, of course, there is that public per- with a downward deflec- Gerado Capo of the Bimini Bay develop- ception. The cabinet now has to sit down Park for what it stands for — preservation and one of the most beautiful places on earth. tion that is condescending ment, he should also have many stories to and rethink the rules, so that the public will in nature. tell of how he routinely had ministers, civil not have an opportunity in the future to It contains essential servants and even board members flown have a set of circumstances occur from which SUE DARCEY a concerned Bahamian, living in Exuma, rhythmic elements of brag- back and forth in his private aircraft when his it can draw the wrong conclusions. ging (braggadocio), ritu- controversial Bimini development was being See the Bahamas National Trust’s state- September 16, 2010. discussed. ment on the matter on page 2 of this issue. alised insult and toasting oneself. Rap was largely influ- enced by Rock ’n Roll (slang for sex) and has EXCITING NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES developed into trends of violence and gratuitous AT A LOCAL TOURIST ATTRACTION sex. Putting Christian lyrics to such profane music does Customer Service Representative not make that music Applicant must: “Christian.” Plain and simply this is t )BWF TVQFSJPS WFSCBM DPNNVOJDBUJPO BOE MJTUFOJOH TLJMMT UP inculturation gone hay- FąFDUJWFMZ JOUFSBDU XJUI DVTUPNFST BOE PUIFS FNQMPZFFT wire. PAUL KOKOSKI Canada, t )BWF nFYJCJMJUZ BOE SFBDU QPTJUJWFMZ UP XPSL TDIFEVMF BOE UBTL September 8, 2010. DIBOHFT

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THE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010, PAGE 5 LOCAL NEWS news in BRIEF National Prescription Drug Plan Armed to be launched on September 20 robbers HEALTH Minister Dr pharmacies have signed on to access, and improving health. Hubert Minnis will launch the the NPDP. When people are enabled to National Prescription Drug Tami Francis, manager of get the medications prescribed Plan on September 20, it was the NPDP, said the Prescrip- for them when they require strike announced yesterday. tion Drug Plan will positively them, disease management Director of the National impact the health and lives of and comfort levels can be Insurance Board, Algernon thousands of Bahamians – greatly improved,” Mr Cargill TWO men became the Cargill, said the ceremony will around 35,000 in Phase 1. said. victims of armed robbers take place at the Soldier Road Eventually, some 100,000 He added: “The National within the space of six hours branch of Lowe’s Pharmacy, persons throughout the length Prescription Drug Plan is a on Wednesday evening and which was the first private and breadth of the Bahamas victory for all who dedicated the early hours of Thursday pharmacy group to sign on to will have access to free med- hundreds of hours to bring morning, police report. the plan. ication. together the many strands One of the victims was A first-run of the prescrip- that had to be knitted togeth- arriving at his home on tion delivery process will be Benefits er to create this much-needed Goggle Eye Road off Sol- one of the highlights of the and long-anticipated pro- evening. A selected subscriber gramme. For the board, the dier Road when he was Mr Cargill said that in robbed. to the plan will make use of launch of the plan represents his or her ACE Card, which terms of far-reaching and a victory of expert planning, “Police were told he was long-term benefit for the peo- approached by a masked gives access to the service at research, public and private participating pharmacies. ple of the Bahamas, little can sector co-operation and the male, wearing dark clothing be more important than the allegedly armed with a On Tuesday, September 21, co-ordination of the work of following the official launch, National Prescription Drug many dedicated persons in- handgun demanding cash. Plan. “The culprit robbed the all NPDP subscribers will be house and from the wider able to use their ACE Pre- “The National Prescription community,” victim of an undetermined Drug Plan is one of the first amount of cash and cell scription Cards at participat- The director went on to say lines of defence in the govern- phone cards and fled the ing pharmacies to obtain, free- that it was the National Insur- area on foot in an unknown of-charge, prescription drugs ment’s campaign against the ance Board’s decision not to direction,” said police press as described in the NPDP for- chronic diseases that sap the launch the initiative before all liaison officer Sgt Chrislyn mulary and prescribed by their well-being, productivity and of the necessary elements had Skippings. physicians, who must be finances of one in three undergone multiple trials to At around 4 o’clock licensed and registered in the Bahamians and those who ensure that the system would Thursday morning, a man Bahamas. support them. perform with the greatest pos- was robbed by two men – To date, 30 private pharma- “As our slogan says, the sible efficiency for the benefit one armed with a gun, the cies in 35 locations through- plan is completely focused on of the Bahamians NPDP has other with a knife – while in out the Bahamas and all public reducing cost, increasing been designed to serve. Dr Hubert Minnis the area of Meeting Street off Baillou Hill Road. “The culprits robbed the victim of his wallet contain- ing an undetermined amount of cash and his cell Former educator and basketball coach phone and fled the area on foot in an unknown direc- tion. Police are investigat- ing,” said Sgt Skippings. voices concern over student violence Body of elderly By DENISE MAYCOCK man identified Tribune Freeport Reporter “I am calling on PE teachers and [email protected] coaches to use the influence they By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport FREEPORT – A well have and get these so- called bullies Reporter known veteran educator and [email protected] basketball coach in the country involved in sports and activities.” expressed concern over the proliferation of violence among FREEPORT – The students in the Bahamas. Gladstone “Moon” McPhee elderly man found dead at Gladstone “Moon” McPhee, the Coral Beach Hotel last affectionately known as week has been identified as “Coach,” was distraught over Michael Graham of the the recent shooting of a 13- UK. He was 75. year-old schoolboy allegedly According to reports, Mr by another male student in Gladstone “Moon” McPhee Graham had arrived in New Providence. Grand Bahama on August “I sat down and watched the (Helping Our Youth Through news on ZNS and listened to Education and Sports) Foun- 26. He was found dead in dation. his condo unit on Septem- the story of the young boy who got shot by a stray bullet, and “We realised if we continue ber 10. Asst Supt Hector to allow kids to not have any- Delva explained that the later found out that it was gang-related at that age group, thing to do after school and body was found after some- and I just started crying…” during school time, then we are one reported noticing a bad McPhee told The Tribune. asking for problems. And so smell. He said the body was Rashad Rolle, an eighth that is when we started having partially decomposed. grade student at T A Thomp- various sports tournaments for Hotel management dis- son Junior High School, was kids,” he explained. agree with the police’s shot in the head and is Coach McPhee said that assessment however, insist- detained in hospital after slow students are often left ing there was no bad smell undergoing intense surgery. behind in the classrooms coming from the unit. because they are unable to Compelling keep up with other students. Police say that according “We leave these kids strand- to an autopsy report, Mr ed and at the end we call them Graham died of natural The incident was so touch- dummies; they are not dumb, causes. ing that the former educator what they need is attention,” felt compelled to speak out, he said. calling on the Minister of Edu- “If we reach out to these so- Steel cutter killed cation, politicians, and educa- called bullies and introduce tors, especially PE teachers and them to sports and make them at plant is named coaches to use their influence a part of a team it can make a A MAN killed when a and reach out to so-called bul- difference. lies and troubled youths in the steel structure collapsed at “Right now, these kids do country. not feel wanted, and principals the old Bahama Cement Coach McPhee has helped need to understand the power plant has been identified as to turn the lives around of of PE teachers and coaches and 37-year-old Frederick many wayward youth through get them more involved in the Exalus. sports, specifically basketball. schools,” McPhee said. Exalus and three other Many of them have gone off to men were at the aban- college after receiving college Reach doned plant on Monday scholarships. cutting steel when the McPhee, who was also structure became unstable employed at the Ministry of “We really need to reach Youth and Sports, is now out to these kids, and I call on and fell onto top of him. A Minister Bannister, my good doctor pronounced him retired. He believes that PE teach- friend, to understand that this dead at the scene. Accord- problem is not as hard as we ing to reports, the men ers and coaches are some of the most influential people who think it is. We can reach the were freelance steel cutters. can play a pivotal role in con- so-called bullies, but we have The deceased man had fronting the whole issue of to put our hands out to them been working as a steel cut- youth violence and crime. and offer and bring them in,” ter for a year. “PE teachers and coaches he said. are the most influential people McPhee said that politicians in the schools, especially when must also use their influence Police arrest it comes to discipline. and reach out to trouble stu- “I am calling on PE teach- dents. ers and coaches to use the influ- “We took a tournament to two young men, ence they have and get these the Family Islands and the rep- so- called bullies involved in resentative for the area was in sports and activities,” he town, but he did not think it confiscate two stressed. was important to say ‘hello’ to “Most bullies are kids who those kids and I think that is handguns are looking to be loved and the biggest travesty in the wanted, and who are having world,” OFFICERS confiscated problems either at home or “I call on my former col- two handguns from two school.” leagues and politicians in par- young men yesterday morn- McPhee stated that bullies liament to use their influence and let us save our nation, let ing after seeing them behav- have been around since the old days, but did not have access us save our young people,” he ing “suspiciously.” said. Central Detective Unit to guns and knives as today’s officers were also able to youth. take the men, ages 17 and He noted that school gangs 23, into custody, catching up started in the 1980’s when there were no sports in the schools with them after they in Nassau, and quickly spread attempted to flee police in to the Family Islands, especial- the area of Tonique ly in Grand Bahama. Williams Darling Highway. “We realised then how The handguns were important having sports in loaded, Sergeant Chrislyn schools was, and that is when Skippings said. we started the HOYTES TO DISCUSS STORIES ON THIS PAGE LOG ON TO WWW.TRIBUNE242.COM

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THE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010, PAGE 7 The current controversy over unregulated fisheries

By LARRY SMITH industry," Palau's President Johnson Toribiong said in WE are all familiar with a speech at the United the basic outline. Fishing Nations. "Millions of sharks accounts for about 3 per are being killed every year cent of our economy, sup- so their fins will be cut off ports several thousand jobs, and turned into soup. I say and earns just under $100 that the need to save our million a year, mostly from Braynen, there have been out." oceans and save the sharks exports of lobster and several other expressions of After a bitter fight, the far outweighs our need for a conch. interest in harvesting sea government banned long- bowl of soup. It serves But there is much more cucumbers, a fishery which lining in Bahamian waters notice to the world that we to it than that. at the moment is totally in 1995, and Braynen says are going to be pro-active Our marine ecosystems unregulated. that although there are no in protecting our resource." provide vitally important This surge in interest has specific regulations that The Maldives in the Indi- goods and services, sup- led the Department of apply to sharks "our control an Ocean implemented a porting traditional fishing Marine Resources to com- point is the export license, nationwide shark fishing communities, as well as a mission the first-ever local and we have prohibited the ban this summer. Previous- lucrative tourism industry study of the resource, albeit export of shark products in ly all shark fishing in the that draws snorkelers, divers after the fact. Dr Craig this way for many years. A Maldives had been for the and sport fishermen from Dahlgren, a senior research real commercial fishery export of fins, but the gov- around the world. scientist with the Perry insti- can't develop without an ernment reported that And without a reason- tute for Marine Science, will export license." exports had fallen by 80 per ably healthy environment, start field work later this Others are not so confi- cent over the past dozen our quality of life would be month on a basic stock dent. The Bahamas Nation- years. greatly impaired – just imag- assessment for sea cucum- al Trust, for example, says This was not a reflection ine not being able to catch a ber resources around North the huge Asian market rais- of a collapsing market but few fish or conch for dinner Andros. He will also exam- es serious concerns about of scarcer stock in Maldives on the out islands. ine reproductive capacities. wildlife that is not tradi- waters. This means that exploita- The study will be ongoing tionally harvested or hunted Pew is also working for tion of our marine resources for a year. in the Bahamas, and does SEA CUCUMBERS: worm-like animals that scavenge on the sea floor. passage of the US Shark must be carefully weighed, Adrian La-Roda, of the not enjoy protection as a Conservation Act which using the best information Bahamas Commercial Fish- result. The BNT has also tainable, and a waste of an Shelley Cant of the BNT, would completely prohibit available, so they are not ers Alliance, recently wrote pointed to the expected important biological says fisheries should be sus- the removal of shark fins at carelessly wasted for short- to Agriculture & Marine influx of thousands of Chi- resource. tainable and precautionary sea, close loopholes in the term gains accruing to a few Resources Minister Larry nese to work on construc- Sharks are like the lions measures to protect sharks current finning law and pro- individuals. Cartwright urging the can- tion projects in the and tigers of the sea, and in the Bahamas should be mote shark conservation in The current controversy cellation of existing export Bahamas as having the many point out that shark taken now. other countries. Efforts are over unregulated fisheries – permits and the prohibition potential to increase dive tourism is a multi-mil- Because of their long life also underway to protect in sea cucumbers and sharks of commercial trade in both demand for such resources. lion-dollar sustainable spans and low fertility rates, sharks under the Conven- – is a case in point. sea cucumbers and sharks. According to Aleksandra industry that attracts thou- sharks are highly vulnera- tion on International Trade Sea cucumbers are La-Roda polled members Maljkovicé, a doctoral stu- sands of visitors and gener- ble to overfishing. in Endangered Species. Sci- worm-like animals that of the Alliance and of 123 dent in marine ecology at ates tons of publicity every "It's difficult to stop entists have drawn impor- scavenge on the sea floor. replies, he said 119 objected Canada's Simon Fraser Uni- year. someone who has already tant connections between They are found around the to commercial fisheries in versity who has conducted It contributes much more invested in a fishery," Hepp the loss of these top preda- world in relatively high den- sharks or sea cucumbers for research in the Bahamas, to our economy than a dead told me. "Being pro-active tors and a continuing break- sities, and in the Far East fear that this could cause a more than 100 million shark on a fishing boat ever makes it easier for govern- down of ocean ecosystems. they have been harvested drastic imbalance in our sharks are taken annually could. In fact, according to ments because they don't "The Bahamian econo- for centuries as a tonic food. marine ecosystem that by commercial fishermen venerable University of have to react to any nega- my is built around a good Although there has been would damage the country's and another five million by Miami professor Dr Sammy tive situation that may tourism product and the sporadic interest in a sea multi-million-dollar lobster recreational fishermen. Gruber who has been arise." marine ecosystem is pretty cucumber fishery here since fishery. "The trends indicate pre- researching sharks at Bimi- The main goal of the central to that," Hepp told the 19th century, none has "Had we known about cipitous population declines ni since 1990, a single live campaign is to encourage me. "If the Bahamas did ever developed. the current permit to har- in all large-bodied sharks. shark in healthy habitat like the government to declare something very positive in In the 1890s someone vest sea cucumbers before They are the most threat- the Bahamas is worth as the entire Bahamas a shark this regard the global com- apparently tried to develop it was issued, we would have ened species on the planet." much as $200,000 in tourism sanctuary, something that munity would applaud a dried sea cucumber trade objected then," he told me. And one of the main revenue over its lifetime. two other island nations them. Palau got lot of at Golding Cay, off New "If these animals were a causes is the demand for So the BNT has teamed have already done. The worldwide attention. It's a Providence, but the attempt vital food source for expensive shark-fin soup in up with the Washington- world's first shark sanctu- great marketing tool to say failed "because the people Bahamians our view might Asia. Fins can fetch hun- based Pew Environment ary was created by the you have a shark sanctu- did not understand the be different, but in the dreds of dollars, whereas Group to launch a public Pacific nation of Palau in ary." process sufficiently well, and absence of stock assess- shark meat is worth less education campaign to help 2009. Like the Bahamas, their product would not ments and regulations to than most fish. As a result, Bahamians understand why tourists go to Palau for its keep." ensure sustainability we will fins are cut off of millions sharks are important for spectacular diving, dramat- What do you think? A 1917 publication noted not support any fishery of of living sharks and the ecosystem balance. Jill ic coral and rich marine life. Send comments to that sea cucumbers were this type." mutilated animals are Hepp, a Pew conservation "[I] believe what I did [email protected] "not fished for in these According to Dr thrown back into the sea to biologist who is spearhead- was not only to help human- Or visit islands, as there is no local Dahlgren, this issue is out- die. This is clearly unsus- ing this campaign along with ity but to help our tourism www.bahamapundit.com market for them. It is curi- side the scope of work being ous that a commodity which supported by the DMR, but fetches as much as five dol- "it is something that I am lars a pound in any market interested in addressing. I should find no patron in the have certainly seen lobsters Bahamas...In China the eating sea cucumbers and I demand is inexhaustible, know some fishermen bait while New York restaurants lobster traps with sea have at times made a spe- cucumbers, but how impor- cialty of it. It is supposed to tant these animals are for possess aphrodisiac quali- lobsters is not well known." ties." The other marine animal It was the opening of that La-Roda and many China's vast market to inter- others are concerned about national trading relations in is the shark. This concern 1978 that led to an explo- was amplified recently when sion in demand for sea James Mackey told The Tri- cucumbers. According to bune that Sunco Seafood the UN Food and Agricul- was also interested in ture Organization, sea exporting shark fins to help cucumber stocks have come satisfy another huge Chi- under intense fishing pres- nese market. sure throughout the world, "Their intention to and most high-value com- engage in the commercial mercial species have already harvesting of shark fins is been depleted. of great concern to our "Sea cucumber fisheries members and we request have arrived at the further- that no permits be granted most fishing grounds avail- for such activities," La- able...where no knowledge Roda said in his letter to the or political will exists to minister. "Our members avoid an overexploitation and partner organizations spiral that may leave (them) have expressed concern on the brink of extinction," over the use of gill netting the report warned. and long-lining to harvest This is certainly the case sharks. These indiscriminate in the Bahamas, where the methods will wreak havoc massive Asian demand has on our fishery reserves, put increasing pressure on potentially wiping out entire local decision-makers to schools of reef fish." accommodate such a fish- But according to Michael ery, despite the lack of bio- Braynen, there is nothing to logical or ecological infor- worry about. "We have had mation on which to base a a line item for sharks in our judgment. landing statistics off and on James Mackey, of Sunco over the years, but usually Wholesale Seafoods Ltd, the amount is zero. So far was given an export license there have been no expres- for sea cucumbers about 10 sions of interest in the months ago without any export of shark products," public discussion, and was he told me recently. "The originally harvesting 30,000 last time sharks were har- animals a day at Andros. vested commercially here According to Marine was in the early 1990s when Resources Director Michael long-lining was being tried

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PAGE 8, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 THE TRIBUNE

LOCAL NEWS A daily fight for survival that touched my heart er people. It looks like I will have nothing for my children. If I have children, they will have to build and make their own YOUNG MAN’S VIEW way.” Local shanty towns are fire and health hazards, due to ADRIAN GIBSON moveable power lines and unhygienic conditions such as garbage pileups and open By ADRIAN GIBSON cesspits. However, although I [email protected] didn’t see “drop-cords” carry- ing electricity from one shack to another, I did inquire about AST Saturday, I their thoughts about the posi- encountered the tion, expressed by many local, live action Bahamians, that the shanty edition of the towns should be razed. movieL Slum Dog Millionaire Louverti said: whilst on a tour—with Creole- “People ain’t working. I speaking social activist and heard them say that they wanna Workers Party leader Rodney come and breakdown the shan- Moncur—of a Haitian shanty ty town, but if they do so, the town off Joe Farrington road. only place we’ll have is to go In my last column, I promised live on the side of the road like to see and document migration dogs because we don’t have any as it is viewed from the Haitian money to get an apartment. perspective. OBSERVERS: Adrian Gibson and STATE OF DESOLATION: Broken-down cars and rubbish echo the grimy, televised refugee camps in cer- “When there’s a hurricane, Upon entrance into the bar- Rodney Moncur. tain parts of Africa, Asia and the Palestinian territories. we must go to the Joe Farring- rio, the grinding poverty and ton Road church auditorium or the immensely squalid state of get blown away. We can’t stay village, I observed that many set on the car rim and situated Louverti did speak of occa- affairs in this poverty-stricken to the grimy, televised refugee in the back here. And when desolate residents dejectedly on a makeshift steel stand sions when Bahamas-born skid row immediately gripped camps in certain parts of Africa, Immigration (department) live in sagging, grubby shacks under a large, tan beach Haitians were apprehended and my attention. Asia, the Palestinian territories, comes, if the people had just constructed from a thin sheet umbrella. The lady was cooking sent to the Detention Centre, Honestly, I’ve always been a etcetera. While there are a few put in a couple of nails in their of plywood. They appear only outside one of the first houses but after a day or night, they hardliner relative to illegal “normal looking” houses (con- place, they break it up and comparable to a broken-down alongside the dirt road enter- are released. immigration. Admittedly, hail- crete or wooden) that could leave it just like that,” he said. garden house. There is no elec- ing the complex, with a big pan In discussing illegal immi- ing from Long Island, I had possibly pass a housing inspec- My heart went out to Lou- tricity, no running water and nearby (on a crate) for dish- gration a 19-year-old intervie- never personally seen a Hait- tion, it undoubtedly must be verti when he took us behind no garbage collection; I was sur- washing purposes, with all of wee said: ian village and there are no better in the Bahamas as these a shack to show us his dinner rounded by the shells of ruined her spices and vegetables “When the boat lands, Haitian villages nor—to the individuals, and those in numer- for that day. He said that earli- vehicles and discarded car sprawled about the ground. Immigration (department) usu- best of my knowledge—any ous other villages, who attempt er that day he had journeyed parts; certain areas were As I began to mingle with ally comes looking, rounding illegal (and some say legal) to escape the arroyo of poverty to a nearby creek to catch fish obscured by overgrown weeds, the villagers, Mr Moncur intro- up everyone from Haiti unless Haitians or other illegal immi- on a wretched journey from and had two small barracudas, prickle patches and bushes and duced a few youngsters he had they have their papers in their grants there. With that in mind, Haiti—packed like sardines on some smaller fish and a few mounds of garbage; wooden met during the Elizabeth by- hands. There are people who quite honestly, I entered the a sloop hardly bigger than an sour limes resting inside a cut- shipping pallets littered the election campaign. Whilst the have been here for 25 to 30 village with biases only to now Arawak canoe—live such a off bleach bottle. I was vicinity and formed rough and youngsters—all claiming to years and have been shipped have those biases confronted peasant-like existence. I think awestruck and deeply sympa- ready patios; old, rusted appli- have been born in the home. If they collect the young by feelings of sympathy and a highly of their strong ambition thetic because this was a young ances are strewn about adjoin- Bahamas—were afraid to be kids like us and send to Haiti, more empathetic outlook. to break away from their man—with no criminal ing yards and chickens and photographed by Mr Moncur they might as well kill us one Frankly, the village was a sight adverse circumstances and also record—who was my age, about 15 or more domesticated for fear of victimization given time because we don’t know to behold and my heart cries their august work ethic. spoke like us but, due to his goats roam the dirt yard and that many of them have sub- anyone, only the Bahamas. for some of these people who No doubt, the burgeoning Haitian parentage and social the open green space at the vil- mitted applications and docu- There are people from Haiti appear to be living in a perpet- numbers of illegal immigrants status (or lack thereof), was liv- lage’s entrance. mentation to the Department running here, so how is we ual state of survival—survival invading our sovereign space ing in an dejected, impover- While unlicensed, small pet- of Immigration, we sat down in gonna survive?” mode. and the flood of economic ished state whilst faced with a ty shops also operate in the a yet-to-be completed green Louverti chimed in stating: Upon touring the site, I can refugees from Haiti will only stateless status. slum, perhaps one of the most church (with a white cross at “Life is hard. It’s a thing of sur- honestly only liken the Joe Far- swell if the current approach to At this point, Mr Moncur touching sights was that of a the entrance) and known as vival. We live on farming too. rington Road shanty settlement immigration is not modified. asked if an organized approach woman cooking in a large pot, Solid Rock Baptist Church. At There’s a bunch of children While touring the Haitian had ever been taken to garbage the church, I conducted part of who can’t even go to school.” collection. Louverti asserted an interview with several young that they sometimes banded inhabitants of the village, all of together and hired a large whom claimed to have been Pain dumpster or piled the garbage born and raised in the Nervously smiling, he said: onto trucks for transport to the Bahamas. Louverti Pierre “I feel their pain as (Haitians) “Harrold Road dump.” (whose name has been changed make their way here in those He also said: “We had a C6D:56?E AC@>@E:@? as he fears victimization) was banana boats.” garbage collection truck. The the main interviewee and was “Some die right out there in garbage trucks don’t come found to be quite frank and, I the canal (presumably here, but the garbage was related to him because of our Yamacraw and/or South moved before the Elizabeth by- age as he was 25—nearly 26. Beach) or in the bushes upon election. They cleaned up for Louverti spoke of his status landing. I don’t know what they the election and during that among the generation of the do with the bodies. But of the time both the FNM and the nation’s stateless inhabitants, 200 to 250 on a boat, at least PLP brought t-shirts here and who have no recognized iden- 15 may die from there to here,” asked us to come to the rallies tity in the Bahamas (of course, he said. to make up the crowd. Garbage Haiti claims that anyone born He noted that in their vil- hasn’t been collected since to Haitian parentage would lage about 16 children attend then.” automatically be Haitian). He school, however he says there is As we were departing, Rod- claimed to have applied for cit- a general notion among the res- ney Moncur left these young- izenship since he was 17 and, idents that “if a child’s parents sters—born and raised in the only last month—after show- ain’t straight, they can’t go to Bahamas—with words of ing up at immigration to inquire school.” encouragement worth noting. about his application after eight “There is a child here now Mr Moncur urged them to years—had his first interview. who has never been to school. “stop hiding and buck the sys- He claimed that he was He is about nine or 10 and his tem in a peaceful manner.” promised to be called in by old lady ain’t straight so he “It must be highlighted that Christmas. The 25-year-old stat- can’t help himself with reading you have no control over the ed that while he was born at and maths. But we all can speak circumstances of your birth. We Princess Margaret Hospital and Creole and so we try to help were all made in the image of attended local schools, he has him. He even has problems God and we have no choice no documents, has never trav- with his A-B-C’s,” he said. over who our ma and pa were. elled outside of the Bahamas At this point in the conver- If that was so, there may be one (others claim to have never sation, Mr Moncur attempted or two people I would have ventured off New Providence), to lighten the mood, engaging chosen!” he remarked. cannot attend college or BTVI in entertaining banter and “You must take a peaceful “even if (he) had a scholarship” singing in Creole, while having stand or the next generation and has no driver’s license. 2fXfde"&eY@Te`SVc$"de the boys translate his song into will be subjected to the same “I can only make a personal English and later on discussing poverty you face. That would ID card and I can’t do anything heritage. When asked about be unfair. Speak up publicly, or with that because it’s just a per- his upbringing, Louverti said: if not, a lot of your problems sonal ID with my face on it. I “Haitian parents are strict. If will never be solved. Once your can’t get a good job without my $ $ they say not to do something, status is established, you can 79 Adults 49 Kids documents and Immigration don’t do it or you will get break work and buy land. You don’t wouldn’t even call so I had to up, left and right! I couldn’t go have to attack any Bahamian go inquiring,” Louverti said. anywhere until I was 18. I could to speak up—just talk about “I don’t feel good at all. I only go to school and come fair treatment, the dignity of have to hustle to make it, to do back. Coming home at 5 men, Christian principles, something just to eat. The sys- o’clock was a no-no, my mom etcetera,” he went on. tem ain’t helping so I can’t wait said that if school is out at “My position is that if a per- :_T]fUVd+ for bread to fall from the sky three, I would need to have son enters the Bahamas illegal- when I’m hungry. At this point been here by 3.30 or else.” ly and has a child who is now 25 the only thing we can find is in 4`^a]Z^V_eRcj ARc\Z_X Z_T]fUVU hZeY ART\RXV AfcTYRdV Another interviewee, who years old, that child cannot just construction, landscaping, was graduated from high school be sent to Haiti. That’s not =`TReVUReeYV2e]R_eZdDV]WARc\7RTZ]Zej maybe working in a store stack- two years ago added to Lou- right. You must find a way to ing shelves or looking for scrap verti’s sentiments, saying: prevent garbage from accumu-  ReeYVcVRc`WeYV4cRWe4V_eVc metal. When many Bahamians “Unlike others, we have no lating or those opposed to the get a government or bank con- X-Box 360s, no video games. Haitian situation will use that as tract, they pick us up to do their 4`^a]Z^V_eRcj=f_TYG`fTYVc In grade five, I had to start an excuse,” said Mr Moncur. jobs and pay us little-to-noth- making my own money to buy Sadly, I am also told that  CVUVV^RS]VReViacVdd`fe]Ved`_]j ing. We don’t want to do some my uniform and I had to start Bahamians own several of the of the jobs, but we must do it taking care of my old lady. If I fetid dwellings in the village just to make it, just eat and buy made no money the house and rent them, per week, for 2TTVdde`R]]2e]R_eZdA``]dD]ZUVdR_UCZUVd one or two pieces of grocery to would have no food, so I did hefty fees. While aggressively put in the house. As you can scrap metal work for a few days fighting illegal immigration, we see, we don’t have anything,” with the boys and went to must deal with immigration 2bfRgV_efcVaRddVdR_U]f_TYg`fTYVcdRcVRgRZ]RS]V he said. The conditions he school the other days.” matters effectively and with described and unscrupulous ReeYV5ZdT`gVc2e]R_eZd5Vd\Z_eYV4`cR]E`hVcd Asked if they save any of careful consideration whilst Bahamians who take advantage the money they earn, Louverti attempting to regularize those Ac``W`WcVdZUV_TjcVbfZcVUW`cUZdT`f_eVUcReV of them and pay $20 for full- responded: deserving persons who have no day’s work is nothing short of “We have no bank accounts voice and have known no other ?`cVdVcgReZ`_dcVbfZcVUSRdVU`_RgRZ]RSZ]Zej modern day slavery. because of our status. If rob- home but the Bahamas. At this 7`cXV_VcR]Z_bfZcZVdTR]]$'$'*&! I was told that when immi- bers came into the village and rate, we can no longer ignore gration raids are conducted, collected money from every- them and merely view them as “they don’t really mess with us one, they would score. We have socially inferior because that because when we standup and to keep everything on us or in approach only leads to anar- speak that clear English they our houses. I can’t put myself in chy. All things considered, it understand that we’re from insurance, so if I die or get sick appears that we don’t have here. ” my family must depend on oth- much choice! TO DISCUSS STORIES ON THIS PAGE LOG ON TO WWW.TRIBUNE242.COM

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THE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010, PAGE 9 INTERNATIONAL NEWS Lawyer: Smith case prosecutor encouraged perjury Participating

By LINDA DEUTSCH bons said, "Whatever state- Smith's home and read Stern's AP Special Correspondent ment she has she will be mak- name on many of them. ing in court." When Nadine Alexie took HOWARD K. Stern's Before Sadow spoke, Perry the witness stand later, Rose Pharmacies lawyer angrily accused a pros- dismissed jurors from the court- asked how Quethlie was able to ecutor of encouraging perjury room and appeared to predict read Stern's name on the bot- of The National by a key witness at the Anna what Sadow was going to say. tles. Nadine said she began Nicole Smith drug conspiracy "Let's take a deep breath teaching Quethlie how to read trial, according to the Associ- before we go on," Perry said. "I and write English after they Prescription Drug Plan ated Press. don't want to say something I went to work for Smith. Defence attorney Steve Sad- will regret, so I'm not saying She said she specifically ow was red-faced Tuesday as anything." showed her Stern's name and he asked the judge to strike the He urged Sadow to consider told her how to read and write entire testimony of Nadine doing the same, but the lawyer it "so if she saw things in his Alexie, a former nanny for said he felt he had to speak. name she would know who Your ACE Rx Cards will be Smith. "That was suborned per- they belonged to." "I'm considering it," Supe- jury," Sadow said, using the Nadine Alexie said she went accepted at these pharmacies as of rior Court Judge Robert Perry legal term for encouraging a through two years of college said without making a ruling. witness to lie. "The people and reads and writes English Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Stern, Smith's lawyer- know this is perjurious testi- perfectly. But she insisted she boyfriend, and two doctors, mony." did not read a one-page legal Khristine Eroshevich and Sandeep Kapoor, have pleaded not guilty to providing the for- mer Playboy model with exces- “In my whole career I’ve never NEW PROVIDENCE sive opiates and sedatives. They are not charged with causing seen a prosecutor do a stunt like her overdose death in 2007. 1. Best Buy Discount Pharmacy (Robin Hood,TWD Highway) The dispute involved testi- that. You ought to look in the mony by Nadine Alexie that 2. Betande Pharmacy (West Bay Street) she had taught her sister-in-law mirror and think about what 3. Centreville Pharmacy (Collins Avenue) Quethlie Alexie to recognize Stern's name on prescription you’re doing. It’s outrageous.” 4. Community Pharmacy (Carmichael Road) bottles, even though Quethlie Alexie reads no English. Both 5. Doc’s Pharmacy (Robinson Road) women are Haitians who Steve Sadow 6. Doctors Hospital Pharmacy (Collins Avenue) worked for Smith in the Bahamas caring for her baby. 7. Family Pharmacy (Bernard Road) Sadow suggested prosecutor The uproar came after for- affidavit attesting to her sister's Renee Rose had encouraged mer nanny Quethlie Alexie truthfulness before she signed 8. Heaven Sent Pharmacy (Nassau Street) Nadine Alexie to fabricate the concluded three days on the it.  -R½RMX] ,IEPXL 'EVI 4LEVQEG] (Carmichael Road) story to explain her sister-in witness stand. Under question- "I just didn't read it," she law's statements on the witness ing by defence lawyer Brad said. 10. Island Pharmacy (Madeira Plaza) stand that she had seen Stern's Brunon about her literacy in "So you're in a lawyer's name on the bottles. English, Quethlie said through office with a notary public and 11. Lowe’s Pharmacy (Soldier Road and Town Centre Mall) When the judge left the a Creole interpreter that she they ask you to sign a docu- bench, Sadow shouted at Rose: could not read or write Eng- ment and you don't read it?" 12. McCartney’s Pharmacy (Mt. Royal Avenue) "In my whole career I've never lish, even though she could Brunon asked. 13. Oliver’s Pharmacy (Blue Hill Road South) seen a prosecutor do a stunt speak it. "I didn't read it," Nadine like that. You ought to look in Brunon took her through an Alexie said with a shrug but no 14. Paradise Pharmacy (East Bay Street) the mirror and think about English language affidavit she explanation. what you're doing. It's outra- had signed trying to determine There has been confusion 15. Solomon’s Supercentre Pharmacy (Old Trail Road) geous." her skill. She said she couldn't about the two women's sur- 16. The People’s Pharmacy (Carmichael Road, Soldier Road and Rose did not respond to the read the document but had names. Both were originally accusation. signed it anyway after it was given as Alexie, but Quethlie Prince Charles) Asked later if Rose would read to her. later said her surname was have a comment, district attor- Earlier, she had testified she Alexis, which is how she signed 17. The Prescription Centre Pharmacy (Rosetta Street) ney's spokeswoman Sandi Gib- saw pill bottles of medicine in the affidavit. 18. The Prescription Parlour Pharmacy (East Street South) 19. Total Therapy Pharmacy (Wulff Road)

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PAGE 10, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 THE TRIBUNE LOCAL NEWS Call for govt investigation Date set for hearing into over worker’s ‘severe illness’ FROM page one Moore went to Florida for asbestos testing and was diag- might be at risk, and is appeal- nosed with RADS. The first ing to the Ministry of Environ- stage of the disease is asthma mental Health and the Ministry like symptoms. The disease Grant-Bethel decision of Health to conduct an inves- usually progresses to Silicosis tigation into the matter. cancer, which is incurable. Rev Glenroy Bethel, Rev Bethel said Mr Moore FROM page one for the filing of affidavit evidence, founder of FFJ, said the situa- intends to file a lawsuit against granted that Mr Evans’ application tion is one of major concern Bradford Marine in Florida, proves unsuccessful or as he explained, in the Grand Bahama com- where the company has its brief hearing before Senior Justice Jon the judge agrees with his position but munity that needs urgent atten- headquarters. Isaacs yesterday, QC Thomas Evans decides that it does not go to the root of tion. Dan Romence, general who represents the Judicial and Legal Mrs Bethel’s case. December 2 was set Cecil Moore, a sandblasting manager at Bradford Marine, Services Commission (JDLS) ques- yesterday as the date for a status hear- technician at Bradford Marine, Freeport, said the company tioned whether there was in fact a prop- ing into the substantial matter which has been diagnosed with Reac- provides all safety gear needed er application before the court. A hear- was set for a hearing on January 17, tive-Airways-Dysfunctional- for employees at the facility. ing into that matter has been set for 2011. Syndrome (RADS) by doctors He stated that this is the first October 8. In July, Ms Grant-Bethel filed for in the United States. case where an employee has Following the hearing yesterday Mr leave for a judicial review of the process The diagnosis report by doc- been diagnosed with a severe Evans told reporters, “The rules of the that resulted in the Government tors claims that sandblasting is illness at its facility in Freeport. Supreme Court say how you are to go announcing Jamaican attorney Vinette the primary contributor to his “We have all the safety gear about these things. They also say when Graham-Allen and not Ms Grant- condition. needed for employees to be you are supposed to do what they Bethel, as the new Director of Public “This poses a serious threat fully protected, and employ- require you to do and what we are say- Prosecutions. Senior Justice John Isaacs to the community of Grand ees are trained to use it.” ing is that what they did is not in accor- gave permission for a judicial review Bahama, and the employees Romence said workers wear dance with the rules and as a conse- to be conducted with regard to that of Bradford Marine,” said Rev full helmet with a separate quence there is no proper application decision. Mrs Grant-Bethel was Bethel. breathing apparatus for respi- before the court. That’s our view, the appointed to the post of Deputy Law Moore has been employed ratory protection, and eye gear. judge will decide whether that’s right or Reform Commissioner – a move that at Bradford, a yacht repair According to the company wrong.” involved her being transferred from the facility, for the past eight years. official, Moore is still a paid With regards to Mr Evans’ prelimi- Office of the Attorney General and He is currently on sick leave employee at Bradford. nary application attorney Wayne Department of Public Prosecutions to and is taking 11 different med- “He is receiving sickness Munroe who, with attorney Obie Fer- the Law Reform and Revision Com- ications for his condition. benefit from the National guson, represents Mrs Grant-Bethel mission. Rev Bethel, a well-known Insurance Board…and we told reporters, “Anyone can take an He also granted leave for the pro- community activist, was con- hope he comes back to work,” application to strike out. The only thing ceedings of the JDLS with regard to tacted by Mr Moore and his said Mr Romence. that does in my view is to get costs Mrs Grant-Bethel's application for the family. Mr Romence said he is not before the main hearing.” post of Director of Public Prosecutions OUTSIDE OF HEARING: Cheryl Grant-Bethel “The Families of Justice familiar with RADS disease. November 25 was set as the deadline to be reviewed. pictured yesterday. organisation and the Moore “No other employee has family are making a plea to the experienced similar symptoms FROM page one places ranging from Antigua to “I thought we had an excel- Ministry of Environmental and this is the first time that Canada. Officers participated lent working relationship. We Health and the Ministry of any illness like this has even Prison record in exchange programmes in met every month and they request of Dr Rahming. There Health to send an investiga- been suggested. Jamaica; a tour of prison indus- voiced their concerns; they gave is no indication Dr Rahming tive team in to investigate,” he “The whole protocol is still sive Liberal Party government tries and trade schools in Cuba; their ideas; the meetings were has officially requested a renew- said. being followed to determine and kept on when the Free and a prison riot control course very cordial,” said Dr Rahming al of his contract at this time. Rev Bethel stated that what is going on. He (Mr National Movement took over in West Virginia, among oth- of his meetings with the entire “I don’t want to guess as to Moore’s health started to Moore) has been remiss in in 2007. He served as a special ers. executive. people’s motivations. I have decline in 2008 when he began advisor to the Prime Minister “There are four or five things “Whenever we meet they completing paperwork regard- been focused and I am focused before his initial appointment. that persons who are going to bring the agenda. The Associa- experiencing severe respirato- ing this and he has gone now to on fulfilling the government’s On the matter of succession lead an organisation must have: tion sets the agenda for our ry problems, such as shortness the media and the issue is still mandate. The government said planning, Dr Rahming said “it Experience, education, expo- meeting and I respond to what- of breath and constant cough- being discussed. they want to bring about gen- does not begin and end with the sure, and they must have ever concerns they have,” he ing. “I am aware that he has had uine prison reform. That is top brass of an organisation.” ethics,” said Dr Rahming. said. He said Moore sought med- people working with him trying something the Minister of He said his strategy for succes- “Within the last five years we No members of the PSA ical help in Grand Bahama and to assist with the process of National Security has been sion planning has been to have doubled the number of executive were able to be New Providence, but was going through NIB…and the preaching on a weekly basis. It increase the overall standard of officers with college degrees. reached today. Repeated calls unable to get a proper diagno- process to determine the pre- is my job to try to carry that performance for officers We have exposed a third of the to the PSA office, located on sis in the Bahamas. out. I can’t get into people’s scribed illness is ongoing but “throughout the ranks.” staff to international workshops, the prison compound were Rev Bethel said Moore was motivations and things like not yet complete,” he said. “We have been engaged in conference and prison study unanswered. that,” said Dr Rahming. forced to stop work after his Mr Romence said Moore succession planning by dou- tours, which is unprecedented in PSA President Gregory “We are all entitled to our condition worsened in June, still has access to the compa- bling, perhaps trebling the level the history of the prison,” he Archer works full time for the points of view. She is entitled 2010. ny’s health insurance. of training we have exposed said. association, a concession, Dr to that. I think the facts speak staff too. To say I have picked The PSA is set to meet Dr Rahming said he also made for for themselves,” he said, in out a particular person (to be Rahming on Friday in a regular the secretary. response to reports that the my successor); that is not my monthly meeting. Dr Rahming Dr Rahming did not respond PSA Treasurer, Kimberly Fer- Young woman reported call,” said Dr Rahming. said Friday’s meeting was to all of the claims made by the guson, has a questionable view The 2005 to 2010 Porgies scheduled two weeks ago and PSA; one being the PSA’s of his success at prison reform. report on prison reform states, was not a reaction to public objection to the use of civilians to have attempted suicide Dr Rahming was appointed 98 officers participated in over- statements issued by the PSA. to manage the prison. in 2005 by the former Progres- seas training opportunities in FROM page one

resenting a massive hike in the rate at which such incidents gen- erally occur in The Bahamas. Few details were released by police yesterday, but what is known is that the unidentified woman was “found in the con- do by her roommates with no visible signs of injury to the body,” said a police report. It is not clear at this stage what would have led to the belief that the woman was attempting to commit suicide, however police Sergeant Chrislyn Skippings said she was taken to hos- pital for observation sometime after the incident was reported to police at 4pm. “She was detained and is in a stable condition,” said Sgt Skippings. Police and other officials continue to investigate the sus- pected suicides and attempted suicides of five other people since late August of this year. The recent spate began on August 27, when 54-year-old Deborah Pinto was found hanging from the ceiling at the home she shared with her 81-year-old father. On Monday, September 6th, police went on to report that Acassia Porter, a 23-year-old mother of one, was believed to have committed suicide at her home. Her family later ques- tioned whether she may have in fact been murdered, saying she was found on the floor and not hanging as was previously stat- ed by police. A week later, police said they were investigating the death of 39-year-old Gill Stratton as a possible suicide. Mr Stratton was found hanged in his Marsh Harbour, Abaco, home. And within a day of that incident, a suicide attempt by a 15- year-old student at Anatol Rodgers High School was thwarted by an administrator at the school, but not before the teenager had injured himself with a pair of scissors in his attempt. The boy had been talking to an official about his personal problems shortly before he began cutting himself, and Education Minis- ter Desmond Bannister called the incident a “cry for help” from the student. Hours later, a 15-year-old girl slit her wrists and swallowed an excessive number of pills in a bid to end her life, said Press Liai- son Officer Sergeant Chrislyn Skippings. Sometime after 10.20pm, police were called to her home in Colony Village and the girl was taken to hospital by ambulance.

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THE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010, PAGE 11 LOCAL NEWS Majority of staff at ZNS ‘walk off job’ The parents of student shooting FROM page one cate BCPOU president victim reflect on ‘senseless crime’ Bernard Evans was trapped inside the union’s f FROM page one f a

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ed corporation to a near T complete standstill. everything just trying get Last night, news anchor here as quickly as possible.” Jerome Sawyer informed Once at the hospital, the the nation that the news- parents waited for hours before they could finally see cast was an “abbreviated their son, who had to imme- edition”, however no fur- diately undergo intense ther justification was given surgery. Both Mr Rolle and for the shortened broad- Ms Taylor say that the sight cast. of their unconscious son was It was not clear up to bittersweet. press time whether or not Ms Taylor said: “It’s so yesterday’s demonstration painful seeing him there. was a reaction to the mul- After learning that he was titude of lay offs scheduled still alive I felt better, but this for the Bahamas Broad- scious- has been very heart-wrench- ness on casting Corporation this ing for me.” Tuesday, his parents describe year. According to police their relief when Rashad Ninety-three posts are reports, Rashad was said to nodded his head, signaling slated to be cut, with have been waiting at a bus that he knew they were pre- major reductions coming stop at John Road, off Bail- sent. from ZNS' Grand Bahama lou Hill Road, on Monday Mr Rolle said: “To be office, the accounting with other students when "an honest I’m hoping for the department and the mar- incident" occurred shortly best, but until I see him out keting and sales depart- before 4pm. of ICU – being a parent – it’s ment. As a result of gunshots so terrifying, it’s very hard According to officials, being fired, the boy was psychologically. You’re not the cuts are expected to reported to have been shot eating, not getting rest – the deflate the corporation’s on the left side of his head. whole routine has changed.” bloated wage bill and He was taken to hospital by “Even something as sim- bring expenditure in line ambulance. ple as them not coming home after a budget cut of about Yesterday, Mr Rolle said at a certain time – you know 50 per cent, from $8.5 mil- his son had just got off at the PARENTS OF RASHAD ROLLE (inset): Gregory Rolle and Janet Taylor. how that feels,” he said. “But lion in the last fiscal year, bus stop, intending to walk this – it’s really hard to to $4.25 million this fiscal through a side street — express unless you wear year. either John Road or Milton incident occurred around 3 youngest – used public trans- dropped to her knees the first someone’s shoes – you have In July, ZNS workers Street — as usual, to get to pm when crowds of school- portation to travel home time she saw him in the hos- to feel that, have this kind of were advised by BCB Our Lady’s Catholic Primary children were said to have after school. pital. She’s very distraught – experience to begin to under- chairman Michael Moss School on Deveaux Street filled the area. Mr Rolle said: “I don’t she attends prayer meetings stand.” that industrial action where his mother worked as Ms Taylor said: “I never know if he (Rashad) wants and goes to church to pray Despite Rashad’s remark- would be "ill-advised" for a janitress. experienced something like to go back to T A Thomp- for him.” able progress so far, his par- ZNS workers during the Ms Taylor said: “I can this. son. The school isn’t at fault Rashad’s brother, Javon ents know it is still too early corporation's transforma- only pray – ask myself ‘Lord “This is between parents but the area man – that area Rolle, a grade 11 student at to tell the full extent of brain tion to public service what next?’ because my child and their children. So many just isn’t safe. C C Sweeting said: “It really damage done by the bullet – broadcasting as it could (his injury) didn’t stop any- children running around, He said: “I will just have was a shock to me. One, however they remain spiritu- threaten additional thing. It’s between parents going to school and parents to make sacrifices and pick thing I guess I can say is that ally optimistic. employee jobs. and children and the parents are not focusing on their kids them up. At least there will you have to watch the com- “I’m trusting in God, not Mr Moss was respond- are still not checking – even – what they’re doing after be peace of mind – this can pany you keep, because you in man,” said Mr Rolle. “I school, what they’re bringing really traumatise you. Trust don’t know if they did some- ing to allegations made by though something like this know he’s going to be okay. to school. Everybody is at me it hurts, to see your child one something. You have to the BCPOU that ZNS happened.” Man can only predict so far, Ms Taylor recalled the risk. It’s not the schools, it’s innocent – he was just com- be careful.” but I’m dealing with miracles workers were not being the children on the whole.” ing off the bus. Doctors and medical staff consulted on the pending shooting of a 16-year-old boy – because it’s a miracle he is at a bus stop last year during The eighth-grader was the Although their youngest treating Rashad have even alive. Whatever God changes to the corpora- third boy of five children to child is too young to fully described his journey to tion. this same month. On Sep- gives me back of him, I’m tember 9, 2009, the young Mr Rolle and Ms Taylor. comprehend the seriousness recovery as “miraculous.” At that time, Mr Moss going to love him. He’s going man was shot in his upper With the exception of their of Rashad’s injuries, Mr The bullet that entered his to be okay.” explained that union mem- right thigh while waiting at a oldest son, who has already Rolle said Rashad’s siblings head on Monday exited on bers could potentially dis- Ms Taylor added: “I’m bus stop near the Mall at graduated, all of their chil- were all traumatised by the the left side of his head, dam- looking forward to one day rupt "the delicate income- Marathon. Although police dren attend public schools. shooting. aging parts of the brain that to-expense balance the I come up here and I take my confirmed that the gunshot Prior to Rashad’s shooting, He said: “My 14-year-old control speech and move- child home, that’s all I’m corporation is seeking to victim was not a student, the the children – except the is taking it the hardest. She ment. Since he regained con- achieve." hoping for.”

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LOCAL NEWS

Faith Temple Academy FAITH Temple Christian Academy, located on No. 901 Prince Charles Drive, said it is committed to providing quality education during a child’s formative years. For these first graders, the school said, this year will be one filled with fun, as they learn and explore new and exciting topics. First Class is a new regular feature to showcase the youngsters who have started a new school and is dedicated to the teachers and staff who help them settle into their new surroundings. To get your new starters featured, contact Reuben Shearer at The Tribune on 322- 1986 or email [email protected]

Ellis with the grade one class. JEANETTA Photos/Felipe Major/Tribune Staff

JAMAL Hanna works diligently on his phonics, ensuring that the mark is placed in the right spot.

MAURICIO Munroe listens attentively as the lesson is taught.

DONTE Dean listens attentively as the lesson is being taught.

JEANETTA Ellis looks over the work of Solana Brown.

AFTER only the second week of school these first graders are more than able to shout out the right answer. Shown in the photo is LYNEISHA Fowler pauses for a moment to look up Travaughn Seymore. at the board to ensure that she is on the right track. MARINA Munroe shows her class the correct matching process.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 SECTION B • [email protected] $105m National debt BEC plant Customs’ ‘empty 5 percentage ‘violated points above the law’ threat’ to firms Budget data I Revenue collecting department threatens to withdraw right it * Department of Statistics puts GDP at $6.717bn, * Judge finds Wilson City not Budget’s $7.377bn, raising national debt to opponents had ‘genuine cannot take away, namely Freeport businesses’ complaints’ over project ability to sell bonded goods 58% at 2009 year-end permitting, with ‘many I Accused of demanding something never agreed to, and * Government’s direct debt already higher than procedures ignored or Comptroller agrees letter sent to at least nine firms went too far 2010-2011 fiscal year-end forecast, some nine bypassed’ months ahead of time I Former GBPA chair urges Customs to ‘come to table’, rather * Adds that construction By NEIL HARTNELL would have been ‘stopped then ‘destroy business environment’ Tribune Business Editor sooner’ if private sector I Suggests all parties work towards developing ‘standard audit Data used by the Government in its 2010-2011 Budget project forecasts appears to have under-estimated the Bahamas’ procedure solution’ acceptable to all total national debt by about five percentage points, due to * Urges ‘review of the By NEIL HARTNELL worked on developing a plan this nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) being revised protocols’ for future Tribune Business Editor for Freeport’s bonded goods downwards to $6.717 billion, a development that means the sales acceptable to all when he central government’s direct debt is already higher than government projects to Bahamas Customs was yes- was Grand Bahama Chamber the forecast levels for fiscal year-end. terday accused of attempting of Commerce president, told The Department of Statistics’ own data, which has been allow public participation to “destroy the business envi- Tribune Business that rather obtained by Tribune Business, places the Bahamas’ esti- By NEIL HARTNELL ronment” in Freeport through than issue “empty threats” to mated GDP in constant prices at $6.717 billion, a 4.29 per Tribune Business Editor arbitrarily using a power it does exercise arbitrary powers it did cent contraction compared to 2008 levels as a result of the not have, having sent a letter not possess, Customs needed recession. Opponents of the Bahamas to at least nine Grand Bahama to discuss with licencees and This compares to the $7.377 billion GDP figure for 2009 Electricity Corporation’s Port Authority (GBPA) the GBPA potential solutions, given in the forecasts that accompanied Prime Minister (BEC) $105 million Wilson City licencees threatening to “with- such as a proposed “standard Hubert Ingraham’s 2010-2011 Budget presentation. Using power plant had “genuine com- draw” their bonded goods audit procedure”. that benchmark, and with the Government’s direct debt and plaints” about the way the pro- rights unless they submit ject’s permits were granted, the reports on their sales to it. SEE page 4B Supreme Court ruled yester- Christopher Lowe, who SEE page 3B day, finding that in the race to GLENN GOMEZ complete timely construction “many procedures were ignored or bypassed”. Judicial Reviews Addiction cure centre Justice Hartman Longley, although dismissing the Judi- cial Review action by Respon- sible Development for Abaco in ‘Catch 22’ via provider: ‘I don’t need (RDA) that sought to block construction of the power plant, SEE page 2B BEC plant ruling a physician’s licence’

By CHESTER ROBARDS Broker worry Business Reporter * Attorney says dismissal of action on [email protected] on Act’s capital, grounds of ‘unreasonable delay’ leaves RESPONDING to concerns that he willingly relinquished his future such cases in ‘damned if you do, license to practice medicine after being sanctioned by the State of audit clauses Florida in 2008, the doctor given the green light by government to open the addiction cure centre, Ibocure, in New Providence, told damned if you don’t’ status Tribune Business yesterday: “I do not need a physician’s license to By CHESTER ROBARDS own the centre in the Bahamas.” Business Reporter * Says could be ‘premature’ to bring Doctor Marc Puleo said a press conference will be held to [email protected] actions in six months, if information announce Ibocure and its role in the Bahamas, where he will SEE page 4B THE Bahamas Insurance FRED SMITH Brokers Association (BIBA) is scant and parties involved unknown concerned that some of its members might not accrue the By NEIL HARTNELL $50,000 net asset value required Tribune Business Editor to satisfy the new Insurance Act Financial Strength Rating The Supreme Court’s ruling A by its Septemebr 2011 imple- M BEST on the litigation brought against mentation deadline, or have the A- Excellent cash to conduct independent the Bahamas Electricity Cor- audits that can cost upwards of poration’s (BEC) $105 million $15,000. The changes have Wilson City power plant has caused 200 per cent increases left Bahamians seeking to bring for some companies. Judicial Review proceedings Vaughn Culmer, BIBA’s against government actions in a president, said that while the “damned if you do, damned if Insurance Commission’s exten- you don’t” and “Catch 22” sion of the compliance dead- position, a leading attorney told line for the new Act was wel- Tribune Business yesterday. come, agents and brokers - as Fred Smith QC, the Callen- well as primary providers - still ders & Co partner who repre- have to scrutinise the regula- sented Responsible Develop- tions closely in order to ensure ment for Abaco (RDA) in the all companies adhere to the action against BEC and the new directives. Government, said the case One of the major changes turned on Justice Hartman requires many existing compa- Longley’s finding that his nies to restructure their Boards clients should have brought and examine shareholdings in their case within six months of the company to ensure proper the Government’s December corporate governance and 2007 signing of the contract to reduce the risk of conflicts-of- build the Abaco-based power plant. college interest. The Act requires that all That meant Judicial Review insurance entities re-register proceedings should have been brought by June 2008, or SEE page 4B November 2008 at latest. Jus- before you know it tice Longley also found that based on the evidence, Matthew McCoy, RDA’s prin- cipal and the second applicant invest in an annuity bringing the action, had also by his own admission learnt of the customized investment options Wilson City decision through attending a speech given to guaranteed minimum interest rates Abaco’s Chamber of Com- merce by Prime Minister flexible accumulation period Hubert Ingraham in May 2008. “They did not bring the tuition available when he’s ready $4.3868 application until December $4. 2009, more than 18 months$ lat- all of the above er, by which time construction of the plant was continuing,” Justice Longley found in his rul- $4.3751 ing. He found that RDA had $4. offered no suitable reason for the delay in bringing Judicial A SUBSIDIARY OF $4.42 Review proceedings between 69 May 2008 and December 2009, $4. apart from claiming “ignorance call us today at 396-1300 The information contained is from a third party and The Tribune can not be held SEE page 2B responsible for errors and/or omission NASSAU I FREEPORT I ABACO I ELEUTHERA I EXUMA I FINANCIAL CENTRE I CORPORATE CENTRE I www.famguardbahamas.com from the daily report.

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BUSINESS Judicial Reviews in ‘Catch Developer analyses 22’ via BEC plant ruling FROM page 1B of the decision to construct the plant before that date”. Dismissing RDA’s arguments that the relevant dates were those when various government agencies granted the permits to downtown options construct the Wilson City power plant, since these were sec- ondary to the main December 2007 decision, Justice Longley found: “The construction contract signed by [BEC] was a Juris- By CHESTER ROBARDS relocation appears to be inevitable and will attempt to move the shipping com- tic Act that immediately created rights and obligations. Business Reporter irreversible, forcing Bethell Estates to panies into Arawak Cay by early next “The clearing of the land for the construction of the power [email protected] plant commenced almost immediately, with a view to completion return to blueprints they produced year, and certainly before the next elec- by summer 2009, as the Prime Minister explained in his May years before that outlined plans for the tion cycle begins in earnest, there is 2008 speech to the Chamber of Commerce..... The decision to Bethell Estates’ principal told Tri- revitilisation of their harbour front lots. no real timeframe for downtown’s build the plant, evidenced by the contract, was indeed a juristic bune Business yesterday that he will While Mr Bethell admitted that he redevelopment, especially the devel- act giving rise to rights and obligations with a specific time- not be involved in the day-to-day run- had no preconceived aspirations for opment of the vacated shipping prop- frame and susceptible to judicial review.” ning of the company when his prop- the properties, he suggested the likely erties. Justice Longley therefore dismissed RDA’s Judicial Review erties are redeveloped in 15 to 20 years’ developments would include high-end The relocation of the container port action because of the unreasonable delay in taking more then six hotel, restaurant and office space, as months to bring it, once it knew of the Wilson City plant’s con- time. is heralded as key to the redevelop- struction. In response, Mr Smith told Tribune Business: “The John Bethell, who opposed the relo- well as middle income residences. ment of the city of Nassau. Minister message from the courts is that as soon as a government party cation of the container shipping facili- of the Environment, Earl Deveaux, or agency announces in public that something is going to be done ties from downtown Nassau to Arawak Multi-use said last year the complete revitalisa- affecting Abaco or anywhere in the Bahamas, anyone con- Cay, with Bethell Estates sitting out tion project could take up to 40 years. cerned about the matter should immediately commence Judicial of the final deal, said finding investors “We’re looking at multi-use prop- Mr Bethell maintains he will not be Review proceedings.” and a viable project for waterfront real erties - maybe offices, retail, hotels at Bethell Estates in a professional This, though, had a downside, according to Mr Smith, point- estate freed up will be the first and capacity to see whatever plans they ing to the Wilson City case. He argued that in December 2007 with marina,” he said. “That’s what and May 2008 respectively, minimal details and information most arduous obstacle facing property everyone is leaning towards.” enact come to fruition. were known other than that the Government had decided to redevelopment. Bethell Estates still According to him, most property “We’re still in the initial planning construct the BEC power plant, and therefore its opponents holds an equity stake in the Arawak owners along the harbour front - name- stages,” he said. would have been in the dark about which agencies to challenge Cay port project after making an initial ly the Kelly, Bethel and Symonette “We brought the group (that penned and the permits that had been granted. Justice Longley’s ruling investment. families - have envisaged similar uses their initial study) back to look at the appeared to put all future Judicial Review challenges on any “I’d like to leave commercial ship- for their properties when shipping is property. They are doing a study look- matter in that position, going to court based on the flimsiest of ping where it is,” said Mr Bethell. moved out. ing at how Nassau was and how it information. “That has pit- falls,” Mr Smith told Tribune However, the commercial shipping Though it is likely the Government could be.” Business, “because no one BEC and the Government It’s a Catch knows who made the decision, no one knows who to chal- FROM page 1B had attempted to get the action “22, and what $105m BEC plant ‘violated the law’ lenge. You’re almost damned struck out on the grounds that this does again is it if you do, damned if you don’t. agreed with its attorney, Fred speed, no doubt conscious of still run the risk of having relief RDA had no standing to bring highlights the des- “It could be said, then, that Smith QC, that if the project the need to complete the plant denied.” a Judicial Review application, perate need for reg- your challenge would be pre- had been private sector-driven as soon as possible. But, in Adding that RDA was “very but Justice Longley rejected mature.” it would “have been stopped doing so, many procedures disappointed with the out- this. ulatory legislation sooner” by the Government’s were ignored or bypassed and, come” of its Judicial Review “The applicants have con- about Freedom of regulatory agencies for build- in one instance, a ‘stop work’ action, and that both he and his tributed mightily to this debate Information, an Regrettable ing without the necessary per- order had to be issued so that clients would assess the judg- about the pros and cons of hav- Environmental Pro- And he added: “It is also mits. the proper permits could be ment before deciding whether ing the plant located at Wilson However, given that BEC very regrettable that the judge obtained. to appeal, Mr Smith said: City, and to the type of fuel it tection Act, Envi- was a 100 per cent state-owned “As Mr Smith rightly pointed “Although we conceded that it ronmental Impact held all the permits granted in corporation, Justice Longley should burn,” he ruled. “They September 2009 were collat- out, if this had been a private would not be possible to move have drawn attention to the fact Assessments, hinted that the cosy relation- contract the building would the plant, RDA certainly felt eral and secondary to the main that the construction was going ship between it and the Gov- probably have been stopped that some relief would have strengthening local decision taken. Again, damned ernment’s permitting agencies sooner. But such was the nature been obtained from the court, ahead without the necessary government and if you do, damned if you don’t. ensured nothing happened. of the relationship between the at least as far as declaratory permits in violation of the law, transparency in “First of all, we did not “In my judgment, the appli- regulatory agencies and [BEC] relief was concerned. thus requiring [BEC] to issue investment know of internal decision-mak- cants had a genuine complaint that nothing was done.” “The judge, thankfully, found a stop work order. ing in 2007, and if there had about the way the permits were Commenting on the verdict, the citizens of Abaco were not “They have produced pro- applications.” been a challenge based on the granted,” Justice Longley Mr Smith told Tribune Busi- mischievous busybodies, that fessionally done reports which Prime Minister’s speech, it found. “Mr Smith described ness: “They were building ille- we did have standing, and did call into question the EIA done may have been suggested that BEC as a runaway train. That gally before, and when chal- have a right to be consulted. It at the request of the respon- we were premature.... We feel that is a tough position to be in. might not have been entirely lenged it seems as if the Gov- was a meritorious application dent. And their role has, in my “It’s a Catch 22, and what this does again is it highlights the desperate need for regulatory legislation about Freedom of apt, since under the contract ernment can get away with that was brought, and we cer- judgment, been very construc- Information, an Environmental Protection Act, Environmental Man Diesel had the obligation doing things illegally, and when tainly made a contribution to tive. In fact, their participation to obtain the necessary permits. Impact Assessments, strengthening local government and trans- challenged for doing so and the debate, a legitimate and should be welcomed by the “They went at ‘break neck’ they obtain the permits, you constructive one.” parency in investment applications.” respondents, and cause a RDA also challenged the Wilson City power plant on con- review of the protocols for the stitutional grounds, arguing that the processed used to grant the future when projects of this permits for its construction “sought to circumvent the protection nature are put on the drawing of the laws and due process in the Bahamas”. Because it had not board. provided RDA with details and information on these permits, “There is no question that the organisation argued that its attempt to bring Judicial Review had they not highlighted the proceedings had been hampered, as they had no information on fact that necessary permits were what was going on. not obtained, which probably “In the RDA case, we also challenged on constitutional brought embarrassment to the grounds, saying the secret process of development approvals in respondents, the project might the Bahamas was unconstitutional, but the judge also ruled have been moving along, in the against us on this issue,” Mr Smith said. words of Mr Smith, as a run- “All in all, it’s another dark moment for the citizens of Aba- co in trying to have a say on central government diktats as to away train. Even now, the pro- what happens on their home turf. It seems that local government, ject is proceeding with condi- in the face of central government decision-making, is powerless.” tional approvals in some cas- On RDA’s arguments that they were not properly consulted es.” by BEC and the Government, Justice Longley said the situation Justice Longley also turned on whether the process was “meaningful and adequate”, acknowledged that RDA’s given that evidence showed such a process did happen. He complaints that the September found that it was, especially given that BEC backed down from 10, 2009, meeting on the Wilson the use of Bunker C fuel and the pipeline, “the most significant City’s plant construction was indicator that the consultation process was both meaningful held before the EIA was pub- and adequate”. lished, and after construction “It seems to me the adequacy is determined not so much by had begun, were “legitimate the fruit it bears, but by the impact it has on the decision mak- criticisms”. er,” Justice Longley said. He also dismissed RDA’s claims that BEC executives, too, had the Government and relevant ministers ‘fettered their discretion’ acknowledged the process or were ‘biased’ when approving the Wilson City plant. could have been better.

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THE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010, PAGE 3B BUSINESS Baha Mar: Scotiabank loan resolution ‘utmost priority’ 7+(38%/,&+263,7$/6$87+25,7< By NEIL HARTNELL including the existing conservative lender it will have to write Tribune Business Editor Sheraton and Wynd- down the value of the equity stake (loan) %$+$0$61$7,21$/'58*$*(1&< ham resorts - is lifted, on its balance sheet, and is taking a gamble A senior Baha Mar executive yesterday they will be unable to that Baha Mar and its Chinese partners told Tribune Business that resolving the use the same as col- will be able to deliver the $2.6 billion pro- GL9C@:EFK@:< impasse over their $200 million loan was lateral for their loans. ject and profitable returns on it. 6833/(0(17$5< 7(1'(5)257+(6833/< the “utmost priority” for the developer and A 'debt-for-equity' The bank, ultimately, has to protect its Scotiabank, although no breakthrough/solu- swap is being actively own interests through adhering to pruden- 2) '58*6 $1' 5(/$7(',7(06 tion appears to have been reached yet. discussed by both par- tial banking norms, plus those of its depos- With just three working days before Par- ties. Sources familiar itors and the wider Bahamian banking sys- liament debates the resolution on some with the talks, who tem, given the sum extended to Baha Mar. 7HQGHUVDUHLQYLWHGIRUWKH6XSSO\RI'UXJVDQG5HODWHG requested anonymity, 8,000-plus Chinese work permits, Robert China State Construction has obtained a told Tribune Business ,WHPVIRUWKH3XEOLF+RVSLWDOV$XWKRULW\DQGWKH0LQLVWU\ Sands, Baha Mar’s senior vice-president $1.919 billion construction contract to build of external and governmental affairs, con- that Baha Mar/the ROBERT SANDS the core of Baha Mar, featuring six hotels RI +HDOWK7KH&RPPRQZHDOWKRI7KH%DKDPDV firmed that meetings between the two sides Izmirlians had offered with 3,500 rooms, a 100,000 square foot had taken place - and were continuing - in to pay $75 million in cash to Scotiabank Toronto. as an upfront, part-payment of the loan, casino, 200,000 square feet of convention 7KH6XSSOHPHQWDU\7HQGHU'RFXPHQWZKLFKLQFOXGHV “Meetings have been taking place with the remaining debt - around $130 mil- facilities, and a 20-acre beach and pool between the parties, and meetings are still lion - to be converted into an equity stake experience. LQVWUXFWLRQ WR WKH 7HQGHUHUV DORQJ ZLWK RWKHU UHOHYDQW in progress,” Mr Sands told Tribune Busi- that the bank would hold in the Cable Some 1,200 Bahamians are projected to LQIRUPDWLRQ FDQ EH FROOHFWHG IURP WKH %DKDPDV ness. “It’s the utmost priority for all of us.” Beach redevelopment. be engaged in construction at Baha Mar, One of the pre-conditions for Baha Mar's However, Scotiabank was said to be including the $75 million West Bay Street 1DWLRQDO 'UXJ$JHQF\ 0DUNHW  0F3KHUVRQ 6WUHHWV Chinese financing partner, the China seeking a greater upfront cash payment re-routing; $30 million Commercial Village IURP0RQGD\WK 6HSWHPEHUIURPDP±SP Export-Import Bank, to release $2.45 bil- worth $110 million, sources told Tribune and 'back of house' on Gladstone Road; lion in debt financing to fund the project is Business, putting the two sides some $35 $10 million of earthwork, irrigation and the resolution of the Scotiabank syndicate's million apart. landscaping on the new golf course; and $ 7HQGHUPXVWEHVXEPLWWHGLQGXSOLFDWHGLQDVHDOHG loan. The Chinese want this to be resolved, Scotiabank wants a greater portion of $20 million of construction on the golf club- because unless that loan's security on sev- the debt, estimated to be around $205 mil- house, and buildings around the beach and HQYHORSH RU SDFNDJH LGHQWL¿HG DV ³6XSSOHPHQWDU\ eral real estate parcels at Cable Beach - lion, paid in cash, due to the fact that as a pool area, and retail village. 7HQGHU IRU WKH6XSSO\RI'UXJDQG5HODWHG,WHPV´ DQGDGGUHVVHGWR FROM page 1B bonded goods concession had Customs’ ‘empty threat’ to firms “nothing to do with us”, and stemmed from the GBPA and And when contacted by Tri- Mr Lowe said the submission they seem to like the exercise of Hawksbill Creek Agreement. 0DQDJLQJ'LUHFWRU bune Business last night, Cus- of over-the-counter bonded power or authority they do not “It’s not a matter for us to 3XEOLF+RVSLWDOV$XWKRULW\ toms Comptroller Glenn goods sales reports was not have. “Bahamas Customs has withdraw the concession. We Gomez effectively rebuked his required by law, and had not got to come to the table so we don’t give the concession,” he 7KLUG7HUUDFH:HVW&HQWHUYLOOH Freeport-based subordinates, been agreed by all parties. can all agree on a standard said. “That’s something 32%R[1 agreeing with Mr Lowe that it In addition, Customs did not solution procedure that we can enshrined in the Hawksbill was not in his Department’s have the authority to withdraw all live with and, more impor- Creek Agreement between the 1DVVDX7KH%DKDPDV power to arbitrarily take away concessions granted by the tantly, function with. We always Port Authority and the Gov- the bonded goods rights Hawksbill Creek Agreement have been willing to work with ernment.” enjoyed by GBPA licencees. and the GBPA licencee status. Customs on behalf of preserv- He suggested that the Cus- (OHFWURQLF DQG KDUG FRSLHV PXVW EH UHFHLYHG DW WKH Although not having seen the The only way that the Comp- ing and receiving revenues, but toms letter may have been try- document, Mr Gomez said that DERYH DGGUHVV RQ RU EHIRUH SP )ULGD\ 2FWREHU troller could take action was to also preserving the ability to ing to get businesses’ attention, WK after Tribune Business read it convince a judge that he had conduct business.” but acknowledged that its scope    $ FRS\ RI D YDOLG EXVLQHVV OLFHQVH DQG to him, the wording went “too prima facie evidence that a Given that Customs had may have gone too far and that 1DWLRQDOV,QVXUDQFH&HUWL¿FDWHPXVWDFFRPSDQ\DOO far”. licencee was committing fraud, been prevented from conduct- the wording was “not as it A copy of the undated let- and obtain the court’s permis- ing audits of GBPA licencees should be”. SURSRVDOV ter, signed by assistant comp- sion to investigate further. Yet and conducting “fishing expe- Mr Gomez, though, said troller of customs Lincoln Stra- even if this was proven, only ditions”, Mr Lowe said the way GBPA licencees should be sub- chan, and which has been the GBPA could take away a forward was to develop a “stan- mitting reports to Customs on 7KH 3XEOLF +RVSLWDOV $XWKRULW\ UHVHUYHV WKH ULJKW WR obtained by Tribune Business, licencee’s bonded goods con- dard audit procedure”, specific bonded goods sales on the 15th UHMHFWDQ\RUDOO7HQGHU V  states: “As you are aware, the cession. to both bonded and duty-paid of every month. He added that over-the-counter sale of bond- Referring to the Customs let- sales, conduced by licensed the Department had become ed goods is conditioned upon ter as “something of an empty Bahamian accountants. concerned that products were the submission of monthly threat”, Mr Lowe added: “I When contacted by Tribune being sold to non-GBPA bonded sales reports. would not put it past them to Business, Comptroller Gomez licencees without the due duty 'LUHFWRU “A perusal of our records try it, because unfortunately agreed with Mr Lowe that the being paid. indicates that your company has been delinquent in this regard. This, therefore, serves as a reminder that your month- ly bonded goods sales report must be submitted to this office by the 15th of each month. Fail- ure to comply may result in this concession being withdrawn. Please be guided accordingly.” Over-the-counter bonded goods sales is a practice where- by Freeport-based wholesalers, such as Dolly Madison, Kelly’s (Freeport) and Bellevue Busi- ness Depot, are able to sell products to other GBPA licencees only without any duty being paid to Customs/Gov- ernment on their sale. Duty is paid on all other sales, such as to ordinary members of the public, with this collective sum remitted to Customs. On the 15th of every month, GBPA licencees submit to Cus- toms a report on the latter, post-paid duty sales, together with the correct amount due. However, Mr Lowe told Tri- bune Business that there was no requirement for them to submit a report on over-the- counter bonded goods sales, as Mr Strachan’s letter was demanding. While a minority of busi- nesses had been asked for them occasionally in the past, none had ever complied. Mr Lowe also told Tribune Business that Customs’ tactics appeared to be discriminatory, in that he and the business he worked for, Kelly’s (Freeport), had not received such a letter, while others had. This meant that “some people were jump- ing left, some people were jumping right, and some peo- ple were not jumping at all”. “Although we have not received this letter, we are aware of nine other licencees who have. What is this: divide and conquer,” asked Mr Lowe. “It’s amazing to me that in the context of World Trade Organisation accession and tax regime change, that Customs is using the same old bully boy tactics that have failed them for decades.” He added: “I think it is important that the dialogue that was started with the Port Authority, Bahamas Customs and the Chamber of Commerce continue. It is going to be the only way to resolve the needs of the licencees, Bahamas Cus- toms and the Port Authority. “Customs has been put down by the courts on numerous occasions for this sort of arbi- trary action, and they seem not to learn from their mistakes. While I sympathise with them and the Treasury that fraud could possibly be taking place, destroying the business envi- ronment and the concessions of the Hawksbill Creek Agree- ment is not the answer.”

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LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS National debt 5 percentage Census: 1 in 7 points above Budget data Americans live

FROM page 1B “They were using the long-term consequences for in poverty wrong GDP numbers,” he the development of the coun- contingent liabilities standing added. “How could you have try”, Senator Fitzgerald at $3.32 billion and $581 mil- negative growth for two years accused the Government of HOPE YEN, lion respectively, direct debt and still be using the same “putting its head in the sand” Associated Press Writer at year-end 2009 was pegged GDP numbers from two years over the debt/deficit prob- WASHINGTON at 45 per cent of GDP, and ago?” lems, adding: “It’s not going the total national debt (fac- Warning that the current to blow over. We have to deal The ranks of the working- toring in contingent liabilities position held “very serious with it.” age poor in the United States climbed to the highest level at 8 per cent) stood at 53 per since the 1960s as the reces- cent. sion threw millions of people However, if the $6.717 bil- Addiction cure centre provider: ‘I out of work last year, leav- lion figure from the Depart- ing one in seven Americans ment of Statistics is used, the in poverty. Government’s direct debt at don’t need a physician’s licence’ The overall poverty rate year-end 2009 rises to 49.4 per climbed to 14.3 percent, or cent of GDP, while the total FROM page 1B 43.6 million people, the Cen- national debt stands at 58 per sus Bureau said Thursday in JEROME FITZGERALD its annual report on the eco- cent - some five percentage address all “these types of questions”. nomic well-being of U.S. INTERNATIONAL points higher than the Bud- According to healthgrades.com, in 2008 the State of Florida state for finance, could not be households. The report cov- get time calculations. cited Dr Puleo for reselling and redistributing prescription drugs, contacted by Tribune Busi- ers 2009, President Barack In addition, the 49.4 per an act that was prohibited under the supplier’s terms. In this case, BUSINESS ness for comment last night. Obama's first year in office. cent central government debt- the state argued, he acted as a wholesaler of the drugs without prop- Yet PLP Senator Jerome The poverty rate increased from 13.2 percent, or 39.8 mil- to-GDP ratio is already high- er license and sold drugs meant only for his patients. Fitzgerald said the figures lion people, in 2008. er than the 49.2 per cent fig- As a result of the sanctions imposed on him, Dr Puelo “volun- showed the Bahamas’ public The share of Americans without health coverage rose from ure projected by the Govern- tarily” surrendered his physician’s license to practice medicine in finances and national debt 15.4 percent to 16.7 percent — or 50.7 million people — mostly ment for the 2010-2011 fiscal Florida “in lieu of further administrative action”. were “in a worse position because of the loss of employer-provided health insurance dur- year-end. That is some nine “The physician agrees to never reapply for a license to practice than the Government” had ing the recession. Congress passed a health overhaul this year to medicine in the state of Florida,” the website stated. “If a physician months away, in June 2011. address the rising numbers of uninsured people, but its main pro- let on to both Parliament and has a sanction this does not mean he or she is a bad doctor. Eval- Zhivargo Laing, minister of visions will not take effect until 2014. In a statement, Obama to the Bahamian public. uate the information and determine how severe you think the called 2009 a tough year for working families but said it could cause and action were.” have been worse. Despite his sanctions in Florida, Dr Puleo argues that the Ibocure "Because of the Recovery Act and many other programs pro- centre in the Bahamas does not require him to hold a physician’s viding tax relief and income support to a majority of working /(*$/ 127,&( 2) ',662/87,21 license, as he will act as a principal and not a care giver. families — and especially those most in need — millions of “I’m coming to run a business, so I don’t need to keep my cre- Americans were kept out of poverty last year," Obama said. dential up,” he said ,QWHUQDWLRQDO %XVLQHVV &RPSDQLHV $FW The new figures come at a politically sensitive time, just weeks Dr Puleo added that he has not finalised a location for the Ibo- before the Nov. 2 congressional elections, when voters restive 1R RI  cure centre, but negotiations are ongoing. 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THE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010, PAGE 5B INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS US Congress wants tough OIL PRICES DROP WITH FEW SIGNS OF stance with China on trade DEMAND PICK UP MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON SANDY SHORE, AP Business Writer Congress is pressuring the Obama administration to take Crude prices dropped on Thursday after new govern- a tougher stand with China ment data signaled slower demand for oil and gas as the over trade practices that they economy inches along in the slow lane. say have cost Americans mil- Benchmark oil for October delivery lost $1.45 to settle at lions of jobs. $74.57 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Both Democrats and At the pump, motorists paid slightly more on average in Republicans on the Senate part because of rising prices in the Midwest, where a pipeline Banking Committee told has been closed for nearly a week, cutting off one supply of Treasury Secretary Timothy crude for refineries in the region. Geithner on Thursday that The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular China is manipulating its cur- gasoline was $2.734 a gallon Thursday, according to AAA, rency. They said that and oth- Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. That's up er practices have led to a huge 5.1 cents from a week ago and 17.8 cents from a year ago. trade gap between the two Motorists in the Midwest, including Illinois and Wiscon- countries and job losses in the sin, were paying some of the highest prices in the country — United States. between $2.868 a gallon and $3.526 a gallon. Geithner said the adminis- Analysts expect prices to fall after Enbridge Energy Part- tration was ready to work ners reopens the 670,000-barrel-a-day pipeline later this with Congress on an effective week. The line was closed last week after it sprang a leak in strategy. But he cautioned a Chicago suburb. senators to consider that the government should take a measured approach that does Mixed not harm U.S. economic inter- ests with an important trad- A series of mixed economic reports contributed to Thurs- ing partner. day's dip in oil prices. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) The Mid-Atlantic industrial production report contracted Senators were frustrated Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. because the administration TESTIMONY: in September for the second straight month, although the 16, 2010, before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Treasury Department’s report on interna- Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index improved in August. failed to cite China as a cur- tional economic and exchange rate policies. rency manipulator in its lat- The Labor Department said first-time jobless benefits est report. Instead, the White claims fell to a two-month low but still indicate sluggish House took the same position in the currency. Still, Geithn- "Pressure cannot solve the economic growth. SEE STORY ON PAGE 6 as previous administrations in er said those changes have issue. Rather, it may lead to PFGBest analyst Phil Flynn said there are concerns that simply urging China to move had little impact. The curren- the contrary," she said. demand may be softening as the slowest time of the year for faster to allow its currency to cy has risen by only 1.5 per- Up until now, the Obama energy products is at hand, between the busy summer driving rise in value against the dollar. cent against the dollar in the administration had followed season and ahead of the winter heating months. American manufacturers past three months, he said. the same practice as the Bush Natural gas prices fell after the government said stockpiles contend that the Chinese cur- He did not indicate whether administration, choosing to held in underground storage in the lower 48 states increased rency is undervalued by as the administration might cite emphasize quiet diplomacy to last week. But they reversed course to end the session high- much as 40 percent. That has China in the next currency get China to move more er. Natural gas gained 6.7 cents to settle at $4.062 per 1,000 given Chinese companies a report, due on Oct. 15. But quickly to allow its currency cubic feet. Lind-Waldock senior market strategist Rich tremendous competitive he stressed that the adminis- to appreciate in value. Ilczyszyn said he believes more traders are entering the advantage — making U.S. tration was looking for more Officials in both adminis- market, hoping that the price of gas will start climbing. products more expensive in movement than it has seen so trations had been concerned "I really think this market is trying to find a bottom," he China and Chinese goods far. "We would have to see a that increasing public pres- said. Few traders think the two hurricanes in the Atlantic and cheaper in the United States. very substantial change over sure could trigger a backlash one off Mexico's Gulf Coast will cause problems for oil Under a 1988 law, the Trea- time for that judgment to in China and result in Beijing and natural gas production and push up prices. sury Department is required INTERNATIONAL change," Geithner told the retaliating against U.S. In other Nymex trading in October contracts, heating oil to submit a currency report senators. exports. fell 3.36 cents to settle at $2.0990 a gallon and gasoline fell BUSINESS 3.78 cents to settle at $1.9247 a gallon. to Congress every six months sophisticated nuances of inter- Geithner's comments were But Geithner's comments In London, Brent crude for November delivery dropped and cite any country that it national diplomacy," Shelby part of the administration's Thursday indicated the cur- 94 cents to settle at $78.48 a barrel on the ICE Futures finds is manipulating its cur- said. "They want the admin- tougher tact with China over rent administration may be exchange. rency to gain trade advan- istration to fulfill its promise trade ahead of the U.S. willing to try a tougher tages. A number of senators of balanced international midterm elections. The weak approach. complained that the Obama trade." economy and high unem- administration, like previous ployment have emerged as administrations, failed to the top issues with American identify China as a currency Toughen voters. On Wednesday, the manipulator. administration announced 0DQDJHPHQW(PSOR\PHQW "At a time when the U.S. Geithner said that the that it was filing two new economy is trying to pick administration was willing to trade cases against China itself up off the ground, Chi- work with Congress to tough- before the World Trade na's currency manipulation is en the law. But he stopped Organization. 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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Two big threats to economy shrink a bit CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON

The economy may have a long way to go, but at least two big threats are fading, according to Associated Press. Economists are less worried that the U.S. will experience another round of mass layoffs and its first bout of deflation since the 1930s after the release of two government reports Thursday. The third drop in jobless (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) claims in four weeks and a mild SALES PITCH: In this photo taken on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, unemployed day worker Efren Martinez, right, uptick in wholesale prices in shows his sales perfume catalog to a manager of the Central American Resource Center Day Labor Cen- August add to evidence that a ter in the Westlake district of Los Angeles. Martinez, 49, used to be policeman in Veracruz, Mexico, but second recession is unlikely. now works as day laborer and sells perfumes on the side. First-time unemployment claims drop to 450K, Concerns about another the third decline in four weeks. downturn intensified last month when jobless claims spiked past the half-million mark. Whole- jobless benefits fell by 3,000 to sale prices, meanwhile, fell in a seasonally adjusted 450,000 (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) early summer for three straight last week, the lowest level in CAREER FAIR: In this Aug. 31, 2010 photograph, Tom Nemee, of months. But those trends have, two months, the Labor Depart- Algonquin, Ill., right, speaks with a recruiter at a career fair, in Rolling for now, reversed themselves, ment said Thursday. Meadows, Ill. Nemee is looking for work in customer service or leaving an economy that is still Despite the drop, initial sales management. First-time unemployment claims drop to 450K, the growing, but at a pace too slow claims for unemployment ben- third decline in four weeks. to create many jobs. efits are above levels that would First-time applications for signal a hiring boom. In a healthy economy, claims usu- ally fall below 400,000. And some companies are still letting go of workers — FedEx announced Thursday it would be cutting 1,700 jobs. Still, applications for unem- ployment benefits have dropped nearly 11 percent in the past month. Chris Rupkey, an economist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, said last month's spike in claims was a "false alarm." "The labor markets are sta- ble and companies are not increasing layoffs," he said in a note to clients. (AP Photo/David Goldman) JOB JOY: In this Aug. 24, 2010 photograph, Dabura Karriem, 60, of Temporary Bloomfield, N.J., reacts upon hearing there is a job availability for exactly what she’s looking for as a file clerk at a bank, while attend- David Resler, chief U.S. ing a career fair in Newark, N.J. Karriem’s unemployment benefits have economist at Nomura Securi- expired after being laid off two years ago, the first time she’s been ties, said last month's leap in unemployed in 38 years. claims may have resulted from the ending of hundreds of thou- to-June period, a 12.9 percent receiving unemployment aid sands of temporary census jobs. increase from the first quarter. under extended programs With that distortion largely A year of growth could be approved by Congress during completed, the job market viewed as a healing sign for the the recession. The extended could stabilize, he said. U.S. economy as Americans benefit rolls fell by more than a A second Labor report said slowly regain their appetite to half-million to just under 5 mil- that wholesale prices, which spend. That pushes up imports lion in the week ending Aug. measure price changes before and widens the current account 28, the latest data available. they reach the consumer, rose deficit. Some companies are still cut- 0.4 percent in August after ris- The reports follow other data ting jobs. ing 0.2 percent in July. earlier this week that showed FedEx (see story below) said Excluding food and energy modest improvement in the Thursday that it would com- costs, so-called "core" produc- economy. In August retail sales bine its money-losing FedEx er prices were relatively flat. rose slightly and output at fac- Freight division with another They rose just 0.1 percent and tories grew for the 12th time in unit. are up 1.3 percent in the past 14 months. Shipments of refrigerators year. That indicates the weak Still, the unemployment rate and other large appliances are economy is keeping inflation in is stubbornly high and there are still weak, the company said. check. no signs that companies are FedEx will close 100 facilities Concerns about deflation ready to add enough workers and cut 1,700 workers. grew this spring after prices to change that. And the Great Atlantic & declined for three straight Many analysts forecast that Pacific Tea Co., a supermarket months. July's increase quiet- economic output will increase chain that owns A&P and oth- ed most of those fears. Econo- by less than 2 percent in the er stores, said this week that mists said Thursday's report current quarter. That's down about 600 of its workers in Con- confirmed that deflation is not from 3.7 percent in the Janu- necticut face layoffs when the an immediate threat. Deflation ary-to-March quarter and not company closes several stores is a prolonged drop in prices fast enough to reduce the 9.6 in the state this fall. and wages. percent unemployment rate. Some companies are adding Also Thursday, the Com- The number of people con- jobs. A General Motors official merce Department said the tinuing to receive jobless bene- said earlier this week that the broadest measure of the U.S. fits fell by 84,000 to just below company will recall 400 union trade deficit widened for the 4.5 million, the claims report workers to its engine-building fourth straight quarter. The cur- said. plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. rent account trade deficit grew But that doesn't include sev- About 2,000 people were laid to $123.3 billion in the April- eral million people who are off from the plant last year. FedEx delivers int'l profits but cuts US jobs e l i f

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Johnson 9.92 9.92 0.00 0.883 0.640 11.2 6.45% SAMANTHA BOMKAMP, 10.00 10.00 Premier Real Estate 10.00 10.00 0.00 0.355 0.800 28.2 8.00% AP Transportation Writer BISX LISTED DEBT SECURITIES - (Bonds trade on a Percentage Pricing basis) 52wk-Hi 52wk-Low Security Symbol Last Sale Change Daily Vol. Interest Maturity NEW YORK 99.46 99.46 Bahamas Note 6.95 (2029) BAH29 99.46 0.00 6.95% 20 November 2029 100.00 100.00 Fidelity Bank Note 17 (Series A) + FBB17 100.00 0.00 7% 19 October 2017 100.00 100.00 Fidelity Bank Note 22 (Series B) + FBB22 100.00 0.00 Prime + 1.75% 19 October 2022 FedEx Corp. indicated Thursday that the global economic 100.00 100.00 Fidelity Bank Note 13 (Series C) + FBB13 100.00 0.00 7% 30 May 2013 100.00 100.00 Fidelity Bank Note 15 (Series D) + FBB15 100.00 0.00 Prime + 1.75% 29 May 2015 recovery remains uneven. While strength in international ship- RoyalFidelity Merchant Bank & Trust Ltd. (Over-The-Counter Securities) 52wk-Hi52wk-Hi 52wk-Low52wk-Low Symbol Bid $$ Ask $$ Last PricePrice Daily VolVol. EPS$ Div $ P/E Yield ments is boosting net income, FedEx is cutting 1,700 jobs in its 10.06 5.01 Bahamas Supermarkets 5.01 6.01 14.00 -2.945 0.000 N/M 0.00% 0.55 0.40 RND Holdings 0.35 0.40 0.55 0.001 0.000 256.6 0.00% U.S. freight business to offset losses there. CFAL Securities Ltd. (Over-The-Counter Securities) The world's second-largest package delivery company did 41.00 29.00 ABDAB 30.13 31.59 29.00 4.540 0.000 9.03 0.00% 0.55 0.40 RND Holdings 0.45 0.55 0.55 0.002 0.000 261.90 0.00% raise its financial outlook after as it said first-quarter net income BISX Listed Mutual Funds 52wk-Hi 52wk-Low Fund Name NAV YTD% Last 12 Months % NAV 3MTH NAV 6MTH NAV Date doubled. But projections for the second quarter and full year fell 1.4904 1.4005 CFAL Bond Fund 1.4904 3.59% 6.42% 1.475244 1.452500 31-Jul-10 2.9265 2.8266 CFAL MSI Preferred Fund 2.9115 0.85% 0.23% 2.926483 2.906205 31-Aug-10 shy of Wall Street expectations. FedEx shares dropped more 1.5502 1.4920 CFAL Money Market Fund 1.5502 2.86% 3.91% 1.533976 1.518097 27-Aug-10 3.2025 2.8522 Royal Fidelity Bahamas G & I Fund 2.8624 -8.16% -7.49% 31-Aug-10 than 4 percent in afternoon trading. 13.6388 13.0484 Royal Fidelity Prime Income Fund 13.4286 0.46% 2.40% 31-Aug-10 109.3929 101.6693 CFAL Global Bond Fund 109.3929 5.20% 7.60% 107.570620 103.987340 30-Jun-10 International air shipments have driven FedEx's results for 105.7795 93.1998 CFAL Global Equity Fund 100.1833 -1.52% 3.56% 105.779543 101.725415 30-Jun-10 more than a year; international revenue rose 24 percent in the 1.1223 1.0000 FG Financial Preferred Income Fund 1.1272 3.43% 5.28% 31-Aug-10 1.0917 1.0000 FG Financial Growth Fund 1.0948 2.51% 6.10% 31-Aug-10 quarter ended Aug. 31. But while FedEx earned $380 million 1.1198 1.0000 FG Financial Diversified Fund 1.1275 3.37% 5.64% 31-Aug-10 9.5955 9.1005 Royal Fidelity Bah Int'l Investment Fund Principal in the first quarter, the FedEx Freight segment lost $16 million Protected TIGRS, Series 1 9.5955 2.71% 5.96% 31-Jul-10 11.2361 10.0000 Royal Fidelity Bah Int'l Investment Fund Principal Protected TIGRS, Series 2 10.3734 -3.69% 3.38% 31-Jul-10 and has been unprofitable for four straight quarters. 10.0000 9.1708 Royal Fidelity Bah Int'l Investment Fund Principal Protected TIGRS, Series 3 9.1708 -8.29% -8.29% 31-Aug-10 The unit moves large items like refrigerators and other large 7.9664 4.8105 Royal Fidelity Int'l Fund - Equities Sub Fund 7.5827 -1.74% 11.58% 31-Aug-10 MARKET TERMS appliances from factories to retailers and competes with other BISX ALL SHARE INDEX - 19 Dec 02 = 1,000.00 YIELD - last 12 month dividends divided by closing price 52wk-Hi - Highest closing price in last 52 weeks Bid $ - Buying price of Colina and Fidelity large trucking companies such as Arkansas Best and YRC 52wk-Low - Lowest closing price in last 52 weeks Ask $ - Selling price of Colina and fidelity Previous Close - Previous day's weighted price for daily volume Last Price - Last traded over-the-counter price Worldwide, which runs trucks under the Yellow, Roadway Today's Close - Current day's weighted price for daily volume Weekly Vol. - Trading volume of the prior week Change - Change in closing price from day to day EPS $ - A company's reported earnings per share for the last 12 mths and New Penn names. 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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS In brief Gold prices set record high Yahoo to upgrade e-mail, search results this fall on more economic worries SUNNYVALE, California SANDY SHORE, ment said net exports fell Yahoo's coming attractions AP Business Writer from the previous week. include facelifts for its e-mail December wheat contracts service and Internet search Gold prices were driven lost 7.5 cents to settle at results, according to Associat- to a record high Thursday $7.1925 a bushel. ed Press. as worries returned about Corn prices extended The changes outlined Thurs- sluggish economic growth. their gains a day after reach- day are part of Yahoo Inc.'s lat- Gold for December deliv- ing a two-year high because est attempt to lure back Web surfers who have been spending ery added $5.10 to settle at of uncertainty about pro- more of their time hanging out $1,273.80 an ounce, which duction levels during this at Internet hot spots such as was a record high. Earlier in year's harvest season. Facebook and leaning more the day, it traded as high as December corn added 0.75 heavily on Google Inc.'s e-mail $1,279.50 an ounce. It was cent to settle at $4.96 a and search services. the second time this week bushel. November soybeans The e-mail upgrade is sup- gold has set a record high, for November delivery fell posed to make Yahoo's inbox and some analysts believe INTERNATIONAL 6.25 cents to settle at twice as fast. It will also enable the price could top $1,300 $10.3625 a bushel. users to send the short mes- sages known as "tweets" direct- an ounce. BUSINESS Crude prices dropped ly to their Twitter accounts New government reports lucrative for foreign after new government data from the mail service. signaled snail-like job investors. signaled slower demand for growth and uneven manu- "As the euro made new oil and gas. Company says it will facturing activity. In addi- highs, I saw gold making Benchmark oil fell $1.38 tion, the dollar grew weaker new highs and I think there's to settle at $75.74 a barrel build wind turbine plant against other currencies. a direct correlation there," on the New York Mercan- Combined, the develop- Lind-Waldock senior mar- tile Exchange. BOISE, Idaho ments prompted investors ket strategist Rich Ilczyszyn Natural gas prices rose to buy gold, which is often said. "Maybe it's the pur- after the government said Officials with Pavilion Ener- seen as a safe place to park chasing power of investors stockpiles held in under- gy Resources say the company money. abroad." ground storage in the lower and its business partners are Gold's rise gave a boost planning to build a new wind "We've been bombarded 48 states increased by 103 turbine manufacturing facility with a lot of mixed signals," to silver, which closed at a billion cubic feet to 3.267 in Idaho, but the location hasn't Matt Zeman, head trader at high for the year. Most met- trillion cubic feet for the been released yet. LaSalle Futures Group, said. als also settled higher. week ended Sept. 10. The In a prepared statement, the "In the end, housing and Silver for December deliv- total is6.2 percent more than company said the plans call for jobs still have not really ery rose 20 cents to settle at the five-year average. a facility that will build enough turned the corner, so to $20.771 an ounce. Decem- Natural gas rose 6.7 cents three- to five-megawatt tur- speak. I think while people ber copper added 2.7 cents a to settle at $4.062 per 1,000 bines to fill a $100 million remain mildly optimistic, pound to settle at $3.4935 a cubic feet on the New York order, and that another $300 pound; October platinum (AP Photo/Steven Senne, file) million in orders could come there still is a lot of investor Mercantile Exchange. based on the number of new angst out there." rose $6.60 to $1,611.90 a In other Nymex trading in GOLD COMFORT: In this Aug. 10, 2010 file photo, coin collector Darlene Corio, of Rochester, N.Y., right, peers through a circular wind farms currently planned The other development pound while September pal- October contracts, heating in the region. Pavilion Energy ladium lost $10.20 to window at a gold ingot weighing more than 662 ounces as her hus- that boosted gold was the oil gave up 4.26 cents to set- band, Tim Corio, left, looks on at a display at the World’s Fair of Mon- Resources officials say the weaker dollar. That can $546.95. tle at $2.0990 a gallon and ey in Boston. Gold prices traditionally rise from Labor Day until effort is part of a joint venture, make commodities, which In other trading, wheat gasoline fell 3.78 cents to about Valentine’s Day. In September alone, gold prices have risen 21 but they did not release the are priced in dollars, more prices fell after the govern- $1.9247 a gallon. of the past 30 years. names of any other companies involved.

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THE TRIBUNE PAGE 15 United, Liverpool in poor form ahead of Premier League match... FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 See page 13 PAGES 12 & 13 • International sports news Bahamians making impact in Canadian Football League

By RENALDO DORSETT chart at middle linebacker behind ferred to Saint Mary’s, where he The Stampeders currently lead the Stampeders offensive line for five Sports Reporter Juwan Simpson. He has totaled five played the 2008 and 2009 seasons. CFL's West Division with a 9-1 seasons and in 2009, dressed for each [email protected] tackles and one sack off the bench, He rose to national recognition in record, three games ahead of their of the teams’ 18 regular-season playing behind the team's leading Canada at St Mary's where he was closest competitors, the games in 2009 and both playoff BAHAMIANS continue to make tackler. named an Atlantic University Sport Saskatchewan Roughriders at 6-4. games. an impact on the gridiron in several In his rookie season, McCartney is conference All-Star in 2008 and The Montreal Alouettes lead the As a free agent this offseason, collegiate and professional leagues, second on the Stampeders in spe- totaled 21 tackles, including 7.5, four East Division at 7-3. Ellis was re-signed by the Stamped- not just in the United States but in its cial teams tackles with 13. Simpson sacks, two forced fumbles and two Calgary's next matchup is slated ers in January, but was later released neighbour to the north as well. again leads the team in that catego- fumble recoveries. for tonight against the Roughriders. in August along with veteran quar- Karl McCartney, linebacker for ry with 14. The Stampeders' Bahamian ties terback Cody Pickett. the Calgary Stampeders of the Cana- McCartney was selected in the Recorded goes back as far as six years when The Edmonton Eskimos have dian Football League, continues to fifth round, 37th overall, of the 2010 the team acquired Godfrey Ellis. recently expressed interests and have fill a key reserve role for the fran- CFL Canadian Draft and signed In 2009, McCartney recorded 3.5 Ellis was originally drafted by Cal- made attempts to Ellis who was chise. with the club in May. sacks, five tackles for loss and one gary in the second round, 10th over- released after Edmonton product At 6'0, 231 pounds, McCartney is McCartney began his collegiate forced fumble and was named to the all, of the 2005 CFL Canadian Draft. Dimitri Tsoumpas signed a long- listed as second on the team's depth career at Wilfrid Laurier and trans- 2009 CIS East-West Bowl. He was a valuable member of the term contract. Nassau Valley 8-Ball Association playoffs Sunday at Mario’s

By RENALDO DORSETT led by team captain Desmond Sports Reporter Burrows. [email protected] The series between the two teams is tied at three games ith a new each and it promises to be a facility just battle between evenly months matched squads. old, the Association executives sug- sport of gest that persons in the pool billiardsW continues to make its arena have not seen competi- successful return to the capi- tion like the one expected this tal, with the governing body weekend in a very long time. set to crown league champi- Some of the most notable ons in the near future. players in the game will be The Nassau Valley Eight- featured. Ball Association is slated to According to association The Nassau Valley Eight-Ball Association is slated to begin its playoff rounds at Mario's Bowling and Entertainment Palace begin its playoff rounds Sun- president Laurie Lightfoot, RACK ‘EM UP: day, September 19, at Mario's players like "Donald Rah- on September 19. Bowling and Entertainment ming, Danzy Burrows, War- Palace. ren Lockhart, Lil Jim Lock- in grand fashion," Lightfoot games. The finals are loaded The women’s championship runs." The opening round kicks hart, and many others will said. with veteran talent who have was captured by Carlene In her second stint as pres- off at 5pm and will feature showcase their talents “in the "We have had 17 teams and traveled as far as Las Vegas Evans who finished first out ident, Lightfoot said she men's singles and team finals. war on the tables," she said. about 140 members who com- for international competi- of seven competitors on the hopes to see the association The men's singles final will The 2010 championship tro- peted over the course of the tion." year. continue to grow. be a matchup between veter- phies and awards will also be season and the final teams set In singles competition, "This last year has been a "If I return, I hope to see an shooter Pat Carey and ris- presented following the for this showdown and quite Lightfoot expects a thrilling tremendous success," Light- the association continue to ing star Dario Woodside. matches. deserving to be in the posi- best-of-seven showdown foot said. grow," she said. "I will remain The team finals are expect- "This has been one of the tion they are today. between the contrasting com- "We have had players trav- an active member and put my ed to feature "No Chance" most competitive seasons we “Any team on any given petitors. el to Sarasota and to the Hard organisational skills to use led by captains Roosevelt have had in a very long time night could have won, and "The singles play should be Rock in Ft Lauderdale for and see the league grow Moss and S C Johnson squar- and Sunday should bring the without a clear front runner it exciting featuring two preci- tournaments which ended in beyond 20 teams in the near ing off against the "Fanatics" climax of a wonderful season made for a series of exciting sion shooters," she said. successful championship future." Bahamas Wahoo Challenge set for Team Bahamas can win ‘a couple next month medals’ at Commonwealth Games

By JOHN BELL saw increased numbers of fish By BRENT STUBBS 45.56 (in Baton Rouge) respectively. If either of and fish size, likely due to new Senior Sports Reporter STUBBS them can get anywhere near those times, they THE recently re-opened rules and regulations enacted could be the spoilers. Bimini Big Game Club will by the Bahamas. As a tour- THE Bahamas Olympic Committee’s The Bahamas’ best chance will definitely be in resume its rightful place on nament, the Challenge also announcement of the 25-member team for the the men’s high jump with the 1-2 punch of Don- the grand sport-fishing tour- adopted new rules, reducing Commonwealth Games has shown the maturity ald Thomas and Trevor Barry. Having soared nament circuit when it hosts the fish count to four fish per level that the Bahamas has reached. 2.30 metres both in Nassau and in Lusanne, the first leg of the 2011 team. These small efforts in While the Bahamas Swimming Federation Thomas has a chance to surpass the fourth place Bahamas Wahoo Challenge concert have made a notice- (BSF) will not be able to send any of the four that he clinched at the last Commonwealth November 11-14. able impact on fishing.” swimmers who have qualified because of school Games. The Bimini Big Game In 2008, the Bahamian- commitments, the Bahamas Association of Ath- And with Barry being a worthy foe when the Club, a legendary outpost for crew on “Zephyros” hauled letic Associations (BAAA) team will be very two match-up, his season’s best of 2.28m in fishermen and host to numer- in a 105-pound behemoth strong, despite the absence of some of the elite Mayaguez in July has his stocks high for a pos- ous major sport fishing tour- which is the largest wahoo athletes. sible double-medal treat. naments for more than half a taken in any tournament in And with the exception of top professional Only two women will represent the Bahamas century, officially re-opened the Bahamas. Mark Knowles, the Bahamas Lawn Tennis and they both have an outside chance of ascend- this summer as a Guy Harvey Fish in the 80-plus pound Association and the Amateur Boxing Federation ing the medal dais. Outpost Resort & Marina fol- range are routinely caught in of the Bahamas will definitely be at its best. Christine Amertil, who turned in her season’s lowing completion of a the Challenge as fishing con- With the games (held every four years) set for best of 51.67 in Rio de Janerio in May, will have $3,500,000 renovation that tinues to be improving. October 3-14, this is a good opportunity to dis- OPINION a number of African and Jamaican competitors included all guest rooms, the sect the team with a view of looking at our to contend with. new Bimini Big Game Bar & Location potential. And as she wraps up her long and illustrious Grill, and the Outfitter Shop, Athletics career, Lavern Eve has had limited action this year, hav- a retail experience featuring Bimini’s location along the There was some concern on the athletic front because ing produced a best of 53.88m. But all she needs is a good sportswear, fishing supplies legendary Gulfstream (a “riv- top stars such as Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Chandra series of throws and she could be a finalist in the women’s and gifts. er” of warm water) is at the Sturrup, Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown and Leevan ‘Superman’ javelin. Approaching its fifth year apex of a superhighway for Sands have all decided to shut down their season and will Tennis of competition, the Bahamas migrating fish and acts as a not be making the trek to New Delhi, India, next month. The tennis team will basically have the same team that Wahoo Challenge has attract- kind of sushi conveyor belt But the Bahamas will be in good hands with athletes competed at the Central American and Caribbean Games ed the best wahoo anglers in carrying abundant food to the such as Donald Thomas, Christine Amertil, Adrian Grif- in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. the world to the Bahamas. local fish. fith and Andretti Bain leading the way. And if that’s any consolation, all they need to do is The Wahoo Challenge, Deepwater game fish The good thing is the Bahamas will have a chance to blend the way they did and whoever is selected to compete according to tournament include marlin, tuna, sailfish, contest both the men’s 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 metre relays in the doubles on both the men’s and women’s sides director Tony Albelo, consists wahoo and swordfish, while with the calibre of competitors on the team. should make an impact. of three tournaments — Bimi- big grouper, barracuda and With so many of the top athletes from the 71 partici- I like the fact that the top three female players are ni, Port Lucaya January 12- schools of snapper can be pating countries opting not to compete, the Bahamas playing together and even though Mark Knowles is not 16, 2011, and March 3-6, 2011, found on the reefs. seems poised for a big showing. competing, the men have the best from the Davis Cup in the Bahamas. Bimini’s flats are home the The good thing about the men’s sprints is that the top team. Each tournament is an indi- fishermen’s favourite prey, times this year have come from the Americans and the Boxing vidual competition, but also bonefish and permit. Jamaicans. What’s even more interesting is that the US is Since Taureano ‘Reno’ Johnson has left the amateur adds points to the overall With more than 50-record- not a part of the Commonwealth. ranks for the pros, Valentino Johnson has stepped up series. Teams can compete in setting catches in the waters So Adrian Griffith, who has ran a season’s best of 10.23 and made an impact on just about every national team he one or all three legs. around the island, Bimini has to win the men’s century at the BAAA Open National has been on. He and Carl Hield are the two seasoned According to Albelo, the earned its title of sport fishing Championships in June, should be a contender in the amateurs and with the experience they possess, they wahoo fishing continues to be capital of the world. short sprint. He trails Derrick Atkins, who competed should be right there with the power punchers at the red hot. Bahamas Wahoo Challenge sparingly this year with his best showing of 10.13 in May. games. “The top fish for the 2006 participants can call 800-867- Also in May, Jamial Rolle posted a wind-aided time of Could they win a medal? series was a 95-pound torpedo 4764 to reserve a room and 10.18 in Athens. But his best bet will be in the half-lapper It’s all up to them to go out and prove that they can. weighed in by “Nothin’s slip at the Big Game Club. where he has clocked 20.75 in a June meet in Clearwater. Wild” out of Homestead, For more tournament infor- The men’s quarter could see Andretti Bain and Michael Florida,” he said. mation, go to Mathieu in the mix. They have ran 45.44 (in Nassau) and SEE OPINION, page 14 “The following years all www.wahoochallenge.com

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LOCAL/INTERNATIONAL SPORTS BSF’s National Round Robin Championships on schedule

By RENALDO DORSETT round robin is named in hon- This year marks the first Sports Reporter our of two catchers out of time the event has been held National Round Robin Schedule [email protected] Grand Bahama, longtime in Grand Bahama since 2004. national team members." "This promises to be one Thursday, November 4 AS local leagues around the The opening ceremony is of the best round robin cham- 5pm – Eleuthera v Andros (M) - gm 1 country head into the post- planned for November 5, pionships to date," Dorsett 6pm – Eleuthera v. Long Island (M)- gm 2 season in the coming weeks which will include a marching said. "Fans and corporate cit- 7pm – Grand Bahama v. Andros (L)- gm 3 and decide eventual champi- band, fireworks display and izens in Grand Bahama have 8pm – New Providence v. Long Island (M)- gm 4 ons, preparations are under- honouring of the past presi- given a high level of positive 9pm – Grand Bahama v. Abaco- gm 5 way for the hosting of the cli- dents of the BSF. feedback and are waiting for max of the softball season. Thus far, nine teams have the event to take place." Friday, November 5 The Bahamas Softball Fed- confirmed their participation Teams are expected to 12pm – Abaco v. Andros (M)- gm 6 eration (BSF) has scheduled in the tournament at the arrive in Grand Bahama on 1pm – Eleutera v. Long Island (M)- gm 7 the 2010 edition of its Nation- Grand Bahama Sports Com- November 4, the morning of 2pm – Andros v. New Providence (L)- gm 8 al Round Robin Champi- plex, including six men's the tournament, and the first 3pm – Eleuthera v. Grand Bahama (M)- gm 9 onships November 4-7 in teams - Abaco, Andros, session of games are sched- 4pm – Abaco v. Long Island (M)- gm 10 Freeport, Grand Bahama. Eleuthera, Grand Bahama, uled to begin at 5pm. 7pm – Abaco v. Long Island (M)- gm 11 BSF president Burket Long Island and New Provi- "By hosting the nationals 9pm – New Providence v. Grand Bahama (L)- gm 12 Dorsett said the situation dence and three female teams in the nation's second city, it 10pm – New Providence v. Grand Bahama (M)- gm 13 which threatened the hosting - Andros, Grand Bahama, gives an indication of the fed- BURKET DORSETT of the venue in Grand and New Providence. eration's commitment to tak- Saturday, November 6 Bahama has been resolved. Dorsett said: "The ministry ing the game of softball 11am – Andros v. Grand Bahama (M)- gm 14 "The BSF would like to both members of the BSF is doing final preparations on throughout the country and 12pm – Abaco v. Eleuthera (M)- gm 15 officially announce that the Hall of Fame. the facilities in Grand give other islands and mem- 1pm – Andros v. New Providence (L)- gm 16 round robin is on as sched- "This is an example of soft- Bahama and all indications ber federations outside of 2pm – Andros v. Long Island (M)- gm 17 uled," he said. "The situation ball at its best in the Bahamas. suggest that we will have a New Providence an opportu- 3pm – Abaco v. New Providence (M)- gm 18 in Grand Bahama has been There is no clear cut project- successful event with what is nity to host events," Dorsett 4pm – Andros v. Grand Bahama (L) - gm 19 amicably resolved and the ed winner at this time as all of in place thus far," he said. said. 7pm – Eleutera v. New Providence (M) - gm 10 original venue and original the associations had and con- "The Grand Bahama com- A pair of teams from New 8pm – 4 vs 3 (M) elimination (M) - gm 21 dates for the round robin will tinue to have competitive sea- mittee is working feverishly Providence took both titles 9pm – Grand Bahama v New Providence (L) - gm 22 be kept intact.” sons in 2010," he said. "The to make sure its a memorable last year with the Comman- 10pm – 2 vs 1 (M) winner advances The tournament will be federation continues to pay event for fans in the Bahamas, do Security Truckers claim- to championship - gm 23 held in honour of two nation- tribute to those who made all islands are geared up as ing the men's championship al team stalwarts Sandra contributions to the game. teams finish their regular sea- and the Pineapple Air Wild- Sunday, November 7 Wells and Wilfred Beneby, With that in mind, this year’s sons." cats the women's title. 2pm – 3 v 2 Bronze Medal Game (L) - gm 24 3:30pm – Winner of gm 21 v winner gm 23 Bronze Medal Game (M) - gm 25 5pm – Winner of Ladies Round Robin vs Winner of gm 24 - Gold Medal Game (L) - gm 26 Fish, Fallas to open Davis Cup playoff 6:30pm – Winner of gm 23 v. Winner of gm 25 - Gold Medal Game (M) - gm 27

By JAIRO ANCHIQUE record against the United Associated Press Writer States in the Davis Cup. The teams have not met since 1979. BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) The US is 3-1 in World Group Rafael Nadal clinches — American Mardy Fish will playoffs and won the last one face Colombian Alejandro Fal- in 2005, defeating Belgium 4-1 year-end No. 1 ranking la in the opening singles match on clay. The Americans would of the Davis Cup playoff seem to have the edge if play- between the United States and er rankings are considered. LONDON (AP) — Rafael of seven men to complete a Colombia. Fish is No. 19, better than Fal- Nadal has clinched the year- career Grand Slam. He leads The second singles match la at 64, and Querrey is 21, top- end No. 1 ranking for the sec- the ATP tour with six titles Friday has American Sam ping Giraldo at 61. ond time in three years. this year and has a record of Querrey against Santiago However, the thin air is sure The 24-year-old Spaniard, 59-7. Since April, he has won Giraldo. to be a factor in the Colombia who won the French Open, 43 of his 46 matches. At Thursday’s draw, US capital, and clay is also the Wimbledon and the U.S. Nadal, Federer and Ivan captain Patrick McEnroe weakest surface for the United Open in 2010, also finished at Lendl are the only players to selected John Isner and Ryan States. the top of the ATP rankings have held, lost and regained Harrison to face Carlos Sala- The Americans are also in 2008. the year-end No. 1 spot in the manca and Robert Farah in competing with a new lineup. "It has been an incredible 37-year history of the rank- Saturday doubles. Reverse sin- For the first time, McEnroe — season — one of my best ever, ings. Federer did it last year. gles are Sunday. who is retiring as captain after if not the best," Nadal said Since the rankings began in The match will be played on this match — will have a lineup Thursday in a statement. "I 1973, only eight other players red clay at Bogota's La Santa- that includes neither Andy worked very hard to get back have finished the year at the maria bullring, which is located Roddick, James Blake nor the to the top and it feels really top more than once. Of those at 8,700 feet in elevation. The Byran brothers. good to know I will end the nine, Nadal, John McEnroe winner will remain in the McEnroe has been on the year as No. 1." and Jimmy Connors are the Davis Cup World Cup, the top job for 10 years and is the Nadal leads the rankings only left-handers. tier of the competition, which longest serving captain in US with 12,025 points, almost the US has dropped out of Davis Cup history. He led the 5,000 more than second- only once since it began in United States to the title in ranked Novak Djokovic, who 1981. 2007, the first for the Ameri- has 7,145. Roger Federer is Magic sign free Colombia is trying to cans since 1995. The US has third with 6,735. advance to the World Group won the Davis Cup 32 times, FACE OFF: American Mardy Fish will face Colombian Alejandro Nadal has won nine major for the first time and has a 1-1 more than any other country. Falla in the opening singles match of the Davis Cup playoff. (AP) titles in his career and is one agent forward Malik Allen

Marijuana charges against Haslem dropped ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Orlando Magic have signed free agent By TIM REYNOLDS as such, it couldn't be proven that etc.), the State could not prove Udonis will likely not face NBA sanctions. forward Malik Allen, AP Sports Writer Haslem was actually in possession of Haslem's knowledge or possession of "We love him, we have great bringing their training the contraband. the cannabis beyond a reasonable respect for him, and we're going to camp roster to 15 players. MIAMI (AP) — Prosecutors have The Heat forward was arrested doubt," Portman said. let this run its course," Heat president The Magic announced dropped all marijuana possession Aug. 15 after being clocked driving The South Florida Sun-Sentinel first Pat Riley said last week. the signing Thursday. charges against Miami Heat forward 78 mph in a 60 mph zone on the reported the case's dismissal. Haslem was not immediately avail- The 32-year-old Allen Udonis Haslem, simply saying the case Gratigny Parkway in Miami-Dade Haslem was facing one third-degree able for comment Thursday. On Aug. played 51 games for the could not be proven. County. A search of his 2008 Mer- felony count of marijuana possession 16, one day after his arrest, he issued a Denver Nuggets last sea- Haslem's attorney, Eric Schwartzre- cedes turned up marijuana, which pas- and four misdemeanor counts of hav- statement through the team insisting son. He has averaged five ich, told The Associated Press that he senger Antwan Fleming claimed own- ing drug paraphernalia. The felony that he would be cleared once the points and nearly three received a call with the decision Thurs- ership of when questioned by the charge could have carried maximum legal process was completed. rebounds per game in day afternoon. Florida Highway Patrol. punishments of a $5,000 fine and a Haslem has spent all seven of his nine NBA seasons. "The State Attorney's Office will Fleming's fingerprints were found five-year prison sentence. NBA seasons with the Heat, and the Orlando already has not be able to file charges," Assistant on the container, Portman wrote. Haslem's 2008 Mercedes, valued at South Florida native signed a five- several forwards who play State Attorney Errol Portman wrote "While there was probable cause more than $100,000, was returned to year contract to stay with the team heavy minutes, including in what's known as a "no action" for the arrest of Udonis Haslem (it him earlier this week after it was earlier this summer. Rashard Lewis, Brandon memo. was in the car driven by Udonis seized by FHP, Schwartzreich said. Haslem has averaged 10.0 points Bass and Ryan Ander- Portman wrote that Haslem's fin- Haslem, the car belonged to Udonis Haslem was working out with team- and 8.1 rebounds for Miami, plus son. So Allen will likely gerprints were not on the container Haslem, the cannabis was in the mates earlier Thursday at the arena helped the Heat win the 2006 NBA play a limited role should of marijuana found in the vehicle, and immediate vicinity of Udonis Haslem, where the Heat play home games. He championship. he make the final roster. The Magic begin train- ing camp September 28. Mayweather hit Team Bahamas can with more felony win ‘a couple medals’

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By KEN RITTER Cycling Associated Press Writer The three-man team will probably have the most diffi- LAS VEGAS (AP) — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr is cult task of all and that is being hit with three more felony and four misdemeanor because neither Mark charges in a domestic violence case that already had him Holowesko, Laurence Jupp facing a felony theft charge. or Rowshan Jones of Grand An eight-count criminal complaint filed Thursday by Bahama have competed at Clark County District Attorney David Roger significantly this level before. raised the ante in the criminal case accusing Mayweather of But their rivals have not hitting his ex-girlfriend, threatening their children and tak- seen them before either, so ing cell phones during an argument at the woman's home they have nothing to lose. The a week ago. greatest challenge for the trio Mayweather previously faced one grand larceny charge will be to remain in the pela- carrying a possible sentence of five years. ton and not get eliminated The new complaint adds two coercion and one robbery during the gruelling road race. charge, plus a domestic battery and three harassment It’s going to be an interest- charges. ing games for the Bahamas. It increases to 34 years the possible penalty the 33-year- But if the athletes compete old Mayweather could face if convicted of all charges. CHARGED: Floyd Mayweather Jr takes a break in his WBA welterweight match against Shane Mosley true to form, the Bahamas He's due for arraignment November 9 in a Las Vegas in Las Vegas. could end up with a couple court. (AP Photo) medals in athletics, boxing and tennis.

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTS Grant gone Raiders’ Campbell prepares for Packers, but Rodgers worries Bills

for home debut vs. Rams By CHRIS JENKINS AP Sports Writer By JOSH DUBOW losing. AP Sports Writer "I'm pretty sure the Oak- GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) land fans would like to see a — For a team that came into OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) different team than we saw the season with Super Bowl — The switch at quarterback and what they saw last week expectations, it didn't take from JaMarcus Russell to on the road," Campbell said. very long for the Green Bay Jason Campbell was the "It's definitely an opportunity Packers to hit their first seri- biggest reason for an offsea- for us. It's exciting. It'll be my ous speed bump. son of optimism for the Oak- first game at home in the reg- Running back Ryan Grant land Raiders. ular season, so it's just trying is out for the year with an With the former No. 1 pick to get things going in the right ankle injury, and backup turned draft bust long gone, direction." Brandon Jackson is stepping Campbell was supposed to Things have been going the in as the starter. Jackson's revive a struggling franchise wrong direction in Oakland main backup, at least for now, and spark an offense that had ever since the team lost the is ... a fullback? struggled to do much of any- Super Bowl to Tampa Bay in Still, Buffalo Bills coach thing in recent years. 2003. The Raiders (0-1) have Chan Gailey didn't focus on So far, not so good. lost at least 11 games for the Green Bay's running back Campbell had a rough past seven years seasons, with shortage going into Sunday's debut in Tennessee and now poor quarterback play often game at Lambeau Field. The will play his first regular sea- being a major cause. Packers remain a pass-first son home game as a Raider Campbell was acquired team, and the name of quar- against the St. Louis Rams (0- during the draft from Wash- terback Aaron Rodgers might 1), in front of what figures to ington after spending five sea- have come up a time or two be a small but skeptical crowd sons with the Redskins. He — or 20 — in Bills team frustrated by seven years of became the 12th quarterback meetings this week. to start a game for the "About every other sen- Raiders during that run when tence, every other word was he went 22 for 37 for 180 'Aaron Rodgers,'" Bills safe- Redskins’ yards, one touchdown and ty George Wilson said. "We Haynesworth one interception in the 38-13 know he's the pulse of their loss to Tennessee. team, the pulse of their dealing with The Raiders gained just 106 offense. And we have to do yards in the first half and a great job of keeping them sprained ankle Campbell had little time to off balance, not really allow- throw behind a porous offen- ing him to get in a groove." ASHBURN, Va. (AP) sive line. He was sacked four PASSING FORM: Oakland Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell throws in the first half of a preseason game Coming off an impressive — Albert Haynesworth has times, on the run plenty of against the San Francisco 49ers in Oakland, California, last month. 2009 and a sharp preseason, a sprained ankle and was others, and too often checked Rodgers wasn't happy with unable to make it through down when he did have time. (AP Photo) his play in the Packers' Week a full practice for a second "I felt like we were so con- 1 victory at Philadelphia. He straight day. cerned about making mis- enough big plays to make million in guaranteed money. Bradford feel as uncomfort- threw for 188 yards with two The defensive lineman takes that we weren't playing Spagnuolo nervous about this Spagnuolo started Bradford able as possible in his first touchdowns and an unchar- hurt his ankle during loose, and guys just weren't meeting. The Rams come into in the opener and did little to road start in the NFL. Oak- acteristic two interceptions, Wednesday's practice and cutting it loose," Campbell this game banged-up at line- take it easy on his rookie. land rebuilt its front-seven in misfiring on several other didn't take part in team said. "So I just feel like we backer and in the secondary. Bradford threw 55 passes in a the offseason, with defensive throws. drills Thursday. just got to get back to playing "Fortunately or unfortu- 17-13 loss to Arizona, com- tackle Tommy Kelly the only "We're 1-0, and we're excit- Coach Mike Shanahan football, get back to having nately I've had to coach pleting 32 for 253 yards and a player back in the same posi- ed about that, but offensively said he hopes the injury fun, like we were doing in pre- against him quite a number touchdown. He threw three tion he played last year. we just want to take some of isn't too serious and that season, and cut it loose. You of times when he was at interceptions, including one The Raiders struggled last the burden off the defense," Haynesworth might be can't win games being afraid Washington," Spagnuolo said. on a desperation pass at the week against Chris Johnson, Rodgers said. "If we can hold able to return Friday. to miss a play or make a bad "I've always known this about end. Vince Young and the Titans, the ball longer and not put Washington hosts Houston throw or miss a run or miss a Jason. He's a quality quarter- "For them to have the con- but hope to be able to mix our defense in the compro- on Sunday. tackle. If you're playing loose, back that can at any time fidence in me to allow me to things up enough to confuse mising situations with the Haynesworth played as you'll make more than you make a big play with his arm throw it 55 times, that defi- Bradford this week. turnovers we had, then I think a backup in the season miss." or with his feet. When you go nitely makes me feel more Bradford will also have to we're going to be able to play opener after months of dis- Rams coach Steve Spagn- against quarterbacks like that confident knowing that they deal with a road crowd that a more complete game." agreements with Shanahan uolo has seen more of Camp- it can always be scary for a have no problem putting the is expected to be short of a Rodgers knows he'll face a over offseason workouts, bell in the regular season than defense. It's going to be a ball in my hands," Bradford sellout but could present oth- talented and deep secondary practices and preseason the Raiders have. As line- pretty good challenge for our said. er problems. Sunday. The Bills finished playing time. backers coach in Philadelphia, defense." "When we're throwing it 55 "I talked to Steven Jackson second in the league last year Shanahan said backup defensive coordinator with The Rams also brought in a times, that probably means a little bit about it," Bradford with 28 interceptions, trailing linebacker Perry Riley is the New York Giants and last new quarterback to change a that things aren't working out said. only the Packers' 30. "ready to go" after recov- year in St. Louis, Spagnuolo pattern of losing for a fran- in our favor so, would I like to "He said it's actually pretty "Our defense doesn't lack ering from a sprained right has faced Campbell five times chise that won just six games throw it 55 times? No. But at fun. He said it's a nasty confidence," safety Jairus foot. over the years. the past three seasons. St. the same time, if it's some- crowd, they're violent, they Byrd said. "I know that Safety Kareem Moore, Campbell has won just one Louis selected Sam Bradford thing that we have to do as a yell at you. But those are the there's areas that we need in who has a sprained right of those matchups against with the No. 1 overall pick football team, then I'm very type of crowds that make it to improve in, but we're up knee, appears unlikely to Spagnuolo's blitz-happy and signed him to a six-year, comfortable doing it." enjoyable to play. I am look- to the challenge and excited play against Houston. defenses but has made $78 million contract with $50 The Raiders want to make ing forward to the challenge." about it." Lions lose some hope without a healthy Stafford

By LARRY LAGE in both life and on the football field. AP Sports Writer He's worked so stinking hard to get himself to this position. DETROIT (AP) — Hopes were "On the other hand, Kevin's the relatively high for a change for the starting quarterback for this foot- Detroit Lions just a week ago. ball team." Matthew Stafford's golden right Vick connected on two-thirds of arm, an improved surrounding cast his passes for 175 yards and a touch- on offense and a strong defensive down and ran 11 times for 103 yards, line were expected to make the helping the Eagles rally from a 17- Lions respectable after they won just point, fourth-quarter deficit to have twice in two seasons. a shot at beating Green Bay. It was Then, Chicago Bears defensive the seventh game in which he had end Julius Peppers hit Stafford in more than 100 yards rushing and the back, drove his right shoulder passing, a feat no one else has done into the ground and suddenly more than three times Detroit's optimistic fans have plenty "I don't really go out to try to to be glum about. prove to anybody that I can still play Second-year coach Jim Schwartz this game," Vick said. and his players, publicly at least, Lions linebacker Julian Peterson, insist replacing Stafford with Shaun who chased Vick when he was play- Hill hasn't altered their outlook. ing for the Falcons, said he doesn't "Before you make judgments look as fast as he did in the past. about what our offense can't do Detroit defensive tackle without Matt, allow us to prove to Ndamukong Suh, the No. 2 pick in you what we can do with Shaun," this year's draft, seemed unfazed to receiver Nate Burleson said. "If any- face Vick after matching up suc- thing, I think we'll be more aggres- cessfully with similar QBs in college. sive against Philly than we were at "I've played against quarterbacks Chicago." that are like him, actually at his own The Eagles also are turning to a school, Virginia Tech with Tyrod backup QB — Michael Vick in place Taylor," Suh said. "So, I know how of banged-up starter Kevin Kolb — to play against guys like that. You on Sunday at Ford Field in Detroit's just have to be get on him quicker home opener. Vick hasn't taken the and close fast because if you allow first snap in a game since Dec. 31, them to use their legs as a weapon 2006, when he was playing for they will cause havoc all game." Atlanta. Hill will rely on his arm much He didn't play the next two sea- more than his feet to make plays. sons because he served an 18-month He was 3-3 as a starter for San sentence in federal prison for his Francisco last year and was 10-6 as role in a dogfighting operation. Vick the No. 1 QB for the 49ers over the slowly worked his way back into previous three seasons. game shape last year, playing spar- "It's not his first rodeo," center ingly in 12 games, and last week Dominic Raiola said. "He started HARD HIT: Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick (7) is knocked out of bouds by Green Bay Packers safety Nick looked a little like the electric Pro games ahead of another No. 1 pick, Collins (36) and safety Morgan Burnett (42) in the second half of Sunday’s game in Philadelphia. Green Bay won 27-20. Bowler he was at times for the Fal- Alex Smith, in San Francisco and cons. people would've been talking about Philadelphia coach Andy Reid, the game-winning drive he led us on (AP Photo) though, said a concussion isn't going if won at Chicago." to change the pecking order of Kolb Oh, but the topic of conversation ground before putting the ball on the entire process of the catch. Stafford. and Vick. in the days after the season-open- the grass and celebrating what Schwartz gathered his team for a "You guys are the only guys that "Kevin knows he's the guy," Reid ing loss to the Bears was the catch almost everyone thought was a chat between stretching and prac- are bringing it up," Schwartz said. said. "I don't want to slight Michael that was ruled an incompletion. game-winning TD in the final sec- ticing Wednesday, but insisted it had "That's not an item of discussion in at all in this because I am so happy Hill lofted a pass to the end zone onds. It was ruled incomplete nothing to do with encouraging his our locker room or in our meetings. for this kid and the progress that that Calvin Johnson leaped to snag because Johnson didn't maintain players to forget about the deflat- This is the NFL, you have 16 he's made since being incarcerated, and got both feet and a knee on the possession of the ball throughout ing defeat at Chicago or the loss of games." TO DISCUSS STORIES ON THIS PAGE LOG ON TO WWW.TRIBUNE242.COM

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTS Moyes fined Lech Poznan draws 3-3 with Juventus $12,500 by FA TURIN, Italy (AP) — Group A match through by defender Giorgio Chielli- tus ahead in the 68th with a Lech Poznan counterat- Artjoms Rudnevs complet- Rudnevs' two goals inside ni and another by Alessan- shot from outside the area. tacked and Brazil midfield- for confronting ed his hat trick in injury time the opening half hour — dro Del Piero. Lech Poznan started con- er Felipe Melo brought down Thursday to give Lech Poz- from the penalty spot in the Chiellini's first came in fidently as Rudnevs tested Slawomir Peszko. Rudnevs nan a 3-3 draw with Juventus 14th minute and in the 30th. first-half injury time before goalkeeper Alex Manninger made no mistake from the referee in the Europa League. But Juventus hit back with he equalized in the 50th with a snap shot. spot with a right-footed dri- Lech Poznan led 2-0 in the a goal either side of halftime minute. Del Piero put Juven- The penalty soon after ve. The goal gave the Polish LONDON (AP) — Ever- team belief, and Rudnevs ton manager David Moyes MY BALL: Manchester United’s doubled the lead when he has been fined for confronting Wayne Rooney (right) vies for was left unmarked in the referee Martin Atkinson at area. the end of his team's 3-3 draw the ball against Rangers’ Steven Naismith during their first leg Juventus pulled a goal with Manchester United in back when Chiellini rose the Premier League last week. Group C Champions League above the defense to head Moyes and assistant Steve match in Manchester, England. home a free kick from Del Round both admitted the (AP Photo) Piero. The pair linked up Football Association's again for Chiellini's second. improper conduct charges. The defender was left The FA says Moyes has unmarked in the area to received the standard 8,000 receive Del Piero's pass, and pounds ($12,500) fine, but had time to pick his spot Round has submitted a plea from close range. in mitigation. When Del Piero put Moyes and Round were Juventus ahead it appeared upset that Atkinson blew the that the game was over, and final whistle just as Everton teammate Simone Pepe had defender Phil Jagielka was a chance to wrap up the about to shoot at goal. result but was denied by Everton had scored two goalkeeper Krzysztof injury-time goals to draw lev- Kotorowski in the 89th. el in Saturday's match, and Rudnevs made Juventus Moyes felt not enough time pay for its profligacy when had been added on. he hit a long-range shot past Manninger just before the final whistle. Man City beats Salzburg 2-0 in Europa League United, Liverpool in poor form

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) — David Silva and Jo gave Manchester City a 2-0 ahead of Premier League match win at Red Bull Salzburg in their opening Group A match in the Europa League. Silva scored in the eighth By ROB HARRIS Manchester City is in desperate minute in the first real chance AP Sports Writer need of a win at Wigan on Sunday, of the match, beating goal- with the league's biggest spenders keeper Gerhard Trimmel LONDON (AP) — With Chelsea only producing one win in its opening from Jo's pass following a making a perfect start to its title four matches. cross by Wayne Bridge. defense, Manchester United and Liv- "There has to be patience," assis- Jo doubled the lead in the erpool can't afford another draw tant manager Brian Kidd said. "The 63rd minute, tapping into the when they meet Sunday on the back boss (Roberto Mancini) has only net aftter collecting the of an unimpressive opening month been here a short period and this is a rebound from Tremmel's save of the season. building job. It is going to take time. on an attempt by Carlos Chelsea has won four straight Pre- "Unfortunately some of the players Tevez. mier League matches, but United has the boss has bought have not been Man City, which has made only won twice and is already four available. They will enhance the team a disappointing start in the points adrift while Liverpool has just and the club itself when they are fit." Premier League with one win one victory and lags the leaders by Jerome Boateng, Emmanuel Ade- out of four games, dominated seven. bayor, Mario Balotelli and Joleon against the Austrian champi- United has thrown away four Lescott are all currently sidelined. ons, who had been the only points in two games by conceding Tottenham hosts Wolverhampton team to win all six Europa late equalizers, including throwing needing to quickly recover from its League group matches last away a 3-1 lead in the 90th minute at Champions League debut against season. Everton last weekend. Werder Bremen on Tuesday, which "Sunday is a big game — the dis- ended 2-2. After winning their Euro- Tevez and Silva both came WARMING UP: Liverpool’s Fernando Torres warms up during a training session. close to adding to City's lead appointment of last Saturday has to pean playoff last month, Spurs in the first half before resonate with the players," United (AP Photo) marked their return to domestic Salzburg defender Ibrahim manager Alex Ferguson said. "They action by losing at home to Wigan. Sekagya hit the crossbar in can't make mistakes like that again." son. After the Old Trafford match, "These games are hard after the 40th in the hosts' best United will be boosted by the Liverpool's only win came against leader Chelsea should have little Champions League games, and that chance. return of Wayne Rooney, who was promoted West Bromwich, while it trouble disposing of Blackpool, which was probably the biggest lesson we In the other group match, dropped last weekend over fears has lost to Manchester City and was thumped 6-0 by Arsenal last learned from the last game against Lech Poznan drew 3-3 at Everton fans would abuse the striker drawn with Arsenal and Birming- month, when it hosts the newcom- Wigan," manager Harry Redknapp Juventus in Turin after scor- in light of a sex scandal, and defend- ham. ers. said. "We found ourselves struggling ing an injury-time equalizer. er Rio Ferdinand, who came back Liverpool's hopes of winning will Arsenal will look to maintain the to beat Wigan, and Wolves will come In the next round on Sept. from a three-month injury layoff to rely on striker Fernando Torres redis- free-scoring form that produced a 6- on Saturday and make it difficult for 30, City travels to Juventus play in the Champions League on covering his goal-scoring touch after 0 Champions League win over Braga us." and Salzburg visits Lech Poz- Tuesday when United was held 0-0 being heavily criticized for a lacklus- in midweek when it goes to Sunder- Also on Saturday, West Ham goes nan. by Rangers. ter display at Birmingham last week- land on Saturday. in search of its first point of the sea- Ferguson views fixtures with Liv- end. The Gunners are second in the son at Stoke with manager Avram erpool as the biggest in the season "I'm afraid criticism is something league after winning three and draw- Grant missing due to the Jewish holy for United, with the northwest rivals he will have to learn to live with," ing one game at Liverpool. day of Yom Kippur, while Aston Vil- Aris upsets sharing the record of 18 English titles. Hodgson said. "Everything that hap- "It is the start of the season and I la will still be without Gerard Houl- It is United which looks closer to pens at the club is put under a micro- think it is important that we take lier in the dugout as it hosts Bolton as No. 19, having finished runners-up scope and that includes player per- encouragement from what we are he completes his duties with the 2010 champ last season after a three-year winning formances. doing at the moment," manager French football federation. streak. Liverpool, though, hasn't won "Fernando Torres has no problems Arsene Wenger said. "We will keep In the day's other matches, Black- the title since 1990 and Roy Hodgson with that. He's an excellent player our feet on the ground and a good burn hosts Fulham, Newcastle is at Atletico has a lack of funds to strengthen the and is very much committed and concentration. We have another big Everton and Birmingham plays at side he took control of in the offsea- focused on this season." test now at Sunderland." local rival West Brom. THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Atletico Madrid's defense of its Europa League title got off to a bad start Thursday, losing 1-0 to Aris due to Spanish midfielder Jav- ito's second-half goal. Javito controlled the ball with his chest between two defenders before firing past goalkeeper David de Gea to score a classy goal in the 59th minute. Aris captain Sergio Koke rattled the post with a power- ful shot 10 minutes later. He also had a shot palmed on to the post by De Gea in the 81st. Atletico striker Diego For- lan, who scored both goals for his team in the 2-1 win over Fulham in last season's final, was heavily marked and could only shoot wide twice in the first half. Atletico substitute Diego Costa missed with two head- ers in the 78th and 79th min- utes.

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