C M C M Y K Y K WEATHER ! EW N McCOMBO OF THE DAY HIGH 83F THE PEOPLE’S PAPER – BIGGEST AND BEST LOW 75F The Tribune SUN AND SHOWERS BAHAMAS EDITION www.tribune242.com Volume: 106 No.287 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010 PRICE – 75¢ (Abaco and Grand Bahama $1.25) Back CARS FOR SALE, Magnum third S E overall pick S E R T D HELP WANTED U to the I R in the NBA T S O A N P I E AND REAL ESTATE runway S D-League draft F SEE ‘THE ARTS’ SECTION BAHAMAS BIGGEST SEE PAGE TWELVE INCIDENT OUTSIDE OF STRIP-CLUB Drugs mob ‘in woman abduction’ POLICE are investigating reports that a foreign woman is missing after being bundled into a car by three henchmen of convicted drug dealer Lynden “Dodo” Bethel Sr outside a West Bay Street strip- club on Monday night. The matter was said to have been first reported by the woman’s boyfriend, whose story was later cor- roborated by other witnesses, however details of the incident remain sketchy as a formal police report has yet to be issued. This comes as senior officers revealed they are considering providing protection for the five people arrested in connection with the stabbing death of Dodo Bethel’s son at a East Bay Street nightclub over the Halloween weekend. According to reports reaching The Tribune, the MAGIC CITY: The woman was reportedly abducted outside of this club SEE page eight SECURITY THWARTS ZNS COPPER WIRING THEFT LANDOWNER CLAIMS EIGHT YEAR SENTENCE: Kevin Hanna outside of court yesterday. By TANEKA THOMPSON installed last week – about Felipé Major/Tribune staff Tribune Staff Reporter two months after the daylight ARAWAK HOMES [email protected] theft of 150ft of copper straps from the site, disrupting ZNS' CLEARED PROPERTY SECURITY guards thwart- national radio station WITHOUT WARNING ed thieves intent on stealing 1540AM. Man admits sexual By MEGAN REYNOLDS copper wiring from ZNS' Carlton Smith, deputy gen- Tribune Staff Reporter South Beach transmission site eral manager of operations [email protected] yesterday morning, according and support at ZNS, said the to an official at the broad- guards startled two men who A LANDOWNER abuse of young boys casting agency. were spotted at the back of claims Arawak Homes The wiring was part of cleared her property with- transmission equipment SEE page eight out any warning whatsoev- By NATARIO McKENZIE and get them to perform sex acts on er. Tribune Staff Reporter him. He would warn the boys not to tell Thelma Johnson said she [email protected] their mother. bought six adjacent 100ft by According to a statement Hanna gave 50ft lots of land off Button- A MAN who admitted making four police, he admitted to making the boys wood Avenue, bordering young brothers perform sex acts on him perform oral sex on him some 11 times Sadie Curtis School, in 1993 was locked up for eight years yesterday. when he was drunk. and has had no contact with Kevin Hanna, 37, father of two, “All I could say is I made a big mis- Arawak Homes in the 17 pleaded guilty in July to four counts of take fooling with those little boys. They years since. having sexual intercourse with a male, treated me as a friend. But on Monday morning, who is a minor. He admitted to sexually “I betrayed their trust and took tractors rolled in to clear the abusing the four youngsters, two aged advantage of them. I just didn’t have property in the name of six, one aged five and a two-year-old control over myself. I’m sorry,” Hanna Arawak Homes, Mrs John- between December, 2009 and April 5, said. son said. 2010. Romona Seymour, defending, asked “No trespassing” signs According to the prosecution, the the judge to be lenient as she possibly were erected by the real boys were often left in Hanna’s care by could with Hanna. She asked the court estate developer, and Mrs their mother. to take into consideration the fact that Johnson’s husband Alvah Prosecutor Anthony Delaney said he had been forthright with police and Johnson argued with Hanna would sometimes offer the boys SEE page two – who knew him as “Ippie” – ice-cream SEE page eight NASSAU AND BAHAMA ISLANDS’ LEADING NEWSPAPER C M C M Y K Y K PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010 THE TRIBUNE EDITORIAL/LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Tribune Limited NULLIUS ADDICTUS JURARE IN VERBA MAGISTRI Hall of Fame Being Bound to Swear to The Dogmas of No Master LEON E. H. DUPUCH, Publisher/Editor 1903-1914 SIR ETIENNE DUPUCH, Kt., O.B.E., K.M., K.C.S.G., (Hon.) LL.D., D.Litt . missed one of Publisher/Editor 1919-1972 Contributing Editor 1972-1991 EILEEN DUPUCH CARRON, C.M.G., M.S., B.A., LL.B. our greatest Publisher/Editor 1972- Published Daily Monday to Saturday Shirley Street, P.O. Box N-3207, Nassau, Bahamas Insurance Management Building., P.O. F-485, Freeport, Grand Bahama sportsmen TELEPHONES EDITOR, The Tribune. overseas. Switchboard (News, Circulation and Advertising) 322-1986 I have been writing about Advertising Manager - (242) 502-2352 THE list of Hall of Fame LETTERS Roy Ambrister for several Circulation Department - (242) 502-2387 in Bahamian Sports has [email protected] years to attract attention of Nassau Fax: - (242) 328-2398 again excluded one of our those in power to do some- Freeport, Grand Bahama: 1-(242)-352-6608 greatest sportsmen in the Marathon for Prince George thing in honour of this great Freeport fax: (242) 352-9348 person of the late Roy Dock to Montagu. sports man. Ambrister. d. International Cricketer, In addition to his ability In the late forties through who was lauded for his per- in the various sports disci- WEBSITE the early sixties, Roy formances locally and in pline he was a gentleman www.tribune242.com – updated daily at 2pm Ambrister held the distinc- Jamaica where he very often He was my mentor in tion of being: represented The Bahamas. sports. a. Heavy Weight Boxing He led the great Police Champion of The Bahamas. Cricket Teams of the early MR. PAUL UK, France ditch rivalry, sign defence deal b. One of the top sprinters fifties. THOMPSON in The Bahamas. e. Played International Nassau, LONDON — What would Napoleon To slash the hefty costs of maintaining c. Long Distance Swim- Soccer, representing November 1, 2010. or Lord Nelson make of this? Britain and their nuclear weapons, the nations will mer in the annual Swim The Bahamas at home and France struck a historic defence deal Tues- share specialist laboratories at the U.K. day aimed at preserving military muscle Atomic Weapons Establishment in Alder- in an age of austerity, pledging to deploy maston, southern England, and a new cen- troops under a single command, share air- tre at Valduc, southeast of Paris. craft carriers and collaborate on once British officials acknowledged the deal Is government help fiercely guarded nuclear programmes. would involve closer cooperation than ever The often sceptical neighbours insist an before on nuclear weapons, but insisted era of unprecedented cooperation is a prag- they would not divulge nuclear secrets. matic fit for two cash-strapped allies, "The result will make our citizens safer, best for street vendors though many question if the storied ene- more secure and better protected in the mies of the battles of Agincourt and Trafal- global age of uncertainty in which we now gar can truly overcome centuries of mutu- live," Cameron said. al suspicion. The U.S. said the deal would secure the in the long run? Following talks in London, British Prime standing of two major NATO powers. U.S. Minister David Cameron and French Pres- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and EDITOR, The Tribune. government debt incurred more than make these addi- ident Nicolas Sarkozy said Europe's only Defence Secretary Robert Gates had both over the years. tional people dependents of nuclear-armed powers had set out plans recently raised concern over the impact of SUGGESTIONS on how Take the existing straw the state. And it can't be said to work closely for the next 50 years — cuts to European defence budgets. to reduce the number of market for example. How enough; Government has forming a joint rapid reaction force, sharing Last month, Britain announced an 8 per street vendors here on New about the former Jumbey nothing to give that it doesn't warhead testing facilities and tackling cent cut to its annual £37 billion ($59 bil- Providence were recently Village? Don't forget about take from taxpayers first. together the threats from cyber warfare lion) defence budget over four years and advanced. the many failed packing If the politicians really and the militarisation of space. confirmed that 17,000 troops, a fleet of jets They included: houses, the processing plant want to help people, why not Cameron told his Cabinet the deal and an aging aircraft carrier would all be Establishing an open at Potters Cay, or even Pot- personally (not using gov- would save hundreds of millions of pounds lost to cuts. space where street vendors ter's Cay itself? ernment power) direct the as Britain seeks to clear its national debts, France will hold defence spending at can sell their wares. What about Bahamasair, street vendors’ effort to form while Sarkozy said he believed the pact around 30.2 billion euros ($42.4 billion) Having different vendors BEC, BTC, Bahamas Mort- a business or investment will help protect all of Europe. next year, but must also tackle a trouble- sell a variety of products on gage Corporation, Public group and lease property so "This is a decision which is unprece- some national debt.