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Three more people gunned down in Nassau THE SPATE of shootings over the holiday weekend con- tinued yesterday with three more persons gunned down in Straw vendor faces the capital. The victims’ toll is now at seven. On Monday, each incident occurred less than two hours apart, however police officials say there is no evidence at this time to suggest that any of the shootings was linked. All victims were reported to be in hospital in stable condi- tion, however details sur- rounding the shootings were sentence in US today SEE page eight Bahamian pleaded CRUMPLED: guilty to trafficking Man badly injured in road crash in counterfeit goods, court dockets state By AVA TURNQUEST At that time, Ms Davis was Tribune Staff Reporter released on her own recog- [email protected] nizance until the sentencing hearing. ONE of the nine straw ven- Wendell Edgecombe, co- dors, arrested and charged in founder of the Bahamian New York last month for traf- American Cultural Society, ficking in counterfeit goods, is confirmed that Ms Davis is to appear before court tomor- staying with his family while row for sentencing. awaiting her hearing. He was According to US District reluctant to comment further Court dockets, straw vendor due to the brevity of her court Tracy Davis pleaded guilty at date. an initial conference and plea Other sources close to the hearing to trafficking in coun- case told The Tribune that Ms terfeit goods/services on Octo- ber 5. SEE page eight Arawak Homes defends home demolition f By MEGAN REYNOLDS f a t

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Arawak Homes Ltd argues it acted with patience and compassion e before reducing the home of Maria and Frederick Wood to rubble. F SQUASHED: A man in his late 40s or early 50s suffered serious head injuries and was taken to Princess Margaret Hospital after his car SEE page eight was in collision with a Bahamas Food Services vehicle. The accident occurred on JFK Drive at about 12.30 p.m. yesterday. BAHAMASAIR OFFICE IS More than 20 ZNS staff ONE-WAY ROAD SYSTEM TARGETED BY ROBBERS REVIEW BEGINS IN COURT BRAZEN thugs made off accept BCB packages THE judicial review hear- ing over the one-way road sys- with an undetermined By NOELLE NICOLLS A board amount of cash from a tem on Baillou Hill Road and Tribune Staff Reporter meeting Market Street began in the Bahamasair office on Horse- [email protected] scheduled for shoe Drive, Oakes Field, yes- Supreme Court yesterday. Thursday will In July the Coconut Grove terday. It was the second rob- DESPITE urging from the decide the Business League (CGBL), bery at the location and the union, more than 20 ZNS fate of any which consists of a group of third office to have come employees accepted voluntary remaining business owners who claim to under siege in less than three separation or early retirement workers to be have been adversely affected months. packages from the Broad- JOHN PINDER disengaged by the March 30 change that Preliminary reports indi- casting Corporation of the by the corpo- made Baillou Hill Road one- cated the culprits were two Bahamas (BCB). ration. Unless a new agree- way north-bound and Market men, one of whom was armed The number was expected ment is negotiated redundan- Street one-way south-bound, with a handgun. to rise by the 5pm cut off time cies are expected to come into were granted leave for a judicial The Oakes Field office will yesterday, according to Edwin effect on October 30. The review. SEE page seven Lightbourne, BCB general SEE page eight manager. SEE page seven

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LOCAL NEWS

BLAZENearby WRECKS stone property WOODEN extensively BUILDINGS damaged

UP IN SMOKE: JUST before 11am yesterday two wooden buildings in Mason’s Addition burst into flames, bystanders say. The Police Fire Branch was notified and three fire engines responded and were able to subdue the fire. The two wooden houses were completely destroyed and a nearby two storey stone building incurred extensive damage. The wooden structures were not occupied and no one was hurt in the blaze. Police say investigations continue. Inmates facing trial over prison guard death back in court TWO inmates facing trial over the death of a ever, Mr Smith was scolded by Senior Justice Allen murder in 1992 – claimed he felt that Senior Justice prison guard in 2007 were back in Supreme Court for keeping the court waiting more than an hour Allen would be unable to divorce herself from the yesterday. before appearing. stigma surrounding him and certain preconceived Inmates Forester Bowe, 33, and Corey Hep- Senior Justice Allen described it as “disrespect- notions about him. burn, 30, are charged in the death of Corporal ful” to keep a Justice of the Supreme Court wait- In his affidavit, Bowe noted that his death penal- Dion Bowles during a prison break on Janaury ing for so long. ty appeal and that of Trono Davis led to a land- 17, 2006. Mr Smith was also scolded for filing an amend- mark decision by the London-based Privy Council, Inmate Barry Parcoi is also charged along with ed notice of motion on the day the motion was to which found in March 2006 that the Bahamas’ Bowe and Hepburn. A fourth inmate, Neil Brown, be heard. mandatory death penalty was unconstitutional. was shot and killed as he attempted to escape. Senior Justice Allen noted that this is not prop- Bowe had been sentenced to death for the mur- Attorney Keod Smith, who represents Bowe er procedure, but said she would allow Mr Smith to der of 20-year-old Deon Roache in Grand Bahama. and Hepburn, has filed a motion seeking Senior proceed in the interest of his clients. Bowe noted that he was re-sentenced to spend Justice Anita Allen’s recusal from his clients’ case According to an affidavit by Forester Bowe the rest of his natural life in prison by Senior Jus- and also raising constitutional issues. which was read in court by Mr Smith, Bowe – who tice Allen, however the Court of Appeal rede- Before presenting his arguments yesterday, how- has been incarcerated since being convicted of fined the sentence, striking out the word natural. THE OUTSIDE of the prison.

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killed in é p i l e F CRASH AFTERMATH: The remains of the Cessna 402 can be seen on the surface of Lake Killarney. boating Lake Killarney plane crash search ends By MEGAN REYNOLDS ing and we are trying to deter- Tribune Staff Reporter No evidence of tenth mine the cause of the crash [email protected] and have experts assisting in that area,” said Mr Miller. SEARCH efforts following passenger, say police Flight Standards Inspec- accident last week’s fatal plane crash in torate manager Hubert Lake Killarney have come to know who was on that plane, The wrecked plane was Adderley said Acklins Blue a close with police stating that but we certainly have our eyes pulled from the water on was not a certified commer- Several people seriously injured there is no evidence at this and ears open and if the infor- Thursday and Cessna aircraft cial charter company and time THAT would point to therefore did not necessarily By AVA TURNQUEST mation is available to us we and engine manufacturers the existence of a tenth pas- will investigate it.” arrived on Friday to investi- meet certification criteria, Tribune Staff Reporter senger. including important passen- [email protected] Police said they cannot be gate the cause of the crash. The search efforts ended certain how many people “Our inquiries are continu- ger safety regulations. after a ninth body was pulled were on board the Cessna 402 A FREAK boating accident claimed the life of a 24-year- from Lake Killarney and pos- as pilot Nelson Hanna did not old father and seriously injured several people in Staniel Cay, itively identified as missing file an accurate flight plan Exuma over the weekend. 23-year-old sound engineer before take-off. On Saturday, Vito Lockhart of Hamilton’s, Long Island, Junior Lubin. Mr Hanna had told Civil and six others were violently thrown overboard when their Police had been exploring Aviation officials there was boat – a 20ft marine skiff – hit a rock on the way to Yonder the possibility that a tenth only one passenger onboard Cay. person was killed when the and did not alter the plan The victims were taken to the local clinic and later airlifted Acklins Blue flight headed for before his departure. to the capital, but Mr Lockhart died of his injuries at the San Salvador plummeted into Shortly after take-off, Air scene. the lake shortly after take-off Traffic Control officials Mr Lockhart had a six-year-old daughter and was from Executive Flight Sup- informed the pilot that smoke described by family and friends as a hard worker and gen- port just after 12.30pm last was pouring from the left uine individual. Tuesday. engine of his aircraft and eye- A passport belonging to a According to family members, he’d only recently moved witnesses said the pilot Jamaican man was found at appeared to make an attempt to Exuma to work as a labourer at a construction site on one the scene, however, Assistant of the cays. to return to the airport when Commissioner of Police the plane crashed into the Glenn Miller, who is leading lake on the other side of Condolences the investigation, said no one Coral Harbour Road. has come forward to report On Facebook, friends expressed their condolences and the Jamaican missing. reminisced about the Long Island resident of 20 years. Search efforts led by the Bodies Royal Bahamas Defence Born in Nassau, Mr Lockhart first moved to the island Rescue teams pulled the when he was four years old. After high school, he continued Force (RBDF) were called off after Mr Lubin’s body was bodies of seven men from the to live on the island, leaving only to pursue employment mangled aircraft and sur- opportunities. Mr Lockhart was engaged, and relatives said found on Friday. “Nobody is out there rounding waters around 400ft he had intended to get married after saving some money. searching today because our from the shore. An eighth Ruth Watkins, Mr Lockhart’s 80-year-old grandmother, intelligence is not telling us man found alive was rushed said: “I trying to hold up. . . he just went last Tuesday to anyone else was there,” Mr to hospital, but was pro- work.” Miller told The Tribune yes- nounced dead on arrival. Mrs Watkins, who is from Lower Deadman’s Cay, told terday. Mr Lubin’s body surfaced The Tribune her grandson and friends had been on their way “If the public has informa- around 200ft away from the back from a party on another cay. tion that a tenth person was crash site after the plane was Police investigations into the circumstances surrounding onboard that plane we would lifted from the water so that the fatal accident, which is reported to have occurred at want to know, but so far no accident investigators can around 1am, are continuing. one has come forward with ascertain the cause of the The other six victims, including the boat’s captain, were that information. crash. reported to be in stable condition and recovering in hospi- “We have no information He was positively identified tal. that there was a tenth person by relatives at the Princess at this point, but we don’t Margaret Hospital morgue on Saturday. The other eight men killed in the crash have been identi- fied as pilot Nelson Hanna, 43; Royal Bahamas Defence Force officer Devon Storr, 27; BEC linesman Corey Far- quharson, 41; “Music Needs” THE BAHAMAS’ VERY OWN STREET PHILOSOPHER boss Clarence Nathanial Williams, 38; and sound tech- nicians Delon Roderick Tay- lor, 28; Lavard Antone Curtis, 26; Chet Lynden Johnson, 39, and Chanoine Mildor, 44. San Salvador chief council- lor Ishmael Terrence Major said six of those onboard had been hired to set up for Homecoming events on the Family Island last weekend.

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EDITORIAL/LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Tribune Limited PLP grossly NULLIUS ADDICTUS JURARE IN VERBA MAGISTRI 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., unfair in (Hon.) LL.D., D.Litt .

Publisher/Editor 1919-1972 Contributing Editor 1972-1991 EILEEN DUPUCH CARRON, C.M.G., M.S., B.A., LL.B. economic Publisher/Editor 1972-

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Shirley Street, P.O. Box N-3207, Nassau, Bahamas Insurance Management Building., P.O. F-485, Freeport, Grand Bahama analysis WEBSITE www.tribune242.com – updated daily at 2pm EDITOR, The Tribune. context – just as I have charged the FNM in the past The PLP and its opera- LETTERS for being irresponsible about tives have been grossly [email protected] PLP economic performance, Everyone aiding, abetting airport ‘hackers’ unfair in their analysis. I even though if truth be told guess that is acceptable on this was largely due to AFTER the tragic crash of an unautho- er. These flights are cheaper because hack- the political platform but and unemployment increas- Atlantis phase three brought rised charter aircraft in Lake Killarney last ers do not pay commercial liability insur- that does not make it right. ing in The Bahamas and in by the previous Ingraham week with the loss of nine lives and a mys- ance, don’t spend money on approved main- When The PLP asks then assigning that to the administration. These politi- tery Jamaican passport indicating there tenance programmes for their aircraft, do rhetorically whether we are FNM is less than honest. It cians never learn – or is it might have been a tenth person on board, not invest in pilot training programmes and better off today than we works on the political plat- that they simply take the Civil Aviation threatens to immediately are not held to the same standards, accord- form, but in serious discus- crack down on airport hackers. ing to Inspector Delvin Major, accident were three years ago, sug- masses for granted? The problem of airport hackers is a investigator with the Civil Aviation Author- gesting it is because of the sion it cannot be enter- As opposed to playing perennial problem — it flares up from time ity. FNM’s incompetence and tained. It is intellectually political football with every to time and each time Civil Aviation vows to The authorities have accused passengers mismanagement, this flies in irresponsible. issue that comes up nowa- see them off. of colluding with pilots to evade the author- the face of reason. To talk about the debt days, even sensitive issues If there is a temporary respite from them, ities. But then you have various government That question asked any- increasing extraordinarily like loss of life, I believe the it obviously doesn’t last long. The hackers departments that aid and abet the practice by where in the world would under Ingraham is another PLP’s energy would be bet- insinuate themselves back into airport life also using these charters. For example the elicit the same answer gen- piece of disingenuous com- ter spent offering real, work- and comfortably settle down to their illegal Department of Culture said it knew the pilot erally: A resounding No! mentary. able solutions, to help and trade. and company owner of the crashed Cessna The debt has increased all Several years ago there was a campaign to because its department frequently used his And that is because, Perry, stimulate the economy; such rid the airport of this danger. Passengers company for cultural events in the Family there has been a global eco- over the world. I was look- as well targeted incentives. were advised before stepping onto a charter Islands. Has anyone stopped to think of the nomic crisis which has sig- ing at some figures as to how I believe that targeted, to demand the pilot’s certificate and a plane’s legal liability on those who charter these nificantly cut global gross the debt-to-GDP ratios have well-managed special incen- licence. aircraft should anything go wrong on a domestic product, thrown swelled in developed coun- tives can be very effective, as A most impractical suggestion when there flight? From now on The Tribune will be multiple millions on the tries since the global crisis has been proven in the case is a line up to get on an aircraft and take off. asking a lot of questions if any government unemployment heap and and it was astonishing. of the Far East and, indeed, It would be very difficult for a passenger to department invites one of its reporters to savaged living standards China and the Far East as worked in previous peri- obtain all the necessary credentials to ensure fly with them on an assignment. everywhere. have fared better but they ods of industrialization in the safety of the aircraft and the compe- It seems that everybody is aiding and Those countries that had a have been affected by the Europe and America. tence of the pilot. This is the responsibility of abetting this practice. This is why hackers are global economic crisis, too. the airport authorities. still at the airport. sound economic foundation Ha-Joon Chang has However, we also understand their diffi- None of the authorities really knew how were better able to weather The last three years have proven this conclusively in culties when they are confronted with pas- many or who was on the Cessna when it the crisis, but where eco- been painful all over the his books, Kicking Away the sengers who are determined to make the crashed last week. All pilots before they nomic growth had been ane- world – not just in The Ladder and Bad Samaritans, flight and pretend that they are paying no take off are supposed to file a flight plan mic for years, like other Bahamas where Hubert and Harvard’s Dani Rodrik money, but are friends or family of the pilot with the number of passengers on board. Caribbean countries, there Ingraham took over from has devoted much of his and are just catching a ride. Without pay- When our reporter was conducting her was no wiggle room. Perry Christie and Cynthia recent academic career to ment, there is no charter, again without pay- interview, she was told that when the pilot Thankfully we fared bet- Pratt. proving that. ment no law is broken. The passenger is filed his flight plan, he listed only one pas- ter than many of our broth- The PLP is now being as then flying privately, and is responsible for senger flying with him. The comment was irresponsible in its criticism his own destiny. that his plane crashed before he had time to ers and sisters in the FELIX MUNNINGS Some years ago — about 2005 — there change his manifest. This is something a Caribbean. of FNM economic perfor- Nassau, was a flare up at the airport with private pilot is meant to do on the ground, not in the Talking about poverty mance – criticism without October, 2010. charter companies complaining that the air. hackers were making such serious inroads Did he not complete his required paper- into their legitimate business that something work because he felt to do so would indicate had to be done to remove them from the that he was flying an unauthorised charter So there’s no such airport. Several years before that we were and would have been grounded? told of a legitimate charter company that Aviation authorities say that they are closed because it was too hard to compete short staffed and find it difficult to police with the hackers. So airport hackers are hackers. However, if a list of legitimate char- thing as a free lunch! nothing new at Pindling International Air- ter aircraft is posted at the airport, a pas- port. Pilots have said that they have become senger list on an unauthorised charter should EDITOR, The Tribune. primarily with foreign labour per week just to pay for main- a part of the airport’s culture. In other words, immediately alert an airport staff member sending their labour income tenance and eventual replace- if you can’t beat them, then you tolerate that something is wrong. That’s when ques- “Millions in stadium con- out of the country and pay- ment. Extra money will have them. And this is what Civil Aviation seems tions should be asked. If the reason the tracts on the way” – Nassau ing for most of the material to be made each month to pay to have done. pilot waits until he gets airborne to reveal the Guardian, Page A5, Satur- to foreign providers, finally for the operating staff, elec- The Tribune was told that Nelson Hanna, fact that he is carrying a plane load of pas- day, October 2, 2010 comes clear to one and all. tricity and water. pilot of last week’s crashed Cessna, had a sengers, then as soon as he lands at his des- Taxpayers are going to pay Using the rationale of commercial pilot’s licence. However, his tination he should be picked up by the Today’s (October 2, 2010) for the borrowing of another Zhivargo Laing and his co- company was not licensed to operate char- authorities. issue of The Nassau Guardian $50 million in order to com- conspirators in the destruc- ters. It seems that he was considered a com- The reason that this illegal business cannot petent pilot, well known around the airport be controlled is that everybody is a part of it. carried a story on page A5 plete the building and the tion of our Bahamas, it will and so presumably no one paid much atten- It is hoped that last Tuesday’s terrible outlining the need for the gov- infrastructure. So, the $30 mil- make sense to borrow the $50 tion to the fact that his plane was flying with- tragedy will bring everyone to their senses — ernment to borrow fifty mil- lion stadium is actually going million from China for a low out a charter licence. Civil Aviation regulators, government lion dollars to finish the to cost $80 million. What is interest rate and then bring The Tribune was told that aviation pro- departments that use these hackers and the Oakes Field stadium and the $50 million to be spent in a few hundred Chinese fessionals and government regulators per- travelling public. Maybe this accident and build the necessary supporting on? Maybe, someone will out- workers to finish the stadium petuate the lax culture, because it is more these unnecessary deaths will prevent future infrastructure. line the stadium related and to build the infrastruc- “convenient” and “cheaper” to use a hack- tragedies. So, the $30 million dollar items? ture. No matter that they “gift of a stadium” to be built If it takes just 5 per cent of might very well charge you 5 the cost to maintain the pro- per cent or 10 per cent more ject and another 5 per cent to than some other contractor pay for the eventual replace- might charge. ment, then the stadium needs We have become a nation to make a net profit of more of begging idiots! Obviously, than $8 million annually no one even bothered to read besides what it should con- the contract offering the sta- tribute to the government to dium – they just looked at the assist in the repaying of the pretty pictures. Maybe, we loan. should publish all potential Unless, of course, the gov- agreements with the govern- ernment is going to find a free ment using pop-up picture loan from China so that the books, since no one reads! $50 million does not become The rich and powerful will real money! find a way to be served by this Damn it, there is no such boondoggle but the rest of us thing as a free lunch! will pay the price. The stadium is going to have to make a net profit of PHILIP P SMITH more than $666,000 per Nassau, month or more than $153,000 October 2, 2010. Slow down – or there will be another disaster EDITOR, The Tribune.

The Bahamas had a major plane crash at NAD. If the police officials and prison officials don’t slow down through evening traffic transporting prisoners back to Fox Hill Prison another disaster will occur. My daughter and I almost got wiped out by the police car and the yellow bluebird bus. They came head on at high speed through the middle of the Eastern Road heading east and forced my car against a wall. The bus came within 10 feet of my car and swerved vio- lently lifting the springs from the chassis, making it appear that it was going to turn over. Should these vehicles lose control many lives will be lost. What will be the excuse when this happens? It’s just a mat- ter of time. There has to be another way to go about this careless act by law enforcement. I see government officials travelling on this route, why are they allowing such a thing to continue on a daily basis?

HIGH VISTA Nassau, October, 2010.

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THE TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010, PAGE 5 LOCAL NEWS Bahamas Tourist Office UK Police seeking wins coveted marketing award THE 14 Islands Film Chal- lenge media campaign has cap- tured a coveted award from one of the top online travel media organisations, Travolution. The Bahamas Tourist Office Freeport man UK won the award for the ‘Best Use of Social Media’. The announcement follows a period when visits to the Bahamas’ UK website increased by 50 per cent since videos from the agency’s 14 Islands Film Challenge were after homicide shown on the site beginning in March this year. Grand Bahama officers issue all-points bulletin The awards judges nominat- ed the Bahamas entry for its originality, innovation and for BY DENISE MAYCOCK Rand Memorial Hospital where being fun. Tribune Freeport Reporter he was pronounced dead on They said they thought the [email protected] arrival. campaign was well-blended The name of the deceased is across a range of different media channels, was backed up GRAND Bahama police being withheld by police pend- ing notification of next of kin. by a fantastic website and great have issued an all-points bul- content. letin for a Freeport man who is Asst Supt Hector Delva said police are hoping that the public The campaign was also com- wanted in connection with the mended for having created latest homicide that occurred can assist them in their investi- something that over weekend in the Arden For- gations. had longevity est area. Persons with information con- and was not just Randal Evans Brown, 24, of cerning the whereabouts of a one-off. “There has No 24 East Indianman Road, is Randal Evans Brown are being Following been a fantastic wanted for questioning into the asked to contact the police at Queensland’s shooting death of a young man 352-9774/5, or 350-3107/ 8, 911. hugely successful consumer at Sergeant Major Road on Fri- RANDAL EVANS BROWN Brown is of medium brown ‘Best Job in the response to a day. Police responded to a complexion with dark brown World’ tourism campaign in report of a shooting sometime after 4pm at eyes. campaign, the Cora’s Place, where a man in his 30s was shot He is about five feet, 10 inches tall, of aver- judges said the which the COVETED: Tourism Deputy Director General following an argument with another man over age built, and weighs about 155 to 170 pounds. bar had been set Bahamas Tourist Ellison “Tommy” Thompson displays the a cellular telephone. The victim was shot in the He is considered armed and extremely dan- very high for Travolution award. upper body. gerous and should be approached with extreme tourist boards, Office has He was transported by ambulance to the caution. but that the embraced fully Bahamas had Tommy tunity to create content, involve reached it. integrated digital Thompson, the Bahamian people and The 14 Islands marketing for Deputy showcase the Bahamas as a fan- Film Challenge, Director tastic holiday destination.” NEMA commends response devised and the first time.” General of Other organisations short- implemented by Bahamas listed for the ‘Best Use of Social the travel mar- Tourist Media’ award were Air France keting agency Fox Kalomaski, Office, said: “My thanks to KLM, TripAdvisor, Eurostar, efforts in plane crashes comprised a nation-wide com- everyone concerned for all the Travelzoo, Lancashire and petition to find the UK’s most hard work to achieve this pres- Blackpool Tourist Board, Trav- THE National Emergency talented aspiring filmmakers. tigious award. elfusion and Winchester City Management Agency, NEMA, At the same time, it high- “There has been a fantastic Council. said it is “very pleased” with lighted 14 of the Bahamas’ consumer response to a cam- the efforts of the emergency islands and strove to build paign in which the Bahamas response teams in the aftermath unprecedented awareness of Tourist Office has embraced of the Bahamas’ two plane the country throughout the UK. fully integrated digital market- crashes last week. The challenge was created to ing for the first time. On Tuesday, October 5, a drive traffic to “We’re really excited that nine-seater Cessna 402 plane http://www.bahamas.co.uk and Fox Kalomaski’s approach went down in Lake Killarney, a huge level of entries was gen- enabled us to give rising stars in killing all nine persons on erated solely by a social media the UK film industry the oppor- board. And on Wednesday, a campaign. family of four received injuries when their eight-seater GA8 Air Van plane crashed on Little Whale Cay. “While it is NEMA's ulti- mate aim to save lives and properties, the swift response of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the fire rescue services, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force sea, search and recovery teams; the emergency medical teams, the Red Cross, other officials and those brave mem- Pictured above is the eight-seater GA8 Air Van aircraft bers of the public who assisted CRASH SCENE: in the efforts in the Lake Kil- flown by FYP Builders Mall president Mark Roberts, which crash larney crash, is commendable,” landed at Little Whale Cay on Wednesday afternoon last week. said Captain Stephen Russell, Director of NEMA. assisted the families while at Little Whale Cay. He said “The health care profes- the hospital. NEMA would continue to sionals of the Princess Margaret Captain Russell said the monitor the investigations of Hospital are also to be com- agency would also like to both aircraft. mended for the care and com- extend appreciation to officials “Its prayers go out for a passion they showed to fami- from the United States speedy recovery of the families lies of the victims of the fatal Embassy for the service they of the Little Whale Cay crash crash.” provided through OPBAT and and condolences go out to the NEMA especially thanked the US Coast Guard, and the families of the fatal crash in the counselling teams who medical evacuation of the fam- Lake Killarney,” said Capt. ily of the downed aircraft on Russell. BAHAMIANS ASKED TO VOTE IN ‘GREEN VIDEO CHALLENGE’

Photo courtesy: Bahamas National Trust GETTING READY: Oakes Field Primary students Divinia Cox, Dijona Gilbert, Kennedy Lightbourne and Keno Clarke using the Flip Video camcorders in preparation for the Green Video Challenge.

THE Bahamas National Trust (BNT) in col- The top “Director’s Choice” prize will be laboration with the US Embassy Nassau has announced on Friday by US Ambassador to launched a global Green Video Challenge the Bahamas Nicole Avant and BNT executive where the voting public will determine the top director Eric Carey at the Caribbean Renew- entries. able Energy Forum (CREF) held at Atlantis. BNT Discovery Club members from across The creators of the winning “Director the Bahamas ranging in age from 7 to 16 have Choice” video will win free airfare and passes created short videos based on one of the fol- to Everglades National Park in Florida and lowing themes: their video will be aired on television. Each • Easy ways to reduce your carbon foot- Discovery Club semi-finalist will also receive print their own digital video camera. • Innovative sources of green energy The BNT’s Discovery Club was launched • “What a Waste” 16 years ago to teach young Bahamians about the environment through fun activities and a Bahamians were asked to log in at the com- badge system drawing from the Boy/Girl Scout petition’s website to vote on the entries. model. The four semifinal videos – based on the Today, there are 33 Discovery Clubs on sev- public’s votes – will be judged by a panel of en Bahamian islands with more than 450 bud- experts to determine the “Director’s Choice”. ding environmentalists. TO DISCUSS STORIES ON THIS PAGE LOG ON TO WWW.TRIBUNE242.COM

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LOCAL NEWS By LARRY SMITH ries to manufacture green stuff in the US." The stimulus also included HERE are witch- non-energy strategies, like a es, Nazi re-enac- ten-fold increase in funding to tors and arch hyp- expand access to broadband, ocrites running in $8 billion for a high-speed pas- thisT year's volatile mid-term We are witnessing senger rail network, and $4.3 elections in the United States. billion in Race to the Top We are witnessing a cultural grants to promote accountabil- war. ity in public schools – perhaps Christine O'Donnell is the the most significant US educa- Republican nominee for the US tion initiative ever. Many econ- Senate in Delaware. She is on omists and the non-partisan record as being opposed to Congressional Budget Office masturbation but partial to a cultural war in US credit the stimulus with ending witchcraft. Her recent cam- the recession last year. Some paign ad began with a denial say the unemployment rate that she was a witch, and noted The New Left pushed the tion was about 10 per cent dur- would have been 2 points high- that she was just like regular Democratic Party to nominate ing Reagan's first year in office, er without it. folks. You know, those folks many extreme candidates, and he backed a contractionary I researched and wrote this who have to deny that they are which contributed to the 1972 monetary policy, which caused column partly in response to a witches. presidential defeat, when the the prime rate to rise to 12.5 recent exchange with a relative Richard Lott, a Republican anti-Vietnam War standard per cent and unemployment to of mine, who had sent me some congressional candidate in bearer, George McGovern, top 10 per cent for the first time anti-Obama propaganda. Ohio, was recently outed as won only a single state. As since the Depression. Although Here's an excerpt from that someone who for years spent someone who took part in there were tax cuts and some exchange: his weekends dressed up in those earlier generational wars, spending reductions in 1981, Relative: As smart as people Nazi SS uniform happily reliv- I believe the Tea Partiers of Reagan also massively expand- think he is, why is Obama not ing the glories of the Third today are partly a last-ditch ed military spending, and even- cutting spending? And he Reich. According to the reaction to the cultural changes tually instituted a $100 billion wants more. Nuremberg Tribunal, SS troops that we launched 40 or 50 years corporate tax hike—the largest Tough Call: I agree that were used by Hitler for "crimi- ago. Those changes are per- since the Second World War. spending needs to be cut. But nal purposes" such as the per- sonified by the election of Most economists agree that you have to approach this from secution and extermination of Barack Obama. a combination of deficit spend- a balanced perspective. Togeth- Jews and the mistreatment and Former President Bill Clin- ing and the lowering of interest er with the economic downturn, murder of prisoners of war. ton has suggested that – thanks rates slowly led to economic the Bush tax cuts, prescription Then there's David Vitter, to pressure from the Tea recovery. From a high of 10.8 drug entitlement, and the wars the Lousiana Republican sena- Partiers – the Republican Party per cent in December 1982, in Afghanistan and Iraq explain tor, who has made campaign is now far enough to the right to unemployment fell to 7.2 per a lot of the deficit over the next claims that his opponent voted make George W. Bush appear cent by election day in 1984. 10 years. to make it easier for illegal liberal. And that is complicating Reagan's stimulus plan focused Relative: What gives this immigrants to get taxpayer- what would be an otherwise on huge military spending, and jacko the right to take $50 from funded benefits and welfare predictable outcome for the US he was subsequently re-elect- you to give to me? That is cheques – ignoring the fact that mid-term elections which take ed by a landslide. socialism and I am totally undocumented aliens can't get place on Tuesday, November So despite all the noise against that. Eventually you run government aid in the first 2. about a "radical transformation out of people to tax to death place. A strong proponent of SEN. DAVID VITTER CHRISTINE O’DONNELL of the Republic", there is little and it all dries up. Ingraham is conservative "family values", substantive difference between doing the same thing here. Vitter was earlier exposed for Contested 1950, the party of the incum- Reagan's job approval rating the Reagan and Obama admin- Tough Call: Obama's stimu- making calls to prostitutes from bent president has consistently istrations' approach. Forty per lus includes tax cuts, and he is Thirty-seven of the 100 seats was 42 per cent, compared to 48 the Senate floor. lost seats in both the House and cent of the Obama stimulus proposing to extend Bush tax in the Senate are being con- per cent for Obama today. Of course, crazies and hyp- Senate during mid-term elec- package was tax relief, and cuts. So what's the difference? tested along with all 435 seats in And, like Obama, Reagan ocrites are not limited to the tions. The exceptions to this despite Reagan's tax increases Relative: He does not want the House of Representatives. blamed his predecessor for Republican Party. Today's rule were in 1998, after Repub- in 1982 and 1984 (and eventu- to extend them, and I just don't The current make-up of the leaving him with "the worst fringe candidates on the right licans turned off voters by shut- ally 1986), and limited cuts in like the commy bastard. Senate is 57 Democrats, 41 economic mess in half a centu- have parallels with similar per- ting down the government, and spending, the US budget was Tough Call: But he is Republicans, and two Inde- ry." The mid-term election that sonalities on the left in other in 2002, when George W Bush not balanced until the 1990s extending them. You are mak- pendents. The current make- year saw the Republicans lose political eras. Rightwing Tea enjoyed huge bipartisan sup- under Bill Clinton – working ing a value judgment that has up of the House is 255 Democ- about 13 per cent of their Party activists (many of whom port after 9/11. Today, the with a Republican-led congress. nothing to do with the facts. rats, 178 Republicans and two House members and there was are conservative libertarians) Democrats control Congress Relative: He is not extend- vacancies. Governors also will wide speculation about whether are comparable in some ways to during a major recession with ing them to the rich and he be elected in 36 states on Reagan would decide not to the New Left activists of the high unemployment – and so it Surpluses should be. The rich are taxed November 2. run again in 1984. 1960s and 70s (many of whom is they who have the most to the most now anyway, they pay I use the term "otherwise The economic conditions of In 2001, as George W Bush were libertarian socialists). lose. that time are instructive. Infla- the way for the majority as it predictable" because since In 1982, President Ronald took office, the non-partisan is. Without them, it all crum- Congressional Budget Office bles and why should they be had projected significant budget any different just because they surpluses through 2011 and worked their asses off to make beyond, despite anticipated it, we are talking about the land growth in entitlement pro- of the free, not Cuba. grammes. The deficit for fiscal Tough Call: Reagan taxed year 2009 (approved by Bush) the rich too. was $1.4 trillion and, at nearly Relative: Reagan did not 10 per cent of Gross Domestic over tax the rich, just because Product, was the largest deficit they were rich. relative to the size of the econ- Tough Call: Obama's pro- omy since the end of World posed tax rate for the rich (i.e War II. after the expiration of the Bush According to the Tax Policy cuts) is lower than Reagan's (39 Centre, a non-partisan research per cent). And Reagan's was group, taxes are now at their lower than Carter's (70 per lowest levels in 60 years with cent), and Carter's was lower close to 90 per cent of all US than Eisenhower's (90 per taxpayers getting a tax cut last cent). You can argue for a low year. And according to Bruce tax rate, but you can't say that Bartlett, a former Reagan Obama is doing anything par- adviser and Treasury Depart- ticularly outlandish. If so, then ment economist under George Eisenhower was a communist H.W. Bush, "No taxpayer any- too. where in the country had his or Relative: Bull s--t! her taxes increased as a conse- In fact, Reagan's real quence of Obama's policies." achievement – like Thatcher's This past August, Time in Britain – was to change the Magazine summarised the $800 terms of debate. The focus billion Obama stimulus plan these days is on restraint in gov- like this: It "cut taxes for 95 per ernment spending and taxation, cent of working Americans, less government intervention bailed out every state, hustled rather than more, and recogni- record amounts of unemploy- tion of the superiority of the ment benefits and other aid to free market over socialism. struggling families, and funded What we are witnessing more than 100,000 projects to today in the US is more of a upgrade roads, subways, cultural war. It's not so much schools, airports, military bases about changing the terms of the and much more. debate. "About one-sixth of the total Obama was elected by a cost is an all-out effort to large majority of voters – not exploit the crisis to make green a plurality like Clinton in his energy, green building and first term, and not by the green transportation real; Supreme Court – like George launch green manufacturing W Bush in his first term. If industries; computerize a pen- Obama were a middle-aged and-paper health system; pro- white man with an Anglo-Sax- mote data-driven school on name, I doubt whether any- reforms; and ramp up the one would accuse him of being research of the future. It's pour- an illegitimate foreigner out to ing $90 billion into clean ener- destroy America. gy, including unprecedented investments in a smart grid; What do you think? energy efficiency; electric cars; Send comments to: renewable power from the sun, [email protected] wind and earth; cleaner coal; Or visit www.bahamapun- advanced biofuels; and facto- dit.com

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THE TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010, PAGE 7 LOCAL NEWS BAHAMASAIR OFFICE IS More than 20 ZNS staff accept BCB packages TARGETED BY ROBBERS FROM page one FROM page one tion has increased that amount secure the best settlement packages for those mem- and the union is still asking for bers who will be disengaged. be closed today. more,” said Mr Lightbourne. “We believe although the employment act speaks In the first Horseshoe Dri- total number was originally planned to be 80. The managerial union is ask- to a minimum level of compensation, because there ve robbery, which took place Union leaders representing line staff and man- ing for outstanding increments was a precedent set by the government, we expect in May, the perpetrator agerial staff are still dissatisfied with the packages on to be paid in a lump sum. the government to act in line with that,” said Mr Pin- escaped with an undisclosed offer. According to Mr William Car- der. amount of cash, leading to a “This union has bent over backwards. We have roll, president of the Bahamas Mr Evans said the unions are waiting for written high speed police chase of a been trying to get the names so people could get on Communication and Public confirmation from National Security Minister Tom- blue Honda Accord in which with their lives. Managers Unions (BCPMU), my Turnquest, on a position they say he expressed he made his getaway. The “There have been inconsistencies in what was the BCB has not paid increments verbally. robber then abandoned the promised from the beginning. First we were told for the past two years for those “The government stands by what the Chairman vehicle near the new TG they would be trying to redeploy the workers into entitled. has offered,” said Mr Evans. Glover school and got into a other areas. TOMMY TURNQUEST The two unions held a joint “They say they don’t have any money (to meet waiting blue sports utility “Then the Prime Minister said that was not the press conference for the first our request),” he said. vehicle. case,” said Bernard Evans, president of the Bahamas time yesterday to speak out The union has been “passive in its approach” to The second attack took Communication and Public Officers Union against the disengagement exercise. negotiations because of assurances given by the place in August at the Palm- (BCPOU). government that they took for granted, said Denise dale office on Madeira Street. In their latest counter proposal, the BCPOU ‘Crossroad’ Wilson, BCPOU secretary general. In that incident, police said a asked for an additional six months pay for employ- Since then “there has been quite a disconnect masked gunman entered the ees who qualify for full retirement; eight months between what we were originally advised and what Bahamasair office, ordered pay for employees who qualify for early retirement; Mr Evans said negotiations have reached a “cross- road” and “anything is possible” with respect to they are saying now,” she said. employees on to the floor and 12 months pay for employees who served 25 to 19 Mr Carroll said the industrial agreement previ- demanded cash. The culprit years; and six months pay for employees who served industrial action. He said the National Congress of Trade Unions (NCTU) is on board if they decide to ously negotiated by the union speaks to individuals then made his escape in a car. less than 25 years, according to Mr Evans. who choose to “voluntarily depart an organisation.” It was confirmed that no He said the current offer on the table from the take industrial action. The packages on offer are a “slap in the face,” He said the union was requesting additional benefits one was physically harmed BCB equates to an average bonus of three months to the contract entitlements because the planned during yesterday’s attack, pay for line and managerial staff, on top of con- according to union representatives. They are seek- ing separation packages in line with the recently layoffs are being forced on the employees. however up to press time, tract entitlements settled in the industrial agree- Operationally nothing has changed as yet, accord- The Tribune was unable to ment. set precedent with customs and immigration officers. According to John Pinder, NCTU president, those ing to Deon Morris, area Vice President at ZNS. obtain an update from the “In our agreement with the union we agreed to However, “staff morale is extremely low and tension police on the status of the figures that would comprise payouts. The corpora- workers received at least a year’s salary. “The NCPU will support the unions in trying to is extremely high.” investigations.

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LOCAL NEWS Straw vendor faces sentence in US today FROM page one cally by the trafficking of coun- vendors are still awaiting a ment should be doing more – so terfeit goods — public opinion court date. Howard Jacobs, a that the families know what’s over government involvement court appointed attorney rep- happening and we know what Davis appeared to be “a bit in the matter has been staunch- resenting Roshanda Rolle, said: direction we’re going in.” apprehensive, but she is holding ly divided. “All I know is one defendant Mr Mitchell plans to travel firm.” The accused could face a pleaded guilty and is due in to New York today where he Federal public defender Mar- maximum sentence of three court on Thursday. We have will attempt to meet with tin Cohen was appointed on years in prison on the charge, yet to get a date, so we’re just detained vendors. He is also September 20 to represent Ms which came after a six-month waiting to see what kind of scheduled to meet with mem- Davis. However Mr Cohen : Vehicles are shown travelling northbound on Baillou Hill long federal surveillance oper- offer the government is gonna bers of the Nassau Bahamas LINING UP declined to comment at this Road. ation by the US Department of make. I heard the Bahamas Association, an extensive net- time. Homeland Security and Immi- government has been talking work of Bahamians living in The nine vendors were gration, Customs and Enforce- to them, but so far we haven’t New York, where he will arrested on September 15 as ment. heard anything.” debrief them on the case and they waited to board a flight The vendors – Roshanda Messages left for attorneys discuss support options. ONE-WAY ROAD SYSTEM REVIEW BEGINS IN COURT back to Nassau from New and other issues outlined in Rolle, Gayle Rolle, Marva Fer- of the remaining defendants William Dames, NBA rep- FROM page one York. Article 27 arise. Mr Glinton guson, Marvette Ferguson, were unreturned up to press resentative said: “They’re It was alleged that they went also argued that his clients had Patricia Hanna, Shamone time. Meanwhile, activists con- Bahamian, and we are Bahami- on an illegal shopping spree for Three of its members, no idea their businesses were Thompson, Margaret Pierre, tinue to belabour the need for an. So we’re concerned, we counterfeit designer bags and SuperValue owner Rupert going to be affected in the way Judy Duncombe and Tracy greater government involve- don’t know much about what jewellery, which they intended Roberts Jr; Arnold Heastie, they were. Attorney General Davis – have all admitted to ment in the matter. has been going on or what is to sell at their Straw Market owner of Heastie's Service Sta- John Delaney noted that the knowing that the goods they Fred Mitchell, the Opposi- the status of the case now. So stalls on Bay Street. tion; and businesswoman Leana applicants were suing the Min- purchased were counterfeit tion's MP for Fox Hill, said: we will be coming together to Since the Bahamians were Ingraham, have been given ister of Public Works in his and/or illegal. “The families have no idea get a better understanding of charged in a Manhattan court authorisation by the court to ministerial capacity as being Although Ms Davis’ case what’s going on. We’ll do from what is going on and how we on September 2 with conspira- bring and defend judicial responsible for road works and may be one step closer to com- our part to try and mobilize can help if we can.” cy to defraud the US – specifi- review proceedings on behalf that any other responsibility pletion tomorrow, the other public opinion that the govern- of the League. The road could be set aside. Mr Delaney changes are a part of the gov- argued that the government ernment’s $120 million New had made the decision to Providence Road Improvement embark on the New Providence Three more people gunned down in Nassau Project (NPRIP). Road Improvement Project in 11pm in the Bain Town area, where it was Yesterday investigators confirmed that one Lawyer Maurice Glinton, 1999 and from its inception, the FROM page one reported that a 27-year-old man was shot man was taken into custody for questioning. who represents the business project consisted of 19 corri- several times. The final shooting was In other crime-related news, police iden- owners, submitted before Jus- scant up to press time. The first shooting dors. Mr Delaney said that the reported less than two hours later on Mil- tified the body of a man, who was found in tice Neville Adderley yester- took place in Augusta Street. works project had been highly ton Street. Two men and one woman were the bushes near a bar in Bimini over the day that his clients had only While riding his bicycle in the area, a publicised and there were also reported to have been walking through a weekend, as that of 45-year-old Albert wanted an opportunity to meet man was reportedly approached by two open house meetings. short cut on Milton Street when one of the Hanna of Freeport, Grand Bahama. Early with Minister of Public Works other men, one of whom was armed with a “We are dealing with a total- men was shot in his chest. Saturday morning it was reported that two and Transport Neko Grant to handgun. He was shot in his left knee and ity of circumstances in which At this time police are without leads men had been shot as a result of an argu- discuss some alternatives. Mr left arm. the minister was aggressive in into the holiday shootings — other than ment between a group of people at the Glinton contended that under Less than a hour before the shooting, speaking with the persons rele- the incident in Union Village off Wulff Recession Bar in Alice Town. Both men the constitution, allowance is mobile officers on patrol in the Hutchinson vant and with the public in gen- Road when a three-year-old toddler was were airlifted to Nassau for treatment, how- made for the operation of laws Street area recovered a magazine contain- eral.” shot in his right leg on Saturday. The tod- ever on further inspection of the area, that adversely impact the prop- ing ammunition. The officers searched the The hearing is expected to dler had been taken to hospital in a pri- police discovered Mr Hanna’s body. erty of citizens only when inter- area after they noticed a man – who fled the resume today before Justice vate car for treatment. At the time it was Investigations into all matters are con- ests of health, national security scene – acting suspiciously. Neville Adderley. The second shooting occurred around unclear how he had sustained the injury. tinuing. FROM page one of the property. He will attempt to sue Arawak Homes for damages and Their home in Sir Lynden Pindling explore the possibility of filing criminal Estates is one of two bulldozed by the Arawak Homes defends home demolition charges on behalf of Mr and Mrs real estate developer in recent weeks Wood as he argued the destruction of as the company actively moves to legal right to the property they had such that police complaints were filed.” notice, and acted with patience and their home was wrong, regardless of reclaim a 156 tract of land in the paid for as the rightful title belongs to Arawak Homes maintains it only compassion,” a statement from the who owns the land. Pinewood Gardens area. Arawak Homes. Arawak Homes moved to demolish the “unfinished company claims. “That is an issue separate and apart Residential lots on the tract of land maintains that Mr and Mrs Wood have property” constructed by Mr and Mrs “Arawak would demolish a struc- from any issue of title to the land were determined by the court to have never been able to produce documents Wood after they had ensured no one ture, only in rare circumstances, after because it is their property,” Mr been fraudulently obtained by John to prove they own the land. The com- was living on the property and the every effort has been made to resolve Munroe said. Residents and property Sands under a Quieting Titles action pany advised them to stop construction Woods had made it clear that they the situation by an alternative route. owners affected by the land dispute and sold to a group called Horizon on the property when they started to were not willing to negotiate. “It is a matter of cruel irony that have banded together as part of the Systems, which in turn sold it to vari- build, and suggested they seek legal Mrs Wood said they divided their Arawak, which for more than 25 years Nassau Village and Sea Breeze Prop- ous individuals. In a 2003 Supreme advice to engage in negotiations with time between the Sir Lynden Pindling has been the suffering victim is now erty Owners Association and drawn Court ruling former Senior Justice Arawak Homes on the matter. Estates house and their two-bedroom being demonised and paraded by some up a proposal for Arawak Homes with John Lyons declared Arawak Homes Mr and Mrs Wood reacted with apartment because they could not in a light entirely opposite to the legal representation from their MP, the owners of the property. “severe hostility” and “physical threats secure water and electricity supplies truth.” FNM chairman Carl Bethel. Bahamians, who had purchased the and attacks were made against staff at the home, because the title to the However, Mr Munroe said he has Minister of Lands and Local Gov- lots, are now being told they have no and agents of Arawak,” the company property belonged to Arawak Homes. yet to see any documents to prove ernment Byran Woodside is acting as stated. “These threats and attacks were “Arawak provided full and accurate Arawak Homes is the rightful owner a mediator in the land dispute.

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THE TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010, PAGE 9B TASTE The Tribune AvocadosMaking the most out of he not so sweet, yet subtly refrigerate until ready to be served. smooth creamy texture of Yields 1 1/2 cups. Tavocado makes it such a great fruit to accompany meals. AVOCADO SHAKE 1 ripe avocado, peeled and pitted Most Bahamians can probably 2 cups ice (16 to 20 ice cubes) agree that a breakfast of grits and 1/2 cup fat-free sweetened tuna, with a slice of avocado on condensed milk the side is a delight. 1/2 to 1 cup cold non-fat milk And as it is avocado season in the Bahamas, many people may be interested Preparation in unique ways to cook and prepare meals Scoop the avocado flesh into a blender. using avocados a part from the usual fare. Add the ice cubes, condensed milk, the Here are some recipes to try. least amount of non-fat milk; puree until completely smooth. Taste and add addi- AVOCADO AND tional milk if a thinner consistency is CRAB MEAT SOUP desired. NOTE: Use the maximum 8 oz (one can) of crab meat. amount of milk. Pour into 2 tall glasses 4 avocados, peeled and seeded. and enjoy! 1 medium onion, finely chopped. The best avocados to use are those that 4 cups of chicken stock. gently yield to pressure and are free from 2 cups of heavy cream. dark blotches inside the fruit. Depending 4 tablespoons of butter. on how large the avocado is and how thick 1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour. you want your shake. 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder. Salt and pepper, to taste. AVOCADO PIE 1 (9-inch) prepared Graham Cracker Preparation Pie Crust Mash together the avocados and crab 1/4 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice meat. Sauté the chopped onions in the 1/4 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice butter. Add the all-purpose flour, garlic 1 envelope unflavoured gelatin powder, and chicken stock, then whip until 3 medium-size very ripe avocados, smooth. Add the avocado/ crab mixture to mashed the liquid and simmer for twenty minutes. 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened Add the cream salt and pepper. Serve as condensed milk desired. 1/2 cup heavy cream 1/2 cup sour cream AVOCADO-CORN SALSA 2 small to medium ripe avocados, Refrigerate graham cracker crust until peeled, seeded, and finely diced well chilled. In a small bowl, combine lime 1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels juice, lemon juice, and unflavoured gelatin; 2 medium tomatoes, seeded and let stand 4 to 5 minutes or until softened. finely diced In a large bowl or the food processor, com- 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh-squeezed bine gelatin mixture, mashed avocados, lime juice and sweetened condensed milk. Pour mix- 1 tablespoon finely-chopped ture into prepared graham cracker pie fresh cilantro crust. Refrigerate at least 2 hours or until 1/2 to 1 teaspoon minced hot green the filling is firm. In a small bowl, whip chile peppers heavy cream and sour cream together until Sliced olives (optional) stiff peaks form. Serve pie topped with 1/2 teaspoon salt prepared whipped cream mixture.

Preparation In a medium bowl, gently combine avo- • Recipes taken from cado, corn kernels, tomatoes, lime juice, www.avocadorecipes.com and cilantro, chile peppers, and salt. Cover and www.whatscookingamerica.net

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BY ROLAND ROSE OctoberFlash 1992 marked the 500th anniversary of theBack landfall at San Salvador of Columbus, discoverer of the New World. Replicas of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria stand offshore at Cockburn Town. The ships were built in Spain and sailed across the Atlantic to com- memorate this momentous occasion.

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things 2DO OCTOBER 14 - THURSDAY Islands of the World Fashion Week CD Release Party • Islands of the World presents a CD release party, 8.30pm-midnight at Bambu Lounge with swagbag give- aways and tastinis. See www.bambunassau.com.

OCTOBER 16 -17 15th Annual International Cultural Festival • One of the most highly anticipated events of the year is finally here! The 15th Annual International Cultur- al Festival showcases the diverse culture of countries around the world from FESTIVAL TIME: One of the tents representing the counrty of Peru at the 2009 International Cultral Festival. natives living in The Bahamas. Each country demonstrates its own culture, BACK AGAIN! heritage, food and any other indigenous aspect, including the always-exciting music and dance performances. This year's event also includes a International Cultural Festival 2010 master class workshop con- ducted by the hip-hop dance troupe, Swagger Crew from By ALESHA CADET national Cultural Festival returns to minds and opened them to a world of tional Cultural Festival told Tribune Atlanta. Festival runs 10am- Tribune Features Reporter its rightful place as a fall festivity at a possibilities." Entertainment that the festival is a 6pm daily. Official opening, time when the world faces turmoil and The Festival fosters friendly rela- non profit event which is government 12pm Sat October 16. HE International Cultural people everywhere are uncertain about tions and understanding between supported not government funded. " Festival set for this week- their futures. Bahamians and the international resi- We also have a raffle with about twen- OCTOBER 16 - SATURDAY end is set to provide an "As the peoples of The Islands of dent community and has become a sig- ty prizes that we are going to launch 3rd Annual T The Bahamas consider their place in nature event that serves to demon- this week, and the drawing will be exciting glimpse of the variety the new global arena, sure to be strate just how diverse and cos- done on November 21 at the Bahamas Camperdown of nationalities and culture marked by the removal of borders and mopolitan The Bahamas has become. National Trust Jollification," she said Plant Sale present in the country. The lifting of protections, they will come to " We know well that work related There is alot of good that comes out • Don't miss one of the highly anticipated event take appreciate the value that a mixed soci- postings to The Islands Of The of the festival, she said. biggest and best plant sales places on Saturday and Sunday ety brings to enriching the economic Bahamas are especially sought after. The Festival is said to also provide a of the year with bargains at the Botanical Gardens. It tapestry of the country in terms of the As people come from around the global platform for the Ministry of galore and a wide variety of was created by the Ministry of sharing of skills and experiences. world to work here and eventually Foreign Affairs and Immigration. " plants at reasonable prices, Xenophobia will become a thing of make The Bahamas home, there is an Strategically, this makes The Bahamas including ferns, palms, Foreign Affairs and Immigra- the past as Bahamians grow to recog- abiding obligation to give back and a far more interesting and sophisticat- shrubs, tree, bromeliads, tion (MOFAI) to recognise nise and embrace the contribution that contribute to their adopted home in ed place to live and visit by broadening orchids and so much more! United Nations Day. the international resident community meaningful ways that benefit the wider and deepening the vacation experi- Gates open 9am on Soursop According to the website, Culture has to offer. We remember the English community." ence and quality of life that's avail- Street, Camperdown. Fest Bahamas: “the 15th Annual Inter- teachers that helped to cultivate our Janet Johnson, Chairman, Interna- able here." OCTOBER 16 - 17 The Nassau Music Society Presents: Travelling Caribbean Jue Wang • The Nassau Music Soci- DOZENS of film enthusiasts gath- “This event has brought together ety presents Jue Wang, 1st ered at Galleria Cinemas last week thousands of spectators in the place winner and gold for the official opening of the Travel- Caribbean who, crossing language bar- medallist at the 2008 San- ling Caribbean Film Showcase riers, have taken into account the tander International Piano (TCFS). diversities and similarities of our cul- competition, interpreting the In its third year in the Bahamas, the tural identities, as well as historical works of Brahms, Ravel, festival features 37 films from 19 West and social references.” Chopin, Liszt and Indian and South American countries The ambassador said the TCFS is a Tchaikovsky. 7pm at the including Antigua and Barbuda, the vital resource for the dissemination College of the Bahamas Per- Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman of cultural and ethical values allow- forming Arts Centre, Sat Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, ing people of the Caribbean to recog- October 16. 5pm at St Paul's Curacao, Dominican Republic, Haiti, nise the shared identities and realities Church Hall, Sun October Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, of each country as well as the diversi- 17. Nicaragua, Suriname, St Martin, ty and uniqueness of the region. Advance tickets: Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago. “This event contributes to the $25/members; $35/non- The film selected for the opening’s exchange and cooperation in favour of members; $10/students. At viewing was ‘Haven’, a film from the a Caribbean cinema that is not isolat- the door: $30/members; Cayman Islands which depicted an ed in their countries of origin, but ENTHUSIASTS: Some of the audience on hand at Galleria Cinemas last week for the offi- $40/non-members; $10/stu- intricate web of love, hate and deceit flows into the region and reaches oth- cial opening of the Travelling Caribbean Film Showcase. dents. Telephone: 302-5146. between locals and tourists. er parts of the world with greater See www.nassaumusicsoci- TCFS is part of the 10-day Car- strength and effectiveness, as an alter- and is now gaining momentum as the ifringe, Matthew Kelly, gave a special ety.org/reservations. ifringe festivities happening around native to transnational flows that tend place to see the art of the Caribbean thank you to the both the ambassador New Providence. to have hegemony over the cinema through film.” and Mr Bethel for seeing the value in OCTOBER 17 - SUNDAY Giving official remarks at the event market,” he said. Mr Bethel also asked the audience Carifringe and partnering up with the An Evening of was the Cuban Ambassador to the Also speaking at the event was to keep abreast of announcement of 10-day event. Bahamas Jose Luis Ponce who extend- Owen Bethel, president of Bahamas another upcoming film series, which TCFS has been showcased in more Heavenly Music ed his gratitude to the audience for FilmInvest International, who said he will focus on the plight of Haiti. than 25 countries over the past three • St Barnabas Anglican their support for the growing regional was excited about the unique part- “These films will show the creativi- years and has presented more than 70 Church presents an evening film industry. nership between TCFS and Carifringe. ty and resourcefulness of the Haitian films created by Caribbean and South of heavenly music with guest “The Travelling Caribbean Film “We thought it was appropriate to people," he said. American producers and directors. artist Wintlety Phipps, Showcase has been confirmed as the link with Carifringe as it was timely "The films are generally made by The brainchild of the Bahamas Arts 7.30pm in the Rainforest most significant regional action to pro- and we hope this partnership will grow Haitians and will be uplifting and we Collective, Carifringe encompasses all Theatre. Tickets: $35 and mote Caribbean film and audiovisuals from strength to strength,” he said. hope that you will take part in that art forms including theatre, dance, $50. Proceeds in aid of in the region and in other parts of the “This showcase represents the val- event as well.” fashion, painting, sculpting, music and repairs of skinner pipe world,” he said. ue, great work and skill in the region Technical coordinator for Car- poetry. organ. Telephone: 323-5995.

Springs, Chicago and Miami. This will be followed by the competition McCarroll, Tolentino present new Spring/Summer collections “In Search of the Next Oscar”, where the winner will showcase FASHION enthusiasts will get a IWFW. Attendees will be left in mentary film “Eleven Minutes” Asian pop star Imelda Marcos as a his/her collection at New York first hand look at the couture cre- awe at the creations of these gifted which recounts his rise to fame. client, he became the first Philip- Fashion Week in 2011. ations of international designers designers. It is hoped that they will Mr McCarroll has recently added pine-based designer to establish a The show's finale “Fashion Cares for Haiti: The Relief Benefit Fash- Jay McCarroll and Oliver Tolenti- serve as inspiration to new and another reality show victory to his presence in the United States, ion Show” is aimed at continuing no when they present their 2011 young designers to pursue their belt by winning Celebrity Fit Club launching his boutique in Los awareness of the ongoing rebuilding Spring/Summer collections during talent and dream with commit- earlier this year. He will attend the Angeles in 2009. efforts and development require- this year's Islands of the World ment,” said Owen Bethel, Presi- special private viewing of the film He has now focused his attention ments in Haiti and the fashion Fashion Week. dent of Mode Îles Ltd. “Eleven Minutes” at Galleria Cin- on an eco- fashion line using The industry as a potential catalyst for Mode Îles Ltd, organiser of the Jay McCarroll distinguished him- emas on November, 10 to launch Philippines’ native fiber derived growth in the promotion of trade award-winning event, hopes the col- self as a talented designer when he IWFW. from pineapple fibres. rather than aid. Five noted Hait- lections will inspire a new crop of won the first season of the popular Oliver Tolentino, a wedding dress IWFW will boast several excit- ian designers will travel from Haiti, local fashion designers to create art American reality television series, and evening gown designer from ing shows this year, starting with courtesy of American Airlines/ with their sewing needles. Project Runway. Since his win, he The Philippines is celebrated for the presentation of those designers American Eagle, to participate. “Both designers bring great cre- has gone on to become a celebrity his meticulous attention to detail in who have participated in the Islands IWFW runs from November 11 – ativity and style to the runway of designer, and starred in the docu- his designs. Having such notables as of the World Fashion Tour to Palm 13 at the British Colonial Hilton. TO DISCUSS STORIES ON THIS PAGE LOG ON TO WWW.TRIBUNE242.COM C M C M Y K Y K

THE TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010, PAGE 11B ARTS SCENES FROM FAM FEST 2010

Fam Fest 2010 was held over the weekend at Clifford Park as part of Car- ifringe- an annual ten day regional arts and culture fes- tival designed to showcase a cross- section of Bahamian and Carribean arts. Performers at the FAM FEST Concert includ- ed special guests such as Papa San, Marvin Winans Jr and Sherwin Gard- ner, as well as local artists; Christian Mas- sive, Ricardo Clarke, Mr Lynx

PHOTOS/FELIPE MAJOR/TRIBUNE STAFF and many more. THE WEATHER REPORT 5-DAY FORECAST TODAY TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY UV INDEX TODAY

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010 THIN LINE: Claudette Dean’s latest exhibition Inner Sanctum captures the delicate relationship between the artist’s inner and outer worlds. isancnner um By JEFFARAH GIBSON t Tribune Features Writer

RAND Bahama artist Claudette Dean is channeling intimate peace, intuitive awareness of her inner Gbeing and the outside world in an exhibition titled “Inner Sanctum”.

It is her belief that there is an is symbolic and is connected to inner sanctum in all of us just the self portraits. In it's carefully waiting to joyfully burst. thought out context, the lotus The delicate relationship represents the inner world hope between the artist's inner and for an internal flowering, awak- outer world is the central idea ening. on which each piece in this col- There is luminosity to Dean's lection was created. renderings of the lotus, a depth The outer world is expressed that is beyond the imagery. Dean through personal introspective also allows the flower to reveal its pieces such as the Inward Jour- layers of meaning. She creates a ney and Wings. Both are self por- subtle personification of nature, traits that unleash a passionate which allows the essential nature vulnerability which contrast with and forms of the flower to her portrayal of an inner world. become almost an abstraction. There is also a deep sense of joy and playfulness that skips through Depiction all the paintings of the lotus. The exhibition as a complete The beautiful style of the por- set of work offers us an insight traits contradicts the fact that they to the relationship between sub- are personal and the touch of stance and fey, between life and realistic emotions depict sensi- death. tivity and it's strength brings a Originally from Canada, warmth and compassion to the Claudette Dean has been call- work. ing the Bahamas home since A painting of the lotus flower, 1979. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Windsor and continued her stud- ies in French Literature at the Claudette Dean University of Nice in the South of France. She has studied with acclaimed Bahamian artist and sculptor, Antonius Roberts, and in the US with Selina Trieff, one of the original artists from the New York based figurative expressionist movement of the early 1950s. She is endlessly intrigued by the human figure, the human psyche, the human spirit, and all of their multifac- eted intricacies. It brings her great pleasure to be able to share her particular brand of beauty, through art, beauty, The exhibition is part of the Carifringe Festival and will be up at Popop Studios until November 20. Inner Sanctum is opened from 6 - 9pm.

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