C M C M Y K Y K WEATHER ! EW N McCOMBO OF THE DAY HIGH 85F TheTHE PEOPLE’S PAPERTribune – BIGGEST AND BEST LOW 71F SUN AND CLOUDS BAHAMAS EDITION www.tribune242.com Volume: 106 No.267 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2010 PRICE – 75¢ (Abaco and Grand Bahama $1.25) Boost for THE TRIBUNE AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES S E T D reading I R S O N P I initiative S TEAM BAHAMAS IN INDIA SEE PAGE EIGHT BRENT STUBBS REPORTS ON PAGE 11 IT’S SHOWTIME! Radio hosts Fears Baha Lincoln Bain Mar could and Ortland drain country Bodie in of workers By NOELLE NICOLLS angry clash Tribune Staff Reporter [email protected] By TANEKA THOMPSON Tribune Staff Reporter [email protected] If Baha Mar drains the labour pool of Bahamian workers then contractors A HEATED confrontation will be left twiddling their between media personalities thumbs, according to the Lincoln Bain and Ortland Bahamas Contractors Bodie, broadcast live on the Association. latter's talk show, nearly came Stephen Wrinkle, BCA to blows, stunning a radio president said the project audience and drawing a could drain the country of crowd of spectators yesterday workers in a “New York morning. minute”, and leave Mr Bain arrived at the City Bahamian contractors “left Market food store in South on the side lines.” It has Beach shortly after 11 am, happened before and it where Mr Bodie was sta- could happen again, he tioned as host of a live remote. Mr Bain challenged SEE page six the host to criticise him in per- son instead of behind a micro- phone. POINTED REMARKS: Lincoln Bain (left) in a heated exchange with Ortland Bodie. The pair, also pictured below, appeared to nearly come to "If you want to say some- blows. The confrontation came after Mr Bain arrived at the City Market food store in South Beach shortly after 11 am, where Mr Bodie was Teen convicted of thing, you say something to stationed as host of a live remote. my face okay?" exclaimed Mr Bain after "snatching" a attempted murder microphone from Mr Bodie. The show immediately cut of police officer to music before going to a commercial break. By NATARIO McKENZIE After the incident Mr Bain Tribune Staff Reporter told The Tribune he [email protected] ambushed Mr Bodie to set the record straight on com- ONE of two men ments made about him being charged in the attempted fired from GEMS radio sta- murder of a veteran New tion Thursday over his on-air Jersey police officer was statements about the Arawak convicted yesterday. Homes land dispute. A jury found Ebenezer Earlier, Mr Bodie had told Sherman,19, guilty of the his audience that an unnamed attempted murder of "former talk show host" was Sergeant John Casper by fired this week, days after a count of 7-2. The jury, making critical remarks about however, unanimously him. Mr Bodie, who was dis- found Sherman’s co- barred several years ago, said accused Bradley Saunders, he turned to Bible verse 23, not guilty on the same Psalms 23 after hearing the charge. Both men were criticism, adding that a week later the former talk show SEE page six host was booted off the air. After Mr Bain's first inter- PHOTOS: Felipé Major/Tribune staff ruption, Mr Bodie continued with his show, accusing the Plane crash survivor justice advocate of "trying to rough me up." undergoes eye surgery "We had an interloper who Ninth body pulled from Lake Killarney BEFORE undergoing tried to take over my show eye surgery yesterday at but I don't play that … He By MEGAN REYNOLDS text message informing her came here and he snatched Jackson Memorial Hospi- Tribune Staff Reporter he was at the airport min- tal, Mark Roberts wanted the microphone, well you [email protected] know me, I snatch it back and utes before the Cessna 402 his friends to know that he man we was gonna start to operated by unauthorised is in good spirits, although rumble ’round here today … I A NINTH body was charter company Acklins he has had a “little set almost get a beating or deliv- pulled from Lake Killarney Blue crashed into Lake Kil- back.” ered a beating. yesterday after Tuesday’s larney at around 12.30pm on Mr Roberts, whose "I was shocked by the fatal plane crash. Tuesday and his family have plane crash landed at Little f Whale Cay in a freak acci- Although the body has not heard from him since. f a not yet been positively iden- t dent on Wednesday, also Mr Lubin’s employer s SEE page two tified, it is believed to be Clarence Nathanial Williams e said that there have been n u some inaccuracies in the that of missing 23-year-old was one of another eight b i r published reports of the sound technician Junior men killed in the crash, T / Lubin. including six sound techni- s accident. d l It was reported that at The “Music Needs” cians who had been expect- o PLEASE NOTE THAT, n the time of the accident he employee of East Street, ed in San Salvador. y e was flying a Cessna 172 R DUE TO DISCOVERY The Grove, had arranged to A massive response team n Skyhawk. This is incorrect. fly to San Salvador on Tues- of police and defence force a g His aircraft was an eight- DAY HOLIDAY, THERE day to set up for the Home- officers recovered the bodies e coming event this weekend. M WILL BE NO PAPER Princess Margaret Hospital morgue staff receive SEE page six His girlfriend received a SEE page nine GRIM TASK: UNTIL TUESDAY the body recovered from Lake Killarney yesterday. NASSAU AND BAHAMA ISLANDS’ LEADING NEWSPAPER C M C M Y K Y K PAGE 2, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2010 THE TRIBUNE LOCAL NEWS • RADIO PERSONALITIES IN SHOWDOWN • Lincoln Bain and Ortland Bodie engage in heated confrontation FROM page one man's behaviour," Mr Bodie told listeners. One caller chided Mr Bodie for kicking Mr Bain while he was down. He replied: "I'm not kicking the gentleman, I love the broth- er, as a brother. I'm not gloating that he would have lost his position, but the remarks that he allowed to be uttered on that particular radio station were defamatory in the extreme." These comments drew Mr Bain back to the store where the exchange heated up. "Are you apologising to me first for snatching the micro- phone and trying to rough me up?" Mr Bodie asked. ". .I'm sorry for yucking your mike. .Ortland we must learn to stand for poor people in this country. I heard certain things you said about me not being on the show for whatever reason – " Poor "This about poor people man, this ain' 'bout me and you…" Mr Bodie interjected. "You want me cut you (off) again?" "Look here, 60 police can't get me out here," Mr Bain retort- ed. The pair continued their verbal wrangling until the show went to another commercial break. Up until the show ended at noon, Mr Bain could be heard shouting for Mr Bodie to "watch his mouth." He also urged Mr Bodie to stand up for the poor people at odds with developers at Arawak Homes. After the City Markets show wrapped, the argument spilled out into the store's parking lot. Mr Bain followed the former lawyer out of the store, pointing his finger in the talk show host's face and the two argued before Mr Bodie drove away. Another man, said to be a frequent caller to radio talk shows, added to the drama when he stood on his truck shouting that both men should be ashamed of themselves. The unnamed man reportedly got in Mr Bain's face, but was pushed back by a crowd of supporters who gathered in the parking lot to watch the scene. Mr Bain, host of television show Controversy TV and mem- ber of the advocate group, Justice League, said he will contin- ue to fight for the rights of landowners at odds with Arawak Homes. PHOTOS: Felipé Major/Tribune staff TO DISCUSS STORIES ON THIS PAGE LOG ON TO WWW.TRIBUNE242.COM C M C M Y K Y K THE TRIBUNE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2010, PAGE 3 LOCAL NEWS Call for more news industry input BRIEFS in Baha Mar 36-year-old negotiations man ‘attempts NOELLE NICOLLS Tribune Staff Reporter suicide’ [email protected] A 36-year-old man IT IS time for industry reportedly attempted to involvement in the Baha commit suicide on Mar negotiations, accord- Wednesday. ing to the Bahamas Con- Police say that shortly tractors Association. before 3pm, police Since the BCA submit- received word of an ted its position paper to attempted suicide at Ade- the government in August laide Village. it has received no The victim was report- response. Association edly discovered by a male president Stephen Wrinkle relative. said “it seems to be the He was taken to hospi- typical way of doing busi- tal by ambulance. ness” that industry stake- Investigations into the holders are not consulted. matter continue. Mr Wrinkle’s comments came in the wake of Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham making his strongest per- Man robbed sonal statements yet on the Baha Mar issue. Now that the financial by two men hurdles have been over- come, Mr Wrinkle said he hopes the major stake- DISMISSED: In this Tribune file photo Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham formally signed agreements for the $70.8m highway project with in Cable holders – Baha Mar, gov- the China Export Import Bank and the China Construction Company.