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Christie rejects claim of 500 citizenships for Chinese investors By RICARDO WELLS Tribune Staff Reporter rwells@tribunemedia.net

a major request for concessions by China Construction America (CCA) to jumpstart the stalled $3.5bn resort. The allegations were made by radio talk show host Steve McKinney, who claimed that CCA, Baha Mar’s lead general contractor, has requested that the resort’s current developer Sarkis Izmirilian to be removed from the project, a 30-year exclusivity with regards to its casino licence, a 30-year Value Added Tax exemption, a 25 per cent increase in concessions currently enjoyed by the resort, and the granting of 500 citizenships to Chinese nationals attached to the project in various capacities.

PRIME Minister Perry Christie last night insisted that Bahamian citizenship is “not for sale at any time at any price� as he refuted allegations that his government had agreed to the sale or grant of 500 Bahamian citizenships to Chinese investors in connection with the beleaguered Baha Mar project. Mr Christie described it as an “absolute lie� that citizenship in return for foreign investment had been agreed, saying that was a “non-negotiable position� for his government. The Prime Minister was responding to allegations which surfaced yesterday of

SANDS TAKES UP POST AS FNM SENATOR

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THE Grand Bahama Human Rights Association (GBHRA) has urged two international human rights organisations to “do anything and everything in their power� to raise alarm over the “unlawful access� of a highly confidential email which was tabled in Parliament. The local organisation further suggested that the newly-formed National Intelligence Agency (NIA) might have played a part in the government obtaining its private information. SEE PAGE SIX DR Duane Sands yesterday received his instruments of appointment to take up his role as a senator for the FNM. He is pictured with Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling at yesterday’s ceremony. See page seven for the full story. Photo: Peter Ramsay/BIS

BANNISTER AMONG FOUR NAMED BY FNM TO RUN IN 2017 ELECTION By RICARDO WELLS Tribune Staff Reporter rwells@tribunemedia.net

GADVILLE MCDONALD, who will run in the Cat Island, San Salvador and Rum Cay seat.

THE FREE National Movement (FNM) last night announced four more ratified candidates for the 2017 general election, with former Education Minister Desmond Bannister and the party’s most recent interim chairman, Brensil Rolle, returning to frontline politics. Mr Bannister is expected

to contest the Carmichael seat while Mr Rolle will vie for the Garden Hills constituency, both seeking to recapture after winning in 2007. Following a series of extensive meetings at the party’s Mackey Street headquarters yesterday, Chairman Sidney Collie also announced the ratifications of former FNM Senator Fredrick McAlpine for the

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PRISONER Jason Jerome Rolle denied escaping lawful custody on Friday afternoon when he was arraigned in Magistrates Court yesterday. Rolle, 21, appeared before Magistrate Constance Delancy after he got away from a police transport vehicle on Wulff Road near Claridge Road around 4pm en route to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS). Police reported immediately that a search was being conducted for an “armed and dangerous� convict. Rolle was arrested shortly after 9.30pm on Friday off Farrington Road by officers from the Selective Enforcement Team after a five and half hour islandwide search involving officers and dogs. SEE PAGE FIVE

By KHRISNA VIRGIL Tribune Staff Reporter kvirgil@tribunemedia.net

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that several DSS employees purchased groceries for themselves using food coupons intended for people on welfare. The report was tabled in the House of Assembly on April 25, and on May 9 Mrs Griffin told reporters that the investigation had already been forwarded to the police. However, Acting Deputy Commissioner Anthony Ferguson told The Tribune on May 17 that the matter had not been sent to police.

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By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net  LONG ISLAND MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday that Social Services Minister Melanie Griffin owed more than an apology if she intentionally misled the public over police investigations into claims of fraud at the Department of Social Services (DSS). Mrs Butler-Turner was refering to the damning report on the department by Auditor General Terrance Bastian, which revealed

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WILSON FIGHTS TO WIN VOTE YET IS NOT ON THE BALLOT By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemdia.net

SUSPENDED Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) president Belinda Wilson has begun campaigning for the organisation’s June 9 elections, even though her name does not appear on the ballot. Mrs Wilson visited Grand Bahama last week to garner the support of the teachers on the island. SEE PAGE SEVEN


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