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HUSBAND IS ACCUSED OVER CAR CRASH THAT KILLED WIFE

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A HUSBAND was charged with vehicular manslaughter yesterday in connection with a car crash that killed his wife and injured his children. He was one of two men who were granted bail yes terday after being arraigned on two separate charges of vehicular manslaughter. The other man was charged with causing the death of a pedestrian as a result of recklessJonathondriving.Sands, 33, faced Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans on four charges: vehicular manslaughter, failure to notify change in ownership, driving in a vehicle not cov ered under third-party risk insurance and driving an unlicensed vehicle. Around 10.25pm on April 30, while driving west on West Bay Street, Sands is alleged to have lost con trol of his 2007 white Nissan Bluebird and crashed into a tree in the median. His 26-year-old wife Lashonna Sands, of Bellot Avenue, was in the front passenger seat and died at the scene. Sands was not required to enter a plea in court. He was granted $11,000 bail. Magistrate Vogt-Evans

A JAMAICAN man who was being held on remand at the Bahamas Department of Cor rectional Services on charges of attempted murder, armed robbery and attempted armed robbery escaped from the Fox Hill facility yesterday. Police said the last known address of 30-year-old Winston Walker, pictured, was 34 Rupert Dean Lane, Big Pond, in New Providence.When contacted yes terday, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe advised the public not to assist with his escape. SWEETING

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A SUPREME Court judge has rejected allega tions that a will drawn up by an ex-deputy prime minister and his law ﬁrm on their client’s behalf was “fraudulent”.JusticeIan Winder, in one of the last verdicts he delivered before becoming chief justice, upheld “the validity of a will” prepared by Desmond Bannister and Commonwealth Law Advocates for Alicia Maria Stockdale despite the claims and assertions made by her two Barringtonsons.Smith, an accountant, and Leon Smith, an attorney by pro fession, blocked the grant of probate for their moth er’s estate after she died in Florida on August 22, 2015. One of their sisters, Betty Smith-Forbes, had initially obtained the probate grant on December 15 that same year but this was recalled due to her brothers’ chal lenge to largely being cut out of their mother’s will.

A BISX-listed fund yesterday declared its con tinuing interest in solving downtown Nassau’s parking woes by redeveloping the Registrar General’s former home as it renews ambi tions to expand to a $100m propertyMichaelportfolio.Anderson told Tribune Business that the Bahamas Property Fund remains keen on delivering “a massive improvement” by converting the former Rodney Bain Building, at the junction of Shirley and Parliament Streets, into a multi-storey parking garage with condominium units “onThetop”.RF Bank & Trust president said that its recent “recapitalisation” - which saw bank debt replaced with $8m worth of preference shares - will revive both its acquisition hunger and the resump tion of investor dividend payments.Witha dividend decla ration set to be made “in the next few weeks”, and the balance sheet freed to take on new debt to ﬁnance property acquisitions, Mr Anderson told this newspa per that the fund is seeking to diversify both in prop erty type and location.

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2,000 PEOPLE FED AT ISLAND LUCK CARES FOUNDATION EVENT

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MORE than 2,000 people were fed through a food drive organised by The Island Luck Cares Founda tion yesterday at Windsor Park.The Need to Feed drive was one of about 20 Island Luck Foundation initia tives held this year. About 2,000 hot plates of chicken, rice, macaroni, other side dishes and refreshments were served. The drive commenced at noon and around that time about 400 people were seen waiting to be served at the gates of the park. This drive is an annual event in which the goal is to feed a large number of people consist ently, said CEO of Island Luck Sebas Bastian. “What $200 could have gotten you a year ago, it an impact based on our con sistency and then to a large magnitude. So normally, when we set up shop, we typically come in to cater to thousands of persons. Not a handful. If you add that type of magnitude with the frequency, impact is being felt on the ground,” he said. Mr Bastian said seeing so many people positively affected by initiatives like this is why he continues to offer“Seeinghelp. the lines and the hundreds of people that have already gathered here, it just basically confirms for us, what we’ve already known, the importance of these types of initiatives and highlights that the need that we suspected is there. If that was not the case, you would not have just 20 minutes after setting up, hundreds of people already gathered in this park.” The event was meant to positively benefit not only those residents of the inner city, but all Bahamians, Mr Bastian said. “The inner city, histori cally has been the area which has always been impacted and by extension has the greatest need, so this is kind of the area that we feel is important for us “This is not for any par ticular group. It goes to show that the financial challenges that we see in the country today are not limited to a certain group of people. Anyone can hit financial hard times. Our efforts are geared toward anyone that’s in need, because we’re all Bahamians. No special requirements, if you want it you just come and you get An unemployed resident of the area, who is a mother of four children and has six for whom she also provides, said the food drive has helped her and her family get through a tough situation. She explained how tough things have been recently. “I’m a mother of four and I have six grandchildren and I am believing in God actu ally, for a house. It’s kind of rough when you have to pay rent. I also sold, I won’t say how much I sold, but I sold (a lot of things) for a house,” she said. She said that women should not be prideful in seeking assistance, espe cially when providing for their“Beingfamily.a Christian is not easy, this past week I was praying about something. I was in church just prostrat ing myself on this prayer board and when I got up and looked on my phone, I saw it on my phone and saw it (a discount for food at Super Value, which is across the street from the park).”Ezra Rahming, a resident of the Bain Town area, said there are many people in his area who are in need. “I think it’s great, because a lot of people really need this help. One of the rea sons why I am here is I am getting something for some body who is more needier than me, a two-year-old child and her mom. I am making that my top prior ity. I believe Island Luck is doing a really good job. I am satisfied with the expe rience I am having at the food drive,” he said. This was Mr Rahming’s first time at a food drive and he felt very encouraged by the assistance that was offered freely, he said. Last year, the annual Need to Feed Programme, which had been held at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium, fed over 4,000 people with boxes and packages of food.

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By LETRE SWEETING a helper at the IL Cares food drive at Windsor Park yesterday. Photos: Austin Fernander below, Sebas Bastian, CEO Island Luck,

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Concerns aid by storm victims

WORK ON ABACO SHELTER TO START THIS MONTH

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MRS. SHERRIE MORLEY

DISASTER Reconstruc tion Authority officials revealed yesterday that major construction on the Abaco community centre and hurricane shelter will begin this month, lasting throughout 2023. DRA manager director Aarone Sargent gave an update on the project and other post Dorian relief ini tiatives being organised by the agency during a press briefing at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday.

AUTHORITY TO MERGE WITH NEMA

SOME people who received aid from the previ ous administration’s small home repair programme used the money to buy such things as “high end mattresses” and mirrors, Disaster Reconstruction Authority executive chair man Alex Storr said yesterday.Hiscomments came while announcing that the DRA has launched a new home repair programme geared towards assisting Abaco and Grand Bahama residents with post Hurri cane Dorian reconstruction. The new programme, called HARP (Homeown ers Assistance and Relief Programme) will replace the former administration’s small home repair initia tive and will focus on roof, window siding, plumbing and electrical repairs. Some $2m has been allo cated so far for the new programme, which is being launched in phases.

“The programme will be different from the predeces sor as the authority will now seek to procure building supplies in bulk and directly include direct employment of skilled labour,” Mr Storr said during a press confer ence at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday. “We have established a reconstruction unit to assist as many homeown ers as possible with their reconstruction efforts. We do recognise that all governments are limited financially which is why we sought to change the model to this “Purchaseone. orders and direct grants will no longer be used as we discovered some received funds but their homes are still in repair. “On that note, I would like to announce that home owners and businesses are being notified that all out standing purchase orders that are out there are being cancelled.”Hesaidthe first phase of the programme’s launch will consist of DRA workers assessing storm impacted homes.Theprocess begins today and will continue for about two to three weeks. “They will go door-todoor with those that are currently in our database as well as those who call to request assistance,” Mr Storr also said. “If you have experienced damage that you can prove was caused by Hurricane Dorian, please contact our offices and a representative will assist. “We have recently devel oped an assessment tool app that will be used by our assessors to log build ing material needs and assessment reports for each homeowner.”MrStorr said the app will allow workers to be more organised and have a better understanding of the needs of storm victims, noting there were several deficiencies with the former programme.Hesaidthe Davis admin istration found some people who received funds from the previous government for home repair used the money for purchases not on the DRA’s approved list instead of fixing damage to their“Wehomes.discovered catego ries of damage that was not confined to reconstruction parameters and what is con sidered major damage,” he said. “In some instances, we saw high-end mattresses and interior mirrors, for example, being purchased with aid Furtherfunds.”elaborating on these purchases, he added: “I saw one purchase order and invoice that was paid for I think a $2,500 mattress using funds that were supposed to be used for home repair.” He said many of the pur chased items were not on the DRA approved list and instead approved by work ers in the agency. He also claimed that the programme was oversubscribed.Askedifhe thought the initiative was being abused under the former adminis tration, the DRA chairman only said he preferred let ting investigations run its course, adding the chips will “fall where they may”. Hurricane Dorian hit Abaco as a Category 5 hurricane on September 1, 2019 before barreling toward Grand Bahama. The storm left thousands of homes either destroyed or damaged and hundreds of residents displaced. Three years later, Mr Storr said there are about 1,500 homeowners who are still in need of home repairs.These are storm vic tims who had applied to the agency for help, but have yet to receive funding approval.“That doesn’t include those who have not applied (to the DRA) before for various reasons or those that were rejected,” the DRA chairman added. Asked yesterday if he thought $2m allocated for the initiative was enough to help survivors, Mr Storr said the amount was only “a start and a tip of the iceberg”.Hesaid the DRA expects more donations in the days ahead and added that offi cials are working feverishly to get more assistance. Mr Storr continued: “That is why we are still seeking donations and we are working on several ways to get more material. We have negotiations with NGOS as well as persons who have interest in some of the major suppliers in the US to try and get better prices and some of them are even willing to donate an equal amount to what we purchased.”Healsogave an update on the demolition process of the government’s dome project in Spring City. Plans to have the struc tures demolished and taken off the property by August were announced in July. “The Ministry of Hous ing has carriage over that project,” said Mr Storr. “I know from speaking with them, there has been a short extension granted, but so far I think that there are twenty-two persons that have moved out and have received or are in the stages of receiving their assistance. “Others have reported their plans and so we hope those that may need assis tance, like I know some needed repairs to their existing structures, so we are willing to facilitate that and we will be trying to help them get out as soon as possible.”

It was initially expected that the centre would be completed by May 2021, before the beginning of the 2021 hurricane season. However, that target was missed and months later, the Minnis administration was voted out of ofﬁce.

The Davis administration has said it is committed to assisting residents on both Abaco and Grand Bahama and furthering restora tion efforts on the storm impacted islands.

Institute of Business and Commerce (IBC) proudly honours its outstanding graduate student, Mrs. Sherrie Morley, for her high academic level having achieved an Associate of Arts Degree in Paralegal (Law) Studies.

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STUDENT HONOURED

Mrs. Sherrie Morley has successfully completed the two-year professional program and is being honoured for having attained the highest scores within this year’s graduating class.

Te Institute which is currently registered with NAECOB (National Accreditation and Equivalency Council of the Bahamas) was established over 30 years ago and frst introduced the Paralegal programme in 1995 and since that time has been responsible for the training of a large number of Paralegals who are engaged in professional appointments throughout the Bahamas.

He said: “We are happy to announce that we have completed the professional phase which is geo-techni cal, civil structural and an updated architectural work of the Abaco hurricane shelter and community centre.“We have made several amendments to the footprint of the shelter which include making the centre accessible to residents who have dis abilities and we have added a part of the shelter to allow for shelter entrance into the hurricane“Further,shelter.based on the reassessments of the foundational footprint, the foundation was raised to mitigate against major flooding which will be necessary for a hurricane shelter.”Hesaid the construction will not exceed the DRA’s budget for the project, which is estimated at $2m. “We will continue to rebuild the conﬁdence in this project by satisfying the report ing requests by the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) which represents the Indian government and their $1m donation to this pro ject,” Mr Sargent said. “Major construction will begin on site by mid to end September and last throughout 2023.’’ He also revealed that it is the DRA’s intention to rep licate the “state owned” hurricane shelter model so similar centres can be built throughout The Bahamas. “We are developing pro ject plans to build at least four purpose-built shel ters by 2024 on Cat Island and San Salvador, Grand Bahama, Exuma and Eleuthera,” he added. The need for hurricane proof shelters in the coun try was highlighted in 2019 after Hurricane Dorian laid waste to homes, churches and other facilities that were used to shelter resi dents during the monster storm.Recognising this need, the Minnis administra tion participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the hurricane shelter and community centre in the Central Pines community in December 2020, saying the facility will be capable of accommodating 800 people during a hurricane.

DISASTER Reconstruction Authority executive chairman Alex Storr yesterday.

THE Disaster Recon struction Authority (DRA) and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) will merge under a new agency that “will manage all aspects” of dis aster preparedness, DRA Executive Chairman Alex Storr revealed yesterday.

At the time, former Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis said the coun try was facing a climate emergency and in order to combat it, there must be comprehensive and dra matic changes in hurricane preparedness.Henoted that it was critical that red tape, which might hinder recovery and reconstruction efforts, be removed.However, since its incep tion, the authority has at times come under scrutiny for its Hurricane Dorian response, more specifically its handling of deceased unidentified storm victims and hurricane related funds.The Davis administra tion has promised to review the work of the DRA, noting various concerns and irregularities with how the authority was managed. According to Mr Storr yesterday, some $70m has been spent by the DRA to date to assist with recon struction efforts on the storm-hit islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama. “The bulk of that went to debris management site,” heWhensaid. asked how much was spent on debris man agement, he replied that it was “some $37m.” This comes as the author ity continues its probe into several contracts that were issued to manage debris management sites in Abaco and Grand Bahama after several “red flags” were detected.Meanwhile, a forensic audit is said to be underway into the DRA. When asked for an update on those investiga tions yesterday, the DRA executive chairman told reporters: “I expect to have that very shortly and the ministry should be tabling that when the House resumes.”

“I would like to announce that under the prime minis ter’s vision and Blueprint for Change, the Disaster Management Unit along with DRA and NEMA are working closely together on new legislation to restruc ture disaster management agencies in the country to more effectively and into an agile agency for responding to disasters,” Mr Storr said during a press conference at the Ofﬁce of the Prime Minister yesterday. “It is envisioned that the new authority will (be established) to manage all aspects of disaster in the country. The DRA and NEMA will all merge under one banner in this new entity.”“The new entity will focus disaster on risk reduction and mitigation, resiliency planning and development and rapid response and recovery.”TheDRA was formed by the Minnis administra tion in 2019 to strengthen the country’s response to disaster preparedness and management following Hurricane Dorian’s devas tation on Abaco and Grand Bahama.The body was ofﬁ cially established after the passing of the Disaster Reconstruction Authority Bill, 2019, which empow ered it to be responsible for management and over sight of reconstruction in disaster zones among other functions.

DISASTER RECONSTRUCTION

BAHAMAS Union of Teachers President Belinda Wilson expressed concern that many new teachers are still awaiting letters of con firmation and geographical posting allowances. She spoke about the situ ation when asked about the union’s assessment on the reopening of school. The union president noted the assessments are still ongoing.“Weare keeping a watch ful eye on TA Thompson Junior High, Government High, CH Reeves Jr High in particular. They had major works done that (are) incomplete. We expect that the campuses will be suita ble enough for teachers and students to occupy,” she told The Tribune yesterday. “If any campus is not conducive then the Minis try of Education will have to find alternative sites. As for health and safety, the Ministry of Education has stated that the health and safety protocols have not changed and we will be using those that presently exist.”MsWilson had previously noted the union’s concerns about the ongoing con struction on TA Thompson, Government High, CH Reeves, Sybil Strachanadding “works should be completed soon”. Works and Utilities Min ister Alfred Sears revealed the completion of school repairs, inclusive of capi tal works, throughout the country is projected to cost the government some $30m.Meanwhile, Ms Wilson revealed other issues the union“Wehas.are concerned that many of the new teachers are still awaiting letters and geographical posting allow ance. A lot of them are posted to Family Islands but unable to travel with out the funds needed for ticket, freight for their per sonal items to be shipped, security deposits for their utilities.”Thiscomes after Educa tion Minister Glenys Hanna Martin announced that her ministry has recruited more than 100 new teach ers to address shortages while safety in public school campuses is expected to be increased with a new train ing programme for security officers.Onthe teacher short age, the minister said the new recruits have vary ing specialties adding that additional recruitment is underway to meet scarcity subject areas and deficits in some schools.

The judge noted the woman claimed she “has felt like a rape victim during the ordeal of sexual intercourse with the respondent.”Whileshe granted the couple’s divorce and accepted the petitioner’s evidence, the judge said the issue raised by the parties of non-consensual and forced intercourse along with the word “rape” required the court to consider the term in context of Bahamian marriage laws. It was highlighted in the judgement the offence of rape is set out in section three of the Sexual Offences Act which states rape is the act of any person not under 14 years of age having sexual intercourse with another person who is not his spouse, without the con sent of that other person; without consent which has been extorted by threats or fear of bodily harm; with consent obtained by per sonating the spouse of that other person; with consent obtained by false and fraud ulent representation as to the nature and quality of theInact.response to the judge ment, Ms Wallace spoke about the issue regard ing the courts tackling the problem.“The current admin istration continues to demonstrate its disinter est in addressing the issue of marital rape, putting it off and explicitly stating that it is prioritising other issues. People in situations of vulnerability and press ing social and legal issues are being ignored,” she asserted.“Inthis case, we see that a woman was being repeat edly raped by her husband, and the court refuses to acknowledge it as rape, blaming it on the law and abdicating responsibility to use the law to protect human rights. The ruling refers to sex with a wife as a man’s ‘right,’ but does not reference the wife’s actual right to bodily autonomy or safety.“On August 20, at one of the sessions in our CEDAW (Convention) Speaker Series, committee member Rhoda Reddock focused on Article 5 of the Convention and Bahamian attorney and CEDAW committee member Marion Bethel joined her to talk about the ability of judges to use CEDAW, whether or not it has been domesticated by the state, and this has been done in other countries.

“It is clear that Chris tian values, morals, and whatever passes for love are not sufficient to ensure a safe, healthy environment or healthy relationships. We have come to depend on the law to distinguish between right and wrong, and on judges to interpret the law. Obviously, both need significant improvements, and it cannot wait.” Equality Bahamas con tinues to run the #Strike5ive campaign which advocates for the criminalisation of marital rape in the “most explicit way”. “The Sexual Offences Act needs to be amended to remove ‘who is not his spouse’ from the definition of rape in Section 3, Sec tion 15 must be repealed, we need a statutory defini tion of consent along with a clause of non-immunity on the basis of marriage, and there must be no tempo ral limitation,” Ms Wallace said.However, Dr Sandra Dean-Patterson, the direc tor of the Bahamas Crisis Centre, saw the judgment as a step in the right direc tion for “Well,progress.Iwould certainly applaud and commend the judge in that case for put ting the reality which is that rape in a marriage is not illegal, but that that behaviour is wrong and that behaviour needs to be addressed, and there needs to be consequences for it,” she“Andargued.so we definitely would commend her and support her with that. And you know, over the years, the Crisis Centre has talked about the violence that too many women live with in marriages and inti mate relationships and there should be recogni tion, the fact that that’s unacceptable. You know, marriage is not a license to beat or to rape. You know you don’t have the right to do that and you shouldn’t use marriage as cover or shelter for behaviour that’s wrong.”

AN activist said the current administration continues to demonstrate its disinterest in address ing the issue of marital rape by “putting it off” and explicitly stating that it is prioritising other issues. Alicia Wallace, direc tor of Equality Bahamas, told The Tribune yesterday that people in situations of vulnerability as well as pressing social and legal issues are being “ignored.” Her remarks came after Justice J Denise LewisJohnson handed down a ruling on August 29 involving a divorce case in which a woman claimed her husband would force intercourse and made her feel like a “rape victim” throughout their marriage. While ruling that the hus band was cruel for forcing his wife to have sex against her will on numerous occa sions, it was found that “there is no rape in mar riage” under Bahamian law.

also ordered that he report to Carmichael Station the last Sunday of every month. Should the accused breach these conditions, his bail will be cancelled and he will be placed on remand. Sands will return to court on November 24. He is rep resented by Ian Cargill.

‘In this case, we see that a woman was being repeatedly raped by her husband, and the court refuses to acknowledge it as rape, blaming it on the law and responsibilityabdicatingto use the law to protect human rights.’

Another man, Price Dean, 52, faced Magistrate Vogt-Evans on a charge of vehicular manslaughter in connection with the death of Winston Davis. Around 1.55am on June 8, according to police reports, Dean is said to have been driving the wrong way on Frederick Street while speeding in a red 2007 Toyota Passo. At the intersection onto Bay Street, Dean’s car alleg edly slammed into a white 2014 Honda Fit that had the green light travelling east. After the collision, the white Fit came to a stop on the northern sidewalk of Bay Street pinning the victim Davis under the car. While the Jaws of Life were deployed by rescue services to lift the vehicle, Davis would later be pronounced dead at the scene. Dean, who is still wearing a leg brace after the crash, was not required to enter a plea in court. He was granted $10,000 bail. Under the conditions of his bail Dean is expected to sign in at the Grove Police Station on the last Sunday of every month.Failure to comply with these terms would result in his bail being revoked and Dean being put in remand. Dean’s Voluntary Bill of Indictment is expected to be served on November 24. He was also represented by Mr Cargill.

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TEACHERS ‘STILL WAIT ON LETTERS AND FAMILY ISLAND PAYMENTS’

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“The public should also be advised that since it is known now that he has escaped, anyone assist ing him will be committing a criminal offence,” Mr Munroe said. When asked how the man escaped, Mr Munroe said that is still being investigated by the BDCS’ internal affairs department.Policereleased a wanted poster for Walker yester day, which lists his height as unknown and his build as slim.This is not the first time a prisoner has escaped custody.InJanuary 2019, then Minister of National Security Marvin Dames confirmed that a prisoner escaped BDCS on a Satur day, adding that the man was quickly captured and returned. The man’s iden tity was not released at the time.And in August 2018, an armed robbery convict was sentenced to three years after pleading guilty to a thwarted escape plot. Over a two-month period the man, Mario Taylor, 36, used steel from a bathroom to cut a hole in his cell’s ceiling. He was sentenced to three years for attempted escape and two years for causing damage to the prison.InJanuary 2006, a small group of prisoners carried out a deadly escape at Her Majesty’s Prison, as the facility was then known, that left one prison officer and an inmate dead. Convicted murderer Forrester Bowe staged an escape from the maximum security wing with con victed rapist Barry Parcoi, convicted murderer Neil Brown and convicted armed robber Corey Hepburn around 4am on January 17, 2006. Brown was shot dead during attempts to recap tureBowehim. and Parcoi were injured during the inci dent as well, but they were quickly captured by authorities.Hepburn escaped and led police on a two-week hunt before he was recaptured in an apartment building on CoralTheHarbour.menwere later found by the coroner in May 2006 to be jointly responsible for the killing of 13-year prison veteran Corporal Dion Bowles during their breakout.Bowewas found dead in his cell in October 2014. Meanwhile, investi gations into Walker’s whereabouts continue. Anyone with information should contact police at 502-9991/2.

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“All right-thinking Baha mians must wonder how the Prime Minister could actu ally admonish Bahamians to be frugal when he leads what is proving to be the most extravagant, partying government in the history of The Bahamas,” Mr Pin tard“Thissaid.is an administration that takes large contin gents on first class travel around the world. This is an administration that books expensive private jets. This is an administration that hired selected politi cal allies on extravagant contracts. This is an admin istration that throws lavish parties, events and celebra tions at every turn. “We demand that the Prime Minister lead by example and demon strate his commitment to frugality by immediately cutting down on the runa way spending that his government undertakes on a daily basis at the taxpayer expense,” Mr Pintard said. On Sunday, Mr Davis urged Bahamians to be frugal with their spending habits due to rising infla tion, saying it appears that the country is “in for a rough ride for another few months” based on the pre dictions of finance experts.

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FNM leader Michael Pintard.

THE Free National Movement says Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis can do much more to help Bahamians deal with inflation.Ina statement issued yesterday, FNM leader Michael Pintard said the government should cut the tax on gasoline at least until the end of the fiscal year; eliminate VAT on all breadbasket, medicines and baby items; suspend the VAT charges on a broad range of food sta ples outside of the listed breadbasket items at least until the end of the fiscal year; and expand social welfare vouchers to qualify ing Bahamian families that are targeted at support for food, rent, cooking gas, care for children and other key essentials.Healso suggested that the government should stop its plan to add VAT to expenses covered by medi calMrinsurance.Pintard said the suggested tax relief measures must be paid for through additional revenue measures or reduced spending. To cover the cut in gasoline tax and the elimination of VAT on essential items, the FNM calls on the government to put back in place the 12 percent VAT on real estate over $2 million adding that this tax cut has only ben efited wealthy Bahamians and“Theforeigners.government should also abandon its current illegal tax cut on yachts for theFurther,wealthy. the govern ment should eliminate the $4m increase in the inter national travel budget, radically reduce the $30m allocation for consultants, and scale back planned spending for events, entertainment and other non-essential items. “The Davis administra tion must give priority to helping struggling Baha mian families deal with inflation, instead of giving the tax breaks to their wealthy friends and back ers,” Mr Pintard said. His statement referred to Mr Davis’ recent comments regarding his “admitted inability in addressing infla tion” and his “hypocritical” calls for Bahamians to be frugal.While Mr Pintard said it is in each person’s best interest to manage their scarce resources wisely given the challenging eco nomic times, the Davis administration “lacks the moral authority to issue that guidance given their example of spending.”

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“One mechanism used to curb inflation is to reduce spending, but only to the point of not purchasing essential goods and ser vices and switching to cheaper substitutes. Any reduced spending, will lead to a corresponding decrease in employment and if prices do not come down it can lead to stag flation. That is where the economy becomes stag nant but inflation still abounds. Since most of the factors that are driv ing inflation are external to The Bahamas, the last thing the Davis govern ment needs to do is take drastic measures ad send the economy into reces sion. The circumstances are unusual because even though consumers in the US are cutting back and postponing the purchase of non essential items, the economy is still bustling. Not only are there still employment opportuni ties, but workers are now demanding and receiving record wages . Davis was right in advising consum ers to prepare for hard times because the eco nomic bubble can burst anytime.”DDKsaid: “Too bad that the Doc and his party did not practise what he now preaches when they were in power!”TalRussell said: “As to Dr. Duane as chairman, that’s best left as an inter nal matter of the red party’s members. But even if only 1% is competent ... Even during times of great infla tion ... Duane’s rated as a clear 99% improvement compared to the lackin’ in every corner competence of former charmer Carl - Yes?”Birdiestrachan said: “Dr sands wants Mr DAVIS JOB IT Seems he will do or say anything or do anything to get it doc remember Kay Forbes-Smith contact look it up.”But Rosiepi responded: “Really? You inferred this from Dr Sands’ remarks taking Davis to task for asking Bahamian to do as I say and not as I do? Promise to lower VAT by 2% all the while secretly planning to raise it on much needed commodi ties despite a crippling pandemic and the worst inflation in decades? “Davis and his crew of miscreants’ tactics are perfectly aligned with Augustus and the other Roman Emperors who placated and distracted the mob with games and cheap food and wine. Which of course came right right out of their mouths/taxes!”Hrysippus said: “If people would first; stop funding their various pas tors expensive lifestyle they would have 10% more to spend on food. sec ondly; stop optimistically giving millions of dollars every year to the gambling houses, and lastly avoid processed and takeout res taurant food. Make your own sandwiches for lunch.” After Minister of Social Services Obie Wilchcombe said that more will need help due to rising inflation, readers had their say. Tribanon said: “No Mr Wilchcombe. “More will need help due to” decades of government corruption sponsored by the greedy, incompetent, and totally useless likes of you. “Long before infla tion came along Mr Wilchcombe, you and your corrupt kind brought our country and its people to their“Mostknees.of us are not as stupid as you are Mr Wilch come. So I suggest you just shove your shameless lamebrain attempt to blame inflation for the pain and suffering many Bahamians are experiencing up your very own Godsonwazoo.”said: “NO Obie, more will need to be helped because our ruling and governing class have failed to ingrain into the sensibility of our people, HARD WORK with persistency.“Iwatched this Country turn into squadrons of beg gars from a once hospitable and thriving media.net.emailingwriteatinnegative“Don’tYearstryoverSpringsDaydeserve.toashesrejoicethatsandnantlygovernance“YES!ThemessengerBahamas.”added:fiftyyearsofgoodfrompredomiPillageLootPlunderlookcloselyatwheregottenus.Letusallinthesackclothandwe’vebeenreducedandundoubtedlyBut,it’saNewandastheysay,HopeEternal!!”Bonefishpetesaid:“LittleTenMonthsthecounwillbecelebrating50ofIndependence!hitmewiththemwaves.”•Haveyoursayonissuesthenews.Jointhedebatewww.tribune242.comortoourletterspagebyletters@tribune

REVELLERS throw tomatoes at each other during the annual “Tomatina”, tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol near Valencia, Spain, yesterday. The tomato fight took place once again following a two-year suspension owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

THE Biden administration hopes to make getting a COVID-19 booster as routine as going in for the yearly flu shot.That’s at the heart of its campaign to sell the newly authorised shot to an American public that has widely rejected COVID-19 boosters since they first became available last fall. Shots of the updated boosters, spe cifically designed by Pfizer and Moderna to respond to the omicron strain, could start within days. The US government has purchased 170 million doses and is emphasizing that everyone will have free access to the booster. White House COVID-19 coordina tor Dr Ashish Jha said this latest round of shots will offer protection during the busy cold and flu season, with the hope of transitioning people to get the vac cine yearly. Typically, at least half of US adults get a flu shot. “We expect them to provide more durable protection over time,” Jha said in an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press. “The goal very much is to get to a point where people get their COVID shot on a regular basis, the way they do their flu shot.”

Community health workers in North Carolina, home to the country’s lowest COVID-19 booster rate, like the strat egy, especially because of confusion among some people about vaccine schedules.“Ibelieve in keeping things simple,” said Marty Stamey, an outreach coor dinator for the Mountain Area Health Education Center in western North Car olina. “I’ve heard a lot of people say, ‘I think I’ll just wait and try to do it like the flu shots.’” The White House plan also relies in part of on local health departments, providers and community groups to reach out and encourage people to get the updated booster. Pharmacies, health providers and state or local health departments are preparing to send text messages to millions of people that will encourage them to get a booster this fall, White House offi cialsJhasaid.said he recommends most Amer icans get the booster by the end of October.Still,this latest vaccination campaign faces several challenges. A majority of Americans got their first and second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine when it was released last year but they’ve been more reluctant to get a booster jab, with less than half getting their first booster since it became avail able late last year. Congress also has not moved forward on President Joe Biden’s $22.5 billion request earlier this year for the COVID19 response. Republicans criticized the request, pointing to the $1.9 tril lion already spent on responding to the pandemic. Running short on funds, the government announced it would stop shipping COVID-19 tests to people’s homes after Friday. And COVID-19 funding is drying up for many of the community groups that received millions of federal tax dol lars to hire workers who spent months reaching deep into neighborhoods with door knocks, mobile vaccine clinics and posters encouraging people to inoculate againstWhiteCOVID-19.Houseofficials say those local leaders deserve a lot of credit for stamping out misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine and convincing many around the country that the shot will protect them. “Those are the really critical messen gers,” Jha said. That on-the-ground work has been crucial to getting people vaccinated in the rural, Spanish- and Haitian-speaking communities that the Migrant Clinicians Network has reached throughout Texas, California and Maryland with its $8.5 million federal grant. “Simply having the vaccines available is one thing, but getting the shots in the arms is another,” said Amy Liebman, a chief program officer for the nonprofit group.Some of those local health organiza tions, too, are now stretched as they work to get low vaccination rates among children under 12 up. Only a third of 5to 11-year-olds received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine since becoming eligible late last year. Meanwhile, just 7% of children under 5 have gotten a first dose since it was made available this summer.DrNiharika Khanna at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has just started making progress on convincing new mothers that the vaccine is safe and effective for their babies. Her program, which has hired more than 269 health workers and admin istered more than 12,000 vaccinations and boosters across Delaware, Mary land, Virginia and West Virginia, isn’t quite ready to transition back to pushing COVID-19 boosters. “All of these people, all of these rela tionships we’ve carefully cultivated are at risk for falling apart,” Khanna said. “Today if you were to say to me switch to booster, I’d say no. I need another two to three weeks to really get these people going.”

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AFTER FNM chairman Dr Duane Sands said that it was difficult to take Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis seriously on inflation when his administration is spending so much money, readers of www.tribune242. com added their voices to theObserverdebate. said: “If one were to follow the logic of Mr Sands, per the article, then part of the solution to the inflation issue is to stop eating and ignore the utili ties bills Tribanontoo.” countered: “Your unhelpful com parison of wastful and unnecessary government spending to the spend ing members of the public must need do in order to stay alive is not relevant to the discussion here. And even though certain Bahamians may indeed eat more than they should, your comparison still lacks relevancy.”Johnadded:

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PARTS of New Provi dence experienced power outages yesterday due to a partial system interrup tion at Bahamas Power and Light.Around 10.30am, BPL advised customers that its teams were working to restore power to the affected areas. Around half an hour later, power had been restored to sev eral areas such as Market Street north to Bay Street, Fort Charlotte, Blue Hill Road north and south. Other areas were restored between 11am and noon, with restoration continuing in impacted areas. The Tribune yesterday canvassed some local busi nesses that complained about the interrupted power service. An employee of Crave at Studio Deli revealed that during the outage, the business lost up to ten cus tomers because they were unable to prepare the food without“Well,electricity.wefunction solely on electricity so that means the bread couldn’t get toasted and meat couldn’t be warmed unless you fried it. We were unable to func tion properly for an hour and about fifteen minutes,” the worker said. The cafe worker said BPL should perform its opera tions when businesses are closed rather than disturb ing owners and employees. “You don’t know who you’re really affecting. It could be a food business, a law firm, or even a school. Everyone works during the day. I think that most of their work should be done after four or five o’clock when everyone goes home so it wouldn’t affect anyone.”Selena Sweeting, an owner of an Airbnb rental, expressed her displeasure about the power outage saying it was an inconven ience to her foreign guests. She noted her guests were confused when the outage happened.MsSweeting said: “It was very inconvenient espe cially since there was no announcement made to any type of outages so that we can prepare for it. Secondly, when you have guests, of course, they don’t under stand the power outages issue that we always experi ence over here.” She explained the outage not only impacted her busi ness but also affected her ten-year-old granddaughter who does online schooling from“Shehome.missed two classes and I myself was doing an online training course that I had to abandon, that I had paid for, so it’s very incon venient. Especially since Covid, there are a lot of people who now work from home,” she said. She said that more should be done to ensure persons have continuous power. Ms Sweeting added: “You’re (BPL) disconnect ing us for non-payment but why are we being discon nected for their inability to provide consistent ser vice, I think it’s rather disingenuous.”

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A MAN was sentenced to 13 months in prison yester day for stealing $2,500 cash from a woman’s purse. Ramech Russell, 30, faced Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans on charges of stealing and receiving. On August 27, Rus sell was caught on camera stealing $2,500 cash from Deandra Woodside’s purse while at her residence on John Road. After Ms Woodside in the secu rity footage identiﬁed the accused as one of her father’s employees, Rus sell was arrested and later admitted to the offence. Russell pleaded guilty to the stealing charge in court resulting in the receiving charge being withdrawn. Taking into considera tion his early plea of guilt, Magistrate Vogt-Evans convicted Russell for the offence and sentenced him to serve 13 months in the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS).The magistrate then informed the accused that she sentenced him on the basis that he is a repeat offender, further citing his previous convictions for shop-breaking and stealing. Before being taken into custody, the magistrate urged Russell to change his ways and to ﬁnd a trade while in RussellBDCS.has seven days in which to appeal the sentence.

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A MAN was remanded to the Bahamas Depart ment of Correctional Services yesterday after he was charged with trying to kill two men over the weekend.Allen McKin ney, 23, stood before Magistrate Shaka Serville on two counts of attempted murder.McKinney is accused of attempting to shoot and kill Reco Butler and Kwondrick Lowe on August 27. Due to the nature of the offence, McKinney was not required to enter a plea in court.He was informed that his case would proceed by way of a voluntary bill of indict mentMagistrate(VBI). Serville then told the accused that as magistrate he lacked the jurisdiction to grant him bail.As McKinney’s case will be before the Supreme Court, he will have to apply for his bail there.Until he is granted bail, the accused will be remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correc tionalMcKinney’sServices. VBI will be served on December 9.

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TWO FACE COURT OVER BAIL VIOLATIONS

MAN JAILED FOR STEALING $2,500

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TWO men were charged in Magistrate’s Court yesterday in sepa rate cases of bail violation for murder and attempted murder.James Johnson, 25, repre sented by attorney Audrey Bullard-Bonamy, faced Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans on charges of threats of death and three counts of violation of bail conditions.Johnson is accused of threatening to kill Corin Saunders on August 25 in Matthew Town, Inagua. The defendant is further charged with breaching the conditions of his Supreme Court bail for attempted murder and armed robbery. Johnson is said to have left his residence outside the bounds of his 9pm – 6am curfew on July 27 and 29 in New Providence. John son also reportedly failed to sign in at the Grove Police Station by 6pm on August 25, the same day he allegedly threatened Mr Saunders.Incourt, Johnson pleaded not guilty to all four charges against him. The prosecution then objected to the defendant’s bail application contending that with his history if he is granted bail, he is likely to reoffend during his release. Johnson’s counsel then cited the fact that her client has been on bail for four years in reference to his Supreme Court matter and has been wearing an elec tronic monitoring device during that time. While the defendant claimed that officers would not allow him to sign in at the station as he lacked the proper ID, the magistrate still denied him bail at this time.As such, Johnson will be remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correc tional Services (BDCS) until he returns to court for trial on November 2. The other man, Alexan der Roberts, 26, also faced Magistrate Vogt-Evans on five counts of violation of bailHeconditions.wasgranted bail after being charged in connec tion with the shooting death of Brandon Rolle at the Fish Fry on July 11, 2021. On July 25, and August 13, 16, 21, and 29, Roberts breached the conditions of his bail by leaving his resi dence outside the hours of his court imposed 9pm to 6am curfew. In court, Roberts pleaded guilty to all charges. In explaining his actions to the magistrate, he said he only breached his curfew to pick up his girlfriend from work as the sole licensed driver in their household. Roberts then asked for the court’s leniency.Magistrate Vogt-Evans accepted the defendant’s guilty plea and convicted him for the offence. As such he was sentenced to one year at BDCS for all charges to be served concurrently.Roberts is further expected to pay a $2,500 fine or risk an additional six months in custody. The defendant has the right to appeal sentencing within seven days.

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Many men around the world are wearing ties much less. The Speaker of the lower house of the Aus tralian Parliament recently ruled that male members need no longer wear a tie with their Parliamentsjacket.make their own rules on appropri ate attire for members. It is time for The Bahamas Parliament to allow male members to wear appro priate long sleeve, cuffed guayaberas in Parliament. This could lead to more Bahamian men wearing formal and appropriate guayaberas daily in office settings.Ithas become swelter ingly ridiculous to see men in 90-degree weather going to work in coats and ties, while sweating profusely. More schools might move toward the guayabera as the uniform for boys, ditch ing the tie year-round and not just during warmer months.Imagine cabinet meetings during which most mem bers and officials were now wearing guayaberas. Any thing to cool the passions of sometimes hot-underthe-collar politicians and executives would be wel comed by most Bahamians. In addition to commer cial benefits, the wearing of guayaberas by more men on more occasions might offer Bahamians a greater sensitivity about our ties to our region. Shirts embroi dered with Bahamian designs could be sold to tourists and given as gifts to visiting diplomats and guests.These guayaberas, long and short sleeve, may come in an archipelago of colours of the land and sea, includ ing colours derived from pulp of the guinep, the juicy inside of a Bahamian guava or mango, the shell of a cooked crawfish, the many shades of jade and aqua of our waters, and others from our palette of flora. Further, as the climate continues to warm and energy costs continue to rise, the Government of The Bahamas should move to a full fleet of electric cars.Though there are already hybrids and some elec tric cars in the fleet, the Government can decrease its huge gas bill and dem onstrate its commitment to reducing carbon emis sions by setting targets for moving to a full elec tric fleet throughout the country.Moreover, why are we still buying black or darker coloured cars for cabinet ministers, permanent sec retaries and other senior officials in a tropical Baha mas? In Australia, the prime minister’s official car is white.The fashion we wear and the objects of daily life demonstrate our conscious ness and sense of the times, especially certain signs of the times, like climate change.Inpromoting more cli mate-appropriate fashions and modes of transporta tion, we might design and offer to ourselves a pow erful cultural cum fashion statement about a more sustainable and environ mentally conscious future.

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IN The Bahamas and Jamaica, we call it the bush jacket. In the Dominican Republic it is commonly known as the chacabana shirt. In Haiti, it is some times called the guyabel, while in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana, it is often referred to as the shirt-jac.Butthroughout much of Latin America, especially in Cuba and Mexico, where the history and fashion of the shirt are mostly derived, it is known as the guayabera. While the origin of the name is debated, one storyline sug gests that it is derived from the Spanish word, “guay aba” or Distinguished“guava”. by its “two vertical stripes of pleating and/or embroidery” on the front and a bottom straight cut, [the guayabera is one of] the most iconic piece[s] of clothing associated with the cultural life of Latin American and Caribbean populations worldwide.” The shirt is worn outside of theThepants.pleats of the guaya bera run the length of the front and back of the shirt, which is typically made of cotton, linen or silk. Some shirts have two pleats in the front and one in the back. Many of the shirts, though not all, have four front pockets. Nowadays, many of the more dressed guayaberas are sans pock ets. There are long and short sleeve shirts, with the latter,Thoughcuffed.initially designed for men, there are female versions, and even miniature shirts designed for stuffed animals, like Teddy Bears. Though the shirt was tradi tionally white or pastel, they are available in a rainbow of colours, often with elabo rate embroidery. In Mexico, black guayaberas, adorned with colourful embroidered flowers and French cuffs are popular as formal wear for some occasions. In 2019, Cuba reinstated the shirt as its “official formal dress garment”. Guayaberas are formal wear for offices and special occasions through much of Latin and Central America and the Caribbean. In Belize, which has been described as “the Carib bean beat in the heart of Central America”, the guayabera is formal wear for offices, including gov ernment offices. It is worn by members of the House of Representatives during sittings and by the prime minister and cabinet min isters on a daily basis, including for state occasions. Some Belizeans have their long sleeve guayaberas tailored, sometimes with intricate patterns, includ ing Mayan symbolism. Such shirts, pun intended, can cost a pretty penny. In the Americas, the shirts are found at mass market stores as well as in high-end shops, including in Florida where a gentleman may have his shirts crafted by expert Cuban tailors.

There are many threads to weave to recount the his tory of the guayabera. Some suggest that the original design was derived from the lace-like white Philippine barong tagalog, making its way from that country to the Americas, specifically Aca pulco, Mexico, and to Cuba. Others dispute that connection, noting the differences in the shirts. Another narrative is that the shirt was popularised in Cuba, resembling uni forms worn by Spanish and Cuban soldiers, while “other sources describe its use in the countryside by Cuban landowners and fieldworkers”.Justasthere is a rich social history to the shirt, there is also a more modern history. Mexican and Cuban leaders wore the guayabera as both a fashion and politi cal statement, donning the shirts instead of a coat and tie, which they believed were too colonial. The design and produc tion of the shirts provided domestic sources of work, income and industry, uncontrolled by First World corporations and manufac turers. Wearing a guayabera was also more practical in warmer climates. The guayabera was worn by leaders and activists such as Cesar Chavez, Fidel Castro, Belizean Founding Father George Price, and Jamaican Prime Minister Michael“ManleyManley. specifi cally advocated for the guayabera as an anti-colo nialist mode of dress, and conversely the shirt was later banned in Parlia ment by the conservative Jamaica Labour Party.” Though the shirt was a symbol in some leftist quarters, its practical ity and cultural roots and resonance led to the future!aguayaberanomiccreativeandoccasion.eralnumberprimeevents.variousinworeEdmundfounderentedBethel,torthebytheeasywear,bera,introductioncoatliketeachers.BahamiangiousforshirtwearingIndies,thethewidespreadwearinggenerationBahamianssibilitiesdesignTheothercansandmarkets,arrayuitous,guayabera,leadingofheritage.richmatelyingYucatanatopthebetweeninbetweenandinsula.itsgins,socialnicitiespoliticalnowCaribbean,LatinguayaberadispersionwidespreadofthethroughoutAmericaandthewiththeshirtwornbypeopleofallpersuasions,ethandeconomicandcircumstances.WhateverthehistoricoritheguayaberamadewaytotheYucatanpenThereisatexturedinterwovenhistoryMexicoandCubageneral,andinparticularCubaandMerida,capitaloftheYucatan,thenorthernendofthePeninsulaadjointheGulfofMexico.Merida,acityofapproxi900,000,enjoysaMayanandcolonialToday,itisonetheworld’scapitalsandproducersofthewhichareubiqwithadazzlingofshirtsavailableindepartmentstoresboutiqueshops.ThereismuchthatMexiandCubanscanteachcountries,includingBahamas,abouttheandcommercialposoftheguayabera.ofacertainmayrecallthattheshirtbecameinthe1970s.Bahamiansstudyinginregion,includingatUniversityoftheWestreturnedhomebushjackets.Thebecamedailywearmanypriestsandreliministers,aswellasandWestIndianManymen,whodidnottherestrictionsoftheandtie,welcomedtheoftheguayawhichwascoolertolessexpensiveandtomaintain.ThebushjacketwassignatureshirtwornculturalgiantslikecomposerandDirecofCulture,EClementandthemultitalculturaladvocateandofJumbeyVillage,Moxey.Scoresofmenandboystheshirttochurch,someofficesandatsocialandspecialEveryBahamianministerandagoodofgovernorsgenhaveworntheshirtonAmidstclimatechange,agreaterfocusontheeconomyandecodiversification,theshouldhavepromisingandbright

The guayabera has gone global, with a more diverse customer base, and may be found online and in boutique and department stores. “Fashion designers are introducing new fabric types and styles, as well as new imaginative designs.”

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concept that generally still makes Americans cringe. An influential Democratic senator proudly proclaims that he is a socialist, and he has accumulated a lot of political power in his party. National insurance is called social security in the U.S. Like in The Bahamas, it’s supposed to provide a reliable government-man aged pension scheme that can cushion the economic vagaries of retirement for workers. But if you ask almost any American under the age of 30, they’ll tell you they have no realistic expectation that they’ll ever collect a dime from Social Security. They all think that the system will be broke and broken by the time they are eligible for benefits. The money that is taken out of their paychecks every month goes to support their parents and even grandpar ents. Few say they believe anything will be left for them 40 or 50 years hence. Many people will eventu ally blame this year’s lavish government spending and the rising national debt for deficiencies in basic safety net programmes like social security. But the Democrats are positively proud of all that government spending. For them, it is something to boastTheyabout.hope it will carry them to victory in November.TheDems don’t look too good on education either. Tethered as they continue to be to the powerful National Education Association’s public school teachers’ union, the Democrats often oppose innovation and new ideas like charter schools, even when they appear to raise standards and results in some of the poorest and least well-served of Ameri can school districts. Most American employ ers well recall the last year as one of their most frus trating, and a big reason is the big federal govern ment handouts to most Americans.Designed to help voters weather the storms of the COVID pandemic, severe recession and the shut tering or scaling-back of countless small businesses, these payments also had the effect of persuading millions of workers that when the economic climate improved, they could make more money by eschewing a return to the work force and simply sitting at home on the sofa, watching tel evision and cashing their government cheques. Why work when the government would pay you for not doing so?Government spend ing seems out of control. Schools and education policy are a mess. Real socialist ideas have entered the Ameri can political mainstream, like free community col lege education. It isn’t too unreasonable to anticipate that any independent voter might recoil at this cocktail of policies.Sowhat are the supposed forty percent of Americans supposed to do about this? What should they think? For these millions of undecided citizens, the sad, dispiriting state of policy options and the legislative decisions of both major political parties may well lead undecided voters to either vote for candidates they personally dislike least or simply not vote at all. We’re not seeing democ racy’s finest hour in America right now.

ACCORDINGto the venerable Gallup Poll, over the past two years, forty percent of surveyed voters have con sistently identified their political affiliation as “inde pendent.” Roughly thirty percent said they were Republicans and a similar percentage declared them selves to be Democrats. Are two Americans out of every five who vote really independent? We rarely hear a word from any of these millions of suppos edly lives;mentbudget;suchGOPsympatheticcies,abouttalkingday?twosatisfiedmakeHowtheseunpalatablephiesoptions,chooseundecidedataren’tofmostthem.ington?dininarefantasymajorseekvoters.independent-thinkingAssumingthattheythebestfromthetwopartiesinakindofcompromise,wheretheirvoicestobeheardthedeafeningpartisannowrampantinWashIt’shardtonoticeTheguesshereisthatofthosefortypercent“independent”votersreallyindependentall.Morelikely,they’reabouthowtobetweentwoflawedtwoflawedphilosoandtwosetsofoftencandidates.Let’ssayyou’reoneofundecidedvoters.intheworlddoyouachoicethatyouarewithbetweentheoptionsonelectionIfyouheardyourparentsatthedinnertableRepublicanpoliyoumayfindyouaretotraditionalgoalsandvaluesasabalancedfederalreducedgoverninfluenceonpeoples’lowertaxes;strong

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GORBACHEV died in Moscow on Tuesday. This veteran Communist operative, 91, rose through party ranks to become General Secretary of the Commu nist Party of the USSR over the course of a relentlessly upward-directed career span ning nearly 40 years. He was the last president of the USSR for six years from 1985 – 1991, and some historians have described Gorbachev as the most consequential political ﬁgure of the last half of the 20th Century. He implemented policies in Moscow designed to restructure a Soviet economy sagging under the immense weight of a hopeless arms competition with Ronald Reagan’s defense-happy United States. He sought an openness in Russian society that permitted freedoms hardly experienced by most Soviet citizens at any point in their Gorbachev’slives.reward for this ambitious, courageous creativity? The USSR lost the Cold War to the U.S. It lost virtually all of its non-Russian speaking empire as over a dozen newly independent nations rose from the Soviet ruins. Russians experienced some of the beneﬁts of a com paratively free-market economy in the 1990’s, but by the end of the decade, they found themselves back in a historically familiar position under the political yoke of a powerful autocrat. That autocrat was, and is, Vladimir Putin. And his Ukraine war shows that the Russians, like the Americans and others, simply cannot compel themselves to apply the lessons of their own political and mili taryObservingpast. the current direction of his beloved Russia, Gorbachev could hardly have passed away peacefully.

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military strength to deter foreign adventurism that can lead to wars; generally restrained social welfare spending; a broadly tradi tional approach to faith and organized religion, and a reverence for individualism. You would not recognize today’s Republican Party. Over the course of the past fifty years, the GOP has lost its allegiance to the “sen sible, practical” politics of such now-ancient figures as former New York gov ernor Nelson Rockefeller and Mitt Romney’s father and former Michigan gov ernor George Romney. No one in the public discourse even mentions these two anymore.Largely forgotten with them are the politics of Republican moderation. Why? For starters, you simply can’t get elected that way now. Look at what hap pened to Liz Cheney in her Wyoming primary election earlier this month. She got swamped by 113,000 votes to 49,000 in a state that has been almost a political fief dom of her family for over fifty years. While no one paying attention would assert that Ms. Cheney is a Rockefeller-type moderate Republican, she looks posi tively sensible compared to the election-denier that routed her and will win easy election to the House of Representatives in November.“Peoplewho should know better are making a hero of Liz Cheney, whose policies are largely inherited from her famous father,” one pundit wrote. “Those poli cies helped drive the U.S. into the ditch in Iraq, and tilted government influence so profoundly toward wealthy, shadowy elites and sinister corporations that the once-proud Republican Party now can claim only to represent white people who have come to fear the consequences of their dem ocratic form of government and, in their resulting des peration, follow the lead of cynical plutocrats seeking only to enlarge their per sonal izedwayforing?brighteconomy,sayingforInflationsomewhat,pricesisthinkclaims,counting.itbunchthisallhumankind.tionshiphealthy,mankind’shailedcontrolmitigationrangingsummer.Senatetisanenactedofaboutbeenbetter?there’sacterization?voterWouldfortunes.”anindependentdisputethatcharMaybe.Butsometruthinit.AretheDemocratsanyPartyleadershaveboastingforweeksJoeBiden’scollection“landmarklegislation”withnarrow,parmajoritiesinboththeandtheHousethisAchievementsfromclimatechangetomodestgunmeasuresarebeingasmajoradvancesinpursuitofamoresustainablerelawiththeearthandIt’shardtokeeptrackofthegovernmentspendingcurrentCongressionalhasauthorized,butexceeds$10trillionandDespiteBiden’smostAmericansthenation’seconomyinarutandwhilegasarestartingtoebbthey’restillhigh.isabigconcernmostvoters.Astheoldgoes,“It’sstillthestupid.”Whataretheparty’syoungleaderspushHowaboutMedicareall,whichisjustanothertodescribesocialmedicine,andthatisa

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PALIN LOSES OUT IN ALASKA HOUSE ELECTION

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DEMOCRAT Mary Pel tola won the special election for Alaska’s only US House seat on Wednesday, besting a field that included Repub lican Sarah Palin, who was seeking a political come back in the state where she was once Peltola,governor.whois Yup’ik and turned 49 on Wednes day, will become the first Alaska Native to serve in the House and the first woman to hold the seat. She will serve the remaining months of the late Repub lican US Rep Don Young’s term. Young held the seat for 49 years before his death in March. “I don’t think there will be another birthday like today,” Peltola said. “Really I’m just so grate ful to Alaskans and all the Alaskans who put their faith in me to fill out the remainder of Congress man Young’s term,” she said in an interview. “My desire is to follow in Con gressman Young’s legacy of representing all Alaskans, and I’m just looking for ward to getting to work.” Peltola ran as a coali tion builder while her two Republican oppo nents — Palin and Begich’s grandson, also named Nick Begich — at times went after each other. Palin also railed against the ranked voting system, which was instituted by Alaska voters. All three - Peltola, Palin and Begich - are candidates in the November general elec tion, seeking a two-year term that would start in January.

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“Based on the disinfor mation and lies fabricated by anti-China forces and out of presumption of guilt, the so-called ‘assessment’ distorts China’s laws, wan tonly smears and slanders China, and interferes in China’s internal affairs,” read a letter from Chi na’s diplomatic mission in Geneva issued in response to the UN report. China released a 122page report titled “Fight Against Terrorism and Extremism in Xinjiang: Truth and Facts” that defended its record and was distributed by the UN with itsTheassessment.UN report says “serious human rights viola tions” have been committed in Xinjiang under China’s policies to ﬁght terrorism and extremism, which sin gled out Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim communities, between 2017 andThe2019.report cites “patterns of torture” inside what Beijing called vocational training centers, which were part of its reputed plan to boost economic develop ment in region, and it points to “credible” allegations of torture or ill-treatment, including cases of sexual violence.

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AssociatedGENEVA Press CHINA’S discrimina tory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the west ern region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the UN human rights office said in a longawaited report yesterday, which cited “serious” rights violations and patterns of torture in recent years. The report seeks “urgent attention” from the UN and the world community to rights violations in Bei jing’s campaign to root out terrorism.UNhuman rights chief Michelle Bachelet, facing pressure on both sides, brushed aside multiple Chi nese calls for her office to withhold the report, which follows her own, muchcriticised trip to Xinjiang in May. Beijing contends the report is part of a Western campaign to smear China’s reputation.Thereport has fanned a tug-of-war for diplo matic influence with the West over the rights of the region’s native Uyghurs and other ethnic groups. The report, which West ern diplomats and UN officials said had been all but ready for months, was published with just minutes to go in Bachelet’s four-year term. It was unexpected to break significant new ground beyond sweeping findings from researchers, advocacy groups and journalists who have docu mented concerns about human rights in Xinjiang for several years. But the 48-page report comes with the imprima tur of the United Nations and its member countries — notably including rising superpower China itself. The report largely cor roborates earlier reporting by advocacy groups and others and injects UN heft behind the outrage that vic tims and their families have expressed about China’s policies in “Beijing’sXinjiang.repeated denial of the human rights crisis in Xinjiang rings ever-more hollow with this further recognition of the evidence of ongoing crimes against humanity and other human rights violation in the region,” Agnes Callamard, Amnesty in“peoplements”humantheamongthechilltheworldChina’sreleasestatement.secretary-general,International’ssaidinaTherun-uptothereport’sfueledadebateoverinfluenceatthebodyandepitomizedon-and-offdiplomaticbetweenBeijingandWestoverhumanrights,othersorespots.Chinashotback,sayingUNrightsofficeignoredrights“achievemadetogetherbyofallethnicgroupsXinjiang”.

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Instead, we read about a rebellious people who are so stubborn that they miss the amazing oppor tunity of watching God work on their behalf and being delivered from hard ship and oppression: “But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels. O that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways! Then I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes. Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, and their doom would last forever. I would feed REV ANGELA

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Choice between false and true religion

The collect or prayer for Sunday past speaks of our desire for God to “increase in us true religion.” We talk about being sincere rather than hypocritical, to have an authentic faith and not merely offering lip service to God. Let us explore what the differences are. In Jeremiah 2:5, 7-8,11-13 we are given a clear picture of the “Thuscontrast:says the Lord: What wrong did your ancestors find in me that they went far from me and went after worthless things and became worthless themselves?... But when you entered you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination. The priests did not say, “Where is the Lord?” Those who handle the law did not know me; the rulers transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after things that do notHasprofit…anation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for something that does not profit. Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked; be utterly desolate, says the Lord, for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the foun tain of living water, and dug out cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns that can hold no water.” What they should have been doing was worship ping God with inexpressible gratitude:“They did not say, “Where is the Lord, who brought us up from the land of whoEgypt,led us in the wilder ness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that no one passes through, where no one lives?” I brought you into a plentiful land to eat its fruits and its good things.” In Psalm 81: 1, 10, the Psalmist sets the tone of our understanding of true reli gion and speaks on behalf of God: “Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob”… I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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CHOICE BETWEEN FALSE AND TRUE RELI ION FROM PAGE 11 ST AMBROSE AN LICAN CHURCH HOSTS BACK TO SCHOOL SUNDAY

BISHOP Patrick L Wooden calls the song 'Church Girl' blasphe mous.

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On Sunday, August 28, the Church of St Ambrose was a beehive of activity, with droves of students decked out in their new nicely pressed school uniforms. The rector, Father Chester Burton, and his assistant priest, Archdeacon James Palacious were able to sit back and relax as the young sters whose task it was to pontificate, challenged their fellow students on the upcoming school year. During the 9am Eucharistic Celebra tion, the congregation heard from various young people, the Parish's Sunday School Superintendent Leja Burrows and present Primary School Principal Cozetta John son, who encouraged the kids to excel this new school semester. The speakers emphasised some requirements that would be useful for all school-aged individuals. Firstly, students should be prepared for every school day carrying the necessary tools – pens, pen cils, books and required items for the regular school. Secondly, they should keep the necessary handouts, papers and assignments in separate folders. Thirdly, the students should be willing to work hard and give it their all. Fourthly, they were encouraged to ask questions when they don't understand something. Fifthly, they should complete all homework assign ments to garner exceptional grades that will help them obtain a good GPA at the end of the term. And finally, they should be responsible and conscientious in asking about any assignment they missed while out sick or unable to attend school. Students, the speakers said, should foster healthy lifestyles in terms of eating a healthy breakfast and a balanced lunch. They were told to be respectful to the prin cipal, administrative staff and homeroom teachers and support staff, maintaining a positive attitude every single day. The youngsters were also told that the most important tool is putting God first in all things, as the old Sunday School song states, "Read your Bible and pray every day and you will grow.”

Grammy Award-win ning gospel artist CeCe Winans will take the stage this evening as the headliner of the National Hurricane Dorian Memo rial Concert Series. The gospel concert will be held at Baha Mar and is expected to feature other prominent local acts includ ing the Dorian Memorial Mass Choir and others. The concert is being sponsored by the private sector. A second concert will also take place in Grand Bahama on Satur day, September 3, and a third on Abaco the follow ingTheday.musical performance is being held to mark the deadliest natural disaster to take place in the Baha mas and honour the lives of those that have been lost. Bahamians are encour aged to pause and reﬂect on those that were impacted by the deadly storm in Sep tember 2019. People are also encouraged to donate to the Courage to Rebuild Fund. All proceeds from the event will go to nonproﬁt organisations in Grand Bahama and Abaco. CeCe Winans is expected to perform her chart-top ping gospel hit “Goodness of DorianGod”. Memorial Week takes place August 26 to September 4. It observes the third anniversary of Hurricane Dorian making landfall.Thetheme for Dorian Week is “The Courage to Rebuild.”

However, Clark sisters Twinkie and Dorinda both spoke out in Beyoncé’s defence.“Y’all leave Beyoncé alone. Leave her alone. As long as she got something in there, that’s all right. Amen,” said Dorinda in a sermon, while Twinkie took to social media to send a thank you to Beyoncé for using the sample. “There is a line in a song I wrote that Beyoncé included in her new song ‘Church Girl’ that says centre of thy will. That means I want to be in the will of God. Thanks, Beyoncé, for listening to my music, and I hope it blesses your soul,” said Twinkie. R&B singer Tank also came to Beyoncé’s defence. In a video he posted, he started off with the Bible verse Roman’s 10:9-10 which says “thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”“Who are you, you Pastor, to question the sal vation of Beyoncé? Who gives you the authority and that right to question what she believes, what she has confessed with her mouth and what she believes in her heart because of a song. It seems as if you don’t know or haven’t been told that twerking is not only in the streets. Church girls twerk. I am just trying to make you understand that what ever world you are living in that seems to be above us, it’s not a real one of judg ment that you have casted, assuming that this woman has sold her soul to the devil, immediately con demning her to hell. Where did you ﬁnd this position, who gave you God’s posi tion,” said Tank in the video.Gospel singer Deitrick Haddon added: “Let Beyoncé make her song for her audience and you make your gospel song for your audience. Then mind your own business and let God be God. If you have a problem or a concern about Beyoncé, just pray for her strength.”Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Lawson, reposted Deitrick’s message on Instagram, saying he had some words “for the hypocrites, the selfrighteous, the fake holy”.

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Other memorial activities planned included social outreach events and a weather symposium on Abaco, hosted by media personalities and Bishop Silbert Mills. Talk shows were asked to focus on Dorian and reach out to mental health experts to help those still grieving to cope.Today September 1, is Remembrance Day and an ofﬁcial memorial service will take place in Abaco, including a wreath-laying ceremony. Flags also will be ﬂown at half-mast. Dorian pins will be sold to com mentate the Tomorrow,victims.September 2, another memorial concert will be held at the New Life Worship Centre in Grand Bahama, featuring local gospel artists. Businesses also will be asked to offer special rates, discounts or initiatives.Thenext day, a memo rial concert at Friendship Tabernacle in Abaco will be held.Finally, on Sunday, Sep tember 4, a memorial service will take place at Jubilee Cathedral in Grand Bahama, followed by three wreath-laying ceremonies at the new monuments erected on the island. The Courage to Rebuild fund was created in an effort to assist in the rebuilding and relief for residents of Grand Bahama andDonationsAbaco. can be made on Aliv’s online freeSeptembertogetherbahamas.com,platform,on1.Theconcertswillalsobeofcharge.

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Beyoncé always makes headlines when she drops a new album; there is always praise and criticism in equal measure, it seems. Last month, she released her seventh studio album, a dance, disco and house music inﬂuenced album calledAndRenaissance.whilemost people are simply working out to the tracks, dancing at home or in the club, or simply bopping to the music in their cars, one song has grabbed the attention of Christians and faith leaders. The song is called “Church Girl”.Bishop Patrick L Wooden Sr, a prominent pastor of the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina, referred to the song quite bluntly as “a piece of trash.” “We are called to speak up. We are called to say something. Beyoncé just released sacrilege. The only (way) I can account for some of this stuff is some body done sold their soul to the devil. Now, all I can say to you is this: when you sell your soul to the devil, you get the short end of the stick. Because you’re not going to live but so long. And when you leave here, where you’re going, you’re going to be there forever. So, it’s not a good deal,” said Bishop Wooden. On the “Church Girl” track, Beyoncé sings: “I’ll drop it like a thotty, drop it like a thotty. I said, now pop it like a thotty, pop it like a thotty (you bad). Church girls actin’ loose, bad girls actin’ snotty (you bad).“Let it go, girl (let it go), let it out, girl (let it out). Twerk that a** like you came up out the South, girl (ooh, ooh). I said, now drop it like a thotty, drop it like a thotty (you bad). Bad girl actin’ naughty, church girl, don’t hurt nobody.” Bishop Wooden said he considered reading the lyrics out loud to the con gregation, but he struggled to listen to the song as the words were “too bad.” He said the new song is not for public consumption, and recommended that parents not let their kids listen to the song either.

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you with the finest of the heat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” In Luke 14:1, 7-14, Jesus teaches about the principle of humility and offers the illustration of not seat ing oneself in a place of honour at a banquet, only to be relocated when someone more important arrives. He also shares the lesson of gener osity to those who cannot repay. These sentiments are captured in the complete Collect mentioned ear lier: “Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: graft in our hearts , the love of Your Name; increase in us true religion, nourish us with all good ness; and bring forth in us the fruit of good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.” If you still are not sure of the definition of true religion, consider this passage from the letter to the Hebrews, chapter 13 verses 1-8 and 15-16, titled “Service Well-Pleas ing to God: “Let mutual affection continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them, those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he himself has said, ‘I will never leave you or forsake you.’ So we can say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?’ Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; con sider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever... Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.”As you meditate on these pas sages, ask yourself questions about your position on all of these topics, examining your conscience to see where you need to pray for an increase in true religion.

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On “Church Girl”, Beyoncé samples the song “Centre of Thy Will” by the gospel group The Clark Sis ters, which is made of ﬁve siblings.“It’sthe worst. And to sample the song of a real church lady, Twinkie Clark. I don’t know whether she (Twinkie) knew what she (Beyoncé) was going to do with the song or not, but she knows she’s not saved. I don’t talk about anything that’s not public; anything that is public is fair game,” said Bishop Wooden. “I pray to God that a stiff denunciation of what she did with that song is put out. It shows that we are not speaking up. Don’t nobody respect the church, the world don’t respect the church. What’s sad is this, there will be church people who will defend it. Let me tell you something I am not bothered by those who defend that kind of garbage, I am bothered by those who say nothing.”

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FIVE members of team Bahamas were in action yes terday on day two of the 8th FINA (International Swim ming Federation) World Junior Championships at the Videna Aquatics Center in Lima, Peru. Nigel Forbes and Erald Thompson III got things started for The Bahamas in the 200m individual medley (IM).Forbes ﬁnished sev enth in heat four in 2:12.83

Sun earned the split on the road with a game one win, but followed with an 85-77 loss in game two last night at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Jones finished with a game-high 23 points, seven rebounds, two blocks and three assists in just over 29 minutes. She shot 10-17 from the field and 2-4 from beyond the arc. Jones was one of just two Sun players to score in double figures as the offence struggled for much

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MIKE Strachan suc cessfully overcame an offseason injury and a late start to training camp to make the Indianapolis Colts’ opening day roster for the second consecutive season.The Colts released its initial 53-man roster just ahead of Tuesday after noon’s deadline and Strachan was listed as one of six wide receivers on the depthAfterchart.nearly three weeks on the PUP list, Strachan returned to the practice field and had enough of an impact to return to the roster for his second cam paign with the club. “I had to embrace it. I couldn’t be out there physi cally but mentally I was there. I had to stay engaged in the game plan, stay in the books, keep push ing, keep encouraging my teammates but I embraced it and made the best of it,” Strachan told the Blue Stable at training camp. “For me, it was just fin ishing camp strong. Being able to put whatever I can on tape for the team, make some plays for the team, and let everything else take care of itself.” The second year wideout finished his two presea son appearances with four receptions for 56 yards and a touchdown.Four-year veteran Michael Pittman Jr leads a young wide receiver corps that also includes, Strachan, Parris Camp bell, rookie Alec Pierce, Ashton Dulin and Dezmon Patmon. “I love this group. I feel like we have a better group than what people think. With this group we have different guys who can do a lot of different things,” Strachan said. “We have bigger receivers like Pittman, Dez, and I, we have shorter speedy receiv ers like Parris. We have alot of different guys that can do different things so I feel like we can be better than what people think, I feel like we can be the best.”The Colts will open the 2022 regular season on the road against the Houston Texans, with that Week 1 game at NRG Stadium scheduled for 1pm ET on September 11. The game will be televised by CBS. Strachan said he looks forward to working along side Colts iconic wide receiver Reggie Wayne who joined the staff in the offseason as the position coach.“It’s great having him, he’s been such a tremen dous addition to this team and he’s taken us to another level and I love having him as our coach,” Strachan said. “He’s able to break things down in detail, show me different ways I can improve and it’s a blessing havingPriorhim.”tojoining the staff, Wayne raved about Stra chan’s size, speed, route running, and skillset last year as a rookie.

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standout performance last training camp led the seventh round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft to a spot on the 53-man opening day roster. He began the year with appearances in the first two games of the regular season but played sparingly for the remainder of the campaign. In week one, he finished with two catches for 26 yards in the Colts’ 28-16 loss to the Seattle Sea hawks. Strachan was on the field for 18 snaps and was targeted three times - a higher rate than any other receiver in the lineup.

ERLING Haaland is taking English soccer by storm.Back-to-back hat tricks. Nine goals in five games. No player has ever made as good a start to the Premier League as the towering NorwayHaaland’sstriker.latest threegoal haul came in the first half of City’s 6-0 thrash ing of Nottingham Forest yesterday, three days after achieving the same feat in the second half against Crystal Palace. City was banking on Haaland being the heir to long-time striker Sergio Aguero and it’s already looking as if that is the case. Aguero previously held the record for most goals in a player’s first five Premier League appearances, with eight along with former Coventry striker Mick Quinn (from the early 1990s). Haaland has bet tered that, and surely more scoring records will fall if he continues like this. For example, can he become the first player to score 40 goals in a single top-flight campaign in Eng land since Tottenham’s Jimmy Greaves in 1960-61? “What Haaland wants is to win titles,” Guardiola said of the striker who scored with his left foot, right foot and head against Forest. “Knowing him, he would not be happy to break records if we don’t win“Sergiotitles. is a legend — no one can break his position in the hearts of Man City fans. But Erling has the quality to be there.” City is the red-hot favourite to win the Pre mier League again with Haaland leading the line and is unbeaten with four wins from five games. Even its back-up striker is scoring, with Julian Alva rez — an offseason arrival from River Plate — mark ing his first start with two goals in the second half.

NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams eliminated No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2 in the US Open’s second round last night to ensure that the 23-time Grand Slam cham pion will play at least one more singles match at what she’s hinted will be the last tournament of her illustri ousThecareer.40-year-old Williams was again buoyed by a loud crowd at a full Arthur Ashe Stadium, just as she was in the ﬁrst round two days earlier.Shehit serves at up to 119 mph, stayed with Kontaveit during lengthy exchanges of big swings from the base lines and conjured up some of her trademark brilliance when it was needed most. After pulling out a tight ﬁrst set, then faltering a bit in the second, Williams headed to the locker room for a bit of a break before theSomethingthird. had to give, someone had to blink. When they resumed, it was Williams who lifted her level and emerged as the better player. Just as she’s done, so many times on so many stages, with so much at stake.The six-time champion at Flushing Meadows will play Friday for a spot in the fourth round. Her opponent will be Ajla Tomljanovic, a 29-year-old Australian.

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Joao Cancelo also scored with a blast from outside theStill,box. the champions aren’t top. That honour remains with Arsenal. PERFECT START Arsenal has matched its best ever start to a Premier League season after secur ing a ﬁfth straight win to open the season by beating Aston Villa 2-1. Gabriel Martinelli’s 77th-minute goal clinched victory at Emirates Stadium after Arsenal was pegged back by conceding a goal straight from a corner by Douglas Luiz, who did the same in an English League Cup match last week, too. That came against the run of play, with Arsenal dominating the game but only having Gabriel Jesus’

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“In my book, he’s a Hall-of-Famer, so I’m just listening to what he says on the details, the route running, the catching, and even the little things,” Stra chan said. “I like to listen to his routine and what he does. He did it before, and I look up to Strachan’shim.”

Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun will head back to the friendly conﬁnes of the Mohegan Sun Arena with home court advantage and their WNBA Semiﬁnals series with the Chicago Sky tied at The1-1.

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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer SERENA Williams (AP)

STRACHAN NAMED TO COLTS OPENING DAY ROSTER

Jones and Sun lose, Sky even series 1-1

HOUSTON Astros’ Jose Altuve follows through on a two RBI double in the second inning of a base ball game as Texas Rangers catcher Meibrys Viloria looks on in Arlington, Texas, yesterday. The hit scored Mauricio Dubon and David Hensley.

By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer

NATIONALS 6, ATHLETICS 1 WASHINGTON (AP) — Aníbal Sánchez earned his first victory in nearly two years, Luke Voit hit a two-run home run and Washington beat Oakland. Dermis Garcia homered for the second straight game for the Athletics, who their three-game winning streak snapped. Oakland is an AL-worst 49-82 and assured of its first losing season since 2017. Sánchez (1-5) worked a season-high seven innings, allowing three hits and one run in earning his first vic tory since Sept. 26, 2020. The 38-year-old did not pitch last year and did not debut this season until July 14 because of a cervical nerveWorkingimpingement.inanon-save sit uation, Washington closer Kyle Finnegan loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth before striking out pinch hitter Stephen Vogt to end it. Oakland starter James Kaprielian (3-9) allowed five runs — two earned — and struck out three in 5 2/3 innings.

ORIOLES GUARDIANS4, 0 CLEVELAND (AP) — Gunnar Henderson homered in his major league debut, and Balti more beat Henderson,Cleveland.called up from Triple-A Norfolk ear lier in the day, homered to lead off the fourth inning against Triston McKenzie (9-11). The game’s No. 1 prospect according to Base ball America drove a 2-2 pitch to right-center field for his first big league hit. He singled in the ninth and wentRamón2-for-4.Urías hit a tworun homer in the eighth and had three RBIs while Jordan Lyles (10-9) held the Guardians to four hits in 6 2/3 scoreless innings. Lyles and two Orioles relievers combined on a five-hitter. Cleveland began the day with a 1 1/2-game lead over Minnesota in the AL Cen tral. McKenzie allowed two runs in five innings.

PADRES 5, GIANTS 4 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Joe Musgrove had a season-high 11 strikeouts, Manny Machado drove in three runs and San Diego completed a three-game sweep.Luis Campusano and Jake Cronenworth added RBIs for San Diego, which has won five of its last six games and five straight against San hishigh.game,lostrunsandEstrada,hissavestrugglesHaderinnings.withthreeMusgroveFrancisco.(9-6)allowedrunsandthreehitstwowalksin62/3All-StarcloserJoshovercamehisrecenttosecurehis30thin33opportunitiesandfirstwiththePadres.AustinWynns,ThairoLuisGonzálezJocPedersondroveinfortheGiants,whotheirseventhstraightmatchingaseasonAlexWood(8-12)lostthirdconsecutivestart, giving up four runs and five hits with five strikeouts and a walk in 4 2/3 innings.

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NIMMO SAVES DEGROM, METS IN 2-1 WIN OVER DODGERS

MIAMI (AP) — Manuel Margot singled in the goahead run in the top of the 10th inning and prevented a run by tracking down a flyball to deep center in the bottom half to lead Tampa Bay. Tommy Nance (0-2) intentionally walked Yandy Díaz with two outs before Margot’s line-drive single to right field drove in auto matic runner Yu Chang fromJasonsecond.Adam (2-2) pitched a scoreless ninth and Jalen Beeks got the last three outs for his second save. Margot, who had just switched from right to center field, tracked down Charles Leblanc’s drive to the warning track and made a leaping catch. Beeks then struck out Peyton Burdick and retired Joey Wendle on a ground out. Díaz reached base five times, logging three hits and two walks. Harold Ramírez had three hits for the Rays, who lead the AL wild-card race.

TORONTO (AP) — Franmil Reyes homered, Nico Hoerner drove in two runs Chicago avoided a three-game sweep. Ian Happ and Zach McK instry each had two hits as the Cubs snapped a fivegame losing streak north of the border. Chicago went 15-15 in August, its first non-losing month this season.Alejandro Kirk hit a three-run homer and Cavan Biggio connected for a tworun shot for the Blue Jays, who are in position for an AL wild card but had their first losing month, going 13-14 in August. Reyes homered off Blue Jays right-hander Mitch White in the fifth inning, his 13th.White (1-5) allowed six runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings, his third loss in five starts with Toronto. Rowan Wick, the seventh Chicago pitcher, worked the ninth for his ninth save.

— Keston Hiura and Luis Urías each hit an RBI single during Milwaukee’s fourrun seventh inning, and the Brewers beat Pittsburgh. Willy Adames had a run-scoring double as Mil waukee won for the fourth time in five games. Freddy Peralta pitched five effec tive innings, and Taylor Rogers (3-6) got four outs for the win. Ben Gamel homered for last-place Pittsburgh, which had won two of three. Kevin Newman had two of the Pirates’ five hits. Milwaukee went ahead to stay on Omar Narváez’s run-scoring groundout against Miguel Yajure (1-1) to make it 2-1 in the sixth. After Hiura and Urías had RBI singles in the seventh, pinch-hitter Gar rett Mitchell and Christian Yelich drew bases-loaded walks.

NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Nimmo saved Jacob deGrom and the New York Mets with a breathtak ing catch at the center-ﬁeld fence, and Edwin Díaz entered to Timmy Trum pet’s live horns at Citi Field before closing out the Los Angeles Dodgers for a scintillating 2-1 victory last night.Starling Marte hit a tworun homer off All-Star lefty Tyler Anderson (13-3) as the Mets evened the threegame showdown between the top two teams in the NationalMookieLeague.Betts connected off deGrom (4-1) for his 32nd home run, but it wasn’t enough for the Dodgers in a tight pitching duel with a playoffMakingfeel.his sixth start of the season after returning from injury, deGrom hit 102 mph on the radar gun and struck out nine in seven innings. He allowed three hits and walked one.

ROME (AP) — The New York Yankees have purchased a minority stake in Italian soccer cham pion AC Milan, which announced the closing of its latest ownership change yesterday.RedBird Capital Part ners completed the deal to purchase a controlling interest in the seven-time European champion for 1.2 billion euros ($1.2 bil lion). It’s the second soccer team the Yankees partially own after MLS’s New York City.Gerry Cardinale, who founded RedBird in 2014 and is the manag ing partner, announced a preliminary agreement in June to buy Milan from fellow American ﬁrm Elliott Management. Yankees Global Enter prises, the baseball team’s parent company led by the Steinbrenner family, will take a stake of about 10%, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday, speaking on con dition of anonymity before the ﬁnal deal had been announced.TheYankees agreed in 2013 to purchase a 20% stake in the New York City Major League Soccer team that launched in 2015. City Football Group, Manches ter City’s parent company, is the controlling owner. “We have a multi-decade relationship with the New York Yankees and the Steinbrenner family that has resulted in the creation of some of the most suc cessful businesses in sports, entertainment and hospi tality,” Cardinale said in a statement on Milan’s web site. “We are very pleased to continue our partner ship with them and will look to explore opportuni ties together to broaden our fan reach and expand commercial opportunities that are only available to franchises that operate at the highest levels of sports globally.”Theclosing comes just in time for Cardinale to make his debut as Milan’s new president at Satur day’s derby against city rival Inter Milan. “Our vision for Milan is clear: we will support our talented players, coaches and staff to deliver success on the pitch and allow our fans to share in the extraordinary experiences of this historic club,” Cardinale said.

NEW YORK YANKEES BUY MINORITY STAKE IN AC MILAN SOCCER CLUB

CUBS 7, BLUE JAYS 5

Manuel Rodríguez (1-0) replaced starter Luke Far rell in the third and retired all six batters he faced.

BREWERS 6, PIRATES 1 MILWAUKEE (AP)

HOUSTON Astros starting pitcher Cristian Javier throws to the 2022.day,Texas,inbaseballﬁfthRangersTexasintheinningofagameArlington,WednesAug.31,(APPhoto/ GutierrezTony)

RAYS MARLINS2, 1 (10 INNINGS)

MARINERS 5, TIGERS 3 DETROIT (AP) — Abraham Toro hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning and Seattle got its ﬁfth win in six games.Toro, recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Tues day, had two hits. Eugenio Suarez also hit a two-run homer for the Mariners. Seattle starter Marco Gonzales (10-12) allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings. Paul Sewald worked around two walks in the ninth to get his 17th save. Jeimer Cande lario drove in two runs for Detroit. Starting pitcher Tyler Alexander allowed two runs in 4 2/3 innings, while Alex Lange (4-4) took the loss.

ASTROS RANGERS5, 3 HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve drove in two runs and scored two more for AL-best Houston. The reigning AL cham pion Astros will enter September at 84-47, matching their best record through 131 games. Altuve drew a lead off walk to start the game and scored on Trey Man cini’s single. After Texas went ahead 2-1 on Corey Seager’s 29th homer, the Astros regained the lead for good on Altuve’s two-run double in the second inning. Seager extended his career high for homers with his drive into the Rangers bull pen in right-center after The Rangers’ Marcus Semien had a steal for his first career 20-20 season. Cristian Javier (8-9) gave up three runs and three hits in five innings. He struck out seven and walked three. Rafael Montero worked the ninth for his 10th save. The Rangers’ Martin Pérez (10-5) allowed up five runs and nine hits in five innings. The left-hander struck out five and walked four.

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JONQUEL Jones reacts after missing a shot against the Sky in the second half of Game 2 in a WNBA basketball playoffs semiﬁnal last night. (AP Photo/Nam Y Huh)

TRIPLE crown winner Scott Reddick. seconds to finish 33rd overall while Thompson was eighth in heat three in 2:19.19, 47th overall. Both returned to swim a second individual race in yesterday’s prelims. In the 100m Butter fly, Forbes finished eighth in heat seven in 56.71 to finish 33rd overall in the field. Marvin Johnson also competed in the event and swam 58.94 to finish eighth in heat eight - 36th overall. Thompson was seventh in heat two of the 200m Freestyle in 2:09.18 to rank 52nd.Both Keianna Moss and Rhanishka Gibbs con tested the 100m Freestyle. Moss swam 1:00.65 to finish fourth in heat six while Gibbs was fourth in heat five in 1:02.14. They fin ished 22nd and 37th in the fieldMossrespectively.returned to the pool to deliver the top performance for Team Bahamas in the session in the 200m Butterfly. She finished seventh in heat two in 2:35.6 to finish 22nd overall. Cameron Bruney, David del Cueto and Stan Cor coran are the coaches for Team Bahamas and the team is managed by Erald Thompson II. Gibbs highlighted a busy day one for Team Bahamas as she advanced to the final of the 50m Breaststroke. Fresh off her Com monwealth Games appearance, Gibbs swam 33.47 to advance and even tually finished 14th overall in the field with her time of 33.46 in the semifinals. In other day one preliminaries:Thompson finished 22nd (1:07.34) and Emma nuel Gadson finished 25th (1:07.50) in the 100m Breaststroke while Moss finished 31st (1:08.67) and Johnson finished 36th (1:05.29) in the 100m Backstroke.Theteam of Johnson, Forbes, Thompson and Gadson finished 18th in the 4x100m Freestyle relay in 3:41.57.More than 500 of the world’s best junior swim mers from over 80 countries are competing over the six day event which concludes on September 4.

BUT

Championships

Champions crowned at 28th AID Claycourt

Game five, if necessary, will be back in Chicago at Wintrust Arena on September 8. The Sun are back in the WNBA semifinals for the fourth consecutive time. Jones fin ished with 12 points and nine rebounds in the Sun’s 68-63 win over the Sky in game one. This series will be the continu ation of the rivalry that saw the Sky upset the top ranked Sun 3-1 in the 2021 semifinals and followed with a regular season sweep in Through2022.six playoff games, Jones is averaging 19 points and eight rebounds per game while shooting 53 percent from the field, 50 percent from threepoint range and 89 percent from the free throw line. Jones was more involved offensively in game two fol lowing just eight shot attempts in game one. Her 10.4 field goals attempted per game rank third on the Sun this season behind Courtney Williams and DeWanna Bonner. In 33 games this season, Jones averaged 14.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists. She also shot 51 percent from the field, 80 percent from the free throw line and 37 percent from beyond the arc. She recorded 11 double-doubles on the season and was just one of six players in the WNBA with more than 10 double-doubles. She was recently named to the WNBA All-Defensive Second Team. It was her third time receiving the honour following First Team selections in 2019 and 2021.

JONQUEL JONES SCORES GAME-HIGH 23 POINTS, SKY COOL OFF SUN TO EVEN SERIES

EPL, FROM PAGE 15 of the night and shot just 33 percent from the field. She made her first three shots from the field, including a three, and got out to a quick start, reminiscent of the game one win. Despite her efficiency, the Sky took advantage early and shot 65 percent from the field in the first quarter while they limited the Sun to just 31 percent. In the second quarter, Chi cago widened their margin to as much as 17 en route to a 47-32 at theThehalf. series now shifts to Uncasville, Connecticut for games three (September 4 at 1pm) and four (September 6 at a time to be decided), both broad cast live on ESPN2.

SPURS UNBEATEN Tottenham remained unbeaten after a 1-1 draw at West Ham, for whom club-record signing Lucas Paqueta missed a chance to score a late winner on his Westdebut.Ham manager David Moyes said before kickoff that Paqueta had not so much as passed a ball to his new teammates after only completing his 52 million pound ($61.6 million) switch from Lyon on Monday.

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THE 2022 AID Claycourt Championships is in the history books. The tournament ended with two exciting finals. After capturing the Men’s Jr Vets Singles title last week, Scott Reddick clinched a second title on Monday, the Men’s Open Singles over Bobby Chen 6-0, 6-1. Scott would then play in another final, the Jr Vets Doubles. Scott and partner Wayne Thompson won over Jyles Turn quest and Marcelo Zanelli 6-3, 7-5. With an awesome tournament performance, Scott Reddick claimed three titles in the tour nament ending as a triple crown winner.AID has been a proud spon sor of the tournament since its inception over 28 years ago and Harrold Watson, managing direc tor of AID, was on hand to present the finalists with their trophies. The champions and runners-up of the various singles and doubles categories were as follows: Men’s Open Singles Champion: Scott Reddick Runner Up: Bobby Chen Men’s Open Doubles Champions: Donte Armbrister and Perry Newton Runners Up: Ken Kerr and Bjorn Ferguson Men’s Jr Vets Singles Champion: Scott Reddick Runner Up: Harrington Saunders Men’s Jr Vets Doubles Champions: Scott Reddick and Wayne Thompson Runners Up: Jyles Turnquest and Marcelo Zanelli Mixed Doubles Champions: Sh’Ron Saunders and Tom McDermott Runners Up: Richette Percentie and Bjorn Ferguson The Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) congratulates the organisers on another success ful edition of the AID Claycourt Championships.Congratulations are also extended to the champions, the runners-up and all the par ticipants. 00000The tournament referee was Mr Mickey Williams assisted by Mr Everette Munroe.

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FINA FROM PAGE 15

30th-minute goal — his third of the season — to show for it. LATE, LATE GOAL Liverpool is battling hard to keep up with the ﬁerce pace set by Arsenal and City, needing a goal in the eighth minute of stoppage time by Fábio Car valho to claim a dramatic 2-1 win over Newcastle.Alexander Isak gave Newcastle the lead in the 38th on his debut following a move from Real Sociedad on Friday for a club-record fee and was denied a second goal by narrow offside call. Roberto Firmino swept in a ﬁnish from Mohamed Salah’s cross to equalise before a penalty-box melee following a corner saw the ball pop up off the shoulder of Salah, and Carvalho — a summer signing from Fulham — reacted quickest to smash into the roof of the net.

GOOD EFFORT: Bahamas men’s national basketball team at FIBA Americas 2023 World Cup Qualifying match in Argentina.

TEAM Bahamas’ Kai Jones, of the Charlotte Hornets, dunks the ball on Monday night in the FIBA Americas 2023 World Cup Qualiﬁer against Argentina. At right, Buddy Hield and Jones have a few words.

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FIBA AMERICAS 2023 WORLD CUP QUALIFIER: ARGENTINA Representing

THE Bahamas men’s national basketball team didn’t have any answers for Argentina - the home team pulled away in the second half for a 95-77 win - as they suffered their second con secutive loss in five days in the FIBA Americas 2023 World Cup Qualifier. The loss on Monday night in the Polodeportivo Isles Malvinas arena in Mar del Plata, Argentina came after the Bahamas dropped an 86-81 decision to Ven ezuela on Thursday night at the jammed-packed Kendal Isaacs KaiCharlotteGymnasium.Hornets’JonesJrhadanother productive game for the Bahamas with 16 points and six rebounds and two assists, Garvin Clarke Jr, making an impression off the bench at the guard posi tion, had 12 points and four steals, Mychel Thompson Jr had 11 points and seven rebounds.Grand Bahamian Chavano “Buddy” Hield, of the Indiana Pacers, fouled out late in the fourth quarter after he ended up contributing 10 points, seven rebounds, six assists and two blocks. The Bahamas, coached by Chris DeMarco, an assis tant coach of the Golden States Warriors, also got nine points from Bradley Nairn Jr, eight points and four rebounds from Kent wan Smith and six points and five rebounds from Franco Miller Jr. Argentina got outrebounded 34-35, but they held a 13-21 advantage in turnovers over the Baha mas, who had 23 personal fouls, compared to 13 by their home court in the first of two meetings between the two countries. The Bahamas will now have a chance to regroup before they play their next game in Panama on Thurs day, November 10. our island nation with pride

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Pro basketball players Smith, Knowles sign with new clubs

Stephen Curry joins Davidson Hall of Fame

FOLLOWING their appearance in the latest FIBA World Cup ‘23 Quali fying windows, a pair of senior men’s national team players have signed with new clubs for their upcom ing pro Kentwancampaigns.Smith pro gressed to a higher division in Spain. He signed with the Svendborg Rabbits of the Basketligaen - the top divi sion in the country. “I’m excited for the opportunity to come and play for Svendborg Rab bits. I look forward to being a leader on the team and having a successful season with my teammates and coaches,” Smith said in a press“Myrelease.goalis to help put this team in a situation where we can make a deep playoff run and hopefully come out victorious in the end. I’m looking forward to connecting with the organi sation and fans and seeing what we can accomplish together this season.” Smith spent the last two seasons with Garonne ASPTT in France’s NM2 league. In 23 appearances, he averaged 15.4 points per game.Inthe previous season, he averaged 12.9 points per game and Garonne ended the regular season with the second-best record in the league.Inaddition to Denmark and France, Smith’s pro career has taken him to Finland, Mexico, Roma nia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.Danrad Knowles will sign with CB L’Hospitalet of Spain’s LEB Plata league - the third tier in the coun try. It will mark his second pro season after he spent his rookie campaign with AD Cantbasket 04 in the Liga EBA - Spain’s fourth division.The former Houston Cougar was selected by the Grand Rapids Drive with the 65th overall selection of the 2018 G-League Draft. The Grand Rapids Drive are the G-League affili ate of the Detroit Pistons. Knowles averaged 13.5 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in 24 appearances. At the national team level, both players have been key members of Team Bahamas’ rotation that advanced to the second round of World Cup quali fiers for the first time in Bahamian history. In the latest window against Venezuela and Argentina, Smith averaged nine points per game on 58 percent shooting from the field and 67 percent from three-point range. He has also averaged nine points per game through six qualifying games thus far while shooting 61 per cent from the field and 42 percent from three-point range.He posted a high of 17 points in a first round win over the US Virgin Islands. Knowles has appeared in five games and averaged 7.8 points per contest on 60 percent shooting from the field. He scored a high of 14 against the US Virgin Islands.

The four-time NBA champion and two-time league MVP turned pro fessional after his junior season at Davidson, and only recently finished his final classes remotely to earn his degree. The school was pur posely waiting for Curry to graduate before retiring his number.Once he did, he became the first Davidson athlete in any sport to have his jersey number retired, meaning No. 30 will never be worn by another Wildcats basket ball“Toplayer.earn this degree you showed determination and perseverance,” Davidson president Doug Hicks said during the ceremony. “It would have been so easy, so straightforward to not com plete your college degree. Yet in response to that idea, you did what you did to 29 other NBA organisations — you said, ‘night, night!’” Curry held back tears as he accepted his degree and, at the urging of the crowd, threw his cap into the air. His mother, Sonya Curry, spoke at the ceremony, call ing it a “dream come true” to see her son graduate. “Today you can breathe and say, ‘Check, it’s done,’ “ Sonya Curry said. “Today you helped coach McKillop maintain his 100% gradu ation rate. And you set an example for others, young and old, that it’s never too late to complete your education.”

KENTWAN SMITH DANRAD KNOWLES

STEPHEN Curry poses with his diploma after his graduation ceremony at Davidson College yesterday. Curry’s number and jersey were retired. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — Stephen Curry knocked down another huge 3 — one that was 13 years in the making.TheGolden State War riors point guard was inducted into the Davidson College Hall of Fame, had his No. 30 jersey retired and received his bach elor’s degree in sociology following an elaborate solo graduation ceremony yesterday on the school’s campus.“This is an absolutely amazing day and an amaz ing moment for myself and my family,” Curry said during the 90-minute cer emony. “The best decision I ever made was to come to Davidson College and pursue an education, join an amazing community and, most importantly, play for an amazing man who has built this program for what it is in (former David son coach) coach (Bob) McKillop.”There were signs scattered throughout Davidson’s campus, con gratulating and welcoming Curry back to the school, which is located about 25 miles north of Charlotte where Curry grew up. Curry walked into a packed house at Belk Arena — where he played from 2006 to 2009 — wear ing a graduation cap and gown, exchanging ﬁst bumps with family, friends, former teammates and cur rent students.

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

“This morning, with the news of Simon being posi tive for COVID, all the boys were pretty disappointed, and this is the best way to bounce back after such bad news,” the 23-year-old Groves said. The Australian crossed the line ahead of Danny van Poppel and Tim Merlier to take the victory on the 11th stage.“Ihave to thank all the guys, we’ve been riding all day and we set up early for this win,” Groves said. “With crosswind in the last four kilometers, the guys did a perfect job to put me in the front fresh. Being my ﬁrst Grand Tour win, it sure takes the Evenepoelcake.”ﬁnished in the peloton along with threetime defending champion Primoz Roglic, who stayed at 2 minutes, 41 seconds off the lead with 10 stages left. Enric Mas remained more than three minutes behind Evenepoel in third place. Evenepoel had increased his lead with a strong time trial on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Bel gian from team Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl has held the leader’s red jersey since the sixth stage.

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ALMERÍA, Spain (AP)

— Remco Evenepoel safely kept the overall lead at the Spanish Vuelta yesterday while Kaden Groves pre vailed in the final sprint to win his first Grand Tour stage after more riders had to withdraw because of posi tive coronavirus tests. Simon Yates, Groves’ teammate at BikeExchangeJayco, was among those who had to leave the race because of the coronavirus. The 2018 Vuelta champion was 5th in the general clas sification. Pavel Sivakov, who was 9th, also had to withdraw.

EVENEPOEL SAFELY KEEPS VUELTA LEAD AS GROVES WINS 11TH STAGE