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JAILED FOR STEALING $6 OF HOT DOG BUNS FROM CHURCH

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

YUKAN Simms receives the keys to a new home yesterday - one of six government and essential workers to be presented with keys to new homes in the Pinecrest subdivision. He was presented the keys by, from left, Antoinette Thompson, permanent secretary in the Department of Housing; South Beach MP Bacchus Rolle (back); Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis; and Minister of Transport and Housing JoBeth Coleby-Davis.

A MAN was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after admitting to breaking into a church and stealingElkenofood.Wallace, 41, faced Magistrate Samuel McKinney on charges of shop-breaking and stealing from a place of worship.

The draft legislation repeals Section 3 of the current act that defines rape, adding a new defini tion of rape that recognises the act within a marriage, and amends Section 2 to redefine what consent and indecent assault is.

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Once police arrived on the scene, after a deacon alerted them to the break in, they arrested Wallace who admit ted to the offence. Wallace explained to officers that he was starving.

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the Ministry of Social Ser vices and Department of Gender and Family Affairs’ sexual offences legisla tion one-day symposium at Superclubs Breezes.

On September 13,

Wallace broke into the East Street Gospel Chapel through a southern window.

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Under the proposed bill, rape is redefined as “the

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Michael Halkitis, min ister of economic affairs, told the Abaco Business Outlook conference that the COVID-19 pandemic had merely “ripped the covers off, and exposed, the problems that have been plaguing our economy for decades”. CYCLE OF DEFICIT AND LOW GROWTH’

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Lucayan Renewal Holdings granted the week-long extension to September 22 at Elec tra America Hospitality Group’s request as the previous deadline to com plete due diligence on the two sides’ agreement expired yesterday.

One pastor calls Bill ‘demonic’ in day of consultation

Once inside he went to the kitchen of the church’s auditorium where he stole $6 worth of hot dog buns.

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THE Grand Lucayan’s Board was last night said to have granted the resort’s prospective purchaser a fur ther seven-day extension so that it could assess “out standing matters” relating to the $100m deal.

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A CABINET minis ter yesterday warned The Bahamas “has to break free from this cycle” of $500mplus fiscal deficits and economic growth that has barely averaged 1 percent for the past 30 years.

A DRAFT amendment to the Sexual Offences Act that seeks to criminalise marital rape and re-define what consent is, among other terms, was met with mixed reactions from reli gious leaders yesterday - with one pastor calling it “the most wickedest and demonic bill” in the coun try’sThehistory.proposed Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act was presented during

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The new homeowners also got a chance to tour their new three bedroom, two bathroom homes with theirRecipientsfamilies. of the new homes included a finance professional, a supervisor in the hospitality industry, an associate in the healthcare field, a tradesman in the oil industry, a clerk at a util ity company and a teacher in the public education system.“In our Blueprint for Change we committed to treating homeownership as a basic human right and pledged to increase access to affordable homes,” Mr Davis“Mysaid.government pledged to return to building houses for Bahamians by incen tivizing local contractors, by the granting of crown land, especially in the Family Islands and by use of public-private sector partnerships or PPP. The

SOME homes in Pinecrest subdivision.

Mrs Coleby-Davis added that while the government is committed to creating greater opportunities for home ownership, there needs to be a shift by mem bers of the public towards financial prudence.

Mr Davis said yesterday that, “Not long after the 16 of September 2021, the number of applicants for the Abaco housing pro ject already had already exceeded 3,500.”

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis presented the keys to new homes in the Pinecrest subdivision to six government and essen tial workers yesterday.

The new Pinecrest resi dences include 47 new homes designed accord ing to Bahamian building codes and were constructed through the partnership between the central govern ment, a quasi-government agency and a private sector agency.InJanuary, Mrs ColebyDavis announced the Pinecrest housing develop ment project designed to provide homes for Baha mians seeking affordable options.Earlier this month, Mrs Coleby-Davis said her ministry intended to con struct some 300 homes in Abaco over the next year to help alleviate the housing crisis on the island. About 50 of those homes should be nearing completion by year’s end, she said.

“The best part of this

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“The demand for hous ing is indeed great. Each customer service agent, each of them individually is handling over 350 active applications,” Mrs ColebyDavis“Wesaid.therefore humbly ask for the public’s patience and we reiterate that our intent and our mission is to assist everyone, as best as weOnecan.” new homeowner, Precious Storr, is a single parent that has been work ing in the medical field for ten years. She expressed her gratitude openly toward Mr“IDavis.cannot even begin to say how becoming a home owner is just overwhelming and amazing,” she said.

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She said the Department of Housing is currently experiencing a heavy volume of applications.

Pinecrest housing develop ment Initiative is just one example of a successful public-private sector part nership,” Mr Davis said.

This came four months after three Bahamians were granted keys to new homes in the area.

At a ceremony yester day, Mr Davis as well as Transport and Housing Minister JoBeth ColebyDavis escorted each of the six new homeowners to receive their house keys as well as plaques to com memorate the occasion.

experience is watching my daughter look up to me and call me an achiever and she wants to be like her mom. The next part is the homes, they are amaz ing. They are beautiful, they’re very modern and very spacious inside and out,” she said.

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TREVIS MOTT, above, and Precious Storr receiving keys to their new homes.

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“We do not intend to crit icise Bahamians for their financial practices,” she said.“I want to encourage the average working Bahamian, to make prudent finan cial decisions, by creating and adhering to a monthly budget and by consistently following a savings plan.”

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He added that many more have applied since then.Abaco has been facing a housing shortage since September 2019 when Hur ricane Dorian laid waste to hundreds of homes and major infrastructure there.

MALINDA Douglas receiving keys to her new home in the Pinecrest subdivision.

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think by putting atten tion to some of these key issues that we’re dealing with now is the appropriate response.”OnWednesday Parlia ment held short proceedings as parliamentarians paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II and also offered condo lences to the monarch and the royal family. This was the first sitting of the House of Assembly since Parlia ment’s summer break.

Ms Rolle, in her first con tact with Mr Bain on April 14, 2010, said he had left her job at Royal Bank of Cana da’s (RBC) Bimini branch in 2005 after eight years. She revealed that she lost her mother in the Chalk’s Airways crash, only to learn two months later she was pregnant with twins. A “medical condition” meant she had lost her insurance coverage, and she was a single stay-at-home mother.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis told the House of Assembly that he does not believe now is the time to start having conversations about the country’s future with the monarchy follow ing the death of Queen Elizabeth II last Thursday, adding that discussions over the issue can be had after the official mourning period ends.When contacted for com ment, the Organisation for Responsible Governance’s (ORG) executive director,

Bani Shoe Warehouse, a Mackey Street-based busi ness for which Mr Bain was president and partial owner, required Ms Rolle to supply the company with merchan dise and allow it to receive 30 percent of all sales. How ever, Ms Rolle alleged that she was never paid any of the monies due to her.

What Mr Davis actually said was: “I will have to have a referendum and the Bahamian people will have to say to me, ‘yes’.”

However, Sir Michael said the delay in itself was no reason to overturn the verdict requiring Mr Bain and Bani to repay the $64,000. “In my judg ment, however egregious and culpable the delay in this case was, that delay did not prevent the judge from properly evaluating the evidence and making the finding that was determina tive of this case,” he added. However, he did overturn the subsequent penal notice in its entirety on the basis it was “plainly wrong to have been made”. Sir Michael said: “It is inconceivable that an order with such penal sanctions could have been made without hearing the party adversely affected by the order.”

“It is particularly egre gious in this case as the trial in this relatively simple case took place over two days and only involved three witnesses whose evidence in chief was their wit ness statements. This case

We are happy to clarify the matter.

Ms Rolle. However, Sir Michael ruled: “I am not satisfied that the finding by the trial judge that Bain signed the two agreements is plainly wrong and incon sistent with the evidence.

order for there to be a fully effective conversation on the country’s future with the“Imonarchy.don’tknow that at this stage, the discussion of whether we should be a republic or be in our cur rent level of governance. Getting to how we address those long-standing issues, I think they still need to be addressed whether you were under one system or another. So, issues like anti-corruption or free dom of information or access to government con tracts on a more wide and fair basis. Getting a better understanding of the gov ernment’s finances, and having a voice in whether and how monies are spent is what citizens want.”

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contract,$64,000whatMrexercisedRollebehalfinvestanpaidesttrustholdwithAprilallegedMichaelgroundsimplegiven“particularlytice”,theherGrant-ThompsonfourslammedFebruarytheprisonserveulatedSupremequentAppealinandgeneraltory,KenolitionevidencehadCheryl“notofprotestsameSeptembersigned.thefundsorfailedofdecisionupheldinCourtment$64,000againstdespiteprisonhadactivistFIREBRANDGeneral.politicalLincolnBainhasthethreatofa90-daysentenceeliminatedlosinghisappealhavingtorepayoverafailedinvestdeal.SirMichaelBarnett,theofAppealpresident,aunanimousverdict,theSupremeCourt’sthattheCoalitionIndependentsleaderhadtoproperlyinvestreturnZinniaRolle’sinaccordancewithagreementsbothsidesTheruling,releasedon15,2022,thedayasMrBainledaoutsidetheHouseAssembly,saiditwassurprising”thatJusticeGrant-ThompsonpreferredMsRolle’stothatoftheCoaleaderorhiswitness,Symonette.However,inapartialvictheformerPinewoodelectioncandidatehisattorneyssucceededpersuadingtheCourtoftosetasideasubse“addendum”bytheCourtwhichstipthatMrBainwould90daysinFoxHillifhefailedtorepay$64,000asorderedby28,2022.AndSirMichaelalsothemorethanyearstakenbyJusticetoissuerulingas“ablightonadministrationofjusaddingthatthiswasegregious”itwasarelativelycasetodetermine.Settingoutthebacktothedispute,SirsaidMsRollethatshesignedan23,2010,agreementMrBainforhimto$40,000ofherfundsinforthreeyears.Interat10percentwastobeonthisannually,withoptionforMrBaintothesemoniesonhershouldshewish.Msclaimedsheneverthisoption,andBainneverreturnedultimatelybecamewithinterest.AsecondMay4,2010,enteredintowith

The message to Mr Bain said she was seeking “financial advice”, and he responded: “It would be a pleasure to assist you. I do not charge. Call me.... so we can arrange a time to meet.” Sir Michael wrote: “It is clear that Rolle was seeking advice and assis tance from Bain on how best to utilise her limited assets. She was trusting of Bain.“The agreements of 20 and 23 April, 2010, (made shortly after that e-mail exchange) are consistent with that trust. She wanted Bain’s expertise in investing that money on her behalf.”

“It makes sense that they would have gathered quickly to make that proc lamation. And that’s really the whole agenda. What we’ve pushed forward is we do feel like citizens have a critical role, not only in being aware of what’s going on in Parliament, but also having an opportunity to make their contributions when policies are pending.

said there should be attention brought onto the long-standing issues in the country in

stated under oath that he forged the signature of Mr Bain on the documents at the request of Rolle. He said that this was done in November 2010 on the same date as a fire which occurred at Bani.”

“The judge has made it clear that she did not believe the evidence led by the defendants in the testimonies of Bain and Symonette. She heard their evidence and saw their demeanour. She believed the evidence of Rolle. With respect, this is not surprising...“Symonette’s evidence that he forged Bain’s signature on the three agreements at the urging of Rolle on the night of the fire of Bani in November 2010 is understandably not cred ible. It is not likely that on the night of the fire Rolle or anyone else’s attention would have been on creat ing a false documentation for insurance purposes,” the appeal court president added.“Further, as the agree ment of April 23, 2010, was intended to replace the agreement of April 20, 2010, it is most unlikely that Rolle would have required Symonette to sign both the agreement of the April 20, 2010, as well as the agree ment of the April 23, 2010. There would have been no need to sign the earlier agreement on April 20, 2010.“In my judgment, the trial judge’s emphatic rejec tion of the evidence of Bain and Symonette was not unreasonable and cannot be said to have been ‘plainly wrong’.”MrBain and his attor neys also argued that the Supreme Court verdict was unsafe because it had taken four years from the trial to deliver the judgment. “Liti gants have a constitutional right to a fair trial within a reasonable time. That it should take more than four years to deliver a judgment in a case as simple is this is incredulous. It is a blight on the administration of jus tice,” Sir Michael blasted.

During their absence, the Hon Cynthia Pratt will be appointed to act as Deputy to the Governor

Mr Bain, who was repre sented by attorneys Tanya Wright and his Coalition sidekick, Maria Daxon, challenged the Supreme Court’s findings that he signed the agreements with

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“And so having time for consultation, like is being extended now with the marital rape bill, knowing what is upcoming on the on the legislative agenda, it allows citizens and groups like ours to make sure that we’re aware and involved. When things happen spon taneously, and you’re not prepared. It means that citizens don’t have the full opportunity to really, you know, see what’s going on in that governance process.”

IN an article last week, The Tribune reported com ments by Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis on the prospect of a transition to a republic.

Matt Aubry, said there should be a more effective time which can focus on the debate about if the country should be a republic.

Mr Bain and Bani coun tered by asserting that the $40,000 represented an agreement for Ms Rolle to acquire the company’s kids shoes department for $40,000, having ini tially targeted its hand bag department. The Coalition leader denied that he was ever given any funds to invest, or that he signed the agreements, alleging that his signature was forged by Mr Symonette. In Novem ber 2010, he claimed Ms Rolle ceased to operate the kids shoes business after a fire.Sir Michael, noting that there was no dispute the $40,000 had been paid to Mr Bain and Bani, wrote: “Rolle claims a breach of an agreement made on May 4, 2010. The agreement was made with Bani whereby she was to supply Bani with shoes, and Bani would sell those shoes for her. Bani would receive a commis sion on the sales and pay to Rolle the sale proceeds less the“Thecommission.defence of Bain was that he never signed those documents and that his signature was forged. He called Keno Symonette to give evidence. Symonette

“Given that she had her own notes, the absence of a stenographer’s tran script for only a portion of the evidence could hardly justify four years’ delay. I am aware, as counsel said during the hearing of the appeal, that during the time the trial judge had a busy criminal calendar. But judges must balance their time and always be mind ful of a litigant’s right to a fair trial within a reason able time and this includes the timely delivery of judgments.”

In a quote, we reported that Mr Davis said: “I will have a referendum and the Bahamian people will have to say to me, ‘yes’.”

turned on the credibility of witnesses and the excuse given by the trial judge is lamentable. She must have formed a view as to the credibility of the witnesses during the trial.

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LINCOLN BAIN LOSES APPEAL OVER $64K REPAYMENT

“I know that there’s been a lot of discussion over the years about consid eration of being a republic and in the face of Barba dos becoming a republic, it obviously is very timely with the passing of the Queen.“But I also think that it’s probably likely that there’s an emotion behind the most recent discussion, and with all honesty, this discussion about governance is one that needs to happen in a rational way where all the stakeholders have a chance to not only be heard, but also consider what the implications are. What do things look like? What would that be? What do we want for the country? And how can that go forward,” heMrsaid.Aubry

WITH the topic of The Bahamas possibly tran sitioning into a republic gaining attention again since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a local gov ernance reformer said the conversation needs to be held in a “rational way” where all stakeholders have a chance to be heard.

By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net

Mr Aubry said he knew there was an understanding for there to be a regrouping in the House this month.

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

‘Find a way to let all voices be heard on possible republic’

He continued: “Our thought is that spending time on addressing these longer-term issues, helps you then to have a more comprehensive and clear discussion about whether being a republic would be, you know, better a path forward or not. So, I do

GOVERNOR General Sir Cornelius Smith and Lady Smith left Nassau for London on Thurs day to attend the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, which will be held on Monday.

THE Ministry of Health and Wellness hosted its first farmers market last Friday to commemorate Carib bean Wellness Day.

LOCAL forecasters are advising the public to be vig ilant as a new weather system heading for the southeast Bahamas gets closer.

NOTICE is hereby given that MRS. LOUISE MUIR ROBERTS of #9 Bay Creek, Old Fort Bay, New Providence, Bahamas is applying to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, for registration/naturalization as a citizen of The Bahamas, and that any person who knows any reason registration/naturalizationwhy should not be granted, should send a written and signed statement of the facts within twentyeight days from the 16th day of September, 2022 to the Minister responsible for nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, Bahamas.

Another vendor, Patrice Bain of Transforming Spaces, expressed her

Have an evacuation plan that includes knowing the location of designated shelters in your area, and the safe keeping of valuable documents,” the press release said.The CPC also urged people to pay close attention to alerts from NEMA during this hurricane season.

all natural ice teas, with flavours such as fever grass and ginger, passion fruit and ginger, and starfruit andWhenginger.asked how she felt about being a part of this event, she said: “I think it’s very needed, because we all have health issues and all do need to cut back on all of the bad things we do.”

“There has been sig nificant relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions,” Dr Darville said last week.“The ones that remain reflect the bare minimum that are required to remind persons that we are still in a pandemic and that we are still vulnerable to increased numbers of cases because of our number one industry with source markets with decreased restrictions and testing rates.”

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NOTICE is hereby given that DON ALEX WALTER ALCIME of North Palmetto Point, Eleuthera, Bahamas is applying to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, for registration/ naturalization as a citizen of The Bahamas, and that any person who knows any reason why registration/naturalization should not be granted, should send a written and signed statement of the facts within twentyeight days from the 9th day of September, 2022 to the Minister responsible for nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, Bahamas.

The deaths were reported in the ministry’s September 13 release. They took place between July 22 to August 13. The deceased include two women and one man, all New Providence resi dents, who were 47, 71 and 85 years old.

According to the

for Disaster Preparedness Myles Laroda rejected assertions that the government is targeting the local pastor.Asfor the accusation of the inci dent being politically motivated, the commissioner answered: “I would let people draw their conclusion. I said the devil got in the mix and sent the wrong message out. Now, whoever that devil is, let the Bahamian people decide who that is.”

gratitude to the ministry for allowing her to be a part of this“Iinitiative.amhappy. I am grate ful for the opportunity to come out here with the Ministry of Health and Wellness. It’s a good thing that they are putting on today and I am happy to be a part of it,” she said.

“The goal of this event is to demonstrate to those who participate and attend, that we could grow our own food and we can grow organic and healthy foods, and healthy products all hand made and made here in The Bahamas,“ she said. “The initiative really is to get the community involved.”

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES ELYSEE of #53 Peardale Road, New Providence, Bahamas is applying to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, for registration/ naturalization as a citizen of The Bahamas, and that any person who knows any reason why registration/naturalization should not be granted, should send a written and signed statement of the facts within twentyeight days from the 9th day of September, 2022 to the Minister responsible for nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, Bahamas.

“He even took us on a tour of (the) church. Took us to his prayer room and all of that, and saying how God was so good to him with respect to how - he was able to get his church back up and running with the assis tance of some good people in front from the US and all of that. So we had a good conversation. I pretty much went there to get an interview, he wanted an interview with me with respect to crime.”

By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net

Dr Bridgette Rolle, exec utive director of the Ministry of Health and

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THREE MORE DEATHS FROM COVID-19

She said: “Why not bring the market to these folks here or as close to them as

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He also revealed that some housing items, particularly mattresses, were also placed in his church for storage for church members and for the DRA.

Asked if police are investigating anybody in regards to the DRA situ ation, the commissioner replied: “No, all they’re doing is doing an inventory and just trying to recover some of the items.“Idon’t know who else because I’m not doing any investigation with the DRA and we haven’t gotten no com plaints from the DRA with respect to any other matters,” he said.

Wellness, said the initiative is meant to get community members involved with showcasing healthy goods.

documented as a result of autopsy reports received on September 7. The min istry said these people died under circumstances that required autopsies — meaning they were not under a doctor’s care at the time of their deaths. The ministry also said these individuals were not known to the health system as having a COVID-19 illness that required hospital care.

MINISTRY of Health and Wellness officials have reported three more COVID-19 related deaths, pushing the nation’s death toll to 833.

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander said the Royal Bahamas Police Force never searched Abaco resident Bishop Silbert Mills’ church and the pastor is “no subject of no investigation”.Thepolicechief said the pastor is assisting the Disaster Reconstruction Authority (DRA) with some recovery after doing an inventory of items.

POLICE Commissioner Clayton Fernander.

There were also six new

However, earlier this week, the pastor said an unexpected search of his church came after Commis sioner Fernander visited him on Friday, allegedly inquiring about some kitchenHowever,cabinets.Commissioner Fernander said he did not go to Abaco to do an investigation, but went there to visit his officers to see how they were doing.Headded: “I never went over there to do no investigation or to speak to Mr Mills. It so happened that the information came to me. I spoke (to) Mr Mills by phone and he said ‘man what you doing on my island’ I said I’m (just visiting my officers) and I mentioned it to him at the same time.

FARMERS MARKET HELD TO MARK CARIBBEAN WELLNESS DAY

Taking viewers on a tour of his church, Bishop Mills showed different supplies he claimed he either bought or received from NGOs post-Dorian.

Since Wednesday evening, Tropical Storm Fiona has been moving at about 805 miles east of the Lee ward islands and moving westward at under 14 mph. Forecasters said that maximum sustained winds are presently about 35 miles per hour, but some intensifica tion in that speed should be expected.

Proprietor of Anji’s Delightful Teas, Angella Stuart-McKenzie was a vendor. The business offers

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The local religious leader went live on social media shortly after reports circulated that his church had been searched by authorities for Hurricane Dorian supplies owned by the DRA.

searched his church.

“He was no subject of no investiga tion and I did not go to Abaco to do no investigation. I went there to visit my (officers) to see how they were doing and the welfare. So he’s no subject of no investigation. We never

Department of Meteorology duty forecaster Ian McKenzie told The Tribune yesterday that based on the National Hurricane Centre’s predictions, it is expected for marine conditions to deteriorate once the storm moves off the Dominican Republic’s northern coast.

Additionally, the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) shared some tips for preparing for a hurricane.

Local vendors for this event consisted of crafts men, produce farmers, food vendors and gardeners.

possible. So, that’s really why I wanted to have the market here so that they could come and purchase things they might not ordinarily get, at least not quality-wise out of the local food stores.”

The commissioner said “they didn’t seize” any items, but rather the oppo site“Theyhappened.didn’t seize it – he gave it. He said yes they are the DRA items Yes, police after he said that they eventually took it out the following day. They are items from inventory that they are presently doing and that they are items that they just were accounting for and they just move it to store it someplace else,” Commis sioner Fernander told The Tribune yesterday.OnWednesday, State Minister

COVID cases reported in the September 13 report while 10 new cases were reported on September 14.On Monday, The Trib une also reported seven more COVID-19 related deaths, according to data released by the minis try over the weekend. In a statement issued on Sunday in relation to those seven deaths, the Ministry of Health clarified that they were

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The event was hosted on the grounds of the Ministry of Health and Wellness on Meeting Street.

September 13 report, there were 112 active COVID-19 cases at that time, While on September 14 there were 116 active COVID-19 cases.Last week, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville acknowl edged the decrease in active cases but said there are no plans for further relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions. He wants members of the public to be reminded we are still in a pandemic.

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Transforming Spaces has organised and beautified outdoor spaces and porches over the past eight years.

Days after he claimed to be visited by the commissioner, Bishop Mills alleged “someone” had entered his church to take pictures of items being stored there with ill intentions.

Mr McKenzie said the hurricane season has been relatively quiet based on the projected forecast, how ever, the country should remain cautious especially in theHesoutheast.continued: “In terms of the southeast Baha mas we are asking residents to continue to monitor the progress of this system extremely closely, and also to be mindful that we are now in the peak of the season. And it only takes one storm to really devas tate us. So although the season has been relatively quiet based on the projected forecast, we’re still in the hurricane season. And, you know, again, we are advising people to remain vigilant and use this time to check up on any hurricane preparations that they may not have done so far and revisit any hurricane preparations plants insurance, you know, just pretty much keep themselves updated and in tune, because the season is far from over.”

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“He’s assisting the DRA with some recovery after doing an inventory — the recovery of some of the items and he did just that in a decent, respect ful (way)... He invited us – we never searched his church. He took us and showed us directly in the kitchen where he had the items.

Dr Rolle expressed the importance of the event for the Bain and Grants Town community most especially, as she said this community suffers from a “cluster of problems” with noncom municable diseases.

‘STAY IGILANT OVER TROPICAL STORM FIONA’

“So then the storm will be able to generate swells across our area, particularly the southeast Bahamas, Inagua, and Turks and Caicos as well. And some of the swells should penetrate into Mayaguana, Crooked Island, and Acklins area from early to mid-Monday morning.“Interms of precipitation, the more intense portion of the system, most of the intense precipitation and convection, that’s more thunderstorm activity would be associated with the northeast quadrant, which will be out in the open water away from our area. So we’re looking at pretty gusty winds, squally rainfall condi tions at this time. Based on the current track, now this couldAlthoughchange.”the weather system is being tracked actively, its status could change.

He also said: “COVID-19 remains a global pandemic. While we are happy that this version of the virus seems to cause a milder dis ease, we can never forget the challenges we have faced with the Delta vari ant. We do not know when the next variant will arise, nor if it will be mild like Omicron or deadly like Delta.”The mask mandate for most indoor spaces remains in place.

“Be prepared – at the issuance of a hurricane watch, stock up on necessary supplies: bottled water, ice, food items, particularly canned goods, medications, batter ies, fuel for vehicles, sandbags if susceptible to flooding, flash lights, portable radios and chargers, etc,” the com mission“Keepsaid.portable chargers fully charged in the event of power loss.

Caribbean Wellness Day is observed on the second Saturday of September.

He said he also saw the bill as trying to empower women and in turn, emasculate men.

She also asked, “Where is the church when I am being raped by my spouse?”

It also notes that people con victed of the offence can be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eight years.

act of any person not under four teen years of age having sexual intercourse with another person without the consent of that person where he knows that person does not consent or is reckless as to whether the person consents.”

SOCIAL Services and Urban Development Minister Obediah Wilchcombe.

“That word rape has no place in the divine institution of mar riage,” he said. “This bill, what you, sir, and the government of The Bahamas is trying to push ahead in this country is the most darkest, wickedest, demonic bill that this country will ever see – when you’re trying to criminal ise a husband and criminalise a wife.“And if y’all pass that law and put that in that marriage, God will judge the person and the govern ment and all who support that.”

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The draft bill adds a new sec tion titled ‘3a’ that addresses the issue of consent which it defines as “the active agreement to sexual intercourse or to indecent assault, given expressly and freely, by overt acts, or words indicating agreement by a person, who has the capacity or legal ability to consent”.Thenew section states that a person shall not be deemed to have given consent to sexual inter course or indecent assault, where the consent is extorted by threats or fear of bodily harm; obtained by impersonating the spouse or the other person personally known to the person; induced by abusing a position of trust, power or authority; obtained by admin istering a substance without the person’s consent capable of caus ing or enabling that person to be stupefied, put to sleep, and or overpowered at the time of the act of sexual intercourse or indecent assault or obtained by a pattern of behaviour which has the effect on that person of coercing, control ling, exploiting or limiting access to financial resources.

“The Bahamas govern ment, The Bahamas as a state really has a lot to be accountable for to Baha mian women, to Bahamian citizens in regard to uphold ing its obligations and for us to be able to go abroad and sit with our heads held high and exercise some kind of moral authority in leadership, we really need to be compliant with what we have undertaken,” she said.As it relates to the draft bill, she said she is pleased with the revised defini tion of “consent” and the removal of the phrase “who is not his spouse” from the definition of rape and gave further recommendations.

He also revealed that consulta tions on the bill are expected to beWhileongoing.some supported the bill – labelling it as a step in the right direction, others outright opposed it, taking issue with the revised definition of some of the terms among other things.

The strong statements drew anger from some people, who stronglyHowever,disagreed.thepastor was not the only one in the room who shared opposing views to some portions of the proposed bill.

He spoke to reporters on the sidelines of his min istry’s one-day symposium on the proposed sexual offences legislation that seeks to criminalise marital rape among other things.

The draft bill also speaks to indecent assault, defining it as an assault against any person where it is established that the accused touches a person in a sexual way, exposes himself to any person in a way which offends against public decency, otherwise assaults another person in indecent cir cumstances among other things.

T G Morrison, who gave his personal perspective on the proposed bill, said rape in any context was rape and “should not be given special protection simply because it occurs in the privacy of a marital women on bed.”

He also argued that anyone in marriage has the right to say “no”, adding that right should be respected.

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Ms Foster-Gay, who has since left the abusive rela tionship, urged Bahamians in similar situations to “get out” and also called on lawmakers to stand behind survivors of abuse.

Aggravating circumstances, according to the bill, include the use of drugs, the use or threat of use of a weapon, the infliction of mental or physical injury on the victim as a result of the offence, among other things.

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For his part, Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard said he thought advanc ing discussions on the draft legislation was a step in the right“Nowdirection.that we have it before us, our colleagues will meet. I’ve gotten feed back already from the time draft amendments were circulated and so, colleagues have already begun to formulate their opinion and we will sit down as a caucus next week and have a detailed discussion with respect to it,” he Maritalsaid.

“Imaginelaw. having to kiss, to lay down and have sex with someone that just burst your head open with your head,” symposium attendee Tina Foster-Gay said yes terday, while recounting her experience of abuse while married.“Let’s make this vision clear. It is not fair. It is not fair that I could’ve not stood behind the laws of my country as someone who serves in this country.

session and afterward we’ll be able to have a definitive date,” he Yesterday,replied. attor ney Marion Bethel, a committee member on United Nations Conven tion on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimi nation Against Women (CEDAW), reminded officials of the country’s international human rights commitments, saying the nation had an obligation to live up to them.

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He added: “Personally, I believe that rape is rape but in the context of marriage, we should be careful on how we amend our laws.”

It further adds: “Consent, and the accused’s belief that the person with whom he is alleged to have had sexual intercourse, or who he is alleged to have inde cently assaulted, consented, shall not be inferred by (a) reason of silence or lack of physical resist ance on the part of that person;

Pastor Kenneth Lewis, of Grand Bahama, said that while he supported government’s efforts to amend the law to better protect women against abuse, he believed officials needed to be careful and “not traverse the bedroom of a married man and woman” who had entered into a covenant with God.He also argued that if the coun try considered itself a Christian nation, its laws should be “consist ent” with Christian principles.

“Where is the church when I am being hit and being abused? Telling me not to leave, but they are going to bury me and they are going to say ‘ashes to ashes and dust to dust’.”

SOCIAL Services and Urban Development Min ister Obie Wilchcombe said the government is hoping that consultations on the drafted Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2022, will be completed before early next year.

The event was attended by government officials, religious leaders and wom en’s right activists, some of whom shared their per spectives on the proposed legislation and also gave goingnon-committal.then,tabledfinalleaders.”human(other)rightsquestionstinuingsituationandyearatneycommitments.becausequicklytivesUnitedgeneral’sitmentministersultativeposiumhopeswentheevent,recommendations.Attheendofyesterday’sMrWilchcombesaidthoughtthediscussionswell,addingthathetohaveanothersymsoon.Askedhowlongtheconperiodwilllast,thesaidthegovernishopingtocompleteaheadoftheattorneymeetingwiththeNationsrepresentainearly2023.“We’retryingtomoveasaswepossiblycanwedohavesomeTheattorgeneralhastospeaktheUnitedNationsnextFebruaryorMarchwedon’twanttobeinawherewe’reconhavingtoansweraboutourhumanwhilewe’recriticalofcountriesandtheirrightssoletusbeWhenaskedifthelegislationcouldbeinParliamentbyMrWilchcombewas“It’ssafetosaythatwe’retohaveanother

or (b) reason of sexual arousal on the part of that person.”

While the judge ulti mately granted the couple’s divorce and ruled that the husband was cruel for forcing his wife to have sex against her will, it was found that “there is no rape in marriage” under Baha mian

“It is not fair that women cannot go to the police because they are told ‘that’s your spouse, you’re married.’ So, I should suffer and I should die. God is not pleased. He did not put me on this earth to suffer -to be hit and abused and raped.”

At yesterday’s symposium, Attorney General Ryan Pinder gave an overview of the bill and spoke to what it would mean for The Bahamas if enacted.

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The draft bill further reads: “Any person who commits a sexual offence other than rape, which is accompanied by any aggravating circumstance, is liable on conviction on information to a term of imprisonment not exceed ing twenty years.”

The religious leader said while he had no problem with some por tions of the draft bill, he had some concerns with the bill’s definition of indecent assault and consent, asking “should a man ask his wife first if she is consenting before engaging in sex.”

“What happens if there is an argument later and the wife weaponises her rights under the legislation and in retaliation tells him that he raped her because she did not give him her con sent. While this may seem trivial to some, it could become real under these circumstances,” he continued.Despite some opposing views, there were also some who expressed support of criminalising maritalReverendrape.

rape is cur rently not a crime in The Bahamas and while some former administrations have pledged to address

the matter through legis lative means, it has never happened.Meanwhile, there have been renewed calls for the Davis administration to address this gap in legisla tion, especially in view of a recent Supreme Court ruling on a divorce case involving a woman who said she felt like a “rape victim” in her marriage.

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During the question-andanswer period, one pastor called the draft legislation “the most wickedest and demonic” bill in the country’s history.

Anddrops.climate change seemed to slightly change the jet stream, storm tracks and where low pressure sits, bringing more rainfall for southern provinces than they usually get, Saeed said.

have far to many men of Bishop Hanchells’ view that when you marry a woman she immediately becomes their property or chattel and to expect to be treated as such. Make you wonder how they must think of their own mothers and sis ters, sick Hrysippuspeople.”said: “What an evil message the so-called bishop is disseminating. I have noticed that nowhere in the Bible does it say that anyone should give any money to pastors or priests either, so everybody please stop financing these people and their sick views.”

not support your party in the next general election.Isuggest all likeminded Bahamian men and women do the same. I am tired of this petty political foolishness. I am NOT a political football.

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not only examined records of past rains, which only go back to 1961, but they used computer simu lations to compare what happened last month to what would have happened in a world without heat-trapping gases from the burning of coal, oil and natu ral gas — and that difference is what they could attribute to climate change. This is a scientifically valid technique, according to the US National Academy of StudySciences.co-author Fahad Saeed, a cli mate scientist at Climate Analytics and the Center for Climate Change and Sus tainable Development in Islamabad, Pakistan, said numerous factors made this monsoon season much wetter than normal, including a La Nina, the natural cooling of part of the Pacific that alters weather worldwide.

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WHILE your story appearing in the busi ness section of Thursday the 15th September, 2022 regarding a recent action involving two erstwhile cli ents of mine was somewhat balanced in its content, the chosen headline (“ExMinister’s son Denies Land Fraud”) tends to suggest that I was either a party or defendant to the action in question.Infact, I was neither a defendant to that action nor the subject of any finding of fraud. I was merely the counsel in the original qui eting action that was subject to the revocation. As such,

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But other human factors that put people in harm’s way and weren’t ade quate to control the water were even bigger“Thisinfluences.disasterwas the result of vulner ability that was constructed over many, many years,” said study team member Ayesha Siddiqi of the University of Cambridge.Augustrainfall in the Sindh and Balochistan provinces - together nearly the size of Spain - was eight and nearly seven times normal amounts, while the country as a whole had three-and-a-half times its normal rainfall, according to the report by World Weather Attribu tion, a collection of mostly volunteer scientists from around the world who do real-time studies of extreme weather to look for the fingerprints of climate change.The team looked at just the two provinces over five days and saw an increase of up to 50% in the intensity

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It will, if passed, create more problems than it solves – in my view. For one, it will kill the sacred institution of marriage instantly - as who is the sensible man who would want to get married under such a

it is neither surprising nor unusual that counsel for the Plaintiffs would make lurid and unfounded allegations against me in their State ment of Claim, portions of which you printed in your article. It is important to distinguish these from the findings of the court.

“Pakistan has not contributed much in terms of causing global climate change, but sure is having to deal with a massive amount of climate change con sequences,” said University of Michigan environment dean Jonathan Overpeck, who wasn’t part of the study.

Overpeck and three other outside climate scientists said the study makes sense and is nuanced properly to bring in all risk factors.

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The nuances help “avoid overinter pretation,’’ said Stanford University climate scientist Chris Field. “But we also want to avoid missing the main message - human-caused climate change is increasing the risks of extreme events around the world, including the devas tating 2022 Pakistan flooding.”

Pakistan’s overall vulnerability, including people living in harm’s way, is the chief factor in the disaster that at one point submerged one-third of the country under water, but human-caused “climate change also plays a really important role here,” said study senior author Friederike Otto, a climate scien tist at Imperial College of London.

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CLIMATE change likely juiced rain fall by up to 50% late last month in two southern Pakistan provinces, but global warming wasn’t the biggest cause of the country’s catastrophic flooding that has killed more than 1,500 people, a new sci entific analysis finds.

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It is also not immedi ately clear just how my late father managed to earn a mention in the article, nor, for that matter, the fact that I am deemed by you to be a “prolific letter writer” on issues quite distinct from

There are many ingredients to the still ongoing humanitarian crisis — some meteorological, some economic, some societal, some historic and construction oriented. Add to that weather records that don’t go back far enough in time.

On July 17, August 4, and August 21 Wong failed to obey his daily curfew at his residence between 9pm to 6am.In court, the accused pleaded guilty with an explanation. Wong explained to the magis trate that he was attending a baby shower in Nassau Village on August 21 when the fatal shooting hap pened which left Jorodly Avril dead. He said he had stayed there until the police arrived for questioning.

TWO MEN were put on probation yesterday for bail violations, one of whom claimed he was out past curfew because he attended a baby shower in Nassau Village last month where a man was Williamkilled.Wong Jr, 24, stood before Magistrate Samuel McKinney on three counts of violating his Supreme Court bail for murder, three counts of attempted murder as well as three counts of abet ment to commit attempted murder.OnMarch 20, he was granted $25,000 bail on his alleged involvement in the murder of Renaldo Nairn and attempted murders of Antonio Pratt, Lamar Wilchcombe, and Travis Stuart in July of 2020.

The second man, Mav erick Major, 27, also faced Magistrate McKinney on a charge of possession of dangerous drugs.

The 14-year-old faced Magistrate Kara TurnquestDeveaux in the presence of a legal guardian. He was charged with unlawfully

accused failed to charge his electronic monitoring device on five occasions. Culmer is further accused of failing to sign in at the Quakoo Street Police Sta tion on September 10 in compliance with his bail conditions.Alsoaround 9pm on Sep tember 10 at Griffin Street, Culmer is alleged to have shot at Daija Ingraham while she was in her vehicle, result ing in the complainant’s back window shattering.

PARTICIPANTS at the Character Day Bahamas workshop in August.

carrying arms. He was accused of taking a flip-knife to his high school around 9am on September 12.

A TEEN boy pleaded guilty in Magistrate’s Court to taking a knife to school.

With a theme this year of “Let Your Light Shine”, the campaign held workshops for educators, guidance councillors and youth workers last month, and a lunch and learn event on September 7.

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The magistrate further noted that Wallace is to be given his medication while in custody.

A MAN was denied bail and sent to the Bahamas Department of Correc tional Services yesterday for allegedly shooting at a woman while out on bail forShacardofirearms. Culmer, 27, stood before Senior Magistrate Caro lyn Vogt-Evans on multiple charges,

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Eneas pleaded guilty to the charge in court, where prosecutor Inspector Tim othy Bain also revealed that the accused had prior charges. The magis trate ordered him to pay a fine of $4,000 or risk six months in custody.

Culmer was then denied bail. He is expected to return to court for service of his VBI and continuation of his trial on February 9, 2023.

Sonia Brown, president of the PACE Foundation which leads Char acter Day Bahamas, said: “We tend to focus on the negative from a societal

He pleaded guilty to the charge.Themagistrate extended his police bail of $800 and adjourned the minor’s case to November 24 for a report.

While the accused pleaded not guilty to all bail violation charges he was not required to enter a plea for the attempted murder or firearm charges. These charges will be fast tracked to the Supreme Court by way of a Voluntary Bill of Indictment (VBI).

TWO men were fined in Magistrate’s Court yes terday on separate drug charges.Charles Eneas, 49, faced Magistrate Samuel McKinney on a charge of possession of danger ous drugs with intent to supply.OnSeptember 10, Eneas was caught by police speed ing on Bethel Avenue in a silver coloured Nissan Sky line. A subsequent search of the vehicle for suspected dangerous drugs or fire arms uncovered a clear brown taped package in a navy-blue grocery bag in the backseat. Further anal ysis revealed the package contained 5lbs and 5oz of Indian hemp with a street value of $5,000.

In court Major pleaded guilty to the charge. It was also revealed that he had priorMajorconvictions.wasordered to pay a $400 fine or face two months in prison.

release on bail and that he gave authorities the wrong address.The magistrate then placed the accused on 18 months probation for which any future breach would incur a nine-month prison sentence.DinoLafleur, 21, also appeared before Magis trate McKinney on charges of violating bail. This is in relation to his Supreme Court $12,000 bail granted by Justice Bernard Turner in June on charges of pos session of a firearm to endanger life and five counts of attempted murder. These charges stem from allegations in March of 2021 when Lafleur is accused of shooting at a vehicle with five women inside.Between August 14 and September 14 the accused breached his 10pm to 5am curfew at his residence.Incourt, Lafleur pleaded guilty to the charges, but said he was outside during curfew due to his work schedule. To this the mag istrate told the accused that he had to inform the court of any change in his work schedule as only a justice can grant an amendment to his bail

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aspect. But it’s all about recognising for example in a child that we might call stubborn, that there is grit and perseverance. We have to find a way to channel their energies so that they can understand and strengthen their character to better themselves, their school, their communities and their family.”“You can work on your strengths and make them stronger,” said pro ject coordinator Charlene Carey. “Character is malleable. Our goal is to help students and others to be their best.”

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A CAMPAIGN is calling on people to nominate their Hidden Heroes.

The Character Day Bahamas cam paign is asking people to nominate the hidden heroes in our community.

Lafleurconditions.wasfined a col lective $2,500; in default he faces six months imprison ment. He was also placed on 18 months probation or risk another six months in custody.Lafleur is expected to pay half of his fine before he is released.

Workshop attendees were reminded to take care of their wellness to have a stronger, positive impact on children and others. “Educators spend more time with our children, than we do,” said Brown. “Your work is extremely important. We need you to take care of yourselves so that you can edu cate our children and improve our country.”Formore information on the Hidden Heroes awards, as well as how to apply for a small grant, visit www. characterdaybahamas.org. Nomina tions close on September 30.

In court, the accused pleaded guilty to both charges. Wallace then told the magistrate that he was beaten shortly before the incident and had no choice but to go to the church. After asking for the court’s mercy Wal lace said he also needed a monthly injection for an unstated medical

On September 6 in New Providence, Major was found by authorities with 1/2 lb of Indian Hemp valued at $500.

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When it came to his remaining charges, Wong claimed that he didn’t realise that his family had moved during his initial

condition.Magistrate McKinney sentenced the accused to two and a half years on the shop-breaking charge and one year on the stealing charge. These sentences are to be served concurrently at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services

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including attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Culmer also faced six counts of violation of bail condi tions set by the Supreme Court.Justice Renea McKay had granted Culmer $9,900 bail in November of 2021 on charges of possession of a firearm with intent to endangerBetweenlife. September 1-10, it is alleged that the

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The survey participants were randomly assigned to three groups. The first group was simply asked, “How much do you support negotiations with Russia on a complete ceasefire in this war?”The second group was asked the same, but also exposed to a made-up state ment in which Zelenskyy stressed the importance of negotiations to prevent further soldier and civilian deaths. A third group was shown a similar endorse ment, but this time it came from the leaders of the EU and the U.S.

UKRAINE’S recent counteroffensive success against Russian troops in the Kharkiv region has raised hopes that a larger rollback of occupying troops is at hand. But this remains a daunting task: Russia continues to occupy roughly one-fifth of the ter ritory of Ukraine, including Crimea, which it unilater ally incorporated into the Russian Federation in 2014.

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Taking on the voice of front-line Ukrainians Although not nation ally representative – our survey focused on those displaced by war and close to active front lines – the views pre sented by respondents provide insight into what is important and cur rently unacceptable to war-afflicted Ukrainians. Those more distant from the front lines and without direct experience of dis placement may have even more emphatic views.

is less emphatic when it comes to the hypothetical ending of Ukraine’s aspi rations of joining Western organizations. An out come where Ukraine ends its quest for NATO mem bership in return for peace is absolutely unacceptable to 46% of respondents.

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The figure for giving up on European Union mem bership is 55.9%. These figures are still high, of course.Andwhile we found solid majorities rejecting territo rial concessions in return for peace, the front-line Ukrainians we surveyed were less vehement when it came to concessions over Crimea than the Donbas, with 58.4% and 67% of respondents finding it “absolutely unacceptable” to concede the regions, respectively.Whenpresented with hypothetical deals in which Russia offers financial compensation or a formal apology but keeps seized Ukrainian lands, more than 80% of respond ents said that such an outcome was “absolutely unacceptable.”Inadifferent question, respondents overwhelm ingly agreed that most Ukrainians see their national territory as sacred.

A UKRAINIAN serviceman stands at the checkpoint near the recently retaken area of Izium, Ukraine, yesterday.

Even Ukraine being a democratic state fell lower down as a priority, with just 14.1% mentioning it as a topOurgoal.survey suggests that peace, state strength and territorial integrity rather than geopolitical status or democracy are on the minds of front-line Ukrain ians today.

1. Having a strong state that can defend territory is a top priority Our survey asked respondents an open ques tion about what their goals were for Ukraine after the war, with the responses organized by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology into categories unseen by respondents.

Existing government policy aspirations attracted some support. Around 1 in 5 mentioned Ukraine becoming a member of the European Union, though only 13.1% mentioned NATO membership.

3. When it comes to nego tiations, the messenger matters

The results suggest that the support of the Ukrainian leadership for a ceasefire negotiation is much more important than international pres sure. Indeed, our survey indicates that Western leaders publicly pushing negotiations might induce a backfire effect.

Here are three key takea ways from the survey:

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So we ran an experiment to test the power of differ ent potential endorsers of negotiations toward a com plete ceasefire in the war.

Ukraine’s leadership is in no mood to talk peace with Russia at the moment. But negotiations will be needed at some point. Paying close attention to the views of ordinary Ukrainians is vital, for any proposed peace settlement requires their general consent to have a chance of taking hold and enduring.

Sociology administered the survey for us in July 2022.

Victory, not peace, is the priority for Ukraine’s leadership, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declaring Ukraine will not give up any of its territories to end the war. But a time will come when peace will have to be made. And any agreement will need to be accepted not only by the leaders but by the Ukrain ian people if it is to hold. As such, it is important to know what terms of settle ment are acceptable – and perhaps more importantly, unacceptable – to ordinary Ukrainians, especially those living in front-line areas or displaced by Russia’s invasion.Tounderstand what an acceptable peace looks like to significantly war-affected Ukrainians, we organized a face-to-face survey of over 1,800 Ukrainians. The Kyiv International Institute of

The group not shown any endorsement backed negotiations by 46%. This jumped to 54% support among respondents who were shown the fictional endorsement by Zelen skyy. Interestingly, there was a small decrease in the support of ceasefire negotiations – down to 42% – when the messen gers were leaders of the

What do Ukrainians say is an acceptable peace?

More than half indicated that creating a peaceful and prosperous state was a top priority. Many saw the means to achieve this through military strength, with a third stating that having Ukraine emerge as a strong state with a large military that could defend its territory was their post war aspiration for their country.Slightly fewer mentioned Ukraine being a sover eign state able to make its own independent deci sions as important, while 28.3% included Ukraine having full control over all

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Around half of respond ents were local residents in three Ukrainian-con trolled towns close to active front-line fighting: Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Poltava. The other half comprised people internally displaced by the war who were shel tering in these towns.

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2. Ukrainians reject concessions on self-deter mination, territory We also presented a series of potential war out comes to respondents and asked them whether they found these acceptable if it meant peace. Most of these scenarios generated strong feelings, with the category “absolutely not accept able” the most frequently used.The scenario most vehemently rejected by respondents is one in which Ukraine loses its right to determine its future in return for an end of hostilities. Yet opinion

As well as asking frontline Ukrainians what is acceptable or not accepta ble in any peace settlement, we also wanted to see if their support for negotia tions would be affected by who was advocating it.

He learned a lot about what really matters along that long, slow road home and if he loves The Bahamas so much, maybe Hollywood will rekindle its love affair with his beloved country of contrasts – ritzy clubs blocks away from rough and tumble streets, islands bathed in sunlight, construction sites

Fox, light ning fast in a career that led to three consecutive NBA World Championships, took the long, slow road home, back to The Bahamas.

to restore a SC Bootle Sec ondary School in Abaco after Hurricane Dorian.

And what he wants now is to live his best life in the place where it all began.

school in the 8th grade,” Rick tells me. “He was one of 10 kids and he had to make his way. He jumped on ships, went to the Canary Islands, Africa, worked the cranberry fields near Boston.”

This is, mark these words, just the beginning of the Rick Fox story.

Ulrich Fox was passing through.“Mydad dropped out of

At the same time, a Min istry of Tourism initiative is focused on a resurgence of the film industry. That

It is Saturday morn ing and the athlete, actor, businessman, now Ambassa dor-at-large for the nation, arguably one of the country’s most famous personalities, is having breakfast at a place out west. At a strapping physically fit 6’7, he towers over the plates (yes, plates) of food in front of him. His appetite pales by comparison to that of his former team mates like Shaq, with whom he is still friendly, but this Saturday morning bounti ful ritual is his weekly treat to himself, a chance to hang back, chill out and eat scram bled eggs, fruit, a large bowl of granola and more fruit, wheat toast, strawberry jam, please, not orange marma lade, some sort of purple smoothie, no doubt made with more fruit. He eats steadily, relishing it, and we talk for more than an hour.

Rick Fox –The long road home

“I was on his shoulders when the fireworks were going off,” he Independencesays.wasn’t just a political state of being. It meant a new kind of world for Bahamian businesses and Ulrick Fox jumped at the chance, opening Holiday Ice with a single location that eventually grew into three.

By the time he hit his teen years, Rick had a blueprint for his life. He would model it after the work and the princi ples for which his two heroes stood. “Mychal Thompson and Sidney Poitier, two men who made us proud,” he says.

RICK Fox pictured with Diane Phillips and coaches.

Fox is back home where he left his heart those many years ago. And he is good with that.

choked in dust, quiet har bours and blasting drumbeats -- at every twist and turn, a possible Hollywood set. If Fox could get Hollywood to come to The Bahamas…

The more you talk with him, the more you under stand this is all Rick Fox ever wanted. The rest of his well-marked career – the court victories, the contracts, the move from the Boston Celtics to what became the three-peat LA Lakers back to the Celtics (his highest hoops earnings in a year, $4.8 million), the acting career that followed, his businesses – they were all planned, designed to lead up to this goal, getting back home in a far better financial position than he left it.

It doesn’t even touch on the quiet good works the Bahamian from Johnson Road has done, like helping

It doesn’t touch on what he is doing in a green con struction field. It doesn’t even reflect how much Rick Fox respected, admired and wanted to please his father. Or how he let him down, if heMoredid. about that another time. It’s Saturday and that’s breakfast treat time, a moment to chill and smile.

“In my heart, I never left,” says Fox.

initiative is headed by Sen. Randy Rolle, a colleague of Fox’s.This is just the beginning of a new chapter of a success story driven by a desire to help his family earn money when the ice business began to melt, its founder’s atten tion diverted to activism, his profits – and much of Rick’s earnings – going to fund this cause or that.

At some point, he became a car salesman in Toronto, where the hard-scrabble Bahamian met the tall, blonde athlete, a woman of grit and wit. He courted her as he ferried Fords back and forth.They married and Rick was born in Canada on July 24,He1969.remembers little of life in Canada. By the time he was old enough to walk and talk, the family was back in his dad’s land, The Bahamas, where Rick’s ear liest memories, the kind that stick with you like your first kiss, revolve around his dad’s fighting for independence.

After a college career at the University of North Carolina and 13 seasons of professional ball, Fox, who earned a degree in Radio, Television and Motion Pic tures turned to film, playing on screen in numerous fea ture films and hit TV shows.

This is a man who knows exactly what he wants.

As a youngster, Rick may have learned how to leap and make jump shots from the daily grind of hopping in and out of dad’s truck, delivering ice. He never thought twice about it. Ask him about his childhood now and he says he was blessed. He did not have to fear, like black children in America, that something or someone who did not even know him would want him hurt or worse.

He’s still in demand. But now, having raised his two children by former wife Vanessa Williams (first black Miss America, 1983), and three stepchildren in the U.S., and his on-site fatherly duties lessened, he is back in Nassau and when Hollywood calls, he is interested, but not jumping on the next plane like he once did.

Fox grew up on Johnson Road. His mother still lives there, refusing to leave the only home she has known for 60 years. She’s as down to earth as a woman can be. Canadian-born and with a natural athleticism and an Olympian herself, she met Rick’s Bahamian father when she was working in an office that was handling arrange ments for upcoming Games.

RICK

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It is not lost on the listener that one played basketball and the other was an actor.

With his famous hair now streaked in silver, and his eyes as piercing as ever, the talented 53-year-old actorathlete-businessman may just be the calling card the industry needs, an industry now faced with an insatiable appetite to generate content for 24-hour streaming.

The guest list for the state funeral is a roll-call of global power and pomp, from Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and King Felipe VI of Spain to US President Joe Biden, French Presi dent Emmanuel Macron and the prime ministers of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — who first met the queen when he was a child and his father Pierre Trudeau was Canada’s leader — said the queen was “one of my favourite people in the world”.

“I said how proud his mother would have been of him, and he said how hard

Monica Thorpe said she walked for two hours to get to the back of the line and join the “Peoplequeue.were just walk ing and walking and the policemen were like ‘Keep going, keep going.’ It was like the yellow brick road,” sheArchbishopsaid. of Canter bury Justin Welby, the spiritual leader of the Church of England, wore a high-visibility vest embla zoned with the words “Faith Team” as he spoke to mourners. Welby, who will deliver a sermon at

A week after the queen died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after 70 years on the throne, the focus of commemorations was in Westminster — the heart of political power in London. Her coffin will lie in state

After a day of high ceremony and high emo tions on Wednesday as the queen’s coffin was carried in somber procession from Buckingham Palace, the king was spending Thurs day working and in “private reflection” at his Highgrove residence in western Eng land. Charles has had calls with Biden and Macron and has been speaking to a host of world leaders.

The queue to pay respects to the late queen at West minster Hall in Parliament was at least a nine-hour wait, snaking across a bridge and along the south bank of the River Thames beyond Tower Bridge. But people said they didn’t mind the wait, and authori ties brought in portable toilets and other facilities to make the slog bearable.

Mourners wait nine hours to say goodbye to queen

PEOPLE queue at the start of the line, near Tower Bridge, to pay their respect to Queen Elizabeth II.

Photo: Martin Meissner/AP

KATE, Princess of Wales, reacts to a well-wisher as she and Prince William, view floral tributes left by members of the public in memory of Queen Elizabeth II at the Sandringham Estate, in Norfolk, England, yesterday.

Photo: Toby Melville/AP

The queen left Bucking ham Palace on Wednesday for the last time, borne on a horse-drawn carriage and saluted by cannons and the tolling of Big Ben, in a solemn procession through the flag-draped, crowdlined streets of London to Westminster Hall.

Elizabeth’s funeral on Monday, paid tribute to the queen as “someone you could trust totally, completely and abso lutely, whose wisdom was remarkable.”Peopleold and young, dressed in dark suits or jeans and sneakers, walked in a steady stream Thurs day through the historic hall, where Guy Fawkes and Charles I were tried, where kings and queens hosted magnificent medi eval banquets, and where previous monarchs have lain in Afterstate.passing the coffin, most mourners paused to look back before going out through the hall’s great oak doors. Some were in tears; others bowed their heads or curtseyed. One sank onto a knee and blew a farewell kiss.Keith Smart, an engineer and British Army veteran, wiped away tears as he left the hall. He had waited more than ten hours for the chance to say headonbowbrokeroomthen,fantastic,”rybodyTherewas“Everybodygoodbye.inthecrowdimpeccablybehaved.wasnomalice,evewasfriends.Itwashesaid.“Andtocomeintothatandseethat,Ijustdowninside.Ididn’t—Iknelttothefloor,myknees,bowedmytothequeen.”

MEMBERS of the public file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign’s orb and sceptre, lying in state on the cata falque in Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster, in London, yesterday.Photo:Danny Lawson/AP

Prince William, the heir to the throne, and his wife Catherine, the Princess of Wales, visited the royal family’s Sandringham estate in eastern England on Thursday to admire some of the tributes left by wellwishers. The couple walked slowly along metal barriers as they received bouquets from the Williampublic.toldwell-wishers s that walking behind his grandmother’s coffin on Wednesday was “challeng ing” and “brought back memories” of the funeral of his mother, Princess Diana after her death in 1997, when William was 15.

it was yesterday because it brought back memories of his mother’s funeral,” Jane Wells, 54, said after meeting the prince Thursday.

It’s also a huge logis tical operation, with a designated ten-mile queu ing route lined with first aid points and more than 500 portable toilets. There are 1,000 stewards and mar shals working at any given time, and 30 religious lead ers from a range of faiths to talk to those in line.

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Palace yes tereday released details about the service, the first state funeral held in Britain since the death of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965. Roy alty and heads of state from around the world are expected to be among the 2,000 people attending, with a smaller burial service planned for later Monday at Windsor Castle.

“I’m glad there was a queue, because that gave us time to see what was ahead of us, prepared us and absorbed the whole atmosphere,” health care professional Nimisha Maroo said. “I wouldn’t have liked it if I’d had to just rush through.”

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“Her conversations with me were always candid,

we talked about anything and everything, she gave her best advice on a range of issues, she was always curious, engaged and thoughtful,” he said at a special session of the Cana dian parliament in Ottawa.

Charles, his siblings and sons marched behind the coffin, which was topped by a wreath of white roses and the queen’s diamondstudded crown on a purple velvet pillow. The military procession underscored Elizabeth’s seven decades as head of state.

Late on Monday, the queen will be buried in a private family service at Windsor alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year.

Her lying-in-state, meanwhile, allowed many Britons to say a personal goodbye to the only mon arch most have ever known.

at Westminster Hall until Monday, when it will be taken across the street to Westminster Abbey for the queen’sBuckinghamfuneral.

THOUSANDS of mourners waited for hours Thursday in a line that stretched for almost five miles across London for the chance to spend a few minutes filing past Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin while she lies in state. King Charles III spent the day in private to reflect on his first week on the throne.

Connecticut for game four, September 18 at 4pm, broadcast live on ESPN.

was formed to promote the growth and development of critical and analytical thinking, leadership, and safe social interaction in The Bahamas through the sport of chess.

Jones finished with 20 points, five rebounds and four assists in the Sun’s 105-76 win over the Las Vegas Aces last night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

ACES’ A’ja Wilson dribbles as Sun’s Jonquel Jones defends during the first half in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals last night in Uncasville, Connecticut.

The 2022 All-WNBA Second Team also includes Jones’ teammate Alyssa Thomas (175 points), New York Liberty guard Sab rina Ionescu (168), Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike (141), and Minnesota Lynx center Sylvia Fowles (65).

chess arbiter, Andre White.White was one of nearly 200 arbiters selected by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), out of a total of over 14,000 offi cial FIDE arbiters globally, to arbiter at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, this summer.

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For the first time, play ers were selected without regard for position.

VALENTINE Cox (winner at right), CM Kendrick Knowles, president, Bahamas Chess Federation.

Voting for the All-WNBA Team was con ducted at the conclusion of the regular season.

She received 12 first team votes and 22 second team votes for a score of 126.

The 44th Chess Olym piad was Andre’s second

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Players received five points for each First Team vote and three points for each Second Team vote.

On a night where Jonquel Jones was awarded her fourth All-WNBA selection, her Connecticut Sun staved off elimination in game three of the WNBA Finals.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes, rookie Jaylen Watson returned an inter ception 99 yards for the go-ahead fourth-quarter score, and the Kansas City Chiefs held on to beat the Los Angeles Chargers 27-24 last Mahomesnight.finished with 235 yards passing, and Jerick McKinnon and Justin Watson hauled in the TD passes for the Chiefs (2-0), who fell behind 10-0 in the first quarter and spent most of the game playing catch-up.Jaylen Watson finally put the Chiefs ahead after the Chargers (1-1), answer ing Matt Ammendola’s tying field goal, marched to the Kansas City 3. Justin Herbert was eyeing tight end Gerald Everett when Watson, a seventh-round pick making his first start, stepped in front of the pass with 10:29 to go and ran nearly untouched the other way to the end zone. Things became worse for the Chargers (1-1) two series later when Herbert was drilled by Mike Danna delivering a throw. He left the field clutching his side, returned one play later, then threw an incompletion that forced the Chargers to punt.Clyde Edwards-Helaire promptly split the defence on a 52-yard run to set up a field goal for Kansas City. Herbert, who finished with 334 yards and three touchdown passes, gamely tried to keep the Chargers alive. He threw a 36-yard dart on fourth down to extend their ensuing pos session, then found Joshua Palmer in the back of the end zone on fourth-andgoal to pull Los Angeles within 27-24 with just over a minute to go. Kansas City recovered the onside kick

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Jones had 15 points and nine rebounds in a game one 67-64 loss followed by 16 points and 11 rebounds in an 85-71 loss in game two.Prior to the game, Jones was named an All-WNBA Second Team selection.

Connecticut routs Las Vegas 105-76

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A fifth and deciding game, if necessary, will be hosted by the Aces at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 20.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

THIS is the first tour nament to be held at The University of The Bahamas (UB) following a recent partnership between UB and The Bahamas Chess Federation.Theevent took place the weekend of Sep tember 10-11 at Choices Restaurant. Through the partnership, BCF chess tournaments will be held at UB. This vital partner ship between UB and BCF

She shot 8-12 from the field and made her only three-point attempt. Jones’ teammate, Alyssa Thomas recorded the first tripledouble in WNBA Finals history with 14 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

Valentine Cox sweeps Fall Classic Chess Tournament

for the third time. The All-WNBA First Team included the Aces’ A’ja Wilson (280 points), Seat tle Storm forward Breanna Stewart (280), Aces guard Kelsey Plum (265), Phoe nix Mercury guard Skylar Diggins-Smith (183) and Chicago Sky center-for ward Candace Parker (183).Each member of the AllWNBA First Team will receive $10,300 and each member of the Second Team will receive $5,150.

Jonquel Jones, Sun stay alive

Jones led the Sun in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots with aver ages of 14.6 points (17th in WNBA), 8.6 rebounds (fourth) and 1.15 blocks (seventh).The6-6 Jones was selected to the WNBA All-Defensive Team

By RENALDO DORSETT

The Sun are now 4-0 in elimination games in the playoffs so far this postseason.TheAces raced out to an early 12-4 lead, but the Sun responded with one of their most dominant stretches of the postseason. They even tually outscored the Aces 34-19 at the end of the first quarter and took control for good. They maintained a double figure lead at the half, 53-42, and took a 77-69 lead headed into the fourth.Connecticut’s all-time postseason record is now above .500 at 37-36. Sun head coach Curt Miller’s WNBA Finals Record is now 3-5. The best-offive series continues in

The Fall Classic was set up as a five-round Swiss format game in 60 minutes plus five seconds per move tournament.Thechief arbiter of the Fall Classic Chess Tour nament was experienced

Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

JONQUEL Jones shoots last night.(AP Photos/Jessica Hill)

Luiz Henrique, Joaquín and Sergio Canales netted one apiece for Real Betis to lead Group C with six points.

LOS ANGELES (AP)

At 41 years and 56 days, Joaquín becomes the oldest goalscorer in the competi tionSubstitutehistory. Paolo Dybala and Lorenzo Pellegrini score a goal each in the span of two minutes early in the second half before Andrea Belotti added the third for Roma’s first win in the same Helsinkigroup.captain Miro Tenho was sent off 13 min utes into the game at Stadio Olimpico after a foul on Belotti.Braga secured a 1-0 vic tory over Union Berlin, and Saint-Gilloise defeated Malmö 3-2 in Group D.

Hearts won 2-0 at Lat vian champion RFS to place second with three. Fiorentina and RFS have a pointSlaviaeach.Prague, whose sta dium will host the final in May, twice came back from a goal down before Lukáš Masopust scored the winner in a 3-2 victory over Ball kani, the first team from Kosovo to reach a UEFA competition group stage.

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Today, Andy and Nancy head a LSB programme that receives tremendous help from students, parents, retired workers, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and many others who learn about LSB and the impact they can have by being a part of the programme.

Arsenal, another favour ite of the competition, had its game against PSV Ein dhoven postponed from Thursday to October 20 because of limited police resources in London during preparations for the queen’s stateThoughfuneral.Chelsea’s Cham pions League game against Salzburg went ahead yes terday, the visit of a large

By KAREL AssociatedJANICEKPress

Last weekend’s Premier League games were post poned following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

West Ham rallied after Silkeborg took an early 1-0 lead through Kasper Kusk. Manuel Lanzini equal ised from the penalty spot before Gianluca Scamacca and Craig Dawson estab lished a comfortable 3-1

MANCHESTER United’s Cristiano Ronaldo controls the ball dur ing the Europa League, group E soccer match between Sheriff Tiraspol and Manchester United at the Zimbru stadium, in Chis inau, Moldova, yesterday.

Slavia is tied atop Group G with Sivasspor after the Turkish team won 1-0 at Cluj. Alkmaar dominates Group E with two wins from two.

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer

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AFTER spending the past 15 years teaching pri mary school students the basic skills in swimming, the Let’s Swim Bahamas programme will provide a private premiere documen tary on their progress made soOnfar. Tuesday at 6pm at the University of the Baha mas, the husband and wife team of Andy and Nancy Knowles will show the LSB documentary to pro vide more awareness of the importance of learning how to “Whenswim. we started this programme 15 years ago, we only got started with one school, but now we have worked with over 10 schools,” said Andy Knowles, who along with Nancy, have been respon sible for providing an opportunity for countless young people to learn to swim.The duo were previously responsible for the forma tion of Swift Swimming, one of the most successful clubs in the Bahamas Aquat ics, formerly the Bahamas Swimming Federation, which gave rise to some of the top swimmers in the country, including Olym pians Jeremy Knowles and Allan Murray.

RONALDO NETS 1ST EUROPA LEAGUE GOAL AS UNITED BEATS SHERIFF

Ukrainian club Dnipro-1 registered a 3-1 victory at Apollon Limassol, and Alk maar beat Vaduz 4-1.

Gibson Primary School. The Knowles are now working with 10 primary schools with Sadie Curtis, Sandilands, Eva Hilton, TG Glover, Stephen Dillette, Woodcock, Albury Sayles, Adelaide and Gambier joining Thelma Gibson.

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

The Intuit Dome will be up and running by the

Real Betis beat Bulgarian team Ludogorets 3-2 for its second straight win while Jose Mourinho’s Roma bounced back from a sur prising loss to Ludogorets last week by cruising 3-0 past 10-man HJK Helsinki.

West Ham is struggling in the Premier League but shining in the Europa Con ference League.

Alireza Jahanbakhsh scored twice for Feyenoord in Group F to jump to a 4-0 after the first half. The Ira nian forward had his third disallowed after a video review.Dávid Hancko, Danilo Pereira, Santiago Gimenez and Oussama Idrissi also scored for the Dutch club to recover from a 4-2 defeat at Lazio in the previous round.Also in Group F, Den mark’s Midtjylland routed LazioMichael5-1.

“We are well-positioned for an exceptional event,” LA28 organising com mittee chairman Casey Wasserman said yesterday at a media briefing on the UCLA campus, site of the future athletes’ village.

Water Safety Colouring and Activity Book and Posters.

As they move forward, coming out of the pandemic which forced the pro gramme to be put on hold over the past two years, Andy Knowles said they are eager to resume the programme following the launch of the documentary nextKnowlesweek. said they intend to continue to improve their registration process to be quick, efficient, thor ough, with emphasis on

sticking to the deadline for registration. “We are now using our Facebook page to get the word out about sign ing up for the lessons and have had over 7000+ shares so“Withfar. the financial help from our sponsor ATEOS, they hope to be able to print and distribute to all the Government Primary Schools throughout The Bahamas the 3rd edition of the Let’s Swim Bahamas

“We want to increase the percentage of kids who sign up and the number of schools we work with and the teaching all the grades from 1 to 6 and getting to have all 24 primary schools in NP on board,” he said.

group of PSV fans travel ling from the Netherlands proved more challenging.

Hoevertsz called it an example of the games “creating a legacy now, today for these kids.”

competition. Villarreal fol lowed suit with a 2-1 win at Hapoel Be’er Sheva and Istanbul Basaksehir kept a perfect record after a 3-0 victory over Fiorentina.

Andy and Nancy Knowles to show Let’s Swim Bahamas documentary

The coordination com mission members visited several venues across the city, including Los Ange les Memorial Coliseum, site of the 1932 and 1984 games, and SoFi Stadium, home of the NFL’s Rams and Chargers, in nearby Inglewood. “The venues that are going to be used are a mix of the historic used for the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games, and of course we have world-class modern venues that have been built since the Games took place in 1984,” said commission chair Nicole Hoevertsz. “We have this beautiful mix of the old and the new.”

time the games occur. Was serman noted the future home of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers is set to open in 2024 down the street from SoFi Stadium, although at this time it doesn’t figure in any venue plans.The commission visited the Obama Sports Com plex to see the PlayLA youth sports programme in action. LA28 and the IOC have invested $160 million to make sports more accessible to young people across the city.

advantage still in the first half.Søren Tengstedt scored in the second half but it wasn’t enough and West Ham is in control of Group B with six points.Serdar Gürler had two goals and substitute Ber trand Traoré added one for Basaksehir to lead Group A with six points.

He expressed optimism for the games’ commercial outlook, citing several cor porate sponsors already on board with more to come

Feyenoord recorded its first win by routing Sturm Graz 6-0, Freiburg won 3-0 at Olympiacos for its second victory, and Monaco was upset 1-0 at home by Hungary’s Ferencváros.

“We have been encour aged by the response, with each school willing to work with us, that includes principals, teachers and administration,” Andy Knowles

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The 2028 Olympics will run from July 14-30, fol lowed by the Paralympics from August 15-27.

Ronaldo shot his spot kick straight, sending Sher iff goalkeeper Maxym Koval to his right six min utes from halftime. It was awarded after Patrick Kpozo brought down Diogo Dalot.Sancho put United 1-0 ahead in the 17th after collecting a pass from Christian Eriksen at the edge of the area.

In the same Group E, Real Sociedad needed sub stitute Alexander Sørloth’s 80th-minute goal to beat Omonoia 2-1.

It took place in the Mol dovan capital, Chisinau, in the centre of the country, at the Zimbru Stadium.

The programme was relaunched in March through June this year.

the programme throughout the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. But for now, they are content with what they have accomplished here so far.“We are pleased with what we have been able to accomplish with the 10 schools, including the many thousands of students we have taught and the many tens of thousands of les sons we have taught,” Andy Knowles said.

Jeremy Knowles along with Baha Mar’s lifeguard, Linda Hall, assisted in the lesson

Braga and Union SaintGilloise recorded their second wins also.

— The International Olympic Committee’s coordination commission made its first in-person visit to Los Angeles this week to inspect pro posed venues for the 2028 Games.After being kept away because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the group met with local organising offi cials over three days.

The Olympics will have 10,000 athletes, while the Paralympics will host 5,000.

Gregoritsch scored twice for Freiburg to move to six points in Group G where Qarabag blanked Nantes 3-0 in Baku.

in the fourth quarter. “We sit in a very strong posi tion,” Wasserman said.

“The appetite for the games coming back to this country is very strong.”

While they are based here in New Providence, the Knowles plan on expanding

(AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

After failing to secure a transfer to a club in the Champions League — where he’s scored 141 goals — the Portugal striker had

It was the 37-year-old Ronaldo’s first goal of the season and 699th in club competition.“Happyto score and help the team win! 3 important points!” Ronaldo tweeted.

The LSB programme got started in 2008 with students from the Thelma

“Wouldsaid.like to see a better response from par ents willing to sign their kids up for the learn to swim programme, we have aver aged about 46 percent of the students taking advan tage of the swimming.”

And LSB will continue to work to add new sites and schools with the goal to have five sites and 18 schools (out of the 24 schools in New Providence) ready to start the pro gramme in September 2023.

Eventually, they want to show two mini premiere documentaries for fundraising and then air on ZNS TV for the general public.

EUROPA LEAGUE

The London club beat Denmark’s Silkeborg 3-2 for its second victory from two in Europe’s third-tier

CRISTIANO Ronaldo scored the first Europa League goal of his career to help Manchester United rebound from an open ing loss in the second-tier competition with a 2-0 vic tory over Sheriff Tiraspol yesterday.TheChampions League record scorer converted from the spot after Jadon Sancho gave United a 1-0 lead in Moldova.

On June 23 at Baha Bay, LSB worked with Melissa Lockwood from Baha Mar and Olivia Daxon, prin cipal of Thelma Gibson School and 55 children to participate in a worldwide swimming event.

The game was moved from the tiny Sheriff Sta dium in its breakaway home region of Transnis tria that borders Ukraine after UEFA blocked Sher iff from playing there this season following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

With the Bahamas being an archipelago of islands, Andy Knowles said their goal is to get all Bahamians able to swim and enjoy the God-given beautiful seas surrounding us.

to settle for playing in the Europa League for the first time since 2002 with Sport ingRonaldoLisbon. was given a second straight start, including last week’s 1-0 loss to Real Sociedad at Old Trafford, after he was used as a substitute in four straight wins by United in the Premier League.

“Onceplan.the lesson was over, the children and their families were able to spend the rest of the day at Baha Bay playing in the water park. This will definitely be a LSB annual event.

With the assistance of the Defence Force, headed by Commodore Dr Ray mond King, LSB would like to work out the details for using members of the Defence Force as coaches, especially for the South Beach Pool site.

ANDY and Nancy Knowles with Let’s Swim Bahamas mascots Tim and Snorkel.

THIS season is already proving to be a big reality check for Leicester.

He first owned a boat called “the Snake” before he got another one called “Trouble Maker,” which evolved into the Cobra.

it appears, cannot afford to fire him so the situation is delicate

“He was a former fivetime national champion with the Cobra, who was featured in a number of sailing magazines,” Rolle said. “The Cobra is still a very popular boat. He was like a father to me. He made an invaluable contri bution to sailing.”

“He came from really humble beginnings, having to leave school at a very early age to go to work at the naval base,” Dwayne Higgins said.

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Paul enjoyed a 6-1, 6-4 win over Mikhail Kukushkin before Fritz defeated Alexander Bublik 7-6 (6) 1-6 6-3 to give the Americans an unassailable lead in Glas gow, Scotland. Bublik and Aleksandr Nedovy esov later defeated Rajeev Ram and Jack Sock 6-2, 7-6 (6) in the doubles match.

Rodgers had a point. In a transfer window featur ing record spending by England’s top-flight clubs totalling about $2.2 billion, Leicester actually made a profit of about $65 mil lion. Its only signings were a third-choice goalkeeper on a free transfer and an unheralded defender, Wout Faes from French club Reims, for $17 million on the deadline day. Faes was essentially a replacement for Wesley Fofana, sold a couple of days earlier to Chelsea for around $80 million.Leicester chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanap rabha explained that the board’s lack of activity in the transfer market was down to a need for “com pliance with the game’s sustainability regulations” after an increase in net spend in recent seasons. There are also plans to expand King Power Sta dium and the surrounding site.

The French team lost to Germany on Wednesday.

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of The Bahamas and The Bahamas Chess Federa tion,” according to CM Kendrick Knowles, presi dent of The Bahamas Chess Federation.Headded: “I thank UB for hosting The Fall Clas sic Tournament and look forward to BCF hosting more chess tournaments and events in collaboration with The University of The Bahamas.“Traditionally, higher education institutions and chess go hand in hand.

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He continued: - “We recognise that many of the younger chess players cur rently in primary and high schools will one day be at UB, and we want them to know that chess has a home at the “PresidentUniversity.Rollins, VP Stubbs, and the entire UB community congratulates BCF on the tournament and their efforts.”

The 82-year-old native of Pirates Well, Mayaguana, leaves behind seven daugh ters and five sons.

Higgins’ son, Dwayne Higgins, who followed in his father’s footsteps in sail ing, said he was a “strong, resilient and committed” person, who was very dis ciplined and exhibited a lot of high standards that he expected others to emulate.

“UB is excited for the opportunity to collabo rate with The Bahamas Chess Federation,” said Dr Joseph Ferguson, assistant professor, mathematics and Chess Club advisor at The University of The Bahamas.

and the two strikers who started, Kelechi Iheana cho and Patson Daka, both scored.Most would say Leices ter’s squad is too good to go down and there are good fixtures to come, with pro moted teams Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth following Tottenham.

halted the popular event until it returned this year.

“We recognised his con tributions and we asked him to become a part of our race committee in 2019 and he gratefully accepted, the same year that we hon oured him and Stafford,” Rolle said. “It was long in coming. He made his con tribution, but we were glad to honour him.”

Leicester’s most recent match was a humiliating 5-2 loss at Brighton that

Only last year, Leicester was winning the FA Cup for the first time and embark ing on another season in Europe.Now?Lastplace in the league on just one point from six games. On a run of five straight losses. Seemingly out of money. And a coach publicly at odds with the club“Thisleadership.isn’tthe club that it was two years ago,” said Brendan Rodgers, Leices ter’s beleaguered manager.

Olympiad as an arbiter. The first was in Tromso, Norway, in 2014.

Emerald Beach, Lucayan Beach, Balmoral Beach, the Pilot House and Holiday Inn, just to name a few.

Jacob Higgins dies at his family home in Yellow Elder Gardens

AfterRome.producing only one birdie on his open ing nine holes — having starting his round on the back nine — McIlroy shot up the leaderboard when

Clyde Rolle, vice commo dore of the National Family Island Regatta in Exuma, said he was able to benefit so much from the late Hig gins, whom he considers to be one of his idols.

The Americans now wait to see if the Nether lands can follow suit with a win over the British teamBritaintoday.needs to win after losing to the US on Wednesday.TheUnited States will then play the Dutch on Saturday.Australia came from behind to defeat France 2-1 in their Group C tie in Hamburg, Germany.

Matt Fitzpatrick was one stroke ahead at 5 under through 15 holes when play was suspended because of theishedFrancescoItalianMcIlroyplayedNicolaiDefendingdarkness.championHøjgaard,whoinagroupwithandtwo-timeOpenchampionMolinari,finonestrokebehindleaders.

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McIlroy was tied for the lead with five other players: Gavin Green of Malaysia, Adri Arnaus of Spain, Scott Jamieson of Scotland, Eddie Pepperell of England and Antoine Rozner of France. U.S. Open champion

Dwayne Higgins, an educator by profession, eventually owned his own boat, Jacob’s Ladder - a Class C boat that he named in honour of his father.

“That eagle obviously ignited something and sort of kick started my round a little bit,” McIl roy“Isaid.played some really good golf on the way in. I played the more dif ficult nine well and the easier nine not so well, so probably evened out. Just need to tidy up a few things going into the next few days.”

Vardy was rested by Rodgers against Brighton

The big question is, will Rodgers be given time?

SLOOP sailing boat owner Jacob Higgins was not just remembered for the pioneering role he played as a competitive sailor, but as an executive chef, who helped to inspire so many of his family and friends.

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The Americans are almost assured of reach ing the quarterfinals with two wins from two in Group D.

The Fall Classic was the final qualifier to determine who would fill the remain ing spots at the upcoming Bahamas National Chess Championship.Coxdefeated all his opponents and emerged as the overall winner of the tournament.DrKenville Lockhart came second and Avian Pride secured third place.

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Is Rodgers the man to lead another revival?

JACOB HIGGINS, the owner of the Class B boat, The Cobra, passed away on Sunday at his family homestead in Yellow Elder.

“Daddy owned the boat, but he had a number of people who captained it for him,” Dwayne Higgins said.

For his efforts, the National Family Island Regatta committee, headed by Danny Strachan, hon oured the late Higgins and Stafford Armbrister during the last National Family Island Regatta held in Georgetown, Exuma in 2019 before COVID-19

“I could remember him especially for his tena cious spirit because nobody could shake his conviction,” Higgins said. “If only one person supported his posi tion, he still stuck with it.”

The four-time major champion holed out an approach shot for an eagle en route to a 4-under 67 for a share of the clubhouse lead in the opening round of the Ital ian Open yesterday at the Marco Simone club out side

“I am not daft, I under stand football,” said Rodgers, who insisted he would not be walking away.

heading into a trip to Tot tenham on Saturday, one of seven matches taking place in the upcoming round of the Premier League. Three games are off because of logistical issues following the death of Queen Eliza beth II last week and the buildup to her funeral on

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Top universities around the world promote chess and participate regularly in chess“Congratulationstournaments. to Val entine Cox on a stellar performance. I am excited for The Bahamas Nationals, the players qualifying for the Nationals are the top chess players in The Baha mas and competition will be intense.”

he landed his second shot from 115 yards on the par-4 third a few feet from the hole. The ball then rolled in and McIlroy lifted his arms in delight as he watched from afar back up the fairway.

As an executive chef, listed as the first as a Baha mian, Higgins was known for his employment at a number of establishments, including the Sheraton British Colonial Hotel,

Monday.IfRodgers is to stay, he has to make Leicester harder to beat. The team has conceded 16 goals in six games — only Bourne mouth has allowed more — with newly installed goalkeeper Danny Ward proving an ineffective shot-stopper and a huge downgrade from Kasper Schmeichel, who was Leicester’s captain and locker-room leader before opting to join Nice in the offseason.Rodgers has dropped Wilfred Ndidi back into central defense, which has in turn weakened the mid field. Faes might be handed a debut against Tottenham, thereby restoring Ndidi into his rightful place.

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The Bahamas National Chess Championship, the biggest event on the BCF calendar, is a five-day event.

prompted more questions about Rodgers’ future.

But there’s no doubt things have gone stale at the club and there has to be uncertainty over whether Rodgers has the desire to build another team, with Vardy and defensive lynch pin Jonny Evans in the twilight of their careers, Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans in the last year of his contract, and star playmaker James Maddi son likely wanting to play at a higher level in the next seasons.That’s a big rebuilding job for Rodgers and there’s no money to underpin it. Those league and cup titles suddenly seem a dis tant memory.

Richard Gasquet put the French on track with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Jason Kubler, but Alex De Minaur levelled the tie with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 win over Benjamin Bonzi and doubles pairing Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell completed the victory by beating Nicolas Mahut and Arthur Rinderknech 6-4,The6-4. Australians lead the table with two wins, ahead of Germany which plays Belgium today.

And why would he, given he has a contract at Leices ter until 2025 and would be entitled to a big payoff if he wasLeicester,fired.

Rolle, who also sailed the Cobra on a number of times for Higgins, said he could always count on him for his advice. He noted that he will definitely be missed by the sailing sloop community for the contri bution he made along with the late Cassius Moss, King Eric Gibson and Rollie ‘the Grand Master’ Gray.

“I would first like to recognise the partnership between The University

TECELIO, Italy (AP) — Rory McIlroy’s first competitive round on next year’s Ryder Cup course was a success.

Not the way he is talking. After a recent loss to Manchester United, it felt like Rodgers was almost throwing in the towel, saying in a clear message to Leicester’s board: “With the greatest respect, we have not had the help in the market this team needed.”

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Six years ago, the club from the east Midlands was delivering soccer’s great est fairytale, winning the English Premier League at preseason odds of 5,000-1.

White was assisted at the Fall Classic by Angel Pride.

In a sense, Leicester is back to where it was eight years ago.

In 2014-15, the team spent almost the entire season battling relegation — the Foxes were bottom of the standings at Christ mas, on just 10 points from 17 games — only to pro duce the greatest of great escapes and stay up after winning seven of its last nineClaudiogames. Ranieri was hired and the rest is history.

Higgins, the owner of the Cobra, a Class B boat, passed away on Sunday at his family homestead in Yellow Elder.

LEICESTER City manager Brendan Rodgers on the touchline dur ing the English Premier League soccer match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Leicester City at The Amex Stadium, Brighton, England, on September 4.

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz won their singles matches to help the United States beat Kazakhstan 2-1 to move atop its Davis Cup Finals group yesterday.

“He always wanted people to know that despite your beginning, it doesn’t determine your outcome. It ain’t how you start, but how you make the best of what you have to become what youInare.”addition to Dwayne, Marcellus and Natchie, Higgins’ other children are Sheral and Donna Higgins, Carmen Rolle, Darnell, Bonnie and Madonna Hig gins, Melvin and Dwight Higgins and Ricardo Penn. He also has two sisters Mabel Bodie and Vernita Ellis and two brothers Huel Williamson and Nathaniel Higgins and a number of grand and great grandchildren.TheTribune Sports Departments extends its condolences to the Higgins family.

Players for the upcoming Bahamas National Chess Championship include CM Kendrick Knowles, Shawn Barker, Curtis Pride, CM Nathan Smith, FM Cecil Moncur, Avian Pride, Noah Albury, Trevor Bridgewa ter, Valentine Cox and Dr. Kenville Lockhart.

“He really pulled him self up by his bootstraps and made it happen. He was really a trailblazer as a chef.”Asa child growing up in Mayaguana, Higgins devel oped an affinity for sailing.

“He came from humble beginnings as a person cleaning the floor to being elevated to executive chef,” said Dwayne Higgins, whose brother Marcellus and sister Natchie Dean

Then there’s the question marks over Jamie Vardy, the only survivor from Leicester’s title-winning team. The striker recently signed a new deal through 2024, but is now 35 and has been ineffective this season.

Also yesterday, Serbia defeated Korea 2-1 in Group B in Valencia, and Croatia overcame Sweden 2-1 in Group A in Bologna, Italy.

“Building the club to a level where we are less reli ant on player trading takes good management; strate gic, sustainable investment; success on the pitch; and time,” Aiyawatt wrote in a letter to Leicester’s fans in a matchday program.

have followed in their father’s footsteps in the culinary industry.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nick Senzel and Aristides Aquino hit solo home runs and Cincinnati beat NL Central-leading St. Louis to snap a six-game losing streak in the opener of a five-game series.

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SWITZERLAND’s Roger Feder er waves during a 100 years of Centre Court celebration on day seven of the Wimbledon tennis championships in Lon don, on July 3.

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Soon after, Federer had surgery to repair damage to his meniscus and cartilage in his right knee — his third operation on that knee in a span of 1 1/2 years.

2005-07, a run that also extended to 18 of 19 major finals into 2010.

too; they met as athletes at an Olympics — have two sets of twins, girls who are 13 and boys who are 8.

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Nick Gordon’s two-run shot in the second were enough for Minnesota to beat Kansas City for a threegameThesweep.Twins (72-70) pulled within four games of firstplace Cleveland in the AL Central.Trevor Megill (4-3), who threw the first of five score less innings by five Twins relievers, picked up the victory with a perfect fifth. Jhoan Duran got his sev enth save with a tense ninth, Royals starter Daniel Lynch (4-11) was the loser.

Michael Chavis had an RBI double in the second for the last-place Pirates. JT Brubaker (3-12) was tagged for five runs and seven hits over three innings before leaving with discomfort in his right lat muscle. He is day-to-day.

ASTROS ATHLETICS5, 2 HOUSTON (AP) — Aledmys Díaz hit a two-run homer, Lance McCullers Jr. had a solid start and Hou ston beat Oakland for its fifth straight victory.

Federer would go on to blow way past that, ending up with 20 by winning eight championships at Wimble don, six at the Australian Open, five at the US Open and one at the French Open.His 2009 trophy at Roland Garros allowed Federer to complete a career Grand Slam.

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Oakland to two hits and two runs while walking four.

His serving, fore hand, footwork and attacking style will all be remembered. Also unfor gettable were his matches against younger rivals Nadal, 36, and Djokovic, 35, who both equalled, then surpassed, Federer’s Slam total and are still winning titles at the sport’s four big gest tournaments.

Federer’s records include being the oldest No. 1 in ATP rankings history — he returned to the top spot at 36 in 2018 — and most consecutive weeks there (his total weeks mark was eclipsed by Djokovic).

Breaking out early at the plate in the opener of a fourgame series, the Mets halted a five-game home losing streak and rebounded from a three-game sweep by the Chicago Cubs at Citi Field.

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Federer leaves the sport with a total of 103 tour-level titles on his sub stantial résumé and 1,251 wins in singles matches, both second only to Jimmy Connors in the Open era, which began in 1968.

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“I wish this day would have never come,” Nadal said. “It’s a sad day for me personally and for sports people around the world. I said it to you when we spoke and now it’s here. It’s been a pleasure but also an honour and privilege to share all these years with you, living so many amaz ing moments on and off the court.”

Federer has not com peted anywhere since Wimbledon in July 2021, and so, in that sense, his news is not all that surprising.

Seattle (80-62), which holds one of the three AL wild-card spots, was idle Thursday, but moved per centage points ahead of Toronto.Díazhomered in a fourrun second inning, his ninth. Paredes made it 5-0 with a leadoff blast in the seventh, his 19th. Kevin Gausman (12-10) was the loser.

The Chiefs tied it 17-all on the first play of the fourth

He also had said he would return to tournament action in his home coun try at the Swiss Indoors in October.InThursday’s announce ment, Federer said his farewell event will be the Laver Cup in London next week. That is a team event run by his management company.“Iknew a few weeks ago that his rehabilitation with his knee wasn’t going as well as he had hoped. A few weeks after Wimbledon, he informed me that the knee was not reacting as well as it should and that he was thinking about figuring out a way to end his career,” Tony Godsick, Federer’s agent since 2005, said in a telephone interview yesterday.“Ihad suggested to him years ago that he should stop. Not many tennis play ers at his level push into their 40s. But he was always interested in challenging himself,” Godsick said.

The Chargers return home to face Jacksonville on September 25. The Chiefs visit Indianapolis the same day.

Seth Martinez (1-1) pitched a scoreless sev enth, and Rafael Montero worked the ninth for his 13th save.

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St. Louis made it inter esting in the ninth against rookie reliever Alexis Diaz, loading the bases with one out on two singles and walk before pulling within a run

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In a sport where changes in surface and other condi tions can make even the best players thrilled with a showing here or there into the second week of a Slam, Federer compiled streaks of 36 quarterfinals in a row and 23 semifinals in a row from 2004 to 2013. “Roger Federer is a champion’s champion. He has the most complete game of his gen eration and captured the hearts of sports fans around the world with an amazing quickness on the court and a powerful tennis mind,” Hall of Famer Billie Jean King said. “He has had a historic career with memo ries that will live on and on.”

Nadal now leads the men’s major championship count with 22, one ahead of Djokovic.“Iwas lucky enough to play so many epic matches that I will never forget,” Federer said in yesterday’s announcement.Addressing his “com petitors on the court” — although not by name — he wrote: “We pushed each other, and together we took tennis to new levels.”

The dominance Federer displayed at the height of his powers is unrivaled, including reaching 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals, winning eight, from

go-for-broke coach Bran don Staley opted to play conservatively, twice punt ing on fourth-and-2 near midfield. Dustin Hopkins kicked an early field goal before Mike Williams, dominating smaller Chiefs defensive backs, put the Chargers in position for Zander Horvath to catch a short TD pass.

NEW YORK (AP) — On a Roberto Clemente Day particularly meaningful to both of them, Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco propelled the New York Mets past the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1 last night to extend their slim lead in the NLLindorEast. launched his 24th home run to set a Mets season record for short stops, and Carrasco (15-6) struck out 11 in six splen did innings as New York moved a game ahead of idle Atlanta.Slumping designated hitter Daniel Vogelbach drove in three runs against his former team, and pinchhitter Mark Vientos had an RBI single for his first major league hit.

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and ran out the clock on a crucial AFC West win.

But he had appeared at an event marking the 100year anniversary of Centre Court at the All England Club this July and said he hoped to return to play there “one more time.”

cornerback L’Jarius Sneed to give the Chargers a 17-7 lead.The game appeared to be getting away from the Chiefs when Mahomes was intercepted by Asante Samuel Jr. on their next possession.Butreplays showed Samuel didn’t control the ball and the call was over turned, and Mahomes capitalized on his second chance by throwing a 41-yard strike to Justin Watson for a touchdown.

TORONTO (AP) — Yandy Díaz hit a three-run home run and Tampa — starting an unprecedented nine Latin American play ers on Roberto Clemente Day — routed Toronto to pull within a half-game of the Blue Jays in the wildcard chase. Clemente, the late Hall of Fame outfielder

The highly anticipated showdown between two of the league’s prolific young quarterbacks, each

quarter when Ammendola, who was signed earlier this week to replace the injured Harrison Butker, knocked through a chip shot on fourth down at the goal line. That set up Jaylen Watson’s pick-6 and the first lead that Kansas City had all night.

Goodell on the sideline before kickoff.

from Puerto Rico, was a two-time World Series winner and NL MVP who played 18 seasons with Pittsburgh.Activated off the injured list after missing 15 games because of a left shoul der impingement, Shane McClanahan (12-5) pitched five shutout innings. He allowed three hits, struck out five and walked one.

Isaac Paredes hit a solo home run and added an RBI single as the Rays (8063) won the fifth and final game of the series. Toronto (81-63) will play a fourgame series at Tampa Bay, starting next Thursday.

MIAMI (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit his NL-leading 38th homer for

López (9-10) completed 6 2/3 innings, allowing two runs and six hits. Dylan Floro pitched the ninth for his fifth save. Noah Synder gaad (9-10) was the loser.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carlos Correa’s solo home run in the first inning and

ROGER Federer is retir ing from professional tennis at age 41 after a series of knee operations, closing a career in which he won 20 Grand Slam titles, finished five seasons ranked No. 1 and helped create a golden era of men’s tennis with rivals Rafael Nadal and NovakFedererDjokovic.posted what he called a “bittersweet deci sion” via both a written statement and an audio clip yesterday, less than two weeks after 23-time major champion Serena Williams played what is expected to be the last match of her career.Combined, the exits by two of the greatest athletes in their sport’s history rep resent a significant turning of the page.

McCullers had 11 strike outs — his most since July 29, 2018 — and held

on a sacrifice fly by Albert Pujols. Diaz then got pinchhitter Cory Dickerson to ground out to end the game and earn his seventh save. Aquino and Spencer Steer each had two hits for the Reds.Pujols finished 0 for 3 and remained at 697 career home runs. He is fourth on the career list behind Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755) and Babe Ruth (714).

“And at the end of the day, after 1,500-plus matches, the tires finally wore out. And he’s got things to do in his next Federerstage.”and his wife, Mirka — a tennis player,

The game was the first in the $13 billion, 11-year deal between the NFL and Amazon Prime to exclusively stream Thurs day night games. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos joined NFL Commissioner Roger

“Tennis has treated me more generously than I ever would have dreamt,” Federer said yesterday, “and now I must recognise when it is time to end my competitive career.”

Philadelphia in the playoffcontending Phillies’ loss to Miami.Schwarber connected off Pablo López in the sixth with a solo shot to right-center.Miamirookie Jordan Groshans hit his first major league homer and Bryan De La Cruz also went deep and had four RBIs.

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“As many of you know, the past three years have presented me with chal lenges in the form of injuries and surgeries. I’ve worked hard to return to full competitive form,” said Federer, who is home in Switzerland. “But I also know my body’s capacities and limits, and its message to me lately has been clear.”

Federer says he is retiring from pro tennis at age 41

Staley finally went for it on fourth down on the opening drive of the second half. And one play after Austin Ekeler picked it up, Williams made a onehanded grab around Chiefs

surrounded by premier playmakers, turned out early on to be a defensive slugfest.TheChargers held the Chiefs to 13 yards in the first quarter, thanks to relentless pressure from Joey Bosa and Khalil Mack and the fact that Derwin James Jr. was just about everywhere, and kept a team that scored 44 points last week in Ari zona off the scoreboard until Mahomes slung a sidearm pass to McKinnon early in the second quarter. The Chargers fared better offensively, even though

Federer’s last match any where came on July 7, 2021, when he lost at Centre Court in the Wimbledon quarterfinals to Hubert Hurkacz 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-0.

Kansas City Chiefs rally past San Diego Chargers 27-24

TAMPA Bay Rays’ Yandy Diaz hits a three run home-run during the second of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto yesterday. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

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DEFENDING champion Roger Federer, right, holds the winners trophy with runner up Rafael Nadal of Spain after the Men’s Singles final on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Sunday July 9, 2006. Federer won the match 6-0, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3. Federer an nounced yesterday he is retiring from tennis.

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Cincinnati starter Chase Anderson (1-3) was the winner. Miles Mikolas (1112) took the loss.

When Federer won his first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2003, the men’s record for most major trophies was held by Pete Sampras, who had won his 14th at the US Open the year before in what turned out to be the last match of the American’s career.

At 94-50, American League-leading Houston’s magic number to clinch a postseason spot is one. The Astros are 13-3 in their last 16Díazgames.broke a 2-2 tie in seventh inning, roping an 84-mph slider from Joel Payamps (3-6) into the leftfield Crawford Boxes. Díaz has 11 homers this season.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Elvis Andrus hit one of Chicago’s five home runs off rookie Hunter Gaddis — and backed up a pregame swipe at the Guardians —to help cut Cleveland’s lead in the AL Central to three games.Andrus connected in the fifth inning off Gaddis (0-2) — the first Cleveland pitcher to allow five homers in a game since Luis Tiant in 1969.On Wednesday, Andrus raised some eyebrows by telling reporters he expected the first-place Guardians “to crumble, the closer we get.” Gavin Sheets hit a tworun homer in the second to start Chicago’s homer spree against Gaddis, and Andrew Vaughn, Yoán Moncada and Yasmani Grandal joined Andrus by hitting shots off theLanceright-hander.Lynn(7-5) limited the Guardians to two run and six hits in 6 1/3 innings. The right-hander is 5-0 in his last seven starts. Cleve land had its winning streak stopped at six.

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INJURIES Chargers C Corey Linsley (knee) and RT Trey Pipkins III (ankle) left in the third quarter.Chiefs WR Mecole Hard man hurt his ankle in the third quarter but returned to the game. Danna left in the fourth quarter with a calf injury.

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Pointingbefore.”to an aviation rebound, Mr Pinder said Abaco was due to receive a 50-strong private plane “fly in” this December. “Today we can see that Abaco’s future is bright,” he added. “A lot is in the works, and with continues resilience and strength Abaco is an economic powerhouse and on the path to doubling GDP in the coming years.

“Our tourism numbers has begun bouncing back close to pre-Dorian num bers, and investment is at an all-time high; demand with hundreds of millions of dollars of Abaco invest ment demand to start or which has already started.”

Meanwhile, John Pinder, the south and central Abaco MP, told the Out look conference that “the ceiling is sky high” for the island’s future post-Dorian and COVID once issues such as the present housing shortage are overcome.

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Brandon Carpen ter, American Airlines’ senior analyst for Carib bean planning, added that the carrier plans to add a second daily flight to Marsh Harbour from midDecember onwards to meet what it believes will be high demand for the peak winter season. And the carrier is “exploring opportunities”

The initiative, he added, has been projected to increase the sales of partici pating Bahamian tourism operators by $16m or 11 percent, with some 164 jobs created alongside the empowerment of women entrepreneurs.

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Bahamians alike coming intoDisclosingAbaco.” that Bahamasair has seen month-to-month revenue increases on its Abaco route, Mr Storr added: “Load factors have been 85-90 percent. As we all know in industry, when the percentages get that high there is room for additional equipment to capture that market. Abaco is one of the destinations helping us to realise 2019 numbers at a pre-pandemic level.”

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Yet while Abaco may be a key part of period.theasthismeant“unprecedentedPalmtiondailyservesthatthemainbedirectoregy,forward-lookingBahamasair’sstratthedeputymanagingwarnedthiscouldimpedediftheisland’sairportcannotkeeplightson.PointingoutthenationalflagcarriertheislandwiththreeflightsviaacombinaofNassauandWestBeach,headdedthatdemand”itwasnotloweringfrequencytotwoflightsitnormallydoesduringSeptember/October

This even extended to tour ists paying towards coral reef restoration by “selling experiences” to them.

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to help train and enlist the support of dive operators, tour operators and other tourism industry players in coral reef restoration.

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“In Abaco, the econ omy is booming with more Bahamian entrepreneurs and new businesses pop ping up,” the parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation said. “New Business Licences are at an all-time high. Yes, that’s right, an all-time high.

per square kilometre up to $1.3m-$1.5m per square kilometre, he explained that the value of these eco systems to The Bahamas could stretch to between $1.5bn to $6.5bn based on

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Besides aircraft acqui sition, Mr Storr said Bahamasair has also embarked on a hiring spree. “Staffing has been an issue for us,” he added. “Unfortunately we’ve lost a considerable amount of staff through resignations or, unfortunately, persons dying. We were affected by the COVID situation, and lost a considerable amount of “We’restaff. presently in a major hiring exercise. We’re restaffing the airline to align with what we consider to be the requirements in air travel, and want to main tain staff levels in line with travel. Abaco has been one of the jewels in our service. Abaco has always main tained a position in the top three destinations for Baha masair, and now we want to be able to provide that service level to tourists and

“The number of new busi ness allocations in this short year is unprecedented. As you go through the streets of every settlement, there are new businesses, new entrepreneurs popping

up everywhere building their dreams from scratch. These are positive signs and encouraging signs. Abaco is growing and rebuilding, and on the path to being bigger and better than it was

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This normally coincides with the slowest part of the tourism season, but Mr Storr described the approach lights to Marsh Harbour’s airport as “one of the greatest challenges for us”. Describing the runway lights as “fine”, he explained: “The operation of the [runway] lights is not consistent.“Things happen, planes break down, and you have to fly later in the evening. That presents a challenge for us in going to Abaco. We don’t wish to cancel flights and have significant delays for passengers and inconvenience. The main thing for us is consistent operation of the approach lights. Coming into winter that’s one significant issue for us if that continues to happen. We could use some help there.”

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an additional two aircraft before the end of the year, and looking at two more aircraft before summer next year if all goes to plan.

(c) The Liquidator of the said Company is Sameh A. Hassan Elbaradie, of 1097 Corniche El Nil, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt.

“It’s in line with our expansion, and Marsh Harbour will be one of those routes. We’re adding Raleigh out of the Caroli nas into Freeport, and that will benefit Abaco because of the close proximity to the island. Expansion to Abaco is part of our plans.”

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The cost of the four additional planes, whether they will be leased or fully owned, and how this will be financed was not disclosed by Mr Storr during the vir tual conference. However, he added that Bahamasair’s strategy is to use the new jets to replace turbo props on its busier routes.

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to maintain that extra fre quency through to next summer.“Summer load factors peaked out in the high 80 percents,” he added. “We know September and October is a tough period for us, but we’re really excited looking beyond for demand.”Esmond Johnson, manager of Bahamian operations for Silver Air ways, said of the airline’s Abaco performance: “We definitely saw an uptick. May, June and July actu ally exceeded expectations. Our local flights were at or above 85 percent, which included the Tuesday rota tion and Saturday morning round trip. Summer went very well and we’re looking for that trend to continue into the winter season.”

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However, he then added: “We do not believe blanket concessions can go on for ever. We are committed to go on to December 1, and will make another assess ment at that time. We are also committed that, should a decision be made to stop it, we are committed to reviewing approvals on a case by case basis.”

“I guess they’ll know in 2025 or 2026,” Mr Thompson said, hinting at potential political fall-out for the Davis administra tion if it restructures the SERZ tax breaks. He reit erated his previous call for the present regime to remain in place for the next one-two years with proper policing, rather than switch to a “case by case” situa tion where everything is determined by the Gov ernment, resulting in uncertainty over whether tax breaks will be granted and in what timeframe.

and Mr Thompson said they support “policing” to prevent the tax breaks from being illicitly exploited. Responding to the “case by case” approval proposal, the Abaco Chamber chief told this newspaper: “I don’t think that’s going to work. I also think it’s very short-sighted on the Gov ernment’s part to wait until December 1 to reassess the situation.“Thesituation is what it is now. It’s not going to change between now and December 1. It [case by case approvals] doesn’t allow for planning. These people have no concept of what goes into order ing things. Supplies are not available. You may not be able to get what you’re ordering for three to six months.“On a case-by-case, each importer will have to go through the process separately. Nothing in gov ernment is accelerated. How do you run a busi ness? How do you plan? Contractors are reluctant to even given quotes on jobs because they don’t know what then prices are going to be three months out,” Mrs DegregoryMiaoulis continued.

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Chamber president, yes terday called for the Government to consult the private sector on whatever changes it decided for the SERZ before they were implemented.Earlierthis year, in extending the SERZ Order by a further 11 months to December 1, 2022, it included a clause that was little-noticed at the time with most persons just grateful for the extra time.

“I don’t care what it is in The Bahamas; there will always be people who take advantage of it, but at the end of the day we need Abaco to rebuild,” she said.

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Mr Halkitis, respond ing to questions at the Outlook conference, said: “We understand that the recovery is not complete, recovery is still ongoing and people still need access to these concessions and we are committed to do that.”

While acknowledging the Government’s con cerns that the SERZ tax breaks could be exploited for tax evasion and other illegal purposes by nonAbaco and Grand Bahama residents, Mrs DegregoryMiaoulis argued that the benefits to both islands’ post-Dorian recovery far outweighed these costs.

She was backed by Roscoe Thomp son, head of the Marsh Harbour/Spring City Township, who questioned how the Government could increase its travel budget “when you can’t take care of Abaco”. Referring to a Tribune Business report earlier this week, which reported how the Govern ment’s full fiscal 2021-2022 travel spending grew to $11.8m, exceeding the Budget estimates by 11.1 percent, he said simply: “I’m lost on Suggestingthat.”that the SERZ renewals were akin to “beating a dead horse”, with Abaco’s private sector and homeowners fre quently having to push the Government to act every time they have expired previously, Mr Thompson suggested the Government could reap the conse quences of not reinstating the current structure at the next general election.

is;land’s complete recovery from the storm.

to a Crown Land applica tion,” Mr Thompson told Tribune Business. “If they don’t extend the SERZ Order for a year you’re putting Abaco at a disad vantage in not getting back on its feet....

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“We know how the Gov ernment operates and how bureaucratic it is. It takes 16 years to get a response

PM urged: ‘Put money where mouth is’ over Abaco rebuild

And the Government’s decision not to reinstate the 10 percent levy on con struction services in the hurricane-hit areas also provoked an outcry when it occurred on New Year’s Day.

“You increase the budget for travel, but can’t pave the roads and put in the infrastructure and water? How does that happen? How do you let your second grossing economy struggle? Wouldn’t that be your priority to get that up and going, and back on its feet, then tax them? You’ll get more out of them in the long Hutton,isherethemgladbeatingadded:sions,winhassaidMrsrun.”Degregory-MiaoulistheAbacoChamberhadto“fighthard”topreviousSERZextenandMrThompson“Itseemslikewe’readeadhorse.I’mwedoit.Itkeepsontheirtoes,butwegoagain.ThisTheBahamas.”KentheformerAbaco

Halkitis said it was a ques tion of “which tool do we use - a blanket exemption, or put in place some mech anism.... It happened in previous disasters we had in New Providence, where we had to extend it and determine on a case by case basis”.The minister hinted that the Government did not think continuing the pre sent blanket SERZ tax breaks is “the right tool” to achieve the best outcome for all concerned. How ever, the $3.4bn losses and damage inflicted by Dorian far outweighs the impact from any other hurricane.

“A person desirous of importing goods into a SERZ.... must make appli cation to the minister of finance to do so within 90 days of the commence ment of this Order, and any approval granted shall be valid until December 1, 2022,” the Order said. The tax breaks/concessions that had to be applied for fell under the VAT, Excise, Tariff and Customs Man agement Act, and covered construction materials, household furniture and appliances, electrical and plumbing supplies.

“The Prime Minister says he’s committed to the rebuilding of Abaco and Grand Bahama. If he’s committed he should put his money where his mouth is and say he will extend the [SERZ] Order by one to two years and put some policing in if he wishes. I think really that they’re talking out of both sides of their mouth. You are either committed or you are not committed, and if you are committed create access that helps everyone.”

“I think it’s unrealistic of Mr Halkitis to say that. He has to remember we lost a year-and-a-half to COVID. I know this government is trying to get every dime and dollar out of the coun try at this point. You can increase the travel budget but you can’t take care of Abaco? I’m lost on that.

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Pledging that the Gov ernment is “committed to finding the right bal ance” between assisting legitimate post-Dorian reconstruction on one side, and preventing ille gal activities and revenue leakage on the other, Mr

Both the Ministry of Finance and Department of Inland Revenue, though, have previously voiced concern that the Dorian tax breaks regime is open to abuse by unscrupulous per sons who use it to import items VAT and duty-free despite not qualifying for the concessions. They have also indicated the Gov ernment is giving away too much in tax breaks to wealthy second home owners who can afford to rebuild without such help - especially when it is enduring its own fiscal crisis.However, both Mrs Degregory-Miaoulis

“The percentage of people that are going to use these concessions for personal gain, does that outweigh the number of people in desperate need? You can’t control theft, but you can hold innocent people hos tage because you can’t put controls in place?”

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Mr Halkitis reiterated that the Government’s strat egy has four core pillars - economic growth, better revenue administration, the containment of public spending, and finding new revenue sources.

Club Med reopening gives 250 jobs boost

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people of Grand Bahama of our commitment to developing a world-class resort and collaborating on community development initiatives.”TheAugust joint state ment added that “no other material changes” to the sale’s closing schedule are presently anticipated, and that construction work and renovations to Grand Bahama’s ‘anchor’ hotel property will begin in Janu ary 2023 as planned. The Board said the sale was “steadily progressing and on track for completion”.

(c) The Liquidator of the said Company is Baird One Limited of 308 East Bay Street, Fourth Floor, P.O. Box N-7768, Nassau, Bahamas.

“We are spending a lot of time exploring opportuni ties in the carbon markets, and the ability to monetise our country’s status as a carbon sink, particularly with all our Marine Pro tected Areas,” he added.

“We’ve been doing a lot of work on that, and believe very shortly we will see the fruits of that in terms of money with the work being done.” Mr Halkitis did not give any figures, but said carbon credits are a key part of the Davis adminis tration’s strategy to restore fiscal breathing space.

(b) The dissolution of the said Company commenced on the 15th day of September 2022.

international clients to the island each year,” she said. Club Med plans to bring back 70 percent of its Baha mian workforce, Ms Kett added. “We expect more than 250 Bahamians to be employed either directly with Club Med, or through third party suppliers like landscape providers and security companies,” she said.Club Med’s reopen ing is timed for the “ramp up” to Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays, with the date giving it sev eral weeks to address any operational issues that may emerge. San Salvador busi nesses reacted positively to the confirmed reopening date.Beverley Laramore, owner of Paradis Restau rant and Bar, said: “We are very excited that Club Med is reopening. They were the major employers besides the Government on the island, and it is much needed after two-and-a-half years of the pandemic. The travel economy has taken a downturn so this is great news.”

(a) Big Dipper Company Limited is in voluntary dissolution under the provisions of Section 138 (4) of the International Business Companies Act 2000.

“The airport will not be an easy thing for the Govern ment to put together in any event,” he added.

“I said before that if it takes to Christmas to have a firm commit ment, it wouldn’t surprise me,” Mr Leonard said. “I think there’s a tendency to set timelines that are not realistic. Politicians have a tendency to do that in particular. It’s not just this government. The last administration had the idea of selling the hotel within four months. It was just an absurdity.“Isaid at the time, before I was appointed to the former Board, that it would take at least 18-24 months to sell the hotel, but everybody went rock eting off on four months and it just wasn’t going to happen. These deals take a long time to put together

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(c) The Liquidator of the said Company is Baird One Limited of 308 East Bay Street, Fourth Floor, P.O. Box N-7768, Nassau, Bahamas.

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(c) The Liquidator of the said Company is Baird One Limited of 308 East Bay Street, Fourth Floor, P.O. Box N-7768, Nassau, Bahamas.

“I wanted to make the point that, obviously, with low growth - 1.09 percent over a 30-year average - growing deficits, and increasing debt is a for mula that cannot continue.

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“The main thing is get ting people back to work now. For the past two-anda-half years without a job, and businesses having gone down, people had to leave the island in search for better work, so this is a God-sent blessing.”

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“In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, beginning in 2008, we began to see larger and larger deficits,” the minis ter added. “From 2008-2009 up to 2022, the deficits have averaged $511m per year every year.” Mr Halkitis said 2010-2011 was only an exception due to the $206m in gross proceeds received from selling the then-51 percent majority stake in the Bahamas Telecommu nications Company (BTC), otherwise the deficit would have come in at $580m.

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if they’re going to work. I’ll continue to give the Gov ernment breathing room on this one. I don’t expect it to beMreasy.”Leonard, though, did call on Mr Cooper to give investors, businesses and Grand Bahama residents a sense of direction as to what will happen with Grand Bahama International Airport’s redevelopment.

While the national debt grew by some $1.015bn between 2001 and 2008, since 2009 it has expanded by some $7.8bn. This means that more than two-thirds of The Bahamas’ national debt was incurred within the last 13 years based on the $11.2bn attained at endJuneMr2022.Halkitis, meanwhile, said the soaring deficits and debt had been accompa nied by low to no economic growth. “From 1990 to 2021, the Bahamian econ omy grew by an average of 1.09 percent annually and, of course, we know the rating agencies have deliv ered a steady diet of credit downgrades throughout that period,” he added.

In reality, COVID-19 just ripped the covers off and exposed the problems plaguing our economy for decades - low or negative growth, increasing deficits and increasing debt. We have to break free from this cycle.“We recognise that the situation we find ourselves in has been building for decades, so we recognise we will not right or correct the ship in one Budget cycle.”

“We have set some aggressive but achiev able targets for revenue growth, deficit reduction and the gradual decline of our debt-to-GDP ratio to more acceptable levels that will restore headroom and hence the ability of the Government to respond to any future shocks,” he added.“We face many chal lenges, and the position that has built up over many years will not be solved in one year. It requires con sistent, focused attention, and it will receive consist ent, focused attention.... We remain committed to do the work that is necessary to move from recovery to not only growth, but balanced development and shared prosperity.”

per annum during a period covering both FNM and PLP administrations. But the onset of the global financial crisis, and subse quent 2008-2009 recession, triggered a major surge that - with just a few exceptions - has seen the Government suffer huge deficits on an annual basis ever since.

“Our expectation is that economic growth will mod erate going into 2023 and 2024, but we’re working very hard to disprove this projection,” Mr Halkitis said.

(c) The Liquidator of the said Company is Baird One Limited of 308 East Bay Street, Fourth Floor, P.O. Box N-7768, Nassau, Bahamas.

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“You’re asking a for eign investor to make a very substantial invest ment; they can easily spend $300m-$400m. Before they do that they’re going to want to be satisfied they have the necessary infra structure to support their business.”Besides the Grand Lucayan Board and Electra America closing the hotel’s sale, the purchaser will also have to negotiate a Heads of Agreement for the pro ject with the Government. Besides that document, which functions as the master agreement and sets out the broad terms and conditions of their relation ship, Electra America also has to obtain the neces sary approvalsplanning/constructionandsealaHotels

“The airport plays a part in it in the sense they’ve got to be able to get the airlift in so they can get visitors to the hotel. That’s going to be key,” Mr Leonard said. “It’s going to be the ability to have easy access for guests.

Russ Urban, Electra America’s chief executive, was quoted as saying in early August: “We are excited about Grand Bahama island, and as we move forward with closing the deal, we reassure the

annual average of just 1.09 percent between 1990 and 2021.While 2020’s COVID shock may have inflicted a disproportionate impact on the country’s economic growth average over those three decades, The Baha mas had struggled to expand GDP by 2 percent per annum ever since the 2008-2009 recession. Mr Halkitis yesterday warned that low growth, combined with rising fiscal deficits and debt, “is a formula that cannot continue” if The Bahamas is to deliver pros perity and a rising living standard for its citizens.

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With the exception of the 1995-1996 and 2007-2008 fiscal years, when “slight recurrent surpluses” were generated, the minister added that “every year the Government of The Baha mas has run Budget deficits and that’s going back to the 1970s.Between 2001 to 2008, Mr Halkitis said these defi cits had averaged $164m

$511m average. Mr Halki tis, though, said the deficit explosion meant there was a similar impact on The Bahamas national debt.

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As for efforts to con trol government spending, the minister added: “We have re-established the Central Purchasing Unit, which we expect will help us to realise significant cost savings as we can make purchases across ministries and achieve economies of scale.”The Ministry of Finance is also “encouraging” stateowned enterprises (SOEs), which in the 2021-2022 fiscal year consumed some $492m in taxpayer subsidies to maintain their operations, “to follow our lead in terms of fiscal management”.

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pace and nature of Grand Bahama International Airport’s restoration, the Callenders & Co attorney told Tribune Business last night that politicians espe cially should stop setting deadlines for commercial deals that are unrealistic.’

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One Grand Bahama source, speaking on con dition of anonymity, said Electra America had been speaking to owners of prop erty immediately adjoining the Grand Lucayan about acquiring this real estate. Voicing scepticism that the Grand deal will suc ceed, they added: “They’ve been all over town trying to buy the adjoining proper ties and having talks. That means they’re trying to put a portfolio together so that they can offer a package.”

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Encouragement Act deal for its tax breaks/incentives. Electra America’s plans involve three resort prop erties. A four to five-star branded luxury lifestyle hotel, featuring 198 rooms and 24 villas and targeted at corporate and leisure busi ness; a four-star convention hotel with 535 rooms, fea turing an amphitheatre and convention centre; and a 257-room condo-hotel style family resort with suites that are double the size of the Grand Lucayan’s exist ingTherooms.buyer sought to show its continued interest in the purchase by the fact that the previous 45-day due diligence extension was announced via a joint statement with the Grand Lucayan Board.

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Efforts to secure a buyer who can transform the resort, and help make Free port/Grand Bahama true tourism destination, have endured numerous false dawns with deals failing to come to fruition - not least the ITM Group/Royal Caribbean consortium’s proposal, which foundered largely due to COVID-19’s intervention.The“outstanding mat ters” still being mulled by Electra America, and its financial and legal advis ers, were not identified last night. However, Carey Leonard, a former Lucayan Renewal Holdings director under the previous Minnis administration, said was prepared to give the Gov ernment “breathing room” over the latest missed deadline.Pointing out that the Grand Lucayan’s fate is inextricably linked to the

Ms Laramore expects other spin-off jobs will be created as a result. “Since Club Med was closed busi ness has been really slow. We’ve been trying to be very creative to keep the doors open. Now that there’s some activity going with the renovations at Club Med, we see a signifi cant increase in business because of that. It’s all posi tive news all around,” she added.Alison Mortimer, owner of Tiny’s Beauty and Drug Supply, said: “We are happy that we are bouncing back. We are super excited, espe cially for the businesses, to be able to bounce back. We hope it all goes well and there are no weather inter ruptions. The locals up there are doing a fantastic job of renovating the whole grounds of Club Med.

Grand Lucayan’s sale and purchase in early May 2022.

“It would be useful for the deputy prime min ister, as soon as he can, to give us some idea of where we’re going with the air port. It would be helpful, even if it’s not going any where for 12-18 months, to say so and businesses can planAirlift,accordingly.”andease of access for stopover visitors, will be critical for any Grand Lucayan buyer especially as Grand Bahama - at least temporarily - no longer has a US pre-clearance facility.

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allow Club Med to bring in weekly charter flights from Europe, Canada and the US on Bahamasair. And we expect to bring over 15,000

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more creative financing mechanisms to restore Dorian-related environ mental devastation, he disclosed that some 4,000 mangrove hectares in Abaco and Grand Bahama had been wiped out while another 5,000-7,000 had been severely impacted.

THE GRAND Lucayan’s Board was last night said to have granted the resort’s pro spective purchaser a further seven-day extension so that it could assess “outstanding matters” relating to the $100m deal.

The huge nine-figure sums by which the Government’s spending exceeded its rev enue income triggered a corresponding increase in the pace at which the national debt has climbed to its present $11bn-plus level, with the fiscal fall-out from Hurricane Dorian and COVID simply exacerbating an already-troubled situation.

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THE Bahamas could generate up to $185m in revenues from the sale of carbon credits to finance the restoration of 11,000 hectares of mangroves destroyed by Hurricane Dorian, a marine scientist saidDryesterday.CraigDahlgren, the Perry Institute of Marine Science’s executive director, told the Abaco Business Outlook conference that based on a value of $16,800 per hectare the minimum that The Bahamas can earn would be Arguing$151m.that this nation needed to explore

Describing these as “con servative estimates”, Dr Dahlgren said carbon cred its and other innovative approaches were the only way to “scale up” the resto ration of ecosystems such as mangroves and coral reefs and secure the private sec tor’sWithinvolvement.coralreefs valued anywhere between $250,000

“We’re in the process of expanding the fleet,” Mr Storr said of an airline which, over the past two completed fiscal years, is projected to have cost the Bahamian taxpayer more than $100m to keep opera tional. “We’re taking on

Daphne Degregory-Miaou lis told Tribune Business the Davis administration appeared to be “talking out of both sides of their mouth” after Michael Halkitis, minis ter of economic affairs, said the present wide-ranging concessions regime was “not optimal” and cannot “go on forAddressingever”.

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This would now be subject to official whim and discre tion, and she added that such a situation would likely deter and/or delay physical reconstruction because the resulting uncertainty meant contractors cannot price

BAHAMASAIR plans to expand its fleet by four aircraft come summer 2023, it was revealed yesterday, as a senior executive voiced concern about “inconsist ent” runway approach lighting at Abaco’s main airport.Prince Storr, the national flag carrier’s deputy manag ing director, told the Abaco Business Outlook that two planes will be added before year-end with the remain ing 50 percent arriving next year as part of a strategy to replace its present turbo props with jets on “high demand” routes.

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Such an outcome, the Abaco Chamber chief argued, was inconsistent with the pledge given by Philip Davis KC during the week that Dorian’s third anniver sary was recognised that his administration is fully committed to ensuring the

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and whether it will proceed to closing, given the repeated extensions to deadlines that come and go. Yesterday’s is the third to what was initially agreed as a 60-day due dili gence period when the two sides agreed their Memoran dum of Understanding (MoU) for the Grand Lucayan’s sale and purchase in early May 2022.

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ABACO’S Chamber of Commerce president yester day urged the Prime Minister to “put his money where his mouth is” following strong indications the Govern ment is leaning away from a “blanket” renewal of Dorianrelated tax breaks.

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tax-related relief to ease the reconstruction burden.

Many Freeport and Grand Bahama residents have been growing increasingly uneasy over the Electra America deal,

Lucayan Renewal Hold ings granted the week-long extension to September 22 at Electra America Hospi tality Group’s request as the previous deadline to com plete due diligence on the two sides’ agreement expired yesterday.Both Chester Cooper, deputy prime minister, who has responsibility for tour ism, investments and aviation,

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Outlook conference that the COVID-19 pandemic had merely “ripped the covers off, and exposed, the prob lems that have been plaguing our economy for decades”.Asserting that The Bahamas’ present eco nomic and fiscal plight must be set in its historical context, he added that the Govern ment’s annual fiscal deficits exploded to an annual average of half-a-billion dollars during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis and have remained elevated ever since.

With the present regime, governed by the last Special Economic Recovery Zone (SERZ) Order, set to expire on December 1, Mr Halkitis said the Government would assess then what will replace it. He added, though, that following previous natural disasters, such as Hurricane Matthew in 2016, the Gov ernment had ultimately replaced such a structure with granting tax relief to individ uals who applied on a “case by case basis”.

the Abaco Business Outlook conference, the minister acknowledged the island’s recovery from the devastating Category Five storm was not complete and that both businesses and residents needed further

jobs accurately. The end result would be disruption, interruption and potentially higher costs associated with Dorian’s recovery.

and Julian Russell, the Grand Lucayan’s chairman, declined to comment when contacted by Tribune Business yesterday. They each said a formal state ment would be released either last night or today, and indi cated they would refrain from speaking until then.

Mrs Degregory-Miaoulis, though, argued that reverting to a regime where permis sion to access concessions has to be sought individually from the Ministry of Finance will make it virtually impos sible for businesses and residents to plan properly due to uncertainty over whether the relief will be granted.

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Revealing that Baha masair has enjoyed 85-90 percent load factors on its Abaco routes during the summer, he neverthe less warned that services to the Leonard Thomp son International Airport could be disrupted this coming winter - especially in the evening around dusk - unless there is “more con sistent operation” of the runway approach lights.

Mr Halkitis added that the deteriora tion in The Bahamas’ national finances has largely occurred against a backdrop of anemic economic growth, with the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanding by an

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