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MCCOMBO ir lovin' HIGH 90F LOW 80F MOSTY MCLOUY, "M InT-STORM The Prostitution anld drug 'bac k Sources say brothel has been 're-opened' * By PAUL G TURNQUEST Tribune Staff Reporter pturnquest@tribunemedia.net PROSTITUTION and the illicit sale of drugs has returned to the infamous Mayfair Hotel located on West Bay Street, The Tribune can reveal. Well-placed police sources say. the brothel has been "re- opened" despite well-publicised raids and deportation of Jamaican and Haitian prosti- tutes from the establishment. As previously reported, the former Mayfair Hotel has not been listed for occupation, save for a small coffee house on the ground floor (The Daily Grind) and a "restaurant and bar" - that does not have a kitchen - on the second floor of the build- ing. "This place is still occupied. If you drive past around 6pm or 7pm tomorrow, you will see the people there. It was supposed to be shut down. But it looks like things are back to normal," said one source. Recently, a senior MP was cautioned by police after he was seen with a Jamaican prostitute in his car in the parking lot of the Mayfair Hotel. As there was no evidence that SEE page 11 at ir Hotel' C, LL. THE PERMANENT Secretary in the Ministry of Education Elma Garraway looks on as Minister of Educa- tion Carl Bethel speaks to the Genesis Academy principal Mrs Melody Treco-Hanna. The officials were at the school for the opening of Genesis Academy's Campus 2. Prison officers claim govt has not kept word on 'all back pay' * By LLOYD ALLEN PRISON officers report that after confirmation that they would be paid "all back pay" by the end of the week, government has not kept its word. They said it leaves them with no choice but to act. A well placed source inside the prison said. officers are outraged because govern- ment has gone against its word in paying them "all" amounts owed. According to the source, officers are tired of being overlooked. As a conse- quence, they said, "persons will not be coming to work." The source said that on Wednesday officers were promised that all owed back pay would be fully reim- bursed by week's end, how- ever theysay only half of the agreement was met. The source claims that in some cases, officers who were hired with BJC qualifications, were owed around $4,000 in back pay. Based on initial figures list- ed on Treasury vouchers used to pay the officers, the sources said those same offi- cers have only received SEE page 11 THE Bahamas Bar Council is "aggressively" pursuing complaints, against several local lawyers, Bar Association president Wayne Munroe said yesterday. This comes after the highly- publicised case of lawyer Andrew Thompson, who is accused of misappropriating funds from his clients. Mr Munroe told The Tri- bune yesterday that the Bar Council is continuously look- ing into complaints of mis- conduct and unethical profes- sional behaviour of a number of local attorneys. Among those cases cur- rently before the Disciplinary Tribunal are several matters concerning a prominent lawyer, Mr Munroe con- firmed. Mr Munroe said that, in addition to Mr Thompson's SEE page 10 annah Charleston SJacksonville be Daytona Beach / 'a | 8 AM Mon * Orlando . I Freeport.. - Miami. .. .. '^ ,,**"? .BERMUDA ey West 8 AM Fri - -Havna BAHAMAS S. PMThu . urli & Santiago de-,, Calcos Islands Cuba- --- .- --.-.- <10AMThut AYMAN Por-au-Prince VIRGIN ISLANDS CAYMAN 1 - SLANDS Santa "San JLan (US&UK) -"an Ja0.Antigua INSURANCE MANAGEMENT Il (BAHAMAS) LIMITED DOMINICA UULI INSURANCE BROKERS & AGENTS IA 1__ 1 SAINT LUCIA o * By ALISON LOWE Tribune Staff Reporter alowe@tribunemedia.net BAHAMIANS are being warned to stay vigilant as a new trop- ical storm, set to turn into a hurricane within days, is heading in our direction. Tropical Storm Hanna is swirling in the western Atlantic ocean at present around 300 miles north east of Antigua but pro- jections have it curving towards the Bahamas by next week. However, the good news is that by Monday it will still be around 500 miles east of Nassau and there are some indications it might head away towards the north at this time, The bad news is.that both US-based and Bahamian meteorolo- SEE page 10 Cynthia Pratt, Obie Wilchcombe 'most popular PLP personalities' A PRE-Election survey com- by the same firm that did the missioned by the PLP reveals party's post election survey, that prior to the May 2, 2007 Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, election, PLP deputy leader PLP leader Perry Christie came Cynthia Pratt, and West End in a distant third to the party's and Bimini MP Obic Wilch- other two leading personalities. combe were the two most pop- However, despite the popu- ular personalities within the par- larity amongst voters for Mrs According to the report, which was reportedly prepared Pratt and Mr Wilchcombe, SEE page 11 M ntague IbI. MI 0 T ()R Tribune ANY TIME...ANY PLACE, WE'RE #1 BAHAMAS EDITION 5E 1pc Chicken, Fries & Biscuit The Famous Bowl N so may head ~~I I ~ -: PAGE 2 FRIDY, AUUST 2, 200CTHE RIBUN Mother claims frequent power outages adding to her children's medical problems M By LLOYD ALLEN ELEUTHERA A mother of two says the frequent pow- er outages on Harbour Island have added to the medical problems suffered by her chil- dren. She says that both of her children suffer from the skin disorder Atopic Dermatitis, commonly referred to as eczema. The mother, 22, who works as a waitress on Harbour Island, told The Tribune that thanks to the power cuts on the two-mile-long island, her two young children's condi- tion is getting worse. According to the Mayo Clinic, the disease affects one out five children, and can develop in children with asth- ma or who have had hay fever. The common symptoms are mild to severe itchy skin, or scaly skin resulting from repeated scratching. The incurable disease, which normally runs in families, can become intensified due to dry skin, stress, rapid temperature changes, or through sweating. The mother, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that though she does whatever she can to ease the discomfort of her children, when the pow- er goes out, this becomes very difficult. She explained that it rapidly becomes very hot in her house and the children begin to sweat, which is terri- ble for their condition; "The current goes off for like three to seven hours sometimes, and I feel that it's a total mess," she said. Earlier this month Minister for Works Neko Grant assured residents that their concerns about unreliable electricity from Bahamas Elec- tricity Corporation (BEC) will soon become a thing of the past. According to the minister, construction of a new power plant is on the way and by the end of 2009, residents will be able to rely on a completed and fully functional plant. . For many resident like this young mother, next year still seems too far away however. According to the minister, three industrial generators have already been installed on the island, but residents say they feel like the government has forgotten all about them. Car accident on West Bay St THE PEOPLE involved in this car accident on West Bay Street yesterday were lucky to escape relative- ly unharmed after two vehicles collided, causing one of them, a Ford Explorer SUV, to flip several times. The Tribune attempted to get more details from the Cable Beach police station yesterday but Inspector Stubbs refused to offer any, and police press liaison officer Walter Evans failed to return phone calls up to press time. Fla. man bitten, killed by fire ants M CHULUOTA, Fla. AN ELDERLY man was killed when a floating colony of fire ants washed into his home after Tropical Storm Fay and bit him multiple times, according to Associated Press. Authorities said the man was bitten Tuesday and died at the hospital the next day. His name was not released. Seminole County officials said the man was allergic to the ant bites. Pinewood resident becomes country's latest traffic fatality n onpi' Motors Ltd" Used Car .. J.t i v te ^^^^C-^^^^'^^^aafldU S1 O 0^ F^ ^| B l Locia ted: ThompsonBlvd * By TANEKA THOMPSON Tribune Staff Reporter. tthompson@tribunemedia.net A MALE resident of Pinewood Gardens became the country's latest traffic fatality after the car he was driving crashed into a utility pole on Old Trail Road. Press Liaison Officer Assis- tant Superintendent Walter Evans said the 25-year-old man was driving south on Old Trail Road near Nassau Christian Academy around 11 pm on Wednesday when his 1995 Toy- ota Avalon ran into the post. Police and the emergency services were called, and they pronounced the victim dead at. the scene. He was the only person in the car. The victim had to be pried out of the gruesome wreck with the jaws-of-life, Mr Evans said. Although his identity has not been released by police pending positive identification by fami- ly, preliminary, reports state the victim's name is Jamal Curry. Resario West Condominiums Under Construction NEW CONDOS FOR SALE 2 Bedroom. 2 1;2 Bathroom 3 storey Townhouses. Gated property includes pool, well appointed interiors, modem kitchens, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, large bedrooms w/ private baths, hurricane impact windows. From $229,000 with only $5,000 reservation deposit required PH. 325-1325 No Agents Please S.* COASTLINE COMMUNITY CARE NURSING S HOME FAIR AND BINGO DAY Saturday, August 30th 2008 Time 11:00am 7:00pm. Location: Hotel Training College (COB) Culinary grounds COME BRING THE FAMILY & ENJOY! Telephone: 361-2095 omml PAGE 2, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 THE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008, PAGE 3 Dangerous fish continuing to thrive in Grand Bahama E By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT- Dangerous lionfish are continuing to thrive in waters throughout Grand Bahama, where a num- ber of sightings have been reported in the last several days by marine biologists of the Explorer's Club of New York. After completing a seven- day expedition in Grand Bahama on Tuesday, marine biologist Stefan Harzen reported that his team encountered lionfish in the canals, wetlands, and in pro- tected waters at Petersen Cay. "Lionfish, obviously, is an invasive species and you would like to get rid of it, and we saw many in the canals around here and some in the coral reef area of Petersen Cay." The lionfish is native to the tropical Indo-Pacific region. The venomous fish has recent ly been spotted in the warmer coral regions of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. There have been numerous lionfish sightings in various parts of the Bahamas in the last few years. The fish feeds heavily on native baby fish and there are fears that it could pose a threat to the country's fishery resources. Mr Harzen said persons should report any lionfish sighting to the Department of Marine Resources. He said that there are dif- ferent ways of getting rid of the lionfish. In some countries, he said, it is caught and eaten. "I think the idea, and I hope it's not misunderstood, is if you get Bahamians to eat it they will go out in huge num- bers and catch it," he said. " "Clearly, we have to deci- mate it and everybody who sees one and has any kind of tool should kill it. But, you must be extremely careful because you can injure your- self and endanger your health easily if you don't handle them right," he warned. Mr Harzen said that he has been informed that there are special classes to teach people how to catch the fish and pre- pare it. He is encouraging spear fishermen to kill the lionfish and remove it from the ocean. He also said it should be dis- posed of properly in the trash. "That could be a real good contribution and there is a call by the Marine Resources Department to report any sighting. "If you see a lionfish you can do two things you can kill it and report it, or you can just report it because it is a worthwhile effort," he said. Mr Harzen and his team have completed a map of the coral reefs along the southern shores from the Lucayan Waterway to Petersen Cay. He said their ultimate goal is to map the island's entire southern shoreline. Pe st Contrl1 PMH morgue and laundry staff reportedly back at work DISGRUNTLED staff at the morgue and laundry depart- ment of the Princess Margaret Hospital reportedly went back to work yesterday after hospital management took steps to address all of their outstanding issues. Bahamas Public Service Union President John Pinder said staff unrest a day earlier prompted the hospital to quick- ly start much needed improve- ments, to the laundry depart- ment to improve ventilation. Hospital officials have promised to complete all remaining upgrades at the laundry depart- ment within four weeks. A September 2 meeting is scheduled to bring resolution Hospital management 'takes steps to address their issues' to morgue workers' concerns. They are calling for, among oth- er issues, retroactive hazardous work allowance. "I believe it is safe to say as a result of the action taken by the Princess Margaret (staff) of the Rand Lab (morgue) and the laundry department, steps immediately were taken by PMH and PHA to correct the conditions with the laundry in which they had a number of equipment that needed to be properly connected to function effectively. "I think it's safe to say that steps were taken to have the equipment properly connected. In addition to that, the exhaust fans that were being asked for better ventilation in the laun- dry. . a number of them have been installed, and they have agreed that within one month all of the outstanding issues BTC employees 'did nothing * By ALISON LOWE Tribune Staff Reporter alowe@tribunemedia.net BTC employees did nothing illegal when they took to the streets earlier this month and the deputy prime minister's com- ments on the matter are "insult- ing and a threat to the trade union movement," the president of the National Congress of Trade Unions claimed yester- day. As the debate over the appro- priateness of the BTC action continues, President John Pin- der said that the NCTU was "very disheartened" to hear Brent Symonette tell the press last week that "appropriate action" will be taken against the unionists, who were calling for a voice in the BTC privatization process. Claiming both that the union- ists did not breach their indus- trial agreement and that they were immune from discipline in light of the fact they had filed five trade disputes that day, the union leader defended the behaviour of the BTC employ- ees during a press conference. Flanked by Bahamas Com- munications and Public Officers Union leader Robert Farquhar- son, who did not speak, he called on government to "use good judgment and be wise in deal- ing with this matter." Meanwhile, the government - this time in the form of Minister of State for Finance Zhivargo Laing again declined to elabo- rate on what "appropriate action" may constitute. "That's enough to say for now," said the minister. Yesterday, Mr Pinder's ver- sion of the events that took place on Monday August 11 appeared to conflict somewhat with direc- tions from the presidents of the BCPOU and BCPMU Robert Farquharson arid Claude Han- na to their members. The NCTU president said the action taken could not "consti- tute an illegal strike" because it was "simply an act of a number of staffers of BTC heading in the same direction on their enti- -N 'immob, tied lunch hour." And he claimed employees "reported for duty, produced and performed their duty, went out to lunch and returned after lunch." But at a meeting at BCPOU hall on the day of the distur- bances, Mr Farquharson and Mr Hanna, directed their members to go back to their desks after lunch but refuse to do any work. "Go back to your work place, but if anyone asks you to do any- thing, say 'Uh uh!"" Mr Far- quharson said. Meanwhile, when asked how the day's action, which he admit- ted did not follow a strike vote, affected BTC operations, Mr Hanna told The Tribune it had effectively "shut down" the busi- ness. In response to the suggestion that these comments prove that his version of events may not reflect reality, Mr Pinder said: "I think the remarks were that they were not to perform above or beyond their normal duties. Not after 'getting off time'. I want to believe that that's what the intentions were, the inten- tions were to have them not go beyond the call of duty, after the end of the work day." Stopping their vehicles alleg- ing simultaneous "mechanical difficulties", BTC employees blocked Bay Street for an hour during their lunchbreak on August 11 and also temporarily denied access to Paradise Island illegal' from East bay Street. They then went on to take their protest to Freeport the following day. While the move won the sup- port of some, who said it is nec- essary to take such drastic action to get government's attention, other members of the public and employee representatives con- demned the disruptive display. President of the Bahamas Employers Confederation Bri- an Nutt said last week that he is concerned that there are too many "illegal" industrial actions which are not followed by any disciplinary response. He called for government to pass the shelved Trade Union and Labour Relations Bill as a replacement for the Industrial Relations Act, saying that it pro- vides better definition of "what's legal industrial action, and more penalties for failing to abide by the law." Huedley Moss, chief negotia- tor/adviser to the Bahamas Bev- erage and Water Distributors Union, said that rather than new laws, the current laws relating to industrial action need to be enforced and an historic reluc- tance by politicians to chastise unionists has to be ended. Yesterday Mr Pinder apolo- gised to members of the public who were inconvenienced by what took place, but explained that "sometimes you have to do things that would affect or impact something to get results." He indicated that he does not accept the government's claim that the committee on which the unions are represented in the privatization process is the "key" committee and suggested that ultimately they are still in a posi- tion to have their recommenda- tions as it relates to workers, ignored. The NCTU is an umbrella organisation under which many other unions, including the BCPOU and BCPMU, fall. regarding the environment of the Laundry Department will be corrected." Mr Pinder said the hospital is now working on the reclassi- fication of morgue workers - many of whom claimed to The Tribune that they are working outside their job description without adequate pay. On Wednesday, about 20 workers from PMH's laundry 'department and the Rand Lab protested outside PMH's administration block waving placards. They said they would not return to work until unsuitable working conditions are improved. Morgue staff at PMH also protested in May citing poor work conditions and outstand- ing pay. 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Publisher/Editor 1919-1972 Contributing Editor 1972-1991 EILEEN DUPUCH CARRON, C.M.G., M.S., B.A., LL.B. Publisher/Editor 1972- Published Daily Monday to Saturday Shitley Street, P.O. Box N-3207, Nassau, Bahamas Insurance Management Building., P.O. F-485, Freeport, Grand Bahama TELEPHONES Switchboard (News, Circulation and Advertising) 322-1986 Advertising Manager (242) 502-2352 Circulation Department (242) 502-2387 Nassau Fax: (242) 328-2398 Freeport, Grand Bahama: 1-(242)-352-6608 Freeport fax: (242) 352-9348 Reality check needed on Haitians IT IS good to know from Immigration Min- ister Branville McCartney that Haitian immi- grants living in Abaco's slums The. Mud and Pigeon Pea will not be repatriated indis- criminately. This is a human problem of major propor- tions, which if not handled with sensitivity can bring untold suffering on both Bahamians and Haitians. Every human being desires and deserves an opportunity to live and raise a family in humane conditions. However, because of man's unfor- tunate brutality towards his fellowman, many of society's weakest members have suffered much. Millions are wandering the face of the Earth, hungry, scantily clothed, looking for a spot to pitch their tent and rest their weary bones. Haiti and its people are among those unfor- tunates. Haiti could solve its own problems if its citizens would unite as one people for the com- mon good. Instead a social moat that cannot be forded has been built between Haiti's haves and have-nots. As a consequence the weakest among them are taking to the high seas and risking their lives to find a piece of God's earth on which to settle and feed their families. Again callous man, motivated by greed, is reaping a fortune from the misfortunes of these wandering migrants, Mapy boat owners collect the life savings of these poor Haitians, offering them safe passage to the Bahamas or the Unit- ed States. Many of them drown on the way, or are ordered overboard to swim for shore if the boat captain detects trouble. Most, unable to swim, float up as unidentified bodies off Bahamian shores. Unfortunately Bahamian boatmen are involved in this.human scandal. When caught the law should have no mercy on them. But how to solve this unwelcome human problem? Obviously, the Bahamas cannot absorb Haiti's poor without disrupting its own society and creating even more suffering and unrest among its own people.. Shortly after the FNM won the government last year it discovered many problems in the Inimigration Department, among them appli- cations clogging the system where "no" was the only answer. We hope by now that the obvious rejections have been removed from the system so that those applications that need consideration can be dealt with. Immigration should move systematically through various area such as the Mud and Pigeon Pea to determine who is a legal resi- dent and who is not. - Unfortunately those who should not be in the Bahamas should be returned to their home- land. In the meantime policy decisions have to be made. Many grey areas in government's immi- gration policy encourage corruption and ille- gality. We have heard stories of unscrupulous police and immigration officers soliciting bribes from Haitians in return for turning a blind eye and not arresting them. And then there is the major problem of the Haitian to whom Immigration has given a per- mit to reside, but not to work. These people have to live and feed themselves. If they can live here, they have to work. If they can't work legally, then they will.work illegally. For example there is a Haitian family here, who must be typical of many Haitian families. The head of the family came to the Bahamas 28 years ago, hired by one of the PLP's favoured generals who has openly said that under the PLP he could import has many Haitians as he needed to work his farm. And so this man with a passport and work permit arrived here legal- ly to work. Years later he was joined by his wife and their two small children, both born in Haiti. Two more were later born in the Bahamas. All have been raised as Bahamians and have excelled in Bahamian schools. Other than their names, they can pass for Bahami- .ans. Here is one little man on a gardener's wage struggling to support-afamily-ofisix. The moth- er has a residence permit to stay in the Bahamas with her husband, the two Haitian-born children also have permits to remain with the family. But the three permits carry a warning: "The holder shall not engage in any gainful occupa- tion." If they do they are liable to criminal pros- ecution. Here are three able bodied persons, capable of work and contributing to the household, legally unable to do so. Government obviously expects them to find a job and have an employ-' er apply for a work permit. But let's be realistic. Who is going to pay immigration more than $1,000 for a permit to employ a young girl, no matter how smart, just out of school with no particular skills? That's right nobody. There are many Haitians in this position being forced by a short-sighted government policy to make choices: Work ille- gally, pay off an official to close his eyes, or take to crime. This short-sighted policy has cre- ated many other social problems. Government has to be more practical in its thinking and understand how some of these decisions are creating even more problems for this country. Put God first in education EDITOR, The Tribune. THE present R M Bailey Park vendors stand as a visible reminder to us that our schools will open soon. Prudent parents are now preparing their chil- dren for the opening of school. However, the most important preparation for our 62,000 stu- dents is spiritual readiness. It means that before we busy ourselves about getting these students ready to learn the three R's of writing, reading and arithmetic, we ought to remind and instil in them the three R's of reverence, respect and responsibility. We must admon- ish them to put God first, even in their school work because in Him "are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" (Col. 2:3). Given the fact that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge," then families and churches should take the lead in ensuring that children under- stand and appreciate the impor- tance of seeking the Lord for wisdom and knowledge. Special orientation sessions and services should be conducted by spiri- tual leaders with the view of helping parents and children to make that connection between spirituality and scholarship. True worship paves the way for the development of strong character and excellent acade- mic performance. Let us con- nect with the One who knows best! Also, it is interesting to note that in law, collective worship and religious instruction are statutory duties placed upon public schools. Government operated schools are required to ensure that collective worship is offered to Jesus Christ every day of the school year. In addition, reli- gious education is not an option but a mandatory subject for all students from grades one to twelve in government main- tained schools. In my opinion it may be con- strued that failure to comply with these legal requirements could result in liability. That is, parents could very well sue the government successfully for not engaging their children in daily collective worship and not ensuring that their children receive adequate religious instruction, the rudiments of Christianity. It is therefore incumbent upon public school authorities not only to begin each day with Christian worship but to have a special time of worship at the beginning of the school year for the entire school community: board members, administration, Ministry of Education officials, spiritual and civic leaders, Mem- bers of Parliament, business partners, parents, teachers, stu- dents, alumni and all other stakeholders. It is believed that the sus- tained academic success of the church-affiliated schools is con- nected to their Christian phi- losophy of education. The archi- tects and facilitators of Christian education hold the view that spiritual values in every aspect school life make a big differ- ence and that secular human- ism has failed to meet the needs of the whole man. If we hope to realise scholas- tic excellence or noticeable school improvement and quali- ty assurance, then the entire academic community must give supremacy to spiritual values. A Christ-centred educational system will reap both natural and supernatural benefits in character development, acade- mic achievement, athletic per- formance, and citizenship. PERRY R CUNNINGHAM Nassau, August 22, 2008. Loud music is a form of disrespect EDITOR, The Tribune. ' I would like to bring the fol- lowing article to the attention of all those non-thinking per- sons who seemingly do not understand that music good or bad played loudly, especially late at night continuing until two and three o'clock in the morning especially in. a resi- . dential area is definitely a form of disrespect for their neigh- bours and poor training for their children who would follow in their footsteps, and think it is OK to do the same. Well let me tell you, it is wrong to do so. For over three years here in New Bight, Cat Island, I have suffered from the sound of very loud, lousy sounding musi' played over and repeatedly on weekends. I could not sleep, concentrate, nor write. This music comes over so loudly, in a very distorted manner flowing through my house which is only about 300 feet away. It is so loud that it causes the window blinds to rattle. I love some Jamaican music, but this particular tape played over and over must be the worst one ever produced. It made my head hurt. When I could not take it any- more, I complained to the for- mer chief of police. When he was out-of-sight, it was up again. It turned out that the disc jockey was actually a police reservist. People living all the way in Hawks Nest called at different times asking how could I take it, it was being heard all the way there. Others complained as well. An elderly lady on my street who has been ailing for some- time, and told me she was also, bothered by the loud music. Well, Cat Island now has,. another Police Inspector, a no- nonsense man who is every- where, and was made aware of my situation, and promised to look into the matter. He must have. The music vol- ume seems much lower, and it stops at 2am instead of three. I am still not getting sufficient sleep, Frankly, I see no reason why the music should be played beyond midnight when no spe- cial event is taking place. I could understand if a special event or a weekend of events is taking place. That is the only time they who are responsible should be I allowed more hours, lowering the music at a certain time. SYLVIA LARAMORE. CRAWFORD New Bight, Cat Island, August 25, 2008. For the best deal in town on pre-owned cars, with warranty! 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The administrator at All Saints Camp, which is a* refuge for HIV and AIDS victims, has one less worry as all 16 children at the home were outfitted with brand new school supplies. Yesterday, Sandals Roy- al Bahamian Spa Resort donated brand new school supplies for all the chil- dren. The children, ages three to 15, were provided with backpacks, lunch bags, composition books, colouring books, crayons, pens, pencils, ,sharpeners and rulers. Each year Sandals and its team come to the aid of these children to ensure that they return to the classrooms with new. school supplies so that they are not disadvantaged in any way. Sandals public relations manager, Stacy Mackey said this year was no exception. "Once we had a count of what was needed we went out and purchased every- thing. When we went to deliver the items they were all smiles and it made us happy to see that they were delighted with our gift to them." The four pre-schoolers that live at the camp also received toys and educational games. The administrator of All Saints, Diana Thompson, said she is very thankful' for Sandals' contribution, noting that the resort has consistently offered their help to the home and its children. * By TANEKA THOMPSON Tribune Staff Reporter tthompson@tribunemedia.net BAHAMIAN students bound for Canadian colleges and universities in the upcoming semester are being warned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that if they attempt to enter that country without a valid student authorisation letter, they may be deport- ed. Due to the lengthy application process for a Canadian student visa, some stu- dents have attempted to outsmart the system by trying to enter without written authorisation from the Canadian High Commission in Kingston, Jamaica. In a statement released yesterday, the ministry said students found entering YOUNG Bahamian men and women who dream of becoming supermodels will be given one more chance to enter the Ford Models' Supermodel of the Bahamas competition this week- end. The world-renowned Ford Modeling Agency and its Bahamian. partner, Models242. will be closing out its four-morth search to find the Ford Models' Supermodel of the Bahamas and the male face of 242 with a final casting on Saturday, August 30 The event will be held at the Mystical Fitness and Health Spa in the Palmdale Shopping Plaza. With online entries closing on September 1, Saturday's casting will give young hopefuls an opportunity to be photographed and meet with representatives from Models242. "We have had some 50 to 60 young women from the Bahamas submit entries through the Ford Supermodel of the World site," said Models242's director of operations Mark Humes. "For the grand finale in Octo- ber we are looking for the six most unique, most beautiful ones to represent the Bahamas to the world," he said. . Those entering country without proper documentation 'will not be allowed to enter' the country without a visa or the rele- vant documentation "will not be allowed to enter Canada." The ministry recommended that stu- dents contact their college or university and request that their place be held while their letters of authorisation are being processed. While he did not have the specific sta- tistics on hand, Ministry of Foreign Affairs director general Joshua Sears said "a number" of Bahamian students have been sent home by Canadian offi- cials because they were trying to enter --This Saturday. we want to gie those young g people who ma\ not ha e had a chance to enter online. either because the\ did not have a computer or eten photos, to come dow n to Mysti- cal Fitness and \e \ill photo- graph them and asist them with entering before the deadline on Monday\ --\e do not want anyone to miss out on this chance of a life- time for an\ reason " Nir Humes said that after the September deadline, represen- tatives from Ford Models will then \iew all qualified entrants and choose the six young women and men with the most potential for the finale in October. "After we announce the final 12 on September 15, we will have a very exciting schedule of events planned for them, all beginning September 27 and continuing right up to show time on October 4," Mr Humes said. "It would be a shatme if any- one misses out on this opportu- nity because either they don't believe it's true or, in the case of guys, they think it's only some- thing for 'soft' fellows." "I don't like to make promises, but I can promise that on Octo- the country without a student visa. "People have complained about the process of obtaining visas to go to Cana- da and you know students sometimes have a tendency to travel without prop- er authorisation and what the ministry is advising is not to take any precipitous steps without ensuring that you have all the proper documentation because it does create another problem. Applicants have to apply for a Cana- dian student visa through the Canadian Consulate in Nassau however the actu- al visa is issued from Jamaica while med- ical forms must be approved from Trinidad before the student is autho- rised to travel to Canada. This process sometimes takes up to four months from the date of application and includes costly fees. "People are finding that to be a diffi- culty and you know with pressures and deadlines, people are complaining and it's something we've raised with Cana- dian authorities as well," said Mr Sears. The Bahamas, along with a number of ,CARICOM member states, have raised issues with the Canadian embassy over the long delays in acquiring student visas from that country. Mr Sears said the matter is currently under review by Canadian foreign affairs officials. ber -1. Ford Models. the owner of Models.com. rock photogra- pher Greg Watermann. and one other surprise judge w ill be front and centre to jump start a %er lucrative career for some luck\ young woman and some luck, young man who took a chance on entering or showing up at this final casting." the Models242 operations director said. The casting is open to women between the ages of 14 and 21 and to men between the ages of 15 and 30. Women must be 5'8" to 5'11' and men 6'0" to 6'3" in height "And don't mind if someone told you that you are too ugly to be a model, they are not the experts. Just show up. Alex Wek and Ajuma, two African super- models, probably heard that all their lives growing up, But they are taking that 'ugly" right to the bank," Mr Humes said. 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Prison like that currently exists" and this is due, in part, to the "neg- ative impact of the new administration." Apparently, morale among prison officers is also at an all- time low. According to this officer, the senior officers are remonstrating against the superintendent's approach to conducting staff meetings. He noted that "unlike the last superintendent, these days junior and senior officers are lumped together in meetings, rather than separating the top brass -- which starts fr )m inspectors and having administrative meetings with them, and then going to the lower ranks." Because of this novel approach, this officer feels that junior officers appear to be losing respect for those sea- soned, ranking officers. Addressing the selec- tion of a new super- intendent following Elliston Rahming's departure, this prison official suggests that the government must choose a senior, experienced officer who ascended through the ranks and is aware of how to effectively oversee the prison. "The government needs to look among the senior ranks and then make a selection. The next superintendent must be a person, who should have served at least 20 years and possibly holds a degree - although those senior officers without degrees, and who did come up through the ranks, are also deserving. You know, a lot of officers disagree with many of Mr Rahming's poli- cies, but many are afraid to speak out, afraid to lose that promotion! "To be frank, Mr Rahming is not a military fella, and some of his policies have caused the junior officers to lose respect for senior offi- cers," the source stated. He also claims that since the .superintendent's appointment, they have adopted a policy that seemingly requires degrees for promotions. While he accepts that approach, he says that those "officers who worked hard and served long years should also be consid- ered." 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According to him, a number of female recruits have also been transferred throughout the stockade because certain senior male/female officers were sexually harassing them and, when they refused these officers' advances, they were promptly assigned elsewhere because the higher-ranking officers may have sought to exact his/her revenge after being rejected. It has been alleged that there is a lack of accountabil- ity at the country's main pen- itentiary. According to my source: "Officers funds have gone missing without any account- ing for it. The officers' com- missary has been closed for months. Money used to be held there in case officers needed to borrow something to pay school fees or had fall- en on hard times. With the past administration, officers could have borrowed money, but they can't do so anymore. "When one looks at the inmates' commissary, funds are also disappearing from there, too. They say that there are about three different accounts. However, no-one knows who's in charge of administrating those accounts," he alleged. . n recent times, prison officers have spoken out about their susceptibility to mental and physical illnesses resulting from their deplorable work environment. The prison service continues to be. an understaffed and grossly underpaid arm of law enforce- ment. I have always been a pro- ponent of the government using some of the stalled $30 million from the Chinese gov- ernment, purportedly donat- ed to build a yet unseen stadi- um, to construct a new prison on a secluded cay, far away from residential areas. Fur- thermore, in following the footprints of prisons in the US that are more efficiently oper- ated by private firms, I am also suggesting that the gov- ernment also add the privati- sation of the prison to its list of "things to do." Frankly, it now appears that the Ministry of National Secu- rity and the prison superin- tendent have several pressing issues to confront, and this week's staff unrest about their outstanding backpay was just the beginning of a brewing storm. I - ---------- _ ,~ ~-rrr~---~------I---- THE OLYMPICS - CHRIS BROWN AND TONIQUE WILLIAMS-DARLING Like many other patriotic, appreciative Bahamians, I would like to congratulate our Olympic team, particularly Leevan Sands and our male 4 x 400 metre relay team, on their bronze and silver medal successes at the Olympic Games. Unfortunately, although he, won a silver medal with the relay team, Chris Brown's journey must have been bit- tersweet. Although Mr Brown was dignified in representing his country, he was edged out by the flying American David Neville who incorporated another sport into track and field and shamelessly dived across the finish line and instantaneously became the 'Michael Phelps' of track and field. Frankly, I thought that Neville's move was unethical and did not represent the Olympian spirit. Although the rules of track and field sug- gest that the athlete whose torso crosses the finish line first wins, competitors that do so usually dip their upper bod- ies while remaining on their feet, instead of taking off and literally diving across the line. What annoys me most about Neville's lunge, which he used to beat Chris Brown by four-hundredths of a sec- ond, is his penchant to brag about this shocking display. According to an NBC report by Alan Abrahamson, Neville says that "the dive was sacrifice" and plans to tell his -grandchildren the-story of his dive at the finish line. This, in my opinion, was an unethical display and we should protest this loss, even if it means going to the Court of Arbitration for Sports. According to Wednesday's press reports, Tonique Williams-Darling the Olympic gold medallist in the 400m was retiring. While Mrs Darling's victory led to many exhibitions of national pride, the naming of Harrold Road highway in her honour was considered premature by "many. A crescendo of voices have suggested that the then government acted impulsively when the highway was named after her when there may have been more deserving athletes. Indeed, there are more wor- thy candidates such as Bahamian-tennis pro Mark Knowles, track icon and coach Pauline Davis-Thompson, the Golden Girls and Olympic gold medallist and social activist Sir Durward Knowles, for whom the highway should have been named. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008, PAGE 7 THE TRIBUNE Road improvements slated for New Providence thoroughfares Letisha * By KATHRYN CAMPBELL MINISTER of Public Works and Trans- port Neko Grant has signed two contracts with Morgan Saunders of Island Pavers for road.improvements to the East Street and Collins Avenue thoroughfares. The contracts, totalling $197,610, were signed during a press conference in the boardroom of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport on Wednesday. The contract for 1.1 miles of road along East Street between Wulff Road and Shirley Street is expected to take two months at a cost of $141,210, and the $56,400 contract for 0.8 miles of road along Collins Avenue between Seventh Terrace and Shirley Street is expected to take one month. Mr Grant said the condition of the thor- oughfares of East Street and Collins Avenue has for sometime been unacceptable and the ministry looks forward to continuing the improvement of the roads in New Prov- idence. He added: "They are not conducive of roads in New Providence and we seek to improve the quality of life for our citizens. Infrastructure is one of the ways of doing that." The minister thanked Mr Saunders for accepting the challenge and informed him that the ministry looks forward to quality work and on-time completion. Mr Saunders said once the government's road paving unit has milled the existing sur- face, Island Pavers will be required to clean up, prime and repave the roads. Road disruption is one of the challenges that the ministry faces, particularly with the September re-opening of schools. Gordon Major, acting director at the Min- MINISTER of Pub- lic Works and Transport Neko Grant (far right) signed two con- tracts on Wednes- day with Morgan Saunders of Island Pavers (centre) for road paving to the thoroughfares of Collins Avenue and East Street. Acting Director of Public Works and Trans- port Gordon Major (left) looks. on as Mr Grant presents copies of the con- tract to Mr Saun. ders. Henderson/BIS photo istry of Public Works and Transport said: "What we have tried to do is to engage the contractor so that much of the work is done at night after hours so that we limit the dis- ruption that takes place during normal work- ing hours. 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"Our customers will have eas- ier access to our payment centre downtown without competing for parking with other busi- nesses. We are also considering use of the drive thru window that already exists," Most importantly to the com- munity, the refurbishment of the dilapidated building located on the comer of Pioneers Way and East Mall, will improve the overall look of downtown, the company noted. Restoration of the building will hopefully add to the enhancement efforts. "Our decisions regarding ren- ovations are almost finalised, and we are planning minor out- side renovations to make the building more compatible with the Freeport area and intend to expand the existing parking area," said EO Ferrell, Grand Bahama Power Company pres- ident and CEO. "Internally, we anticipate adding some addi- tional space in the mezzanine area to accommodate the relo- cated staff." 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They were given the opportunity to meet and spend time with their heads of department as well as the other new students. *'.:. t~A~i. r.4. ~ A GOOD MAN AND FINE GENTLEMAN PASSES 'iticrJd,. alicrnon o \edneodai. 27th Auguit 201.0i I jutended the Funeral Id! .nc .I ihe humblesi. most godl) person' I ha'.e known in ni', lile lime He h buried in \\ odlJawn Garden Cemeitery loll.w ing Ohsequie~ d Bible Tiuth Ha.il. after loing a full life o. -R4 \ci-, i -e:'.i.ed the .,renching ne',s of die pasmirig of Donald Kenneth Robenr IjI- Saiurd., moaning while e on furlough in Ojakland Park. Florida I d as :i.cc.-iriclen. and immediately fell a ensure of greji personal Ino%. Grlet. strTi.ken because I fell helpless thai I .a>j nut here ito i e broiherkl support ..n, ,, good Inend. confidant and Personnel Officer. Grego'r, Robenr .-n the pi.sing of his father On ihe .ltern- n oif' mr depairure I '.,aj updated on the condition of the p.i( iti. ,h,, ..ja critical, but table in I C U of Doctor'% H'.pital. Njiaju One ,-It ihe last ih]ines cummunicaled b tihe deceased t as. wheri he was . .l if hI :. an ied tOi go home He nodded his head in the ailintriaive and c lien pre'cd turtLer about hiLch hoie. lie pointed heaeniardl. He assured h, .-.r, .reg,. iiht he knev. whom he bele\eed., ind was persuaded that God i, Able it, ep ih.ii which h he had .immilted unt.: Him again'i ihai da\ F:,i ithe i- l in .me. s.iid his soB. "I realized thji my Iither had resigned it..ii tihe Church Miliiant I)o asume membership in the Church triumphant I hjd ,rireideid to la my pen d,-'' n lo':r at least the rest of ihis ear. alier h..ii;C r..bbcJ ..f o trier nds ihrc.ugh he cruel hind-. .I death %nhir the past I' ,,:.riit. .ind I had h,,p:Jd ihui ihe Tnbules I r-.e I:' them would hate been Ih.: lI.i irf j I,,r-t-e hle Bul that '..- not to be Hoteter. I lee constrained i.. rr(alihe il,. rl, my pen to indite j>t a mrini.cule Jppreciaion to The .he-i F.in il, I.r ithe life .f man th., s la'.Jed and rcspecied by 4o man.% liuii all ascg ltus of this Commornsealth contractors, businesspefsons, professionals and common-folk alike. The whole community is the poorer for his loss. No section of our society could claim him exclusively. He was a good man, a fine gentleman, and a Bahamian in the highest sense of that word. He bridged the gaps that separate people, and erased barriers that divide. Donald Kenneth Roberts was bornm in Nassau on 29th July, 1924 to Garland Garrison Roberts and Azalia Marie Roberts (nee Higgs), who were married on 28th March, 1923 at The Gospel Hall on Dowdeswell Street. His parents were both "raw-boned" Bahamians. Garland Garrison was born at Green Turtle Cay, Abaco on 15th June, 1897 to Richard Talbot Roberts and Lauretta Roberts (nee Lowe). According to A. T. Bethell's book "Early Settlers of The Bahamas" it is noted therein, "Garland Garrison Roberts a descendant of John Roberts who was chosen as a Representative for Harbour Island at an Assembly holden at Nassau 29th September, 1792, Woodes Rogers Governor." Azalia Marie bom at Spanish Wells on 23rd April. 1898 to Francis Higgs and Emma Higgs (nee Pinder) was a direct descendant of Jeremiah Higgs who was granted 125 acres of land at Eleuthera on 14th September, 1803 as compensation for his gallant efforts in assisting Colonel Andrew Deveaux of the South Carolina Militia in freeing New Providence from the Spanish, along with other recruits from Harbour Island and Eleuthera in the year 1782. Mr. Donald attended Queen's College under the headmastership of the renowned Rev. R. P. Dyer. He excelled in all subjects offered, particularly Mathematics, rivaling Rosalie Aspinall for first or second place each term. He graduated in the Class of 1940 along with Joan Brown, Mary Dyer, Evangeline Mosko, Margaret Peet, Patrick Brown, Percy Claridge, Leroy Cole. Michael McKinney, Basil and Claude Smith, as the proud holder of a Cambridge Senior Certificate in 7 subjects English Language. English Literature, Mathematics, British History, Religious Knowledge, Biology, Geography. My first encounter with Donald Roberts was about 25 years ago when I worked at Dunkin' Donuts on Marlborough and Cumberland Streets, opposite the British Colonial Hotel in down-town Nassau. He and his wife, Mrs. Edith Christine (nee Stratton) came into Dunkin' Donuts every Sunday morning around 9 am for coffee and donuts, before continuing on to Church. They would always tip me $1.00. The Robertses appeared to be a very godly couple. That was mv first impression of them. and I was n, % rn. . I met then, a ajin J hI .' ,ears laler khenr I v..as irlr..Jduid Sr itkTi.m t., m', OlT-. M.,iu.,.'er j. hi. parcni I iffiinledliatc ferrncrihecredJ ihcn .iind theo ...In c ,ic i be ainie helief J iquainied ",ilh henrr a. rii r; *'e c il .i I I cli i.i.-.i,-h.r Ih ,' .e ,f m\ s e d lm. d n niecili Mi R.:,bh rif. id hi- .il-e '.r Sli.i i .11. 'ir. ci ..i he ,.er I i in G rrd.J C,n ir.d P... ijurajnT a.ir i.Jnner He said to me, "I heard that you are tying the knot tomorrow." "Yes Sir", I replied. "Knowest thou what thou doest?" he enquired. "I do know, Sir." Then he cautioned me, "Be sure you are serious, because loosed goat doesn't know how tied goat feels." I often recall that short, but profound exchange. That was on Friday, 21st April, 1995. The last time I spoke with Mr. Roberts was in June of this year, when I contacted him to assist in an emergency situation I was facing. As usual, he delivered. As I sat and listened to the Tributes at the Service, by Lewis Fitz-Gerlad, Ross Pinder, Jerome Pinder, Robert Davis and the Message delivered by Brother Colyn Roberts there was a common-thread that ran through them all, silicet, the deceased was a godly, kind, compassionate man who was a success in the most important areas of life- spiritual, personal, social and professional. Spiritually, he was faithful to his God. Personally he was devoted to his wife, dedicated to his children. Socially, he proved to be a friend to humanity. Professionally he was committed to his job at City Lumber Yard, where he gave 63 years of hard, honest work. In this vein, he truly lived out the words in Queen's College School Song that state:- "Land of our birth we pledge to thee; Our love and toil in the years to be; When we are grown and take our place As men and women with our race. Teach us the strength that cannot seek, By deed or thought, to hurt the weak, That, under Thee, we may possess, Man's strength to succour man's distress. Teach us delight in simple things, And with that has no bitter springs, Forgiveness free of evil done And love to all men neathh the sun." 'Mr D--laid l K R rlcris I.urun dellighli n ihe simplee hirn.- I lilt Hi. fi'.,'unitc 'p.IinuTui "tic .ardcunefn'2 aid nd...At'ik He had a green-i.hum and p s r .c l a pceial i11 .. trealin, tinhl .:ul Of ,:id: O in hrJO', -'..l u juall', ,\,.d'i: 1-dw.,. he ...,u'hil (crtu c i', hi. garden arid in hi, k ,, h.,p Ir.,' the irunairJ nrIl. in h i ii-i 'n ut .lJe 'A.rld He ltied I'.' e Ihe be'.'ul, nature., seeing things groa He used this time in his garden to think to deliberate. to coignate I was lime he used to think about the mystery of lile. about eermitn. eternal security. about the God's ineffable love. abundant mercy. losing kindness. wondrous grace and Chnrist's finished work on the cross at Calan- These were the things that he spoke to me about whenever I saw him on the queue at Royal Bank. Bay and Vicionra Branch. or over at the Lumber Yard in Marathon These were the godly things that consumed his mind They made an everlasting impnnt in him They coloured his speech. hi' ihoughts and his demeanor. He was host to the well-known Biblical passages, and stones. the Sunday School memory verses, the ,piritually edit ing poems and the daily Devoiional lines He 'as a man of honour., of mtegnr) and love Not given too much tal.. he was a man of lew words who made his point succinctly He brought S.isdom, sagacitr and quiet reason to many an incendiary situation and heated debate He lied his life being always fully conscious that words spoken in the dark must one day come to light He therefore never advanced an unworthy cause, or supported a shameful design. He was a man of peace, spoken of in The Beaiitudes ho will inherit the Kingdom Space does not permit me to pnni all the kind and favourable comment. people hame made to me about iMr Roberts since he died People have gone out of their ,ay to tell me anecdotes inmoling his generosity, his largesse. compasion. forgiveness and understanding On Wednesday morning. as I sailed back to0 Nassau. a Bahamian on board, and a complete stranger to me began to speak about the deceased He spoke in superlatives, and had no idea thai I knew so well whom he was praising The highest tributes that can be paid to any person are those given b) his offspring. Youngest son, Greg wrote this on the passing of his dad:- "As I looked in your face, I have seen the reflection of God. You have been a good husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. Most of all, you have been a godly example, a true reflection of the love of God. As long as I live, I will seek to walk in your footsteps." Grand-daughter Heather recalled, "I have never witnessed such grace and unconditional love as in the last few years, watching Papa and Granny...... He always just wanted to make sure that his "Teenie" (Grammy) would be okay. I was blessed to have him for 25 years....." Grandson Brian remembered his Grandpa Donald as "a kind, Christian man.... He was a teacher, and a preacher, spending countless hours studying the Bible helping to lead/guide his Church. I will miss Papa, but I know that he is happy and "at home". Eldest son Michael reminisced on his daddy "as someone who was conscientious, kind and generous to everyone he met. My dad set a good example for all of us to follow". I do believe that as he lied in his hospital bed during the last week leading up to his death, if it were possible, he would have quoted the words of the following poem to his son Greg, who visited him multiple times quotidian:- I have finished now with this house of clay Please kindly and gently lay it away; And let me rest from this life of pain, Toiling in sunshine, storms, and rain; Trying to help the sick and poor, And turning no needy from my door. I have started to do my master's work Never a duty did I shirk; Many times I was misunderstood When I had done the best I could. I am tired now, so let me rest. Don't cry, don't you know, God knows best Please, no sad hearts, no hung down heads Don't weep for me for I am not dead. I have another house you know, Where only God's redeemed can go, I do not need this house of clay So tenderly, carefully, lay it away. 'ecll dJr.ne hou g,:id and la.ihful er ani Enter thou nio the ji-., of Thy L.rd" By: George Livingstone Lopez Heastie -. ~. I 1 * NOW HIRING Cashiers, Crew Members, & Maintenance SEAGRAPES LOCATION (PRINCE CHARLES DRIVE) Apply during store hours. No phone calls. It's waaaay better than fast food. It's Wendy'. . t ~s~ - I Ile I I ~- -- 1~ __1____I___X _~I~ . --. p-. d T PAGE 8, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 ^M: THE TRIBUNE FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008, PAGE 9 THE TRIBUNE -N A COMMUNITY fighting "over development" in Abaco is preparing to meet with developers and Environment Minister Earl Devaux to outline their concerns. The residents of Hope Town in Elbow Cay believe plans submit- ted by Bahamian construction company Cavalier to build 19 houses, a clubhouse and six town- houses on Joe's Cay, a 4.7 acre island connected to Elbow Cay byv a forest of mangroves, would spoil the environment, the econ- omy and Hope Town's unique charm. When a Tribune reporter visit- ed the island, every resident she met spoke out against the devel- opment. "It's not that everybody on the island is opposed to develop- ment," said local realtor Kathleen Albury, "but we want sustainable development. If this goes ahead we are going to mess up the real estate market by over-develop- ment and we are going to mess up the environment." Cavalier's plans have been approved in principle by the department of physical planning,. and developers maintain con- struction will cover less than 25 per cent of the land and cause minimal damage to the man- groves and shoreline vegetation. But further plans to dredge a . channel, cut into the cay to build a marina and docks, and create an artificial beach on Crown land rocks adjacent to the cay will require separate applications sub- ject to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Clay Wilhoyte, a life-long resi- dent of Hope Town who runs the Harbour's Edge restaurant and bar, said: "The dredging is going to change the current flow, and when you start changing the flow of nature you destroy it." He explained that when mud and seagrass on the surface of the seabed is broken through to the fine mud underneath, the water will become silty.as it is at White Sound, east of Joe's Cay, where a channel was dredged years ago. The shallow waters around Joe's Cay are popular for bone- fishing, conching, and kayaking, residents said, and the mangroves serve as a nursery to juvenile crawfish, fish, as well as storm,pro-. tection. Candace Key, principal of the 60 pupil Hope Town school which has won international awards for their environmental activities, said the great outdoors is their second * classroom. "What kind of lesson are we teaching our children when we tell them the mangroves are very important, but it is okay to tear them down to build houses?" she asked. "The mangroves are a natural storm protection, they are natures nursery, there are conch, turtles and bonefish in the shallow waters there. The area is just so very important to us that we cannot afford to destroy it." "In the long run, what does it do for the people?" Mr Wilhoyte added. "The government and the developers make their money and then they're gone. "It's not in the best interest of the people who live here, and this is my home, I have lived here all my life." Mrs Key said she is also con- cerned about the rising price of property in Elbow Cay that will price locals out of the market. She said: "It hurts me greatly that so many of today's children won't be able to afford homes in the island of their birth. "We shouldn't be pushed out of our birthplace and at some point ascertain amount of land needs to be set aside on islands as small as this for future genera- tions of Bahamians." Developers maintain 40 jobs would be created at "The Island Club", but locals say employees will have to be brought in from outside Hope Town and Abaco, to fill the positions that would be created. Ray Brown, a second-home owner in Hope Town for 26 years, said: "I don't want to see the peo- ple who live here and their chil- dren lose out to developers who are here to make a quick deal. "People on the island are not against development but the dev- il is in the detail." Bill Fuller, a carpenter who made Elbow Cay his home 35 years ago, lives opposite Joe's Cay in an area surrounded by trees and infested with sandflies. The nature lover has built a narrow wooden dock through the mangroves so as not to disturb the mangroves and cay where white-crown pigeons thrive. He is concerned developers will want to build a bridge between the cays as had previously been proposed. Hope Town councillor Diane Bethel said plans to build three houses on the island and a bridge were submitted to Hope Town Council by the original owner in 2004 and the local council approved plans in principal, with- out the inclusion of the bridge. She maintains Hope, Town Council had not seen Cavalier's current application before it was granted approval in principle by the central government's Depart- ment of Physical Planning. But Cavalier's deputy managing director Vernon Wells disagrees. He said: "The previous owner submitted a proposal in writing to Hope Town District Council to develop Joe's Cay for a winter .residence and a limited number of separate private residences to be used primarily as second homes by others. "The total floor area of all the private residences and associate caretakers/service buildings pro- posed would not exceed 20 per cent of the total land area of Joe's Cay." He maintains the current devel- opment is within this limitation. Former Hope Town councillor Susan Bethel said: "If this goes ahead a lot of people would com- plain for the rest of their lives, especially if they dredge because of the silt and the land it would destroy. "It would put stress and strain on our waste management. It would take from the economy axnd Bahamian-owned rental cottages. "I have fought developments like this before, and I have seen them go up, and I don't want the same thing to happen here." -.a .*. s ... M . .. ; e '.. s** . -. * ., .. -s*. - ,** .. % .... : ** .: .... .- *. ',- :. .. .. ._ ..*.. ' .- ^ ...... ^ -. .... .-:-wtr" .. _- ...^...-* ~ '? "* ' K f i ....o . '- -. 7 .. : ,(. 4 4 KAYAKING AROUND the mangroves. Candace'Key, principal of the 60 pupil Hope Town school, said 'The mangroves' are a natural storm protection, they are natures nursery, there are conch, turtles and bonefish in the shallow waters there.' The Mercedes M-Class. Beauty, brains and brawn., When you think of the average SUV on the road today, you think of road- hogging, air-polluting gas guzzlers 'that wouldn't know the meaning of high precision and fuel efficiency if it were emblazoned on their windshields. But there is an alternative. The refined M-Class from Mercedes-Benz. 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Clean police record To apply: Persons interested in any of the above positions should provide cover letter, resume, three references to Human Resources Manager, Bahamas National Trust, P.O. Box N-4105, Nassau, Bahamas or email: bnt@bnt.bs by September 10, 2008 44. PAEA0FI FROM page one MARK iit R. BOX a1 TL: r- MARKE STIAFT PO. BOX O"-aOCII TiL: "a3-aTa1 F E L RC F LEANNA . . FERGUSON, Age 88 of Tenwich Street, Mount Royal Avenue, and formerly of Colonel S." [Hill, Crooked Island, will be held at The Church Of God Of Prophecy, East Street Tabernacle, on Saturday at 10:00am. Officiating will be Bishop Franklin M. Ferguson. Interment follows in Woodlawn Gardens. Leanna Veola Ferguson bade farewell to her husband Hayward Sr. in 2004 and her son Donald in 2005. She is lovingly survived by four (4) children, Ena-Mae Thelma Cox, Hayward Alkin Ferguson Jr., Dr Albert Sidney Ferguson JP, and Katherine Elizabeth Beneby; grand children, Dr. Desiree Cox, Dorcas Cox, Awanna Ferguson, Takesha Ferguson, Delric Bereby, David Beneby Jr., Katherine Beneby II, Donetta Ferguson-Goston, Gianina Ferguson-Strong, Angelica Ferguson, Albernie Ferguson, Cyd Ferguson; great grandchildren, Dominique Goston, David Johnathan Aliens, lan Richard Beneby, Mercy Lourdes Stafford; brother-in-law, Willie B. Hue of Buffalo, N.Y.; sister- in-law, Ellen Ferguson; son-in-law, David G. Beneby Sr.; daughters-in- law, Bernadette Ferguson, Betty Ferguson, Sandy Ferguson; nieces and nephews, Dr. Anita and Kevan Dean and family, Erica and lan Atkins and family, Thelma and Felix Beneby and family, Joyanne and Matthian Pratt and family, Herbert Ferguson Jr. and family, John and Ruthmae Meadows and family, Elkin and Eunice Meadows and family, Peter and Stephanie Meadows and family, Lenora Meadows and family, Catherine and Donald Roberts and family, Sandra Meadows and family, Deacon Maxwell and Elizabeth Ferguson of Buffalo N.Y. La Gloria Hue of Buffalo N.Y., Cecelia McKenzie, Olga Ford, Cleveland Ferguson, George Archer of Buffalo, NY, Vernal Ferguson, William and Mansfield Morely; cousins, Elder E. John Deleveaux and family, Deacon Whittington Deleveaux and family, Lemuel Moss, and family along with many other relatives and friends, including but not limited to Sonia Beneby, Rev. Catherine Chisholm, Mrs. Olga Richards, Mr. Gerlene Gibson, Mr. Diana Hepburn, Mrs. Christina Moss, Mrs. Betty Cox, Ms. Mary Moss, Mrs. Victoria Beneby and family, Mr. and Mrs. Rollington Ferguson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Uhijah Johnson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whylly, Agnes and Joseph Allen, Rehetta and Minerva Chisholm and family, Elkin and Margaret Ferguson and family, Benjamin Ferguson, Minister Romeo and Beatrice Ferguson and family, Dan and Lablan Ferguson Jr., Howard and Donna Newbold and family, Lena Smith, Marilyn Collie and family, pelores Rolle and family, Deacon Herman McClain and family, Mayina epburn, Elder Stanley Beneby and family, Roberta Hepburn and family, Vincent Cartwright, Veronica Mackey, Ralph and Althea Sands and family, Winifred Williamson, Sidney Cunningham and family, Dorrington Ferguson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Brenville Ferguson, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Forbes, Sis. Jackie Clarke and family, Herbert and Dorothy Bastian, Supt. Elsworth Moss, RBRF and family, Chief Supt. John Wesley Ferguson, RBPF and family, Doreen Campbell and family, Bishop and Mrs. Brice Thompson, Bishop and Mrs. Elgamet Rahming, Bishop and Msr. Franklin Ferguson, Dr. and Mrs. Woodley Thompson, Pastor Kendal Simmons, Bishop and Mrs. Hulan Hanna, Bishop and Mrs. Cephas Ferguson and family, Bishop and Mrs. Rudolph Bowe, Bishop and Mrs. Arthur Ferguson, Bishop and Mrs. Joseph Swann, Minister Salatiel Simmons, Deacon and Mrs. Hurai Ferguson and family; neighbors, Mrs. Faye, Mr. Eddie Rahming and Wayne and Ids Sawyer; god children, Thalia Mycklewhite and Allen Cox, the Albania Christian Academy family, Member of the GHS Class of 1968 and their families, Bishop and Mrs. Roston L. Davis and the Golden Gates World Outreach Ministry family, Dr. Brian Tynes, Dr. Gloria Ageeb, The Princess Margaret Hospital staff, the entire Church of God of Prophecy family and other valued relatives and friends just too numerous to list here. Friends may pay their respects at Demeritte's Funeral Home, Market Street from 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. on Friday and on Saturday at the church from 9:00 a.m. until service time gists Dan Kottlowski and Basil Dean stress that the behaviour of the storm after Monday is hard to predict. "Let's put it this way, it'll be roughly 500 miles east of Nas- sau on Monday. "At that point it will start to slow down and again this is where we run into problems, because the information we are looking at shows a varia- tion of what it will do after Monday. "Some information takes it slowly westward toward the northern Bahamas, other information takes it north or northeast duringthat that time. So at this point I would say it's almost impossible to say exact- ly where it will move after it New storm may head for the Bahamas gets to that point," said Accuweather forecaster Mr Kottlowski. Hanna is intensifying at pre- sent and if it continues as it is it should become a hurricane within the next day or two. However, Mr Kottlowski claims that the only effect the Bahamas is likely to feel for the three to four days may be increasing surf on easterly fac- ing islands like Eleuthera. Right now the storm is trav- elling in a west northwesterly direction at 12 miles per hour and has maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour. "I would still keep a close eye on this because it's not on the other side of the world. It actually is close enough that if it were to track a little bit west it would come a lot closer to the Bahamas," said the mete- orologist. "After Tuesday it seems as though residents in the north west of the Bahamas may have to monitor it very, very, close- ly because the steering pattern becomes a little bit weak after that time and anything could happen," added Mr Dean. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Gustav, which formed on Monday, is now on the western side of Jamaica and is set to head straight towards the Cay- man Islands and into the Gulf of Mexico, with little to no impact on the Bahamas. It dumped heavy rain across Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti, where it killed at least twenty people. Bahamas Bar Council FROM page one case, another lawyer was recently disbarred and many others were admonished. When a complaint is lodged against a lawyer in the Bahamas, the matter is referred to and reviewed by the Bar Association's Ethics Com- mittee. Five senior members.of the Bar sit on this committee. The lawyer against whom the complaint has been made is sent a let- ter by the Bar Council, requesting that attorney to respond to the allegations. The lawyer has two weeks to do so. If the Ethics Committee is unable to come to a conclusion about a matter, the case is then handed over to the disciplinary tribunal. One judge, two lawyers and one prominent member of the com- munity, who is approved by the Attorney Genieral, sit on the tribunal. Earlier this month, it was revealed that the Bahamas Bar Council is appealing to the Court of Appeal against the punishment handed down by the disciplinary tribunal in the case of Mr Thompson. Mr Thompson was ordered to pay more than $230,000 to three clients from whom he admitted to the tribunal he had wrongfully tak- en funds. - He'has been given until September 17 to pay the money or he will stand disbarred. Mr Munroe said that it is the view of the Bahamas Bar Council that this sentence "is over lenient." "It appears to be the unanimous view of council that the only appro- priate penalty for defalcation of clients' funds is disbarment, immedi- ate disbarment," Mr Munroe said. & 4fttumienut Compang yt . Mr. WedellG, Dean 11, . > BAHAMAS'OLDEST MORTUARY MARKET STREET *P.O. BOX GT-2097 TEL: 323-5782 Devontee Daniel McPHee, aka "Dee Dee or Lil Man",11 a resident of Honeycombe Street, will be held at Christian Gospel Church, Flint Street, on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Officiating will be Pastor Dwayne Wright, assisted by Rev. Anthony Newton. Interment follows A. ^ in Lakeview Memorial Gardens, JFK Drive. He will sadly be missed by those who dearly loved him mother, Angela McPhee; father, Ambrose McPhee (deceased); step father, Mario Swain; brother, Tyrone Wilson; sisters, Allison and Nadia McPhee; grandmothers, Melena Rolle, Dollymae Scott, Sandra Johnson, and Leila McPhee; great grandmothers, Salomie Rolle and Eva Williams; grandfathers, George Wison, Cardinal Scott, Victor Johnson, and Patrick Swain; nieces, Tyronique Wilson and Brandy Henfield; aunts, Tamika Bartee, Caroline Williams, Trellis Davis, Brithany, Shakera and Tamara Johnson, Vanessa, Clardia, Legree Scott, Rochelle Armbrister, Tanesha Johnson, Debbie Ferguson, Sabrina Pratt, Theresa Lewis, Beverley, Dianne and Kay Brown; great grand aunts, Judy William, Violet Jennings, Angle Bain, Michelle Rolle, Theresa Ramsay, Dorothy Smith, Pearl Munroe, Jennie Neely, Beatrice Brown, Michelle and Sharlene Rolle, Joyee Batton, Loleita Johnson, Stacia Moss, Dale Malone, Janice Ramsey, Ruth McDonald; uncles,. Corporal Jamal Evans, Dominque Omeko, Ricardo Johnson, Anthony Armbrister; grand uncles, Shelton Johnson, Frank Williams, Philip Ramsey, Walter Bain; numerous relatives and friends, Janice Joseph and family, Laura Lewis and family, Dawn Ferguson, Latoya Carey, Shicara Pitt, Mario and Monique and family, Laura Turnquest and family, Junior and Paula Turnquest, Anthony Rolle and family, the Clarke family, Orlando Rubin and family, Charlene Taylor and family, Orein Musgrove and family, the Brown family, Rashaun Symonette, Andrew Smith, Giovanni Ferguson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fernley Palmer, Mr. and -Mrs. Gregory Jones. Mrs. Johnson and family, Ms. Brown, Mrs.. Sybil, Mr. William Gator and family, Drexel Deal and the B.A.C.K family, G.G.Y.P family, Salem Baptist Church family, Johnson and Johnson Trucking family, Ricardo Enterprise and family, Sandy Shaufer and Robin Hood family, Church Of God Seven Hills, Pastor Clemet and Debbie Saunders, The Munroe Family, The Class of 2008 Woodcock; teachers, Ms. Kelly, Ms. Thompson, and Ms. Miller, Honorable Perry Christie and The Entire Farm Road Constituency, Pastor Dwayne Wright and the Entire Christian Gospel Church family, and other family and friends, too numerous to mention. Friends may pay their last respects at Demeritte's Funeral Home, Market Street, from 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. on Friday and on Saturday at the church from 10: 00 a.m. until service time. 'up wu~ -- Master: Techniclanus L T t NANTjCKEI NECTARS The Radiance of this "Amethyst ofA Gem" will always glow in the hearts of his: Wife: Yvonne Serena Wallace-Munroe; Four Sons: Edward Jr., Wayne, Wilbur and Warren Munroe; Two Daughters: Valencia Steiger and Olive Thompson; Thirteen: Grand Children; One Brother: Bertie Munroe; Sisters: Joyce Lewis, Rosetta Rolle, Cyprianna Munnings, Angela and Orion Munroe; Numerous: Nephews and Nieces; A host other loving family and friends and the Ragged Island community. Visit our website: www.emeraldridgemortuary.com view video tributes, sign guest book, send condolence, sympathy, share memories and make funeral arrangements. -1 B~sse~ I ---- ~ I --g I -- -- ------------ ------- -------- ~I I PAGE 10, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 THE TRIBUNE -1 i~- ~pj ~.i FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008, PAGE 11 THE TRIBUNE LOCAL NESi FROM page one sources close to the party claim that neither of them were utilized to their "full potential" dur- ing, or leading up to the election campaign. The Progressive Liberal Party lost the May 2 general election to the governing Free National Movement when its strategy of attempting to defeat the popularity of Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham backfired. The campaign, as political pundits have commented before, was poorly run, pitching Mr Christie against Mr Ingraham instead of touting the achievements of the PLP during its five years in office. As a result, Mr Christie's control of the PLP suffered a dramatic setback following the party's defeat resulting in varying factions calling for him to step down from office. Mr Christie, how- ever, has persevered through the first year after the election, and as sources have emphasized, seems more persistent than ever to maintain control of the PLP at least for another term in Prison officers claim govt has not kept its word on 'all back pay' FROM page one $1,300. Though all officers did receive some of the funds accrued during the past two years, the source said they are not prepared to settle for 'less than what is owed. According to the source, many officers discovered the inconsistencies with back pay totals during a special pro- motions ceremony on the prison grounds held on Thursday. The sources told The Tri- bune that during the ceremo- ny, officers displayed their dissatisfaction, and were out- right disrespectful to their superiors because of the shortages. Claims are that officers from the 2005 and 2006 squads had $166 deducted from their salaries in June of this year without explanation. Additionally during a back pay distribution by the BPSU in July, officers at the prison said they were overlooked and subsequently did not get the $62.50 issued by the union. Cynhi Prat, Uewilclhcomlbe Mayfair office. However, Mr Christie's deputy, Cynthia Pratt, has already announced that she will not be stay- ing on for another term as deputy leader of the PLP. This announcement has caused many would- be leaders within the PLP to begin their cam- paign for the position that they hope would one day ultimately see them in the leadership role of the party. To date, only West End and Bimini MP Wilchcombe, St Thomas More MP Frank Smith, St Cecilia hopeful Paul Moss, Senator Jerome Fitzgerald and Bain and Grant's Town MP Dr Bernard Nottage have been suggested as possi- ble contenders for the deputy's position. Of those names listed, however, only Mr Wilch- combe and Mr Moss have publicly declared their intentions.. H0otei FROM page one there was anything wrong, the MP was given a verbal warning. However, this incident was only the latest in a spree of activ- ity that has captured headlines and provoked debate. Shock and outrage has been expressed at the audacity of the operators to set up such an establishment on the main thoroughfare of West Bay Street. To add insult to injury, the brothel is only a stone's throw from Fort Charlotte police sta- tion. 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Ebenezer Methodist Mr. Key was for many years a proprietor of the well known grocery store on East Shirley Street, known as "Joe and Berlin" Mr. Key was pre-deceased by his wife, Flora Louise Key; his sisters, Avedny and Geraldine Key; his daughter-in-law, Florence Key and a son-in-law, Roy King. He is survived by two sons, Albert Berlin Key, Jr. and Patrick Grammatico; four daughters, Marguerite Key King, Cheryl Key, Kathy Key and Kimberly Johnson; grandsons, Kevin and Christopher Key; Marcus Grammatico, Stephan Johnson and Raphael St. Louis; granddaughters, Chantelle Euteneuer, Monique Wszolek and Jennifer Knowles; son-in-law, Harlin Johnson; daughter-in-law, Sandra Grammatico and many other relatives and friends including John Paul. SInstead of flowers donations may be made to your favourite charity in memory of Albert * Berlin Key, Sr. Arrangements by Kemp's Funeral Home Limited, 22 Palmdale Avenue, Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas. I,, KR I ~-~mnti~ THE TRIBUNE PAGE 12. FRIDAY. AUGUST 29, 2008 -IMPRESSIONS OF THE BAHAMAS' OLYMPIC YOUTH Bahamas Bus & Truck Co., Ltd. Montrose Avenue Phone:322-1722 Fax: 326-7452 ;XITRAP EXTRA, ^ EXTRA, Large Shipment of Used Cars IN STOCK COME CHECK US OUT New Shipments Arrived rry, Hurry, Hurry and Get Your First Choice For Easy Financing Bank And Insurance On Premises Check Our Prices Befote buying DESTINATIOINA My name is Erika Rah- ming and I am the Olympic Youth Ambas- sador for the Bahamas. The sport I practice is judo. I was sent to Bei- jing, China,. where the 2008 Olympics were held. I took part in the Bei- jing 2008 Olympic Youth Camp, which is designed to give young people the opportunity to make friends from other coun- tries or regions and to learn about each others culture. There are about 500 people from over 200 countries that were attending the camp. Some of the campers were dis- abled and came from the host country. This is a continuation of my journal which was printed in.The Tribune last week Friday. T HE day after the opening ceremo- ny of the Olympics was slow. In the morning my team and I left to watch basketball at the stadium. We had all * come thinking that today we PART TWO would watch men's basketball, but when we arrived we found out that it was women's. Although this disappointed us slightly, (we had all really wanted to watch the USA team,) we still entered the sta- dium hoping to see a good game. By the time we got inside the stadium it was the fourth quarter of the first game (we were to watch two games that day). As the game finished up, some of the campers cheered because it was their countries that were playing each other. When the game finished the "Fuwa" or lucky dolls in Eng- lish, came on the court to entertain us. Fuwa are the Olympic mascots. There are five of them, BeiBei, JingJing, HuanHuan, YingYing and NiNi. When you put their names together it means "Bei- jing welcomes you." After the Fuwa entertained us, the second game started. This game was Mali vs New Zealand. From beginning to the end,the teams were even in points, so it kept us on the edge of our seats guessing who was going to win this game. It was very exciting, some of the campers decided to choose one team to cheer for to make it even more fun. So whenev- er their team scored a point, they would erupt in cheers. Exciting In the end of the exciting game, New Zealand won and even though we wanted to watch another game, we were hungry because it was lunchtime so we headed back to camp. On the fifth day of camp, the campers all went to the Olympic Village to meet with a member of our National Olympic Committee (NOC). JUDO The member that met us was our chaperone for the plane ride there. Our chaperon showed us around the Olympic Village, which consisted mainly of apartments where the athletes and the rest of the NOCs stayed. The Olympic Village also had some shops where you could buy cheap souvenirs or food and other items. After the tour we ate at the Olympic dining hall where athletes and people from different coun- tries met and mingled over food. There we met Mrs Dil- lete as well as two Bahamian swimmers, Alana Dillette and Ariana Vanderpool-Wallace. When we had finished eat- ing we left to go to the Acad- emy of Science, where they showed us a video on China's advances in space science. We were also shown around and we saw animal skeletons and stuffed animals that were being used for research to pro- tect the environment. The following morning was the mini Olympics. 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They especially could not believe that judo was my sport. FROM page 12 yo-yo, and races. Chinese puzzles were also a part of the mini-Olympics. A few friends and I played tug-o-war and won a couple of times. It was really fun and we won bracelets and a Chinese lucky knot. Later that morning we went to the Olympic Expo Beijing 2008 where we were given a tour of the building. The expo con- tained many things from previous Olympics. On display there were medals from every previous Olympic Games, as well as torches from every Olympics that used one. There were also many stamps on display as well as pins because collecting stamps and pins are very popular. At the end of the tour there was a room for pin trading where some campers traded their pins with other people. There was also a section for Olympic artwork where various artists had sculptures, paintings and drawings showing. The artwork was very good and some pieces I can still remember clearly in my mind. One such artwork was a painting of men's basketball in which a man is trying to dunk but most of the opposing players are pulling him down, trying to stop him. That night was a birthday party which was held for all the campers who celebrated their birthdays during our time in Chi- na. The party started in the auditorium where the birthday cele- brants were given gifts and performances were held for them. I was surprised to see how many of my new friends celebrat- ed birthdays just during the camp. Even my new best friend from Uganda celebrated her birthday. On day seven of the camp I woke up early and got ready to go on the bus. I was excited about this day because I was going to see my sport -judo. For the bus ride I had to go with a different team than my own because my team was not scheduled to go. I had also managed to convince two of my new friends to join me to watch judo. They were very interested in getting to know the sport because it was still a mystery to them. When we arrived my friends were shocked at what they saw, they could not believe that judo was about pushing, pulling SEE page 14 for a better life HEAiL INITIA u v 317 6 ... -lU F E t r G O O A B out T ,, thank you S r:FAM I LY GUARDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Health Y o U H E A iL H P L A N A big "Thank You" to all who donated blood during BahamaHealth's One-Day Blood Drive on August 8. Your generosity resulted in a significant contribution to Princess Margaret Hospital's Blood Bank. Thank you for taking the time to give the gift of life. A SUBSIMAKDY (OL FAMGUARO CORPORATION LIMITED 99 PAG 1, RIAYLAGUT 2, 00ETE RIUN IMPRESSIONS OF THE BAHAMAS' OLYMPIC YOUTH AMBASSADOR ERIKA RAHMING IN BEIJING DESTINATION CHINA: A THRILLING G ADVENTURE FROM page 13 and throwing people around. They especially could not believe that judo was my sport. The judo matches were exciting to me because I was eager to see new methods that I could apply to my own training. I was also eager to see if there were any judokas (judo players) that I knew. After a while some of the campers brought snacks and shared them, I made some new friends over these snacks. On the way back the co-ordinators gave us snacks as they usually do when we are driving for long periods. In my bag I found some unusual foods such as eggs cooked in tea, a can of red bean and rice mix, and a fish sausage. I am not too adventurous with food and soI ,stuck with the crackers and chips. That night, some campers went to the pool while I stayed behind with other campers to watch "Green Melody, Youth Carnival" in which many campers per- formed. Some of my friends went on stage and danced, sang and also played the piano. I was surprised to see how talented everyone was. I really enjoyed the show and it made me want to learn how to play an instrument even, more. This is the end of my journal of the middle of my stay in the Olympic Youth Camp. 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Francisco de Cardenas said Bahamas Waste would have been paid around $1 million per annum had it won the bid to take over garbage collection for four zones in southwestern New Provi- dence, an area bordered by Pinewood in the east and Coral SEE page 4B. launch brought Colonial Group International's Bahamian sub- sidiaries into line with the prod- ucts it offered in other Caribbean jurisdictions. "We are a regional company, and we operate primarily in Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands," Mr Gibson told Tribune Business. "We are a multi-line insurer, and the Bahamas was the only market where we did not offer life insurance products whatso- ever. It's' only logical that we complete our product offering across all jurisdictions. "We're really a multi-line. insurer and employee benefits provider. That encompasses everything that we do in the Bahamas." Atlantic Medical has initially launched individual life insur- ance products in its name under the brand name 'Life Choices', which will be distributed through a Bahamian broker network likely to expand as time progresses. "It's going to be a gauged expansion in the market," Mr Gibson explained. "Over time, we will be rollingout a full suite of life insurance products con- sistent with all the other juris- dictions we operate in whole life, .-group life. "By the end of the year, we hope to be up to six different products. If you look at our typ- ical customer base, it's really the young professional. We're really going into that niche and leveraging off the strength and reputation, particularly in cus- tomer service, of Atlantic Med- ical. We've written the product and it's been launched." Tribune Business under- stands that apart from its exist- ing customer base, Atlantic Medical is also targeting and looking to fill the niche left by Traveller's when it left the Bahamian life insurance mar- ket. The Bahamian life and health SEE page 2B Citibank wins BTC privatise contract bid * Chief executive says declining economy impacting credit demand and quality, with consumer loan defaults 'rising rapidly' *Buy says bank's non-accrual loans at least 3% below industry average, * By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) is likely to miss its fiscal 2008 targets for total loan book growth, and the percentage of consumer loans in its portfolio, due to the deteri- orating economy, its chief execu- tive saying yesterday there had been "a substantial drop-off in credit demand for the third quar- ter". Anwer Sunderji told Tribune Business said the entire Bahami- an commercial banking sector was facing a "difficult 12 months ahead of us", as "all banks are seeing an erosion in credit quali- ty, loan defaults are rising, and in consumer loans they're rising rapidly". With loan demand slowing, and all commercial banks tightening their loan criteria as they seek high-quality risks, Mr Sunderji said he "suspected" Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) "will miss our growth target" set at the beginning of fis- cal 2008 to expand the total loan portfolio by over 30 per cent. For the six months to June 30, 2008, Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) . ** a saw its total loan portfolio grow by 20.3 per cent to $183.747 mil- lion, compared to $152.716 mil- lion at year-end 2007. Bur Mr Sunderji said: "We had very strong growth for the first quarter, and are seeing a sub- stantial drop-off in credit demand for the third quarter. "We saw a decline in credit SEE page 4B Y * By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Citibank has won the bid to pro, ide investment banking seir vices to the Bahamas Teletom- rmunic:jlions .Conpdarin ', (BT.. privatization process, a contract that could ultimately see it search- ing fbr prospective buyers if talks with current lead bidder, Blue- water Communications Holdings, founder. Sources familiar with the situ- ation told Tribune Business that Citibank had beaten off competi- tion from five other bidders to land the contract, which initially will see it perform an evaluation of BTC to assess the company's true market value. The rival bidders are under- stood to have been RoyalFidelity Merchant Bank & Trust; First- Caribbean International Bank; Credit Suisse; Merrill Lynch; and the New York arm of merchant * Sees off five rivals to land role valuing BTC and possibly seeking alternative buyers to Bluewater ' Minister still confident of privatization by year-end, although accepts some likely to be sceptical on achieving this * 'Back and forth' on Bluewater exclusivity, as privatization and advisory committees meet for first time bank Rothschild. The Citibank evaluation of BTC is- designed to ensure the Government obtains the true market price for its asset, depend- ing on what percentage it decides to sell, and avoids under- selling/undervaluing the state- owned telecommunications com- pany. However, Tribune Business SEE page 4B Some Bahamas hotels facing 20% occupancy * By CARA BRENNEN-BETHEL Tribune Business Reporter Many Bahamian hotels have seen occupancies fall as low as 20 per cent as they enter the traditional slow September-October fall period, with properties placing staff members on reduced work weeks. According to the reservations department at Comfort Suites on Paradise Island, occupancies for the beginning of September are hov- ering between 20-30 per cent, although the property is working to build on those numbers as the month continues. The hotel's reservation personnel confirmed that staff are likely to be placed on a shortened work week, something that is pretty standard around the industry. Don Robinson, Baha Mar Resorts' president, told Tribune Business that staff members at its Sheraton and Wyndham properties will be on shortened weeks during the slow season. Following summer break and preparations for back-to-school, Sep- tember is notoriously slow for the Bahamian hotel industry, with busi- ness likely to pick up closer to the Thanksgiving holiday. Although this weekend is the US Labour Day Holiday weekend, typ- ically considered the final opportunity for a summer getaway,. the American Automobile Association (AAA) has predicted a fall-off in SEE page 2B *A ingetm nt t sound investment advice M have a lucrative portfolio investment manag[ementE make good investments nfall of the above SCOO 'CTON , o e~~ iri CORPORATE CENTRE; CORNER OF VILLAGE & SHIRLEY STRE$TS' w4w.t oaWbateamas.com TRIBU FAMILY GUARDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED * By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor Atlantic Medical has this month entered the Bahamian life insurance market with a soft product launch, it was con- firmed to Tribune Business yes- terday, as the company and its affiliates move to offer a full range of insurance and long- term financial wealth creation. options to consumers. Responding to this newspa- pei',s inquiries after numerous industry sources tipped Tribune Business off about the move, Larry Gibson, vice-president of pensions for Colonial Pensions Services (Bahamas), Atlantic Medical's affiliate, described the life insurance venture as a nat- ural expansion to complete the company's Bahamian product menu. Linda Gibson, Atlantic Med- ical's president, could not be reached for comment, but Mr Gibson, who is heading up the lite insurance side, said the O FG CAPITAL MARKETS BROKERAGE &ADVISORY SERVICES _'_i . "' I PAG 2, RIABUAGUTI2,N00STESRIUN BTC 'likely' to be privatized within next six months N By CARA BRENNEN- BETHEL Tribune Business Reporter The Bahamas Telecommu- nications Company (BTC) will be privatized and run by a strategic partner within six months, its chairman said yes- terday, adding that the first step in bringing this to fruition was to conclude talks with the current lead bidder. Julian Francis told West Nassau Rotarians that based on what he has been told by the Government and the pri- vatistion committee, of which he is a member, he is extreme- ly confident that within six months, BTC will be run by a strategic partner. Yet before any other fur- ther move on BTC's. privatis- tion can be made; the same committee must conclude its Legal Notice NOTICE CALAN INTERNATIONAL VENTURES LIMITED Notice is hereby given that in accordance with Section 138(8) of the Intemrnational Business Companies Act 2000, the dissolution of CALAN INTERNATIONAL VENTURES LIMITED has been completed; a Certificate of Dissolution has been issued and thQ Company has therefore been struck off the Register. ARGOSA CORP. INC. (Liquidator) Legal Notice NOTICE LYSTON HOLDING GSINC. (In Voluntary Liquidation) Notice is hereby given that the above named Company is in dissolution, which commenced on the 25th day of August 2008. The Liquidator is Argosa Corp. Inc., P. O. Box N-7757 Nassau, Bahamas. ARGOSA CORP. INC. (Liquidator) Nassau Airport Development Company PROPOSALS for Local Placement Agent and Collateral Agent Services The Nassau Airport Development Company Ltd. invites proposals for providing Local Placement Agent and Collateral Agent Services in connection with the offering of senior and subordinated debt securities to Bahamian investors. Request for Proposal (RFP) packages may be collected from the corporate office of Nassau Airport Development Company in Terminal 1 at the Lynden Pindling International Airport between the hours of 10:00am to 4:00pm commencing September 1, 2008. negotiations with Bluewater Communications Holdings and determine whether that is the offer which will be accepted. The exclusivity period for Bluewater is expected to con- clude within a few weeks, and Mr Francis told Tribune Busi- ness that before any further move can be made, those negotiations must be conclud- ed. He explained that was the privatization committee's first mandate when they were appointed. While he acknowledged that some persons felt that BTC's privatization was not necessary, or that it should not be purchased or ultimately run by foreigners, the move was vital to ensure the quality pro- vision of services and compet- itiveness in the telecommuni- cations industry. In fact, he called such argu- ments "misconceived and grounded in the past", partic- ularly as other countries with- in the Caribbean are making tremendous strides in the area of telecommunications. Once BTC is privatised, Mr Francis said there will be tremendous opportunities for Bahamians to create entre- preneurial avenues stemming from the process. Mr Francis added that the Bahamas needs to find more creative ways for financing its capital needs, but this was likely to be a challenging task because there has been a mindset that government will somehow always find a way. However, Mr Francis said the challenge with that is that future Bahamian generations will have to bear the burdens of repayment. PUBLIC NOTICE INTENTTO CHANGE NAME BY DEED POLL The Public is hereby'advised that I, RABLIA PETIT-FRERE of Montel Heights, P.O. Box CR-55227, Nassau, Bahamas, intend to change my name to ROBERT PETIT-FRERE. If there are any objections to this change of name by Deed Poll, you may write such objections to the Chief Passport Officer, P.O.Box N-742, Nassau, Bahamas no later than thirty (30) days after the date of the publication of this notice. Legal Notice NOTICE CELICOELECTRO INC. / - Notice is hereby given that in accordance with Section 138(8) -of the InternatiOnal Business Companies Act 2000, the dissolution 6f CELICOELECTRO INC. has been completed; a Certificate of Dissolution has been issued and the Company has therefore been struck off the Register. ARGOSA CORP. INC. (Liquidator) Legal Notice NOTICE MAGIC PLANES LTD. (In Voluntary Liquidation) Notice is hereby given that the above named Company is in dissolution, which commenced on the 19th day of August 2008. The Liquidator is Argosa Corp. Inc., P. 0. Box N-7757 Nassau, Bahamas. ARGOSA CORP. INC. (Liquidator) FERREIRA & COMPANY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW JOB OPPORTUNITY Ferreira & Company, a growing and dynamic legal and consulting fwm. is seeking a Secretary/Personal Assistant. The successful applicant must possess the following requirements: Associates Degree or 2-3 years relevant work experience: Ability to meet pressing deadlines and work under pressure; Superior customer service skills; Excellent organizational and time management skills; Thorough knowledge and command of' Microsoft Word, Excel. PowerPoint and Access. Interested persons should submit letter of interest and Resume on or before September 5", 2008 electronically only to:chris ferreiiraanrico(a)coralvave.com Atlantic Medical enters life insurance market FROM page 1B insurance industry has undergone major consolidation over the last six years, with the number of players shrinking from around nine to about four or five. This has largely been driven by Colina's aggressive acquisition dri- ve, which has seen it acquire Global Bahamas, Canada Life and Imperial Life to form Colinalmperial Insurance Company. Mr Gibson said, though, that there was still room for other play- ers in the market. "This-is something that's been required for a long time," he added. "From the preliminary response we've been get- ting, we think so. The response has been very positive. "We're doing it in a gauged way, a cost-effective way, without a direct sales force. For us, it's product completion and to service our existing client base." Mr Gibson explained that Atlantic Medical had always held a life and healh insurance licence in the Bahamas, and had chosen now to activate the life part of it. .Some Bahamas hotels facing 20% occupancy FROM page 1B holiday travel, primarily due to high fuel costs. The AAA estimates that nearly 34.38 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Labour Day holiday weekend, a decline of 0.9 per cent compared to last year. About 28.64 million Americans (more than 83 per cent of all holiday travellers) expect to travel by automobile, a decline of 1.1 per cent from 2007. Air travel continues to decline due to increased air fares, addi- tional fees and reduced schedules by carriers. Almost 3.96 million Americans will travel by air, a decrease of 4.5 per cent compared to last year, the AAA reported. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that VERNETTA RAHMING of PETER STREET WEST, NASSAU, 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 twenty-eight days from the-29TH day of AUGUST 2008 to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, P.O.Box N- 7147, Nassau, Bahamas. Legal Notice NOTICE ROSALIND INVESTMENTS LTD. Notice is hereby given that in accordance with Section 138(8) of the International Business Companies Act 2000, the dissolution of ROSALIND INVESTMENTS LTD. has been completed; a Certificate of Dissolution has been issued and the Company has therefore been struck off the Register. ARGOSA CORP. INC. (Liquidator) Legal Notice NOTICE JAWORZNO S.A. Notice is hereby given that in accordance with Section 138(8) of th~e International Business Companies Act 2000, the dissolution of JAWORZNO S.A. has been completed; a Certificate of Dissolution has been issued and the Company has therefore been struck off the Register. ARGOSA CORP. INC. (Liquidator) Procurement/ Logistics Manager - Luxury home builder requires experienced procurement manager. - 3 years experience in international purchasing - Freight logistics and terminology knowledge - General knowledge of the construction industry and accounting practices. - Ability to supervise junior staff Qualified applications only need apply, fax or email resume 362-4300 joanne@smgconstruction.net The deadline for submission is September 8. 2008 at 3:00 pm. ----4 . -1 11 I- xA&l I --- --- -- PAGE 2B, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 THE TRIBUNE 1HIUAY, AUGUS 1 29, 2008, PAGE 3b THE TRIBUNE Fashion Week unveils Bahamas designer line-up Mode Iles, Ltd, organiser of Islands of the World Fashion Week, has announced that 36 designers are committed, to- date, to present their creations at the premiere of the event on 5-8 November at the British Colonial Hilton and the Atlantis Resort. The designers, creators of both garments and accessories, will showcase their fashions on the catwalks during the four days of the event. Both new and established designers will present styles ranging from couture to casu- al, bridal wear, sports, swimwear, and ready- to-wear. Share your news The Tribune wants to hear from people who are making news in their neighborhoods. Perhaps you are raising funds for a good cause, campaigning for improvements in the area or have won an award. If so, call us on 322-1986 and share your story. R p 1 .1. 1 1.1I aliou bl hutte Quality product, affordable prices & fa .. I. ... I I st elvery S. A A Arianne Etuk, chief Oopera- tions officer for the organizers, said: "These designers repre- sent 13 island states, each with its unique culture and fashion perspective. The event will tru- ly be a mosaic of cultures and fashions, and promises to be very illuminating." The Bahamian designers include Apryl Weech Carlos Valentino, Christine Demeritte, Elements, Garfi Designs, Harl Taylor Bag, House of St. John, La Bonne Vie Bahamas, Lisa Humes and Opama Designs. The designers will be joined by three international guest designers who will also be pre- senting their collections. Peter Ingwersen ofNOIR Illuminati II out of Denmark, a leader in the world of eco-fashion, will showcase his designs during the Opening Reception. Nick Verreos of Nikolaki, a star designer from the Ameri- can fashion reality series "Pro- ject Runway", will have a spe- cial showing of his collection, and will also lead a discussion on trends and the fashion indus- try for the presenting designers and interested members of the public. Kevan Hall, designer to some of the most-noted movie stars and celebrities out of Holly- wood, will end the event with a presentation of his collection at the Closing Reception. Shares of ABDAB heavily discounted. Contact 324-1592 I NOTICE Austia Moxey, Registered Dental Hygienist, would like to inform the public that she has RE-LOCATED with S 'AR DENTAL CLINIC to a NEW LOCATION. ^ Our office is situated immediately West of Finco Bank Opposite City Market Food Store, Rosetta Street. ' providers, Dr. Anthony Davis iand Dr. Cleveland Eneas Jr. can be reached at (242) 393-7333, 356-5267, 356-2726, 356-2867 Fax (242) 328-7360 or P.O. Bo.\ SS-6046, Nassau, Bahamas Walk-in is lVelcome(d.i. a' ri 1' Ml If.' p'*1' p.' BSI OVERSEAS (BAHAMAS) LIMITED BSI Overseas (Bahamas) Limited, Nassau, Bahamas, an established international private bank, with its headquarters in Lugano, Switzerland, is presently accepting applications for PRIVATE BANKING RELATIONSHIP MANAGER Applicants for the position of PB Relationship Manager must have a banking or financial degree and 7-10 years experience in the offshore banking sector, have knowledge of international investment instruments & money market, ability to partner with team members, must be confident regarding customer relations, investments & portfolio management and have thorough knowledge of local legislation, regulatory & statutory matters as well as international banking practices. Fluency in Italian & French is required. Personal qualities:- Excellent organizational, communication and computer skills Goal-oriented, self-motivated, positive attitude and outlook Commitment to quality and service excellence Able to work with minimal supervision Strong Team attitude Financial and analytical background Flexibility in office hours and hands-on approach when necessary Must be able to work under pressure Available to travel Responsibilities :- Service & advise customers Maintain & follow up account relationships Liaise directly with customers or their investment advisors Monitor, analyze positions and evaluate reports Foster and maintain communication with internal/external banking professionals Meet deadlines on timely basis Meet target in terms of Profitability and Acquisition of Net New Money Interested persons with such qualifications should submit their resume/curriculum vitae to:- Human Resources Manager BSI Overseas (Bahamas) Limited Goodman's Bay Corporate Centre P. O. Box N-7130 Nassau, Bahamas Fax no. (242) 502 2303 or email: ruby.kerr@bsibank.com (ABSOLUTELY NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE) Financial Intelligence Unit ANALYST Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for the post of Analyst at the Financial Intelligence Unit (the "FIU"). JOB SUMMARY: The successful candidate will be responsible for analyzing reports submitted to the FlU by financial institutions pursuant to Section 14 of the Financial Transactions Reporting Act, 2000 and Section 4 of the Financial Intelligence Unit Act, 2000. CRITICAL COMPETENCIES: The successful applicant must have: a strong command of the English Language, coupled with excellent report writing and presentation skills. solid intuitive and deductive reasoning skills. possess practical experience in either financial investigation, banking, accounting, auditing, and AML/CFT Compliance, or any combination thereof. be computer literate with proficiency in the use of the Internet and various Microsoft applications. highly disciplined with the ability to work within a team environment as well as independently. be reliable, conscientious and confidential. good research and typing skills. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Completion of formal analysis of assigned reports on a timely basis. Ensure the on-going maintenance and management of assigned reports. Assist with delivery of training programs by the FlU for financial institutions upon request. *Assist with proper functioning of the department on a daily basis, inclusive of formulation/identification of programs for continuing professional development. *Assist with preparation of typology reports for inclusion in the FlU's Annual Report. Participation from time to time in local and international seminars and conferences on issues relating to AML/CFT and Methodologies. Full execution of all other related duties that may be assigned by the Head of Analysis from time to time. EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Minimum requirement: a Bachelors Degree from an accredited tertiary institution in Business Administration or Accounting; Related experience or investigative background preferred but not required. Interested persons may obtain additional information from the FlU's website at www.bahamas.gov.bs/fiu and should submit written applications inclusive of resumes and copies of relevant certificates) by 29th August 2008 to: Anthony M. Johnson Director Financial Intelligence Unit P.O. Box SB 50086 Frederick Street Nassau, Bahamas I - . I 1 .1 - BUSINESS iMM PAGE 4B, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008 THE TRIBUNE Recycling facility 'up and running' in month's time FROM page 1B Harbour in the west. Responding to Dr Earl Deveaux, minister of the envi- ronment, who according to newspaper reports said the Government had decided to keep the waste collection ser- vices in-house, Mr de Cardenas questioned why the Govern- ment had gone out to tender in the first place. "It's a little disappointing. Ours was the lowest bid, and they would have saved money. But we've got to move on," Mr de Cardenas told Tribune Busi- ness. The Government's seemingly skittish approach to reducing its size, and getting out of business, is unlikely to inspire investor confidence when it comes to the potential privatization of major public sector assets, such as the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and the Bahamas Electricity Corpora- tion (BEC). However, better news is on the horizon for Bahamas Waste shareholders, Mr de Cardenas telling Tribune Busin'ess yes- terday that the company's $500,000 investment in its card- board recycling facility was set to start paying off in around a month's time. "We are going full ahead with our cardboard recycling." Francisco de Cardenas "We are going full ahead with our cardboard recycling," Mr de Cardenas said. "Our bailer is being erected today. It will probably take a month or so to get the facility up and running, and we hope to begin cardboard recycling sooner rather than lat- er. "We've got most of the infra- structure in, we've got the equipment in. It's got to be erected, but we hope to be up and running shortly." The BISX-listed waste col- lection and disposal services provider's managing director said the company was "trying to start off small" with its card- board recycling plans. If the venture proved successful, Bahamas Waste would then branch out into recycling other products. Mr de Cardenas said the recy- cled product would be "bailed up and exported", generating for the Bahamas what could ultimately prove to be a valu- able source of foreign exchange earnings and foreign currency inflows. Every little helps in this regard. Bahamas Waste and its customers had realized an enor- mous amount of cardboard was being dumped into the landfill off Tonique Williams-Darling Highway, and Mr de Cardenas said: "We hope at the end of the day to make a little bit of money out of it. "My customers are very excit- ed. You would be surprised to know how savvy our customers are on environmental issues. They see the need, and it is a recyclable product. They know we are running out of landfill space, and I believe we're going to have a lot of support." He added: "It's hard to put a number on it, but we hope to start off with 500 tonnes a month. We're hoping to get our feet wet with cardboard, and if we're successful with it, we'll move forward from there." However, Bahamas Waste had heard "not a word" on whether the Government would give final approval for its $750,000 biodiesel plant, which it plans to develop in a 50/50 joint venture with Cape Sys- tems, the commercial arm of the Cape Eleuthera Institute. The plant would recycle the some 500,000 gallons of waste cooking oil generated on New Providence every year by restaurants, hotels and cruise ships. Mr de Cardenas described business as "really slow", and although Bahamas Waste was providing services for Albany and possibly "some renovation work at Kerzner", the econom- ic downturn was impacting the company's financial perfor- mance. The managing director said it was "very fair" to describe the company's 2008 second quarter results, due for release soon, as featuring flat revenues and soaring operating costs, which had depressed mar- gins and profitability. Mr de Cardenas said the cost increases faced by the company were "substantial", with the cost of fuel, tyres and steel having "shot up through the roof". "We've had a minimal rate increase on our commercial ser- vices, and on the roll-off side we're looking at each case on a case-by-case basis," Mr de Car- denas said. "We'll work with our customers to get through these tough times together. "We started our rear-load collection services in Abaco, and then had some problems there. People are holding back and don't want to sign contracts for waste services. They're a lit- tle nervous about the state of the economy." Citibank wins BTC privatise contract bid FROM page 1B understands that if talks between the Government-appointed pri- vatisation committee and Blue- water break down, Citibank will then be tasked with going back into the international telecoms and financial markets to solicit bids from other potential buyers. Sources familiar with the situ- ation said the BTC privatization committee, and its advisers, the Baker Tilly Gomez accounting firm, had selected Citibank because of its global reach and market expertise, with intimate knowledge of the key players that might be interested in BTC. One source suggested that with COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS IN THE SUPREME COURT "D ' Common Law and Equity Division few other remaining telecoms pri- vatisation opportunities in the Caribbean currently, the Bahamas was "a hot market". "The Government would be foolish to undersell BTC. It's its biggest asset," the source said. Zhivargo Laing, minister of state for finance, yesterday said he was unable to confirm whether Citibank had been selected to provide the investment banking services, as it was a matter being dealt with by the privatization committee. However, he said the BTC pri- vatisation advisory committee, which he chairs, was yesterday due to have its first meeting with the privatization committee. The latter committee is headed by Commonwealth Bank chair- 2007/CLE/QTA/501 IN THE MATTER of ALL THAT piece parcel or tract of land comprising 33.240 acres more or less originally a part of the Glintons Estate in the Settlement of Glentons or Glintons, in the Northern District of the Island of Long Island, one of the islands of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, and bounded on the WEST by the Sea at High Water Mark, on the NORTH partly by land now or formerly the property of Basil Rahming and partly by land the property ofthe Anglican Diocese, on the EAST by the Main Public Road formerly known as the Main King's Highway, and.on the SOUTH partly by Land the Property.of the Treasurer of The Bahamas now Glenton Primary School and partly by land now or formerly said to be the property Sigismund (Cigman) Burrows and Alfred Adderley AND AND IN THE MATTER of the Petition of Dr. Calvin Adderley, Attorney by Deed of Power of Attorney for Hubert Roy Adderley AND AND IN THE MATTER of.the Quieting Titles Act, 1959. NOTICE The Petition of Dr. Calvin A. Adderley Sr. of P O. Box 30009, of Ocean View Drive, Stella Maris, Bahamas, Clinical Psychologist, as ATTORNEY BY DEED OF POWER OF ATTORNEY for Hubert Roy Adderley of 1908 Northwest 186'h Street, Carol City in the State of Florida, one of the United States of America, in respect of:- ALL THAT PIECE PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND comprising 33.240 Acres originally a part of the Glintons Estate in the Settlement of Glentons or Glintons, Long Island one of the islands of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, BOUNDED ON THE NORTH by an ancient stone wall separating said parcel from land said to be land the property of one BASIL RAHMING and running thereon (N 51 degrees 51'19") 567.86' feet and partly by the aforesaid ancient stone wall separating said parcel from land the property of the Anglican Diocese and running thereon (N 51 degrees 25' 59") 729.87 feet ON THE EAST partly by the Main Public Road of Long Island, formerly known as the Main King's Highway and running thereon N 165 degrees 24' 18" 737.31 feet thence running (N 169 degrees 46' 25') 253.17 feet thence ON the SOUTH by land the Property of the Treasurer of The Bahamas now comprising the Glentons Primary School (Bahamas Government) Compound and running thereon (N 267 degrees 15'" 09") 217.25 feet thence ON THE EAST again by land the Property of the Treasurer of The Bahamas now comprising the aforesaid Glentons Primary School (Bahamas Government) Compound and running thereon (N 168 degrees 16' 40") 347.84 feet thence ON THE SOUTH by an ancient stone wal separating said parcel from land said to be land now or formerly the property ofSigismund (Ciman) Burrows and Alfred Adderle and rumig tiereon N 232 degrees 22' 26" 964.44 feet thence ON THE WEST again by the aforesaid ancient stone wall separating said parcel from land said to be land the property of Sigismund (Cigman) Burrows and Alfred Adderley and running thereon N339 degrees 59' 54 thence ON THE SOUTH agam by Sigismund (Cigman) Burrows and Alfred Adderley now or formerly by the property of Sigismind (Cigman) Burrows and Alfred Adderley and running thereon part N240 degrees 23' 229" 92.46 feet and partly running ( N 234 degrees 04' 54 ) 126.69 thence AND ON THE WEST by the High Water Mark o the Sea and running thereon (N 350 degrees 08' 49") and running thereon 1080.05 feet which said piece parcel or Tract of land has the position shape boundaries markers and dimensions shown on Registered Plan 163L.I. a copy of which is filed in the above Action in support hereof and is thereon shown in PINK. The Petitioner Dr Calvin A. Adderley Sr. as Attorney By Deed of Power of Attorney for Hubert Roy Adderley claims to be the owner in fee simple in possession of the said land free from encumbrances and has made application to the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas under Section 3 of the Quieting Titles Act, 1959 to have his title to the said land investigated and the nature and extent thereof determined and declared in a Certificate of Title to be granted by the Court in accordance with the said Act. The Petition inter alia recognizes the entitlement the late Rhoda Smith, late of the said Settlement of Glintons, Long Island or her personal representatives and assigns to a 2.233 acres parcel being situate within the above said 33,240 piece parcel or tract of land. A Plan of the said land may be inspected during normal business hours at the following places:- 1. The Regis of the Supreme Court, Ansbacher Building, East Street, Nassau. The Bahamas. 2. The Office of the Administrator, Clarence Town, Long Island, The Bahamas. 3 The Chambers of the Petitioner's attorneys, Messrs. Maillis and Maillis, Chambers, Fort Nassau House, Marlborough Street, Nassau, The Bahamas NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that any person having dower or right of dower or an adverse claim or a claim not recognized in the Petition shall on or before the 30' day of October A.D. 2008 file in the Supreme Court and serve on the Petitioner or the undersigned a Statement of his or her claim in the prescribed form verified by an Affidavit and other prescribed papers to be filed therewith. Failure of any person to file and serve a Statement of his claim within the prescribed time wilroperate as a bar to such claim. DATED the 26 day of August A.D 2008 MAILLIS ANS MAILLIS Chambers, Fort Nassau House Marlborough Street Nassau, Bahamas Attorneys for the Petitioner man, T. B. Donaldson, and BTC chairman Julian Francis. While their committee is responsible for handling the direct face-to-face negotiations with Bluewater, and presumably any other bidders should those talks fail, Mr Laing's. group is responsible for vetting the privatization committee's rec- ommendations before they make their way to Cabinet for any final decision. "We have a meeting scheduled for today [yesterday]. The advi- sory committee is meeting with the privatization committee," Mr Laing told Tribune Business. "We are having the first meet- ing of the advisory committee 'today, at which point we expect to have a briefing from Mr Donald- son's group to get an assessment of where they are. "They've had two meetings with Bluewater and no gotten 'far at all. I think the KPMGteam .was really interacting with Blue, water to get information from them, and size up the proposal they-have on the table. I expect KPMG will report to the privati- sation committee on the outcome of those discussions." KPMG is the advisor to the pri- vatisation committee, playing a different and separate role to that of Citibank. Bluewater is thought to have around 13 working days left on its exclusivity period, but Mr Laing yesterday indicated the bid- der and privatization committee appearedto have different views on this. "Quite frankly, there's been discussions between the two sides as to what is the status of that exclusivity arrangement. There's been some back and forth on it," the minister said. Mr Laing said the Government was still targeting year-end 2008 for completing BTC's privatisa- tion, even though he acknowl- edged that there was bound to be scepticism about this, given that only four months were left before this deadline. "The end of the year is the tar- get date, and that's what we're aiming for," Mr Laing said. "I don't see anything at the moment that suggests it cannot be done. "People would think trying to do this in the next three months could be a challenge, and I accept that that's a view people hold. "But given what I know in terms of the assessment of BTC's readiness for that privatizationn] exercise, and a prospective buy- er's assessment of What it is trying to buy, if those two things come together it will be possible to reach an agreement by the end of the year." Mr Laing said he had seen larg- er deals than the BTC privatisa- tion completed in a much shorter timeframe elsewhere in the world, and if the circumstances were right and there was a willingness on both sides to complete the deal, the state-owned telecoms carrier could be privatised in line with the Government's deadline. The minister added that "all the due diligence for engaging a prospective buyer has been done". FROM page 1B demand in June, and it has accelerated more in July and August. It's perfectly consistent with a slowing economy, as borrowers are being more cautious and limiting their spending, deferring purchases of big ticket items." Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) had enjoyed strong growth in its loan portfolio over the past 18 months, Mr Sunderji said, but was also like- ly to miss its fiscal 2008 goal of increasing the percentage of consumer loans in its overall book from 20 per cent to 30 per cent. "Our target for year-end was 30 per cent of our book to be consumer loans," Mr Sunderji said. "We are not going to meet that, based on cur- rent indications. "We are likely to be a tad short of that number. We started the year at 20 per cent, and think we'll finish at 27-28 per cent. "That's not bad growth, but the nature of consumer lending is changing in the sense that most consumer loans are not secured by the underlying asset, such as cars, but are increasingly being linked to jobs and salary reduction plans. Most banks are substantially reducing credit advances to people in industries vulnerable to the slowdown." In its report on monthly economic developments for June 2008, the Central Bank of the Bahamas said private sector loan arrears (loans which are above 30 days past due) rose by $60.5 million or 11.4 per cent to $590 million, representing some 10.1 per cent of total loans. This was an increase of 78 basis points over December 2007. Commercial loans accounted for two-thirds of this increase, and were concentrated in the 31 to 90-day segment. Consumer loan arrears grew by $14.6 million, and banks increased total provisions by $16.6 million or 13.8 per cent during the 2008 first half, leaving the ratio of total provisions to non-performing loans rel- atively unchanged at 47 per cent. Mr Sunderji, though, said that thanks to Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) loan portfolio being concentrated in lower-risk mortgages and real estate, its level of non-accrual loans was below the industry average. "Our defaults are below the levels the Central Bank is reporting," he told Tribune Business, "and it is likely to have gone over that now. We're running below the levels reported by the Central Bank by at least 3 per cent." Mr Sunderji said credit and loan conditions in the Bahamian bank- ing industry were goingg to get worse before they get better", because the hotel and tourism industries had yet to move to reduce costs sharply. While Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) was likely to see continued loan book growth during the 2008 second half, it was unlikely to be "at the same pace" as the first half. Mr Sunderji said a Bahamian economic recovery depended on the US undergoing a similar process, and this was not "imminent". As a result, the overall economy and tourism industry were likely to be "sluggish" well into 2009, something likely to be partially mitigated by government spending on the Lynden Pindling International Airport upgrade and New Providence Road Improvement project. "Loan demand is easing, and we want to make sure our credit qual- ity doesn't deteriorate in a slowing economy. We will be seeking high- er quality credit, and there's not a lot available," Mr Sunderji said. Fidelity Bank (Bahamas) loan growth has been fuelled by the expan- sion in its deposit base, which grew by 22.3 per dent'to $198.419 million at June 30,2008, compared to $162.241 million at the 2007 year-end. For the 2008 first half, total revenues grew by 25.3 per cent to $6.629 million, compared to $5.289 million for the same period in 2007. The growth was fuelled by 43.7 per cent 69.2 per cent increases in interest income and non-interest income, respectively. Net interest income, though, only rose by 5.7 per cent to $3.869 million as a result of a more than 100 per cent increase in interest expense to $4.553 million. Net income remained flat, though, at $541,104, compared to $538,780 posted in the 2007 first half. This was because total expenses grew by 28.2 per cent to $6.088 million, com- pared to $4.749 million in the year-before period. Much of the increase was generated by a more than $600,000 rise in salaries and staff bene- fits to $2.784 million, something Mr Sunderji said was caused by the hir- ing of an estimated 20 extra staffifor its upcoming Robin Hood branch' n and credit.ca rd centre.. The.Robin'Hood,:branch is,4lue to open, .i V October., The Fidelity Bank ,(ahamas),.said more pf rthe interest.--. , income aid loan portfolio growth would fall to the bottom line in upcoming quarters, as the bank's costs started to level off. Legal Notice NOTICE TARPUM BAY LAND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) Notice is hereby given that the above-named Company is in dissolution, commencing on the 19th day of June, 2008. Article of Dissolution have been duly registered by the Registrar. The Liquidator is HLB Galanis Bain, P.O. Box N-3205, Nassau, Bahamas. All persons having claims against the above-named Company are required on or before the 29th day of September, 2008 to send their names and addresses and particulars of their debts or claims to the Liquidators of the Company or, in default thereof, they may be excluded from the benefits or any distribution made before such debts are proved Dated this 26th day of August, 2008. Phillip C. Galanis Liquidator STAFF ACCOUNTANT NEEDED An International Administrative Company is seeking an experienced Accountant. The successful applicant will be required to prepare balance sheets, analyze accounts, organize documents and communicate with suppliers and others. He/she must possess strong analytical, organizational and accounting skills. Requirements * Bachelor Degree in Accounting or Business Administration * Two (2) to five (5) years accounting experience * Disciplined with the ability to work with a team or individually * Good written and verbal communication skills * Be computer literate with proficiency in the use of the internet and various Microsoft applications; such as Excel, word and Quickbooks Duties: * Accurately input accounting data into the computer * Reconcile Accounts *. Prepare monthly financial reports Please fax resume and salary requirements by September 1st, 2008 to 242-356-3470 or email to uniglobaldevelopers@gmail.com I BUSINESS I FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008, PAGE 5B Stocks rise over GDP, jobless news * By TIM PARADISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK Wall Street barreled higher Thursday after a better-than- expected reading on the gross domestic product and a drop in jobless claims gave investors some reassurance that the econ- omy is holding up. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped more than 200 points. A decline in oil prices also appeared to add force to the rally in stocks. But trading vol- ume was again light heading toward the Labor Day week- end, a condition that can skew price moves. The Commerce Departmen- t's report that gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 3.3 percent for the April-June period helped punctuate a week of generally upbeat economic readings that have left guarded investors somewhat optimistic. The weaker dollar helped boost U.S. exports, which pushed GDP growth beyond the gov- ernment's initial estimate of 1.9 percent as well as economists' forecast of 2.7 percent. The increase also came as the government handed out rebate checks to taxpayers. It marked the economy's best perfor- mance since the third quarter of last year, when GDP rose at a 4.8 percent pace. Investors are watching GDP, considered the best barometer of the economy's well-being, to look for signs that growth is picking up after being pound- ed by housing woes and a debil- itating credit crisis. The econo- my grew at a weak rate of 0.9 percent in the first quarter after shrinking in the last three months of 2007. Also Thursday, the Labor Department said the number of newly laid off people seeking jobless benefits fell for the third straight week. The number of claims dropped to a seasonally adjusted 425,000, down 10,000 from the previous week. That was slightly better than the 427,000 expected by analysts surveyed by Thomson/IFR. But some economists consid- er claims above 400,000 an indi- cator of a slowing economy. Companies have cut jobs every month this year as they grap- ple with high energy costs and tighter credit. According to preliminary cal- culations, the Dow rose 212.67, or 1.85 percent, to 11,715.18, bringing its three-day advance to nearly 330 points. Still, for the week, the Dow is essential- ly flat after a big decline Mon- day on credit worries. Broader stock indicators also rose Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index advanced 19.02, or 1.48 percent, to 1,300.68, and the Nasdaq com- posite index rose 29.18, or 1.22 percent, to 2,411.64. Bonds fell as investors moved into stocks. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.79 percent from 3.77 percent late Wednesday. The dollar rose against other major currencies, as did gold prices. "This is an environment in which we're likely to get a lot of head-fakes both on the upside and the downside," said Bill Urban, principal with San Fran- cisco-based Bingham, Osborn & Scarborough, referring to economic data. He noted that the initial reading on the fourth quarter last year had been pos- itive before revisions revealed the economy contracted. "This is just sort of data that trickles out. that can be very positive one day and negative the next. We don't yet think it signals a trend," he said. Beyond economic reports, investors are watching oil prices as Tropical Storm Gustav churns toward the Gulf of Mex- ico on a course that could col- lide with oil and gas platforms. Oil rose in the early going on concerns about the storm but a strengthening dollar upended oil's climb. Light, sweet crude fell $2.56 to settle at $115.59 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The decline in oil made ener- gy stocks one of the session's few areas of weakness. Devon Energy Corp. fell $3.62, or 3.4 percent, to $103.16, while Hess Corp. fell $1.61, or 1.5 percent, to $105.53. Financial shares advanced after MBIA Inc. agreed to rein- sure nearly $200 billion of municipal bonds backed by FGIC Corp. The deal between the two bond insurers led to some hopes that the troubled credit market is beginning to right itself. MBIA jumped $4.17, or 35 percent, to $16.15. Other bond insurers also rose, with Ambac Financial Group Inc. climbing $2.18, or 42 per- cent, to $7.42. Government-chartered mort- gage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac rose for a fourth straight session after Fan- nie Mae announced a manage- ment shake-up and analysts raised further doubts that a gov- Libraries go high-tech for modern research * By HIAWATHA BRAY Boston Globe Staff As a young reporter, I practically pitched a tent at the local library. In the 1980s, there was nowhere else to find the books, maga- zines, and documents needed to properly flesh out a story. Today, you can do the same research at home, pecking on a key- board. You're probably thinking Google, and you're right. But for deep research, you can't beat a Well-stocked library, with its books and specialized databases. Yet you can access'mainy library resources without stirring from a chair. Using online services that cost nothing, you can scour academic journals, borrow best-selling audiobooks, and download music legally. You can even type messages to a nationwide network of librarians who will help find the answers you seek. All you need is a broadband Internet connection and a library card. At the library's website, typing your card number gives you access to the online offerings. Even if your local library isn't state of the art, it probably belongs to a regional library consortium that provides online service. And there's always the Boston Public Library, which issues cards to any resident of Massachusetts, and to researchers in oth- er states. Sign up for a card at the library's website, www.bpl.org. Say you're doing serious scholarship, the kind that requires research in academic publications. The Boston Public Library provides online databases that index thousands of them, from Scientific American to the most arcane technical journals. Some publica- tions only offer article summaries, but you can download entire articles from about 33,000 newspapers, magazines, and jour- nals. It's a godsend for out-of-town researchers. "If you live in Springfield, you don't have to drive all the way to Boston, and you can do everything straight from home," said Scot Colford, the Boston library's Web services manager. The only thing better than a good library is a good librarian to act as a guide. You can find them online at www.massanswers.org, a service that provides round-the-clock access to trained researchers. The Boston library and nine regional public library groups run the service, in cooperation with librarians as far away as California. Visit the site and type 'a question. Not only do the researchers provide assistance in real time, when I used the service recently a friendly librarian in Falmouth kept searching for more data after we logged off, and e-mailed me the results. Still, there's no good online substitute for the library's vast supply of books. Not yet, anyway. But libraries are working on it, by offering thousands of "e-books" for read- ing on a computer screen, or CD and MP3 audiobooks. "The availability of titles in this space is exploding," said Steve Potash, chief execu- tive of OverDrive Inc., a Cleveland com- pany that markets digital media to libraries. . OverDrive currently offers about 200,000 e- books, audiobooks, videos, and music recordings, and a large part of the catalog is available from public libraries in Boston and other Massachusetts communities. Yet hardly anyone around here has noticed. Potash said that while usage is growing rapidly, no more than 5 percent of Boston library cardholders have ever downloaded one of his company's e-books or record- ings. Wednesday, Potash tried to generate interest in OverDrive by rolling up to Boston's City Hall Plaza in a "digital book- mobile," a giant tractor-trailer full of com- puters that demonstrate the company's technology. But promotional gimmicks can't compensate for OverDrive's biggest limi- station its incompatibility with the world's most popular portable audio player, Apple Inc.'s iPod. To prevent unauthorized copying of OverDrive audiobooks or e-books, library patrons must download and install software that allows them to download a book or audio file and play it for a limited time say, two weeks. After that, the file is locked and unplayable. OverDrive uses e-book reader software from Adobe Systems Inc. which runs on Apple Macintosh cojiputers as well as those running MicrosoftiCorp.'s Windows. The e-books can also bertead' on some hand- held devices, like the Zen from Creative Technology Ltd. or Sony Corp.'s Reader Digital Book. But the security program for audiobooks and music recordings relies on software from Microsoft Corp. It runs on Windows PCs and a variety of portable music players from companies like Creative and SanDisk Corp. But the software isn't compatible with iPods, or with Apple's Macintosh com- puters, so millions of potential listeners are locked out. It's not a total lockout, though many titles can be burned onto standard audio CDs, which can then be converted to MP3 files and played on an iPod. And in March, OverDrive began offering 3,000 titles in pure MP3, with no antipiracy lockdown. That means users can play them on any device. It also means that patrons could use the files illegally, by keeping them indefinitely or distributing free copies to friends. But a handful of publishers, eager to get their audiobooks onto iPods, have decided -it's worth the risk. Between the e-books, audiobooks, data- bases, and research assistance, there's more reason than ever to visit the local library, even if you don't actually go to one. ernment bailout of the compa- nies is in the offing; such a move could wipe out shareholder equity. Fannie Mae rose $1.47, or 23 percent, to $7.95, while Freddie Mac rose 53 cents, or 11 percent, to $5.28. Among retailers, Tiffany & Co. jumped $4.24, or 11 per- cent, to $43.85 after reporting that its second-quarter profit doubled as sales rose by dou- ble-digit percentages in Asia and Europe. Zale Corp. forecast a fiscal 2009 profit that topped what Wall Street had been expect- ing. The specialty jeweler rose $4.77, or 21 percent, to $27.92. Investors have been looking at retailers' results for insights into the health of consumers, whose spending accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity. Several upbeat reports Wednesday from retailers helped buoy Wall Street's confidence in the econ- omy. Advancing issues outnum- bered decliners by about 3 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 946.2 million shares com- pared with 820.6 million shares Wednesday. .)..- ,--.-A- . (24gTBiBui ^'IIT T352.2219s 1^(F reeot TMHI TRIRIINF COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS 2006/CLE/qui/00375 IN THE SUPREME COURT Common Law & Equity Division BETWEEN:- IN THE MATTER OF All that piece parcel or lot of land containing 30,190 square feet situate in the Settlement of the Ferry in the Island of Exuma, one of the Islands of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. AND IN THE MATTER of The Quieting Title Act (Chapter 393 of the 2000 Revised Edition of the Statute Laws of The Bahamas). AND IN THE MT E' of the .Petition ' of Alvera Russell. NOTICE Pursuant to the Order of the Supreme Court filed the 8"' day of August, A.D. 2008. The Petition of Alvera Russell, of the Southern District of the Island of New Providence, one of the Islands of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, in respect of:- ALL THAT piece parcel or Lot of land containing 30,190 square feet situate" in the Settlement of the Ferry in the Island of Exuma one of the Islands of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas bounded on the NORTH by a Public Road and running thereon One Hundred and Eighty-five and Fifty-five hundredths (185.55) feet on the EAST by ,land now. or formerly the property James Cooper and running thereon One Hundred and Ninety-nine and Twenty-seven hundredths (199.27) feet and on SOUTH by the sea and running thereon One. Hundred and Forty-eight and ten Hundredths (148.10) feet on and on the WEST by land now or formerly said to be the property of H.G. Christie and running thereon One hundred and Sixty and Three hundredths (160.03) feet. Alvera Russell, claims to be the owner of the land the subject of this Petition hereinbefore described in fee simple free from encumbrances. And the Petitioner has made application to the Supreme Court of the aforesaid Commonwealth of The Bahamas under Section 3 of the Quieting Title Act (Chapter 393). to have her title to the said tract of land investigated and the nature and extent thereof determined and declared in a Certificate of Title to be granted in accordance with the provisions of the said Act. Notice is hereby given that all persons having Dower or a right of Dower or an Adverse Claim or a Claim not recognized in the Petition shall on or before expiration of Tlhirty (30) days after the publication of these presents file in the Supreme Court and serve on the Petitioner or the undersigned a statement of his claim in the prescribed form verified by an affidavit to be filed therewith. Failure of any such person to file and serve a Statement of his claim on or before the expiration of Thirty (30) days after the publication of these presents shall operate as a bar to such claims. Copies of the filed plan may be inspected at:- The Registry of the Supreme Court: The Administrator's Office in the Settlement of George Town, Exuma" and The Chambers of Allen, Allen & Co. the Attorneys for the Petitioner, whose address for service is Allen House, Dowdeswell Street. Nassau. New Providence. The Bahamas. Dated this 12"' day of August, A.D., 2008. ALLEN, ALLEN & CO., Chambers. Allen House, Dowdeswell Street. Nassau, Bahamas. Attorneys for the Petitioner FCG CAPITAL MARKICETS ROYAL FIDELITY BROXERAE.& SORY-SEVICES C F A L" C (L) L (2. >N I A L- BISX OUSTED & TRADED SECURITIES AS OF. THURSDAY, 28 AUGUST 2008 BISX ALL SHARE INDEX. CLOSE 1,785.28 I CHG -13.08 | %CHG -0.73 I YTD -281.47 I YTD% -13.62 FINDEX. CLOSE 854 99 | YTD% -10.19% | 2007 28.29%- WWW.BISXBAHAMAS COM FOR MORE DATA & INFORMATION 2Ak .Hl 52Ak-.Lo0 Security Pre..cus Close To.a, S Close Cr.ar.ge ..Da., V'.i. EP2.S D. i EP'E iItl' 1.95 1.51 Abaco Markets 1.81 1.81 0.00 0.135 u.000 13.4 0.00-;0 11.80 11.60 Bahamas Property Fund 11.80 11.80 0.00 1.061 0.200 11.1 1.69% 9.68 8.50 Bank of Bahamas 8.50 8.50 -0.00 0.643 0.160 13.2 1.88% 0.99 0.85 Benchmark 0-89 0.89 0.00 -0.823 0.020 N/M 2.25% 3.74 3.49 Bahamas Waste 3.49 3.49 0.00 0.209 0.090 16.7 2.58% 2.70 1.60 Fidelity Bank 2.37 2.37 0.00 0.055 0.040 43.1 1.69% 14.11 10.75 Cable Bahamas 14.11 14.11 0.00 1.224 0.240 11.5 1.70% 3.15 2.85 Colina Holdings 2.88 2.88 0.00 81 0.046 0.040 62,6 1.39% 8.50 4.80 Commonwealth Bank (S1) 6.76 6.50 -0.28 1.500 0.449 0.300 14.5 4.62% 6.88 3.20 Consolidated Water BDRs 4.38 4.44 0.06 0.122 0.052 36,4 1.17% 3.00 2.25 Doctor's Hospital 2.75 2.75 0.00 0.308 0.040 189 1.45% 8.10 6.02 Famguard 8.06 8.06 0.00 0.535 0.280 151 3.47% 13.01 12.80 Finco 12.50 12.50 0.00 0.650 0.150 19 2 4.56% 14.75 11.54 FirstCaribbean Bank 11.55 11.55 0.00 0.550 0.40 21.0 3.90% 6.10 5.05 FOco (S) 5.49 5.49 0.00 0.385 0.140 14.3 2.55% 1.00 1.00 FocoI Class B Preference 1.00 1.00 0.00 0.000 0000 NWM 0.00% 1.00 0.41 Freeport Concrete 0.44 0.44 0.00 0.035 0 000 12.6 0.00% 8.00 5.50 ICD Utilities 5.57 5.57 0.00 0.407 0 300 1327 5.39% 12.50 8.60 J. S. Johnson 12.00 12.00 0.00 1.023 0 601 11.7 5.17%/ 1000 1000 Premier Real Estate 10.00 10.00 0.00 0.180 0.000 55.6 0.00-4 Fidelity Over-Tha-Courlem SecuIrfles 52v-K..Hl "Hi 2.LO-L 5,mbo' Bid 5 s. Last Pr,-o ..eeD,v .*., EP-i Oiv $ P/E Yield 14 60 14 25 Ba.amas SuoermarKets 14 50 15 .- 'I I :0 h. O 300 13.4 2.05% 800 6.00 Caribbean Crossings (Pref) 6.00 6.25 6.00 0.000 0 4A0 NM 7.80% 054 020 RND Holdings 0 040 035 -0.023 0000 N/M 0.00% Conirla Over-The-CousnIer SeourtalBes 41 00 41 03. A8DAB 4 :, ---,:. ...r, 4.450 2.750 9.0 6.70% 14.80 14.00 Bahamas Supermarkets 14.60 15.60 14.00 1.160 0900 13.4 6.16% 0 55 0 40 RND Holdings 0.45 0.55 0.45 -0.023 0.000 N/M 0.00% BISX Listed Mutual Fun.ds 52.\-H.-i *iZk-Lo. Fal- Name NA1. -TO', Last l r.1Z,1.s Div$ Yield% 1.3320 1.2652 Colina Bond Fund 1.331954*--- 3.09% 5.27% 3.0008 2.8869 Colina MSI Preferred Fund 3.015033.....* -0.48% 8.11% 1.4098 1.3540 Colina Money Market Fund 1.409830-" 2.53% 4-13% 3.7969 3.3971 Fidelity Bahamas G & I Fund 3.5562 -. -6.34% 6.47% 12.3289 11.7116 Fidelity Prime Income Fund 12.3289---- 3.32% 5.75% 100.0000 100.0000 CFAL Global Bond Fund 100.00"* 100.9600 99.9566 CFAL Global Equity Fund 100.96-** 1.01% 1.01% 1.0000 1.0000 CFAL High Grade Bond Fund 1.00"* 10.5000 9.4733 Fidelity International Investment Fund 9.4733 "..-- -9.78% -9.78% 1.0147 1.0000 FG Financial Preferred Income Fund 1.0147--- 1.47% 1.47% 1.0119 1.0000 FG Financial Growth Fund 1.0027:..... 0.27% 0.27% 10119 1 0000 FG Fs.na.,:-aI D,.ersF.ea Fr 3 1 .., l ~" ..... 1.19% 1.19% Market Terms N.A.V. Key ssi. H a .A ..-. 2 .. -= ::.:. :: YIELD last12 month dividends divided by closing prico 31 Marc 2008 52wk-H Highest closing price on lat 52 eeks B $ 8$-g ponce of Colin and Fidlty ** 31 De,cmhf.r 2007 52wk-Low Lowest closing price in last 52 wseks Ask S Sell ng price of Colina and fidely "" 30 Jun 2008 Previous Close Prevousday's lighted pce for daly volume Last Pe Last traded over-t-aunlor pce 31 April 2068 Today's Close Current days ighted price for daly volume Weekly Vol Tradng volume of te prior ek .. 22 August 2008 Change Change in closing pnce front day to day \ EPS $ A compays reported earning per sre for the last 12 mh ------ 31 July 2008 Daly Vol. Number of total shares traded today NAV Net Asset Vale DIV Dividends per share paid in the last 12 months N/M Not Meaningfu PIE Closing pn- divided by the last 12 month eamngs FINDEX The Fdelity Bahamas Stock Index. Jany 1. 199 = 100 S) 4-for-1 Stock Spli Effective Date 8/8/2007 ~) 3.1w-f 1 Stock Slit Efective Date 711 201 7 o0 TRIAD CALL; CFAL 242-502-7010 I FIDELITY 242-.36-7764 I FG CAPITAL MARKETS 242-3-.-4"000 I COLONIAL "42 002.7:9 FOR MORE DATA & INFORMATION CALL BISX 242-394-2Ft<3 I I- I" L W IL I BUSINESS I PAGE~CMI 6PARIAGEUUS 977002HETIBN Tribune Comics JUDGE PARKER CALVIN & HOBBES DON'T 9 40 NOT? I'N 1 COME IN RZfST IG. I M ( DENNIS THE MENACE APT 3-G "ALL KIPS'TINKLE' IN T"4 POOL." Sudoku Puzzle Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so the each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Sunday 3 4 5 72 61 6 6 5 4 2 3 7 781 9 258 8 9 4 Difficulty Level * 8/30 Best described as a number crossword, the task in Kakuro is to fill all of the empty squares, using numbers 1 to 9, so the sum of each horizontal block equals the number to its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the number on its top. No number may be used In the same block more than once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Kakuro increases from Monday to Sunday. Yesterday's Sudoku Answer Yesterday's Kakuro Answer 91413M 1 6131241 HAGAR THE HORRIBLE Across 1 Humiliation (4,2,4) 6 Wound with dagger (4) 10 Shrewd (5) 11 Interpretation (9) 12 Deliberately damage (8) 13 Asiatic wildcat (5) 15 Left out (7) 17 Bad collision of vehicles (5-2) 19 Conceited person (7) 21 Supremely evil (7) 22 Godly (5) 24 Showing signs of worry (8) 27 Barren (9) 28 Error of tact (5) 29 Republic of Ireland (4) 30 Ruined (2,3,5) Across 1 Little nap on a bed rather badly made (10) 6 The band plays a short piece (4) 10 Took steps to help with training (5) 11 Forged letters used by fighters of the past (5,4) 12 This arm's moved quite quickly (8) 13 Three goddesses lay out a feast (5) 15 Dazed US general in retreat and encircled (7) 17 It has a large bill in place perhaps (7) 19 First-rate arrangement for a performer (7) 21 Girl I took on for a job (7) 22 Coming to a vital conclu- sion (5) 24 Minister with a number of shepherds (8) 27 Possibly finding a stone a bit unyielding (9) 28 I complain when she returns (5) 29 Machine-gun nest blown up (4) 30 What the twister may lead you? (5,5) Yesterday's Cryptic Solutic Across: 1 Tearing, 5 Ranks, 8 Pastilles, 9 Gum, 10 Sift, 12 Brighte 14 Errors, 15 Meteor, 17 Research, Aria, 21 Tea, 22 Hard Times, 24 Cid 25 Support. Down: 1 Topes, 2 Ass, 3 Isis, 4 Galore, 5 Resigned, 6 Night gear, 7 Seminar, 11 Firm stand, 13 Breathel 14 Erratic, 16 Scores, 19 Asset, 20 Atop, 23 Mao. Down 1 The kind to work as a key Operator (4) 2 Descriptive of a lay figure? (9) 3 Dread variety of snake (5) 4 Withdrawing support? (7) 5 Stretch to a shelf, perhaps, to give her a cup (5,2) 7 A portion by itself (5) 8 Drives off and achieves perfection (5,2,3) 9 The bits one pinches (8) 14 Youths who have short- service commissions (6,4) 16 Status symbols? (8) 18 Oriental quarter in Dresden perhaps (9) 20 Former buccaneer has no right to make amends thus (7) 21 There'll be friction as long as he's at work (7) 23 Publication I put to a variety of uses (5) 25 Was a possessive type? (5) 26 Toy that needs a wind to get going (4) Yesterday's Easy Solution Across: 1 Bulwark, 5 Steep, 8 Overpower, 9 Put, 10 Mark, 12 Loophole, 14 Archer, 15 Levity, 17 Frequent, 18 Leap, 21 Use, 22 In transit, 24 Tardy, 25 Hungary. Down: 1 Bloom, 2 Lie, 3 Alps, 4 Kowtow, 5 Scruples, 6 Explosive, 7 Pottery, 11 Racketeer, 13 Beautify, 14 At fault, 16 Snatch, 19 Petty, 20 Dawn, 23 Sea. Target Down 1 Item-by-item record (4) 2 Work of a sailor (9) 3 Surpass (5) 4 Well advanced (7) 5 Admit (7) 7 Object (5) 8 Insolvency (10) 9 Divert (8) 14 Award for last place (5,5) 16 Prize highly (8) 18 Conferring respect (9) 20 Manner of speaking (7) 21 Shrill cry (7) 23 Bid (5) 25 Bet (5) 26 Minus (4) Th0e Taret words in the main ChaMbm Dictilonary 11999 edbo.) HOW many words of four letters or more can you make from the letters shown here? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each must contain the centre letter and there must be at least one nine-letter word. No plurals. TODAY'S TARGET Good 11; very good 17; excellent 22 (or more). Solutiontomorrow. SATURDAY'S SOLUTION anil cilium claim clip cumin ilium lain lima limp lupin mail main manic mica mini MUNICIPAL nail pail pain panic pica pilau plain uncial Contract Bridge South dealer. Neither side vulnerable. NORTH 4Q9853 VA4 *AJ6 4652 WEST 46 VJ 985 + 109742 *K93 EAST 4102 VQ 102 *KQ53 +J 10 87 SOUTH *AKJ74 VK763 *8 +AQ4 The bidding: South West North East 14 Pass 34 Pass 4 NT Pass 5 V Phss 64+ Opening lead ten of diamonds. Assume you're declarer at six spades and West leads the ten ofdia- mnonds, which you win with the ace. How would you play the hand? At first glance, it appears that making the slam depends entirely on a successful club finesse a straightforward 50-50 proposition. If East has the king, you make six; if West has it, you go down one. How- ever, if you take the proper prelimi- nary steps, you can improve your chances to about 75 percent. The proper method of play, after taking the ace of diamonds, is to draw two rounds of trump ending in dummy and then ruff a diamond. Next come the A-K of hearts and a heart ruff, followed by a second dia- mond ruff. At this point, the dummy has no more diamonds or hearts, and the only red card in your hand is the heart seven, which you now lead. When West follows suit with the jack, the slam becomes an absolute certainty. Instead of trumping in dummy, which seems the normal thing to do, you discard one of dummy's clubs! This leaves West on lead in a no-win situation. If he returns a club, it is into your A-Q, while if he leads a diamond, it allows you to discard a second club from dummy while ruff- ing in your hand. Either way, you score the rest of the tricks. The recommended approach assures the contract whenever West started with the majority of the miss- ing hearts, which will occur roughly half the time. Failing that, you still have the club finesse in reserve, giv- ing you two chances to ,make the slam instead of just one. -2008 King Features S)ndicate Inc. MARVIN TIGER Kakuro Puzzle EAEY B iN J LE I1 -r n -] "2 ........... I CRYPTIC PUZZLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I , _"n ,11 I 12 13 141 15 11718 19 20 21 26 27 28 29 T R B U N E T W I '. N E C R 0 S S W 0 R D by Steve Becker Slow and Steady Wins the Race PAGE 6 FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 2008 THE TRIBUNE THE TRIBUNE BUSINESS FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 29, 2008 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 Issues Round- Washington McLaughlin Bill Moyers Journal (N) n (CC) Waking the Dead The man alleged- * WPBT table discussion. Week (N) Group (N) (CC) ly responsible for a gun massacre (CC) wins the right to appeal. The Insider (N) Ghost Whisperer "Deadbeat Dads" NUMB3RS "End Game" The family Swingtown "Surprise" A surprise 0 WFOR n (CC) The jealous ghost of professor of a fugitive, on the run for murder, party leads to shocking revelations. Payne's dead wife. 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An engaged cou- (2006, Comedy) Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Cooper 'R' (CC) plet each other have final flings. f 'R' (CC) Steve-0. f 'R (CC) I ON THE TRIBUNE PAGE 8B. FRIDAY. AUGUST 29, 2008 I * By MARILYN GEEWAX WASHINGTON Thanks to exports, the U.S. economy grew much more quickly in the spring than was originally believed, a govern- ment report showed Thurs- day, according to the Cox News Service. So is it time to celebrate a recovery? Not so fast, economists say. The surprisingly strong sec- ond quarter reflected a surge in U.S. exports, which is fading now. "What we were getting was one of the last bumps off of exports," said Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Eco- nomic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University in Atlanta. In the first half of this year, U.S. shipments to other coun- tries benefited from a weak dollar and strong overseas demand for goods and ser- vices, he said. Since then, the dollar has strengthened. "As the rest of the world slows down, the trouble for US exporters will be going forward." Raveev Dhawan Moreover, "Europe is clear- ly having very slow growth and ... in Asia, things have really slowed in the last couple of months," Dhawan said. "As the rest of the world slows down, the trouble (for U.S. exporters) will be going forward." In its originalestimate, the government said second-quar- ter gross domestic product, a measure of all goods and ser- vices produced, had climbed 1.9 percent. That was better than the first-quarter GDP increase of 0.9 percent, but still feeble. On Friday, the Commerce Department said new eco- nomic data showed GDP growth actually hit 3.3 percent in the April-June period. That's a healthy rate, suggest- ing the country was far from recession. The revised data showed that exports rose 13.2 percent, instead of 9.2 percent as originally reported. The news about consumers was also slightly better than initially reported. Second- quarter consumer spending rose 1.7 percent, better than the previously reported 1.5 percent increase and well above the 0.9 percent rise in the first quarter. The better-than-expected report helped send stock prices soaring. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 212.67 to close at 11715.18. Still, most economists agree with Dhawan's assessment that the economy is far from out of the woods. They noted that consumer spending got a boost this spring from the fed- eral income-tax rebate checks mailed to most wage eainers. But the last of the checks were mailed in July, so the help is waning. Also, the data showed the housing sector still faces big trouble. In the second quarter, residential fixed investment, which includes . spending on housing, fell 15.7 percent, a bit worse than the original estimate of 15.6 per- cent. That was better than the first quarter's 25.1 percent decline, but still grim. U.S. Chamber of Com- merce chief economist Mar- tin Regalia, who presented his outlook at the chamber's annual Labor Day briefing, said he expects growth to fall to a 1 percent annual rate this quarter, and then slip to zero or worse in the fourth quar- ter. "The U.S. economy is still grappling with high oil prices, a stagnated housing market and turmoil in the credit mar- kets," Regalia said. "I don't see these issues going away any time soon." Nigel Gault, the chief U.S. economist for Global Insight Inc., a forecasting firm, echoed that gloomy assessment. "Since consumer spending is slowing down and the credit crunch is tightening its grip, it is hard to foresee another quarter with 'such a robust GDP headline for some time," he wrote. In a separate report Thursday, the Labor Depart- ment said that in the week ending Aug. 16, the total num- ber of workers drawing unem- ployment benefits for more than one week rose 64,000 to 3.4 million, the highest level since November 2003. Florida reported more workers filing initial jobless claims than any other state. David Denslow, an eco- nomics professor at the Uni- versity of Florida, said the jump in Florida's jobless claims is "tied to the ongoing housing problems." Denslow said problems with falling home values and large inventories of unsold proper- ties are improving, "but it will be a while before construction jobs pick up, probably not until the middle of next year." News about the economy spurred liberals and conserv- atives to offer sharply varying assessments. John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, a labor union umbrella organi- zation, issued a statement crit- icizing Republican economic policies. "Since President Bush took office, we have lost more than 3 million good manufacturing jobs. Poverty has increased 25 percent (and)... gasoline has risen from $1.50 to $4 a gal- lon." Taylor Griffin, a spokesman for presidential candidate John McCain, used the GDP report to talk up the Republi- can's support for global trade. The growth in exports "is a reminder that trade is a sig- nificant bright spot in an oth- erwise struggling economy," he said. place at casting. *Keep makeup to a minimum *Fitted jeans and t-shirt, and heels. _____I US economy not yet out of woods despite growth |