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VOLUME:115 No.161, JULY 16TH, 2018

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Nygard guilty of contempt Fashion mogul breached order over dredging By NICO SCAVELLA Tribune Staff Reporter nscavella@tribunemedia.net A SUPREME Court judge has found Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard guilty of contempt of court for the third time for breaching her order prohibiting him from engaging in any illegal dredging near his property in Lyford Cay. Justice Rhonda Bain, in a written ruling, convicted Nygard for engaging in dredging activities on the sea bed near Nygard Cay between March and April 2015, and again in October of 2016, despite her June 2013 injunction prohibiting him from doing so.

Justice Bain thus said Nygard’s actions warrant him paying costs on a “full indemnity basis,” and further ordered Nygard to pay costs to include the costs of the mitigation hearing to the applicant in the matter, Save The Bays, on a “solicitor and own client basis”. Justice Bain’s ruling, dated June 29, comes just over a year after she convicted and fined Nygard $50,000 for breaching her July 13, 2013, injunction prohibiting him from engaging in dredging activities at his Simms Point/ Nygard Cay property. SEE PAGE FIVE

TEN CASES OF CONCH POISONING CONFIRMED FROM POTTER’S CAY By MORGAN ADDERLEY Tribune Staff Reporter madderley@tribunemedia.net THERE are now ten confirmed cases of conch poisoning, Health Minister Duane Sands told The Tribune yesterday. Dr Sands confirmed that all cases have arisen from patients eating conch from Potter’s Cay Dock. He added that the educational campaign for vendors

is continuing, as the illness can be prevented simply by washing conch in fresh water. While Dr Sands said punitive action, such as shutting stalls down, is not being considered at this time. However, he admitted that it “may ultimately come to that”. However, the health minister underscored that as a SEE PAGE 11

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MAN KILLED IN DOUBLE SHOOTING

A MAN is dead and another was taken to hospital after a double shooting on Friday. Shortly after 2am, a man was walking on the eastern side of the clinic on Baillou Hill Road when he saw another man being chased by a group of men, who shot both of them before running away. Emergency services were called and attempted to revive one of the injured victims, but were unsuccessful. SEE PAGE FIVE

THE TASTE OF SUMMER

COMPETITORS taking part in a pineapple eating contest at the Junkanoo Summer Festival at Arawak Cay on Saturday as visitors came out to enjoy the festival. See page two for more photographs. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff

EVICTIONS OVER STRAW MARKET DEBTS

By KHRISNA RUSSELL Deputy Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net WITH thousands of dollars in rent arrears owed by vendors, the Straw Market Authority is hard pressed trying to find a way for the Straw Market to exist, Works Minister Desmond Bannister told The Tribune yesterday.

Mr Bannister yesterday confirmed there have been evictions at the downtown Nassau Straw Market as many vendors have had several deadlines to pay money owed, in some cases for years. This comes as some vendors were reportedly given four-day notice last week to pay balances off or have

their business licences revoked by the Small Market Authority (SMA). When he was contacted yesterday, the minister said he couldn’t comment on the status of the present situation but given the thousands owed for rent, it was hard to run the Straw Market. SEE PAGE SIX

TRUMP CHAIRMAN WORKED FOR PINDLING GOVT By KHRISNA RUSSELL Deputy Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net A COMPANY with ties to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was found with a number of deficiencies when it came to federal filings for work with foreign principles, such as officials in The Bahamas

during the Pindling era in 1985. According to new documents filed in the United States District Court of Columbia, Manafort’s interactions with Bahamian officials involved the creation of a media plan for material to be disseminated to media in the US while he was affiliated with a firm

called Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly. Manafort and others were also arranging for Bahamian officials to meet with American press and congressional members during a visit to Washington, DC. However, the documents

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BPL FORCED TO DELAY WORK BY FUNDS WAIT By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net BAHAMAS Power & Light has been forced to push back key upgrades because of a near-six month delay in receiving $100m in funding. Darnell Osborne, BPL’s chairman, confirmed that the fundraising - originally due in January - was “literally closed last week”. She explained the delay meant BPL will now have to push maintenance and other capital improvements back past summer with some parts taking up to sixeight months from the time they are ordered to arrive in The Bahamas. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS


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