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TEACHERS’ TURN FOR ULTIMATUM Govt given just days to break deadlock in long-running dispute

By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net BAHAMAS Union of Teachers has delivered a seven-day ultimatum for the government to sign off on a full industrial agreement that will benefit the more than 3,000 members of the union.

Should the time elapse without movement, BUT president Belinda Wilson said there are several options at their disposal.

While speaking following an unrelated press

conference at the Ministry of Education, Mrs Wilson was asked for an update on salary increases for educators.

“You’ve spoken about the incremental increase; however we’ve been at the bargaining table from the 25th of May 2019 and as recently as this morning I would have communicated with the lead negotiator for the government giving them seven days for us to sign off on a full agreement,” she said.

SEE PAGE THREE

AN ESTIMATED 20,000 gallons of fuel have been recovered from waters in Exuma following Wednesday’s oil spill in the area, according to the director of environmental planning and protection department yesterday.

Dr Rhianna NeelyMurphy, director of

environmental planning and protection, told The Tribune that officials expect clean-up crews to have the remaining diesel removed from the area either late yesterday or early today.

“Removal activities continued throughout the night,” she said. “They stopped around 2 o’clock this morning and started again around 5am.”

SEE PAGE TWO

By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net THE family of 18-yearold Keithon Johnson, who was shot and killed yesterday, were in tears as they struggled to come to terms with his death.

His killing was one of two murders yesterday. The second incident saw a man fatally stabbed on Paradise Island.

In an interview yesterday, loved ones of Johnson relived the moment when a masked man entered their house and fired a series of shots.

Relatives also told of the harrowing moment when the gunman pointed his weapon at the victim’s 11-year-old brother as he dragged his wounded older sibling into a bedroom.

SEE PAGE FIVE

HORROR AS CHICKS DIE ABANDONED ON TARMAC

CLEAN-UP RACES ON IN EXUMA OIL SPILL

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net

VICTIM, 18, SHOT DEAD INSIDE HIS OWN HOME

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

ASHANTI AT ATLANTIS ASHANTI performing at Atlantis on July 16 during the Music Making Waves concert. The concert saw both Ashanti and Robin Thicke lining up to entertain concertgoers - and saw one Bahamian man propose to his girlfriend during the event. See today’s WEEKEND section for more.

Photo: Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Atlantis Paradise Island

A BAHAMIAN poultry producer last night said it is suspending operations for a “minimum” three-five weeks, and laying off ten staff, after a cargo bungle saw almost 3,000 of its chicks bake to death at Miami International Airport.

Lance Pinder, Abaco Big Bird Poultry’s operations manager, said he was “mad and upset” after his incoming shipment of 5,200 live broiler chicks was left on the airport’s scorching tarmac.

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WSC CO-ACCUSED TAKES PLEA DEAL

By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A WOMAN accepted a three-year-probation plea deal in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday for her involvement in Long Island MP Adrian Gibson’s ongoing trial, which is connected to his time as executive chairman of the Water and Sewerage Corporation.

The deal also dictates that Tanya Demeritte, 43,

LONG Island MP Adrian Gibson in the House of Assembly. compensate WSC $10,000 on or before July 29 for her involvement in the alleged scandal, she is also expected

to give a witness statement and give testimony under oath in the Supreme Court.

Demeritte, who was represented by Attorney David Cash, faced Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans on 16 charges for her role as director of Elite Maintenance Incorporated Ltd. It is alleged that in this position during the Minnis administration’s time in office that Demeritte offered an advantage to SEE PAGE FOUR

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DIANE PHILLIPS: SUNSCREEN - GOOD, BAD AND SCARY

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A DAY later, the water in Exuma is already looking a lot clearer after 20,000 gallons of fuel have been removed.

Clean-up races on in Exuma oil spill from page one “So, we have removed approximately 20,000 gallons of fuel from the area and the booms remain intact to keep the fuel contained.

“There is visibly less fuel in the water. We expect that the majority of the remaining fuel should be removed from the site between this afternoon and tomorrow and then we will continue with the remediation activities.”

According to Tourism, Investment and Aviation Minister Chester Cooper, the removed oil will be transported to Bahamas Power and Light Clifton Pier station for processing.

“It was a very tragic set of events,” Mr Cooper, who is also the Exuma and Ragged Island MP, said. “We were fortunate that it was contained, but we have an obligation to ensure that this sort of thing doesn’t keep happening and the government through all of its arms will make sure we manage this process a little bit better going forward in the future.”

The leakage happened sometime between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning when a vessel contracted by Sun Oil – The Arabian - was offloading fuel to BPL at George Town.

Officials said 35,000 gallons of diesel was spilled into the island’s waters as a result of a “breach in the

hose” that ran from the supply ship.

Following the incident, multiple Cabinet ministers and government officials raced to Exuma to assess the site of the oil spill and its impact.

Remediation efforts were also immediately launched.

“Sand will be removed. It will be air rated and cleaned as best as possible and if it’s able to be returned to the site, we will do so. If not, it will be landfills,” Dr Neely Murphy said as she gave an update on recovery efforts yesterday.

“Once we’ve finished removing the oil that is still in the water, we’ll have a better idea of what the sand looks like underneath that.

I think it’s low tide now and

I think we’ll try to remove as much of it as possible to get a headstart on that,” said Dr Murphy.

“But, remediation activities will extend beyond the beach itself. We have to actually conduct ecological site assessments that would have begun today (Thursday) to see how much of the ecosystem has been impacted.”

Housing and Transport Minister JoBeth ColebyDavis said on Wednesday the question of penalties would eventually be looked at during a meeting with relevant stakeholders.

“That matter would be dealt with in partnership with the Ministry of the Environment and also the Office of the Attorney

General,” she told reporters while on Exuma.

For her part, Dr NeelyMurphy said environment officials will not be able to make a definitive decision on the matter until investigations have been completed.

“According to the legislation, the government, of course, has a duty to pursue this so we will continue the investigation into exactly what happened,” she said.

“We’re communicating with Sun Oil and other stakeholders to get a better understanding of what happened and once we have a better understanding of exactly what happened, we’ll be able to make a clearer decision.”

“But, yes, the government

has a mandate to go after polluters and that is what we intend to do.”

As for the clean-up costs, Dr Neely-Murphy was unable to say, but noted it will largely be paid “by the contractor.”

In a statement, Sun Oil confirmed that the vessel MT Arabian, owned by D&T Shipping, discovered a leak during the discharging process and activated its crisis management protocol shortly afterwards.

The company further stated: “Sun Oil cares about our environment and commits to providing additional relevant information regarding this incident.

Local media will be briefed further as we have access to more details.”

‘SPILLS GO WITH FOSSIL FUELS’

By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net

ENVIRONMENTALIST Sam Duncombe says as long as The Bahamas continues to power itself with fossil fuels, spills in Bahamian waters will continue to plague the country.

She said occurrences like that of the Exuma incident earlier this week where 35,000 gallons of diesel spilled into the waters of a bay at George Town have far reaching implications.

“It is a major issue for the entire country, not just

Exuma,” Ms Duncombe said. “We’ve had continued oil spills at Clifton and you know this is ultimately our dependence on fossil fuels to generate power. We’ve been talking now for probably two decades about using the sun and looking into tidal power.

“When you have an oil spill it remains in the environment for a very long time. It goes into and under the rocks, it pretty much kills everything in its path.

We’re talking about a very fragile ecosystem that is being bombarded by very dangerous chemicals.”

She questioned whether the necessary steps were taken to ensure The Arabian, a boat contracted by Sun Oil to supply diesel to Bahamas Power and Light in Exuma, was equipped and in shape to be carrying fuel throughout the country.

In an interview with The Tribune, the activist said there will be long lasting effects of the fuel spill and whoever thinks it is possible to fully clean it is deluded.

“That area will continue to be impacted for a long time and anywhere that oil goes is going to be impacted.

The fact is it is contained in that cove, where most of the damage is going to be. But you know the sea has no boundary. So, that oil can go out to the ocean and possibly settle on reefs.”

Ms Duncombe said although the country is known for its environment there has not been enough done to protect it. She has advocated over the years to stop the usage of oil. “It’s mind blowing to me that we continue to use oil, that there is next to zero movements to get us off of oil. When we have a country that has sun 315 days a year and we could be powering ourselves by the sun and we haven’t done it.

“For decades, we’ve been talking about moving to renewable energy. The sun is free and as much as we like free, the people who are making money off the oil aren’t too interested in that.”

The activist stressed that until there are some active decisions made about moving away from fossil fuels, incidents will happen.

These incidents will significantly impact the country’s environment, she said.

MINISTRY of Education and Technical and Vocational Training Zane Lightbourne addressing children on the closing day of the Building Elizabeth for Elizabeth Summer Camp.

Photo: Austin Fernander

THREEE WEEKS OF FUN COMES TO CLOSE AT ELIZABETH CAMP AFTER three weeks of sun and fun, the Building Elizabeth for Elizabeth summer camp (BEE) closed out activities at the Elizabeth Estates Park.

The camp targeted youth between the ages of seven to 14 of the Elizabeth Estates and Yamacraw constituencies.

Founder of BEE Corrington Burrows said since their return postpandemic the camp has diversified as initially the camp only focused on flag football.

“This is our resurgence back into the neighbourhood,” Mr Burrows said

yesterday. “We kind of diversified it, initially we were just about flag football, but we have now diversified it into tennis, basketball, softball and baseball.

Along with the numerous sports the camp offers, campers get to experience field trips every Friday.”

With plans to expand the camp, attendees were able to later enroll in the weekly flag football programme.

ALIV is a proud firsttime sponsor of the programme as they provided funding for the camp’s operation. Officials

there look forward to a continued relationship.

Keora Beneby, community and events manager at ALIV, said the partnership was a continuation of their community efforts.

She said: “Health and fitness is something that has been important to us for this year. So, we took this on to a younger generation who represents the future of The Bahamas and being able to have this fitness opportunity for them, where they can do different sports and activities to keep them busy in the summer”.

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Teachers’ turn for ultimatum

Friday, July 22, 2022, PAGE 3

BISHOP HONOURED IN STATE-RECOGNISED FUNERAL

from page one

“I believe that we have exhausted the time. We have exchanged counter proposals eight times. We have been in hundreds of hours of meetings, and we are now ready to sign off on a full proposal so that teachers can receive the much needed salary increases (and) benefits that they are so worthy of.

“We’ve given the government seven days to sign off on a full industrial agreement with Bahamas Union of Teachers that will cover our 3,000 plus members from Grand Bahama to Inagua.

“Barring that, well we know that we have several options and when the time arises we will execute our options.”

During his 2022/2023 budget presentation in May, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis told Parliament that salary increases were planned for teachers, adding that both educators and nurses were to receive retention bonuses.

However, the BUT president said that month the union will hold off on industrial action for one week, after revealing that members have twice rejected counter proposals from the government as it relates to salaries for members.

Meanwhile, Mrs Wilson gave her opinion on the

A STATE-recognised funeral was hled yesterday for the late Bishop Albert Hepburn, the former president of the Bahamas Christian Council and senior pastor of United Christian Cathedral. Among those in attenddance at the service at the cathedral in Flamingo Gardens are, pictured below, from left, Dr Antoine St Louis, senior pastor of Victory Chapel Church of the Nazarene, Apostle Phalmon Ferguson, senior pastor of United Faith Ministries International, Rev Dr Ranford Patterson, senior pastor of Cousin McPhee Cathedral AME Church and FNM leader Michael Pintard.

THE BAHAMAS Union of Teachers president, Belinda Wilson. announcement that CCTV cameras will be installed in schools.

On Wednesday in the House of Assembly, Education Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin said her ministry was reviewing proposals on the placement of the video equipment.

Mrs Wilson said she heard the minister’s announcement, but the BUT does not have any documentation that speaks to the proposal.

“However, any tool that can be used to enhance safety and security on school campuses are welcomed,” she said.

“So, I await the written

documentation for the comprehensive implementation of CCTVs in schools.

I await the written information as to how it will be rolled out.”

Asked if this move will affect the atmosphere of learning, the union president replied: “When you speak about placing CCTV or cameras, you have to also look at what spaces are you going to place it in because you cannot intrude and impede on someone’s personal space. So, that’s why I said I await the documentation from the minister as to how they will implement the installation of CC television on school campuses.”

COMMISSION ANNOUNCED TO REVIEW HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net

EDUCATION officials announced yesterday the formation of a commission that will review the Bahamas High School Diploma.

Education Minister Glenys Hanna-Martin said the commission will look into the objectives and purpose of the diploma, studying its core criteria and analysing the impacts of these criteria in total or singularly and to determine whether the objects and purpose are in fact being achieved.

She said: “Further, if deemed necessary and/or appropriate the commission will submit its considered recommendations and/or observations to the ministry for reform or appropriate adjustment. This is not an exercise to comprise standards - we’re not interested in that. In fact, it is the absolute opposite.

“The underlying purpose of this commission is to ensure that the prevailing criteria maintains relevancy and are an accurate reflection of student attainment in light of progressive trends and evolving strategies in education and in consideration of educational research and policy to ensure that our high school diploma reflects true attainment of the students and sets appropriate standards and best practices.

“The objective is to create the framework and establish to the foundation for our children to aspire for higher performance and to meet the objectively recognised standards.”

Cecil Thompson, the commission’s chairman, said he is “committed” and “resolved” to this review.

He said: “I pledge to do my best in this exercise.

I have every confidence that the members of this high rated national commission be of tremendous asset. In a very personal way, I am very vested in this review because I’m a proud grandfather of six grandchildren – three of whom

are enrolled in schools here in The Bahamas and so the decisions, after considering recommendations, will have far reaching impact throughout the country.”

Mrs Hanna-Martin also noted a concern about the issue of a student receiving an F grade being excluded although making progress.

“I have heard the voices of educators, parents, students and those in the public at large,” she said.

“And there are many observations which the commission will no doubt consider, but I single out one which I have no doubt will be placed before the commission’s consideration,” she said.

“This is the concern - and I quote from the concern - if a student attains more than one F grade, he or she is unable to recover, therefore is excluded as a diploma candidate. The concern is that if a child receives two Fs at grade 10, but shows consistent improvement in the remaining years he or she is still ineligible for a diploma.

“No matter what the GPA is at the end of the three years, even if the student never obtains a grade below a C for the remaining years. I am submitting this is an issue that should come to the consideration of the commission.”

Pressed on other areas of concerns, she was careful not to contravene the commission’s work, but mentioned a few situations.

“If you’re below a certain level of punctuality, then there’s issues of if your parents do not participate in the teacher conference – that’s an issue. We want to encourage parents, but a student may not have any control over a parent if the parent doesn’t show up and the student suffers,” she said.

She added: “On the issue of learning lost, the deputy director is here but there’s a RFP process underway.

Its been underway now for a couple of months. Some firms have been shortlisted and those firms will be the singular group for the RFP

and we are anticipating that

by October we’re going to substantively test students and to measure learning lost and also to develope acceleration programs but as we speak programs are going on.

“I was at Cleveland Eneas this morning and the classrooms were full. There were children in there.

They’re learning, they’re getting refreshment classes.

I saw a grade one class doing reading and many of them I’m told some did not have pre-school backgrounds… but work is on the way as we speak to address the fallout. The actual formal statistical work underway will begin we are told will begin by early October.”

Bahamas Union of Teacher (BUT) president Belinda Wilson said that the union had been writing to education officials with their concerns.

“Well today is the establishment of the commission. I’m pleased that the minister has appointed a commission because approximately 12 years ago when the Bahamas National High School Diploma started, I was a part of that committee. And for the past ten years the Bahamas Union of Teachers we’ve been writing to education officials,” she told reporters.

“We’ve been advocating for changes, and especially in the point the minister would have spoken about when students get an F and they’re unable to recover that F to be eligible for a diploma. That is definitely a sore point and it has negatively impacted our graduates. So, I am pleased to be a part of this commission.”

Asked about the timeline of the commission’s work, the minister replied that the body should not be constrained, but encouraged to carry out a concise and comprehensive review so that when the next cohort of graduates is ready the needed changes have been implemented.

Death Notices for Florine Maria Wilson, 82 a resident of #349 Prince Charles Drive & formerly of Fresh Creek, Andros, died at PMH on Thursday, July 14, 2022.

She is survived by her, 3 sons: Woodrow, Cornell & Neville Wilson; 5 daughters: Karen Wilson-Smith, Juliet WilsonLightbourn, Cythella Wilson-Rolle, Esperanza Wilson & Tabitha Wilson-Forde; 21 grandchildren, numerous nieces & nephews & a host of other relatives & friends.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Alexio Faron Moncur, 31 a resident of Cowpen Road, died at PMH on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

He is survived by his, children: Alexia & Alexio, Jr.; mother: Ardis Ford; stepfather: Mario Ford; sisters: Kristique, Kristen & Malaika Ford; stepbrother: Nathaniel McKinney; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins & a host of other relatives & friends.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Carl Philip Seymour, 73 a resident of Redland Acres, off Sold Road, died on Wednesday, July 13, 2022.

He is survived by his, wife: Shirley Seymour; children: Brian, Phillip, Steven, Denise & Charlton; 7 stepchildren & a host of other relatives & friends.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

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WSC co-accused takes plea deal from page one Mr Gibson, who faces 56 charges in the matter, 31 of which he stands for alone, in return for WSC contracts.

These contracts were offered between mid-2020 and mid-2021 for capital works project M20565 for Baillou Hill level tanks one and two as well as a landscaping/maintenance contract. For these contracts Elite Maintenance

obtained $538,660.00 and $162,808.28 from WSC respectively.

Demeritte is further said to have procured and transferred on January 13, 2021, three vehicles from Hertz/ Sidmac Car Rentals to Aaron’s Car Rental, Bunches, Long Island. The company is owned by Mr Gibson’s family.

These cars include two $7,300 Kia Ceratos, a 2014 and 2015 model, as well as another 2015 Cerato valued at $7,600.

As such, Demeritte faced two counts of conspiracy to commit bribery, three counts of bribery, two counts of fraud by false pretences, three counts of conspiracy to commit fraud by false pretences, three counts of money-laundering and another three counts of money-laundering (acquisition).

In court, Demeritte pleaded guilty to all 16 charges against her as part of a plea agreement made

between her legal counsel and the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The plea agreement authorisation signed by the DPP was presented to the magistrate by Crown Counsel Cordell Frazer acting on his behalf.

Mr Frazer then revealed that an audit conducted at WSC red-flagged exorbitant contracts awarded to Elite Maintenance. It was upon further investigation that it was alleged that Demeritte

only accepted the position of director in that company in order to accept contracts from WSC. After Demeritte accepted the facts in her case, acknowledged her understanding of the deal and confirmed that she was not coerced into being the sole defendant in these matters entering this specific agreement, Magistrate Vogt-Evans accepted her guilty pleas. Demeritte was then allowed to sign the document.

Under the conditions of her plea deal, Demeritte is to be placed on three years probation for all counts against her.

Should Demeritte fail to be of good behaviour during this time she would face two years in prison at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.

Failure to comply with any of the terms would result in Demeritte’s plea deal being considered null and void.

SAUNDERS BEACH PARK, above, which is to be renovated and, left, executive chairman of the Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority McKell Bonaby.

Photos: Austin Fernander

PARKS AUTHORITY ‘WORKING ON CONTRACT PAY CONCERNS’

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net

MCKELL Bonaby, executive chairman of the Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority, says officials are working to address pay concerns of workers who were contracted to do work for the authority.

He said the authority will have more to say on the issue sometime next week.

“Stay tuned,” he told reporters during a press conference yesterday.

“We have some very good news coming next week. We have very good news for those individuals and this government has been working expeditiously to ensure that whether it’s a major investment or investors, Bahamians are more important to us than

anything else and so we’re going to make sure that we take care of everyone who has had contracts with the authority and who can legitimately show that they have done the work and who have all of their paperwork in order.”

The contract workers claim they are owed payments from the authority from July last year.

They have expressed their frustrations over the issue and have even held several demonstrations outside the Office of the Prime Minister, demanding to speak with Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis.

“We are going to be here until we’re satisfied about where our monies are.

Whether we get a letter, whether we get a meeting, if we get a statement.

Whatever gone cause us

to be satisfied as a group,” protest organiser Richard Johnson said earlier this month.

Yesterday, Mr Bonaby declined to give an estimate on how much is owed to workers, only saying officials will address the matter next week.

“We’re still collating all of the information for the various categories of the contractors, so I don’t want to just do it piecemeal. I want to give the full scope of it, and we will be doing it next week,” the Mount Moriah MP added.

When asked whether any new contracts have been issued for the year, Mr Bonaby replied: “There have been some contracts in terms of new issuance, but the whole execution of the process has not been completed as yet.”

we have our budget in place now and so this is one of the areas that we’re working on to renovate.

“We’re completely renovating the entire playground. That’s something that we’re committed to and that’s something that we’re going to continue throughout the commonwealth.”

He estimated the cost to repair the park to be around $11,000 to $12,000.

“It’s an essential public service that we’re doing and it’s important for families to be able to come out and have a safe place to be able to enjoy green spaces and it’s something very serious.

We have to make sure that it’s recreational activities for families,” Mr Bonamy said.

“We have a beautiful beach here on Saunders Beach. We have some of the most beautiful beaches in the world and this is why this beach in particular has so much ire from the public when it’s not being up kept.

“So, we want the public to know that this government and this parks and beaches (authority) is committed to ensuring that all of the parks and all of the beaches are well maintained.”

According to the executive chairman, assessments are now underway of several other parks on the island.

“What we have discovered from some of our assessments is, and as you drive around and you’re a Bahamian, you can see the parks are in dire state of repairs from Carmichael to Golden Gates to Mount Moriah and all over,” he continued.

“And so, we don’t want to politicise the issue, so we’re just focused on the work and it’s something that we’re going to continue doing throughout, but it’s extensive, I’ll say that.”

He said the price tag for the rejuvenation of public parks on the island will likely be “in the millions”.

$12,000 RENOVATION FOR SAUNDERS BEACH PARK

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net

BAHAMAS Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority is undertaking several renovation projects to revitalise local parks in New Providence.

During a press conference yesterday, executive chairman McKell Bonaby, who is also the MP for Mount Moriah, said first on the authority’s agenda is Saunders Beach park.

He said officials have received many complaints about the park’s playground and hope to have renovations fully completed either later this week or early next week.

“We are at Saunders Beach Park and the playground, it’s been an issue for quite some time,” Mr Bonaby told reporters yesterday.

“From September, we had individuals complaining about the park. Currently,

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Friday, July 22, 2022, PAGE 5

Victim, 18, shot dead inside his own home from page one According to police reports, Johnson was at his home at around 12.25am Thursday when he was approached and shot by a man wearing a black ski mask, black jacket, blue jeans and black tennis shoes.

Police said the victim was taken to hospital by EMS where he died of his injuries.

Natasha Ferguson, the victim’s mother, told The Tribune in the moments after his shooting, that he called for her three times.

However, unaware that he was shot and dying, she believed he was either playing around or having an argument with his girlfriend.

“He called me, but I thought he and his girlfriend were just playing or rowing,” a tearful Ms Ferguson said. “The only thing that is playing in my head is how I heard him call out for me three times

KEITHON JOHNSON saying ‘mummy, mummy, mummy’.

“My 11-year-old son dragged Keithon’s body in the room, the gunman pointed the gun at my 11- year-old son,” Ms Ferguson said.

Ms Ferguson described her murdered son as someone who loved and interacted with everyone.

She said the 18-year-old was very mannerly and had dreams of having his own business one day. His girlfriend, Ra’shae Fortune, who lives near the victim’s home held back tears as she recounted what transpired.

FAMILY members mourn Keithon Johnson yesterday.

Photos: Austin Fernander

Ms Fortune said: “When I opened my room door all I heard was gunshots, so I ran outside because I heard his sisters screaming their heads off. I saw them carrying him in the car and all I did was just run behind them on the corner. I held him up, tried to talk to him, and tried to keep him breathing.”

Ms Fortune described the victim as being her “heart”, adding he would always talk about them building a future together and one day having a family of their own.

When asked if Mr Johnson ever felt scared for his life, Ms Fortune said he kept certain things from her because he knew she was protective of him.

“I know guys would bother him and his brother when they would go out.

They would attack him with cutlass, threaten him and throw rocks at his house.

Anywhere he went, he didn’t feel really protected unless he had someone beside him.”

The grieving mother expressed her frustration and dismay at the deaths of so many young people.

“These people aren’t putting in place the things they need to. Carry these fellas to the jail to show them what’s really going on or even to the morgue,” she said.

Less than eight hours later yesterday, a man was stabbed to death on Paradise Island in the area of

THE DOOR used by assailants to gain entry to the home of murder victim Keithon Johnson, right.

Paradise Island’s docking terminal.

Police said: “Preliminary reports indicate that the deceased got into an argument with the suspect and was subsequently stabbed in his upper body.

“Police are actively investigating and appealing to members of the public who find themselves engaged in heated conversations to find alternate avenues to resolve them. Try to remain calm, and respectful and if this doesn’t work, walk away, and find an independent mediator (pastor, family member, social worker, civic leader, teachers, or counselors) to bring resolve amicably.”

SWEETING TO LEAD GIRL GUIDES GOING GREEN AT NEW HQ JAMAICA DELEGATION AGRICULTURE, Marine Resources and Family Island Affairs Minister Clay Sweeting will lead a delegation to Jamaica to visit the 68th Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show.

The event will be held from July 25 to August 1.

According to officials, the event “is the oldest, largest and most dynamic Agricultural Show in the English-Speaking Caribbean and attracts over 80,000 patrons”.

“This is the first time the show is being held in two years and features include youth in agriculture, agricultural displays, children’s village and a health and wellness village,” Minister Sweeting said in a press statement yesterday.

“I am very excited that our team in the ministry, inclusive of technical officers, BAIC, BAHFSA and BAMSI, will be able to visit, experience and draw knowledge from such an event.”

The delegation will include officials from the ministry, the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI), the Bahamas Agricultural Industrial Corporation (BAIC) and the Bahamas Agricultural Health and Food Safety Authority (BAHFSA).

Chairman of BAIC Leroy Major said that the corporation looks to engage with investors during the week.

“This mission aligns with BAIC’s mandate and as the ministry’s commercial arm, our input in high level discussions with potential investors in the agriculture sector cannot be underestimated,” he said.

“With significant interest expressed in animal feed production, poultry processing, egg production and other agro-industrial enterprises, BAIC is well poised to contribute to discussions while balancing external interests and national development.”

Chairman of BAMSI Tyrel Young also spoke about the importance of the mission for the tertiary institution.

“BAMSI is looking to source new vendors, issue culture and other farming inputs,” Mr Young said.

“Also, we are looking to partner with local Jamaican entities in the processing industry, industrial farming industry and poultry farming industry to possibly

engage in Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) for the training of BAMSI staff in these areas.”

“This will widen the experience and knowledge of our extension officers, which will allow BAMSI to be the trainers – as we should be – to farmers and processors in regards to these sectors.”

During the week, the delegation is also expected to visit poultry farming facilities such as Caribbean Broilers and Jamaica Broilers.

Minister Sweeting explained that the government is looking to revitalise the country’s poultry industry.

“The poultry industry is one of the fastest-growing agricultural sub-sectors, especially in developing countries, with an expected growth rate of 15 percent by 2027. There is a huge market for poultry products in The Bahamas that has been untapped for years, but can be revitalised.”

“Chicken is a mainstay of the national diet in this country. They are relatively easy to raise, however, we only domestically produce around five percent of our consumption. The Bahamas was once 100 percent selfsufficient in table eggs and we had a thriving broiler as well. It is important that as a government we provide policies to encourage growth in this sub-sector.

However, we also need the support and want to encourage private development investment to revive the industry. It is important that we are direct with our approach to feed ourselves and to create opportunities simultaneously.”

The minister noted that Jamaica is one of the Caribbean countries that has developed a robust poultry sector with a significant investment in the industry.

“The poultry industry in Jamaica contributes between 15 and 20 percent of the Agricultural gross domestic product (GDP).

It creates directly and indirectly economic activity and livelihood for over 100,000 persons and is a major alleviator of unemployment in the rural areas,” Minister Sweeting said.

“Our Caribbean counterparts such as Jamaica have done extremely well, and we hope to replicate a model similar to their poultry structure in The Bahamas.”

THE Bahamas Girl Guides Association (BGGA) is set to model environmental sustainability at its new headquarters building and redeveloped site.

This is being achieved through a new solar energy system, nature trails and revamped environmental education modules.

The greening of key areas of BGGA operations was made possible with a $46,000 grant from the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP)-implemented GEF Small Grants Programme in The Bahamas and implemented over the period January 2020 to June 2022.

The GEF SGP grant supported the installation of a four-kilowatt grid-tied solar power system on the grounds of the facility with battery back-up supply; creation of a nature trail and Bush Tea Garden at the BGGA’s Camp Discovery grounds; and development and implementation of environmental

education modules taught through their interactive Camp Discovery experience.

The roof of the new headquarters building has the capacity to accommodate an additional twelve 360Watt solar panels, which can potentially supply the BGGA Headquarters with up to 4,000 Watts of additional power.

UNDP resident representative Denise E Antonio, who toured the new facilities and installations on Monday, commended the BGGA team for its progressive steps in illustrating environmental sustainability through its operations and outreach.

She said by becoming a living example of the messages they preach the Girl Guides were providing credible and powerful lessons to emulate.

Speaking to the practical and cost-effective example of solar energy, Ms Antonio said the UNDP Multi-Country Office in Jamaica, through its support to renewable energy

initiatives over the years, has observed significant cuts in operational costs, energy bills and carbon emissions at beneficiary organisations. She called for greater investments in renewables and offered UNDP’s support in advancing regulatory frameworks and practical solutions for the benefit of the people of The Bahamas.

“The Association is wellpoised to be a change agent and to play an integral role in the sustainable development of our country,” Elma Garraway, assistant chief Commissioner and chair of the properties committee, said in referring to its membership base of 2,300 young girls, and its programmes on New Providence, Grand Bahama, Abaco, Eleuthera, Spanish Wells, Andros, Exuma, Long Island, Cat Island, San Salvador, Crooked Island and Inagua.

Mrs Garraway said the sustainable design elements under the GEF

SGP-supported project are designed to increase the public’s awareness of solar energy as a viable power source for residences and businesses and to generally influence behavioral change.

Mrs Garraway noted the redeveloped site will aim to use the natural environment for challenging and exciting environmental education.

“We hope to prepare our members, young girls, women and leaders to thrive in this ever-changing world by fostering environmental awareness and motivating them to take action for a brighter future,” Mrs Garraway said.

The new headquarters will house administrative offices as well as training and conference rooms, and dormitory style accommodation for delegates of its training programmes.

GEF SGP has financed 69 projects in The Bahamas since it began operations in Nassau in 2010.

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After airport strike, here come the teachers WE’VE seen round one of industrial action this week, involving workers at the airport. Are you ready for round two?

Teachers have given the government a seven-day ultimatum to sign off on a full industrial agreement. Or else? Well, Bahamas Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson said there were several options at their disposal. Clearly, those options could include industrial action.

Mrs Wilson spelled out the reasons for the ultimatum, saying: “We’ve been at the bargaining table from the 25th of May, 2019, and as recently as this morning I would have communicated with the lead negotiator for the government giving them seven days for us to sign off on a full agreement.

“I believe that we have exhausted the time. We have exchanged counter proposals eight times. We have been in hundreds of hours of meetings, and we are now ready to sign off on a full proposal so that teachers can receive the much-needed salary increases (and) benefits that they are so worthy of.”

Ultimatums are a blunt tool to use – but equally if negotiations have been dragging on for more than three years, there must be deep frustration on the teachers’ part.

If such a lengthy, drawn-out negotiation sounds familiar, it’s because the teachers are far from alone in the matter.

Over at the airport, Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper was just last week touting the release of funds that would settle matters there, but now off it goes back to negotiation.

For the teachers, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis had announced in the Budget this year salary increases planned for schools, including retention bonuses, only for it to have hit the problem that it hadn’t been agreed with the teachers yet.

And look at the nurses, who despite being on the frontline of the fight

against the pandemic, have had their dispute drag on for more than three years. Despite there being an industrial agreement, it remains unsigned.

Last month, in this column, we wrote that from union to union, matters drag on for years and years, so long that half the issues are outdated by the time anything actually gets signed.

We called for a sea change so that issues did not have to be so drawn out.

There seems little sign of that change right now, with action at the airport, protests from jitney drivers, and a looming threat of action from teachers.

Surely we can find a way to resolve these issues more swiftly.

A good start It is still early in the recovery effort after the diesel spill in Exuma, but we must applaud the workers who have already cleaned up 20,000 gallons of fuel.

Dr Rihanna Neely-Murphy, director of environmental planning and protection, said yesterday: “We have removed approximately 20,000 gallons of fuel from the area and the booms remain intact to keep the fuel contained.

“There is visibly less fuel in the water. We expect that the majority of the remaining fuel should be removed from the site between this afternoon and tomorrow (Saturday) and then we will continue with the remediation activities.”

The cause of the incident is reportedly because of a “breach in the hose” that ran from the supply ship, though there do of course remain many questions and a need to examine how so much fuel was able to leak.

But credit where it was due. This was a disaster for the area, but as recovery efforts go, clean-up crews have made a good start.

Monkeypox EDITOR, The Tribune.

ACCORDING to the Centre’s for Disease Control and Prevention, monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus, and is related to the variola virus that causes smallpox.

First discovered in 1958, its symptoms include lesions throughout the body and in the mouth; fever, headache, muscle ache and swollen lymph nodes.

According to the CDC, the period of active lesions is when the pathogen is most contagious, lasting for approximately two to four weeks. While there is only one confirmed case of the monkeypox in The Bahamas, there are 2,323 cases in the US. Two-hundredand-eight of those cases are in Florida where thousands of Bahamians visit annually. In addition to Florida, Illinois, California and New York have the highest numbers of confirmed cases.

Globally, there are 15,378 cases, as of July 20.

Members of the LGBTQI+ community might feel as if I am singling them out for ridicule and stigmatisation; but every data that epidemiologists in the US and the CDC have collected so far points to their demographic spreading this pathogen. It is possible that an outbreak occurs in The Bahamas, given the promiscuous behaviour of this demographic.

According to a July 18 Washington Post editorial by an expert in the field of epidemiology, 96 percent of the confirmed cases are gay and bisexual men and men who have sex with men. The current outbreak is believed to have started in Western Europe among a group of gay revelers this past Spring. This timeframe seems to coincide with the many Gay Pride events throughout Europe and the US. In one particular instance, the CDC discovered that of the 17 confirmed cases it tested in the US, 16 were men who had sex with men.

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On the NBC News site, one American man named “Jeff” had visited London, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin - “having sex with multiple partners along the way”. Jeff candidly spoke of visiting a bathhouse and a sex club in Germany. His testimony gives us an inside scoop of the degree of sexual promiscuity within the LGBTQI+ community.

I have stated in the past that monogamy is rarely practised by this demographic. This is not to condemn the LGBTQI+ community. With the CDC admitting that the number of confirmed cases among heterosexuals being very low, I am left to wonder if this monkeypox outbreak is God’s providential response to the recent Gay Pride festivities. C S Lewis said in his The Problem of Pain that pain is God’s megaphone to rouse a deaf world. It is one thing to transgress God’s moral laws; it is quite another to celebrate doing so. While the government, health-care professionals, mainline denominations and the political directorate are all bending over backwards to accommodate the LGBTQI+ community, I am going to issue the clarion call to the members to repent before it’s too late. The Bible says that open rebuke is better than secret love.

KEVIN EVANS Freeport, Grand Bahama July 21, 2022.

A DANCER dressed as a monkey performs “Danza del Palo Volador,” a ritual in honor of his patron saint Santiago Apostle, in Cubulco, Guatemala, yesterday. Ahead of his feast day on July 25, worshippers take part in ancient religious ceremonies and accompany processions since a few weeks before.

Photo: Moises Castillo/AP

We need a relief plan EDITOR, The Tribune.

WITH the economy still in limbo, gas and produce increase, thousands of Bahamians are suffering and barely making ends meet for survival.

Minimum wage still remains as is, the cost of living is becoming more stressful daily, and there seems to be no bailout plan to help the Bahamian people.

While the Davis administration is working and fighting an unstable economy both local, and global; we need an urgent decisive plan that brings ease to low class families, and homes that are hurting.

We need an immediate relief plan that can work that builds toward recovery for the Bahamian people before it’s too late.

The unemployed needs more aid, low class families making minimum wage needs more assistance; we must do whatever it takes to ensure that the Bahamian people are well taken care of.

We need a real blueprint for the economic recovery.

That should be our main focus. A bold focus, one that requires haste.

Does a relief package fix our problems? No. But it gives the Bahamian people

LETTERS letters@tribunemedia.net hope. Hope that they can survive as citizens, and not of those from a third world country. Hope that they can have access to a good life too. Not just the rich class, but all Bahamians alike.

Thousands are worried about bills. From the grocery bill to the rent, mortgage and even light.

Thousands are worried how they would put food on their tables for their families, as well as provide them with necessities in order to survive. Many are scrambling and this is why the government must act fast.

The government needs to sit down with business owners, union leaders, members of the chambers of commerce and create an elite task force that focuses on rendering proper financial aid without financially sinking the country further.

I believe these members of the various institutions together, collaborating brings a viable plan for the way forward to help sponge the burdens of the Bahamian people.

This administration did deliver on its tax cut by reverting it to 10% from the 12% under the previous

administration, but with an economy as is; unsafe and unsure; I suggest it reduces to 7.5% or reinstate the tax free on bread-basket items to further help families who make the least. This way they can benefit the most.

We need a balanced plan that ensure low-income families will not have to suffer and live below the poverty line or in simple words, pay cheque from pay cheque.

Whether many see it or not, we have inherited a deficit. But not us alone, it’s the entire world economy that has been assaulted.

But it does not mean that we cannot practice fiscal discipline, and taming our unnecessary spending.

We are in a crisis, but we can still create opportunity. These are hard times, but eventually as time progresses, we will rise above the trenches. But now, more than ever, we must rely on each other. This is how we come out prosperous.

It’s time we get to work and do the work the Bahamian people really need done!

DR MATHEO SMITH Principal Achievers Christian Academy Nassau, July 20, 2022.

Goodman’s Bay EDITOR, The Tribune.

SHOULD Government allow private enterprise to coolly take over public open space and no one lift a hand or even understand what is happening? I am concerned what is openly happening on Goodman’s Bay parking lot to the eastern side.

For months chock-ablock with construction workers leaving very limited space for the morning public bathers trying to swim - so what happens later this year when Wynn Condo Hotel opens? 160 units - 80 condos — 80 hotel condos 300 employees

which means at least 200 vehicles to find a parking area. No zilch parking area!

Are we going to have a further repeat edition of Sandals Royal Bahamian expand the hotel property and the developer does not provide a single parking spot? Probably inevitable, but shame on Physical Planning as within any such development approval there must be employee parking — Wynn will employ 300 persons that is 300 vehicles!

So, who loses? Joe Public access to a legislatively guaranteed, remember under PM Ingraham legislative protection is

guaranteed at Goodmans as an open public space - now that parking area will be taken over by Wynn Hotel employees - is that right?

Cable Beach Post Office parking is now 100% Sandals employees. One side of Cable Beach Manor lined up Sandals employee parking.

So, will Goodman’s Bay public open space be safeguarded? Good question let’s hear the official response. Have my fears what will eventually happen no different than Sandals.

J BURROWS Nassau.

July 20, 2022.

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First Bahamian woman to work with NASA reaches out to students AISHA Bowe, who made history as the first Bahamian woman to work with NASA as an aerospace engineer, is now seeking 50 Bahamian students to award scholarships to so that they can attend Lingo Solution’s HACK 2022 coding camp.

Ms Bowe launched the camp in 2015 at St Andrew’s School, but was unable to continue it for the past two years as a result of the pandemic.

She spent that time speaking across the United States and Europe about the importance of preparing youth for tech careers.

She also appeared in the ‘In Her Element’ documentary hosted by Meena Harris as one of three outstanding women in STEM making a difference in the world.

Ms Bowe has appeared in major outlets such as ‘Essence’, ‘Black Enterprise’, ‘The Tamron Hall Show’ and ‘The Kelly

Clarkson Show’ to talk about LINGO, a coding kit for teens that she created.

The kit has been so well received that the government of Bermuda and HBCU’s like Albany State University in the United States have incorporated it into their school systems.

Now, she’s headed back to The Bahamas from August 2-6, 2022, to work with students in grade 9 to 12 to provide them with hands on experience.

Participants of LINGO Solution’s HackBahamas 2022 Camp must be able to attend from 9am to 4pm on each of the scheduled days and parents and sponsors are invited to attend the presentation day on Saturday.

“It’s not just about math and science,” explained Ms Bowe. “We are explaining to teens how to use these skills in sports, music and song composition, and even teaching them the

fundamentals of crypto, and showing them why they ought to be excited to work with companies that are right in The Bahamas that could use the talents.

“It is especially important to me to provide these scholarships to students who may not ordinarily have the funds to participate in such things, so lower income families and government school students are absolutely encouraged to apply.”

Ms Bowe said that there are still opportunities for sponsors to be a part of the event, which is being put on through LINGO, adding she is very much open to engage with other companies who would like to connect with her.

The deadline for students to apply via www.bahamascamp.com is Saturday, July 23, 2022, while interested sponsors are invited to email info@ambassadoragency.com by Tuesday, July 25.

AISHA BOWE

IN COURT OVER $143 OF STOLEN BOOZE

By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net

TWO men were sentenced to three months in prison in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday for receiving $143 worth of alcoholic beverages.

Cyrus and Keno Knowles appeared before Senior

Magistrate Carolyn VogtEvans on a charge of receiving.

On July 17 in New Providence, the pair reportedly dishonestly received a $43 bottle of Grey Goose and $100 bottle of Don Julio with both of these alcoholic beverages rightfully belonging to Meka McWeeny.

In court, both

accused pleaded guilty to the charge. While the magistrate accepted their guilty plea and initially sentenced them to eight months for the charge this sentence was eventually reduced. As such, the accused were both sentenced to three months at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.

PAIR CHARGED WITH HOUSEBREAKING

By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net

TWO men were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday after being accused of housebreaking and stealing more than $18K worth of personal items.

Kevin Andrews, 32, represented by Attorney Ian Cargill, and Reynaldo Johnson, 30, represented by Attorney Keevon Maynard both stood before Assistant Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain. There the pair faced charges of housebreaking, receiving and stealing.

On July 15, the defendants were accused of breaking into Hanna Beard’s residence on Sea Beach Boulevard.

On that same day and place they are further accused

of stealing from 101 Sea Beach Boulevard various items belonging to Maria Yallourakis.

These included various luxury bags and assorted jewellery; an Apple Laptop, phone, charger and earPods; credit cards as well as a US passport and currency. The total value of these items is estimated at $18,190.

In court, both defendants pleaded not guilty to all charges against them.

The prosecution then objected to bail in the matter on the basis that both defendants had antecedents of a similar nature and raised concerns they would commit further offences while on release.

Mr Maynard then countered this claim by arguing that despite their past history, both defendants are

innocent of the charges until proven guilty. Mr Maynard also said that neither defendant has violent criminal records nor pose a flight risk during his bail application on Johnson’s behalf.

Mr Cargill added that his client would be willing to wear an ankle monitor and report into the nearest police station should Andrews be granted bail.

Magistrate Swain denied Andrew’s bail request due to the fact that he was already convicted for a similar offence.

However, Johnson was granted bail at $7,000 with one or two sureties under the condition he be fitted with an ankle monitor.

The defendants’ trial in the matter is expected to commence on October 25.

TWO IN COURT ACCUSED OF ASSAULT

By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net

TWO men were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday on separate assault charges.

Brittany Johnson, 36, appeared before Senior Magistrate Carolyn VogtEvans charged with assaulting Breshanna Gittens on July 18 in New Providence. In court Johnson pleaded not guilty to the offence.

With no objections, bail was granted to the defendant at $1,000 with one or two sureties.

Johnson is next expected in court for trial on September 6.

The other man, Dominecko Babbs, 35, also stood before Magistrate Vogt-Evans on a charge of assault against Anika Johnson from March 20 in New Providence.

Babbs pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $250 for the offence.

Should the defendant fail to pay this fine he will face a one-month imprisonment

at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.

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JUDICIARY AND UNIVERSITY LINK

By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS lmunnings@tribunemedia.net THE University of The Bahamas signed a memorandum of understanding with The Bahamas Judiciary yesterday.

The agreement aims to provide increased avenues for education, research and expanding the base of knowledge and sharing of the same for a deeper understanding of some of the most pivotal issues affecting the country.

Dr Rodney Smith, UB’s president, said: “This is not only for University of The Bahamas, but for the wider Bahamian society.”

Under this agreement,

the university will work closely with the Bahamas Judicial Education Institute to provide professional development opportunities for judicial officers, faculty, staff and students, conduct research and provide data to enhance decision-making on judicial administration among other measures.

Chair of the board of trustees Allyson Maynard-Gibson QC said the collaboration and cooperation is the first of its kind in The Bahamas.

“In this new era of our national life, increasing our capacity for good governance, which includes the administration of justice, and applying our intellectual and human resources

to implement effective solutions are paramount for sustainable development.”

Chief Justice Sir Brian Moree said the initial term of the MoU is two years with an option to renew it with the consent of both parties.

“As we in the courts move away from a paperbased system to a data environment and migrate to new automated delivery mechanisms with updated and modern hearing platforms supported by new workflows, we look forward to our collaboration with the University of The Bahamas under this MoU to better serve the public,” he said.

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MORE THAN JUST A SPORTING HERO - ROBINSON WAS A TRUE RADICAL

By E.P. CLAPP, distinguished professor of politics, Occidental College IN our new book, “Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America,” Rob Elias and I profile the many iconoclasts, dissenters and mavericks who defied baseball’s and society’s establishment.

But none took as many risks – and had as big an impact – as Jackie Robinson. Though Robinson was a fierce competitor, an outstanding athlete and a deeply religious man, the aspect of his legacy that often gets glossed over is that he was also a radical.

The sanitised version of the Jackie Robinson story goes something like this: he was a remarkable athlete who, with his unusual level of self-control, was the perfect person to break baseball’s colour line. In the face of jeers and taunts, he was able to put his head down and let his play do the talking, becoming a symbol of the promise of a racially integrated society.

April 15 marked the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking baseball’s colour line, Major League Baseball celebrated the occasion with great fanfare – with tributes, movies, TV specials, museum exhibits and symposia.

I wonder, however, about the extent to which these celebrations downplayed his activism during and after his playing career.

Did they delve into the forces arrayed against Robinson – the players, fans, reporters, politicians and baseball executives who scorned his outspoken views on race? Did any Jackie Robinson Day events mention that, toward the end of his life, he wrote that he had become so disillusioned with the country’s racial progress that he couldn’t stand for the flag and sing the national anthem?

LAYING THE GROUNDWORK

Robinson was a rebel before he broke baseball’s colour line.

When he was a soldier during World War II, his superiors sought to keep him out of officer candidate school. He persevered and became a second lieutenant.

But in 1944, while assigned to a training camp at Fort

award. In his acceptance speech, he explained that although many people had warned him “not to speak up every time I thought there was an injustice”, he would continue to do so.

‘A FREEDOM RIDER BEFORE THE FREEDOM RIDES’

After Robinson hung up his cleats in 1957, he stayed true to his word, becoming a constant presence on picket lines and at civil rights rallies.

That same year, he publicly urged President Dwight Eisenhower to send troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to protect black students seeking to desegregate its public schools. In 1960, impressed with the resilience and courage of the college students engaging in sit-ins at Southern JACKIE Robinson addresses civil rights supporters protesting outside the 1964 GOP National Con- lunch counters, he agreed vention. to raise bail money for the most other players – includ- students stuck in jail cells.

Hood in Texas, he refused Robinson initially suping some of his fellow black to move to the back of an players – balked at the way ported the 1960 presidential army bus when the white Robinson talked about campaign of Sen Hubert driver ordered him to do so. race. They thought he was Humphrey, a Minnesota Robinson faced Democrat and staunch ally too angry, too vocal. trumped-up charges of This protest movement Syndicated sports col- of the civil rights moveinsubordination, disturbing the peace, drunkenness, set the stage for Brooklyn umnist Dick Young of the ment. But when John F conduct unbecoming an Dodgers executive Branch New York Daily News Kennedy won the party’s officer and refusing to obey Rickey to sign Robinson to griped that when he talked nomination, Robinson – the orders of a superior a contract in 1945. Robin- to Robinson’s black team- worried that JFK would officer. Voting by secret son spent the 1946 season mate Roy Campanella, be beholden to Southern Democrats who ballot, the nine military with the Montreal Royals, they stuck to opposed integraBut ‘Many judges – only one of them the Dodgers’ top farm club, baseball. tion – endorsed black – found Robinson where he led the team to when he spoke sportswriters Republican not guilty. In November, he the minor league cham- with Robinson, Richard Nixon. was honourably discharged pionship. The following “sooner or later and most season, he was brought up we get around to other players – He quickly from the Army. regretted that social issues.”

Describing the ordeal, to the big leagues. including some decision after Robinson promised A 1953 article Robinson later wrote, “It Nixon refused was a small victory, for I Rickey that – at least in Sport maga- of his fellow to campaign in had learned that I was in during his rookie year – he zine titled “Why black players Harlem or speak two wars, one against the wouldn’t respond to the They Boo Jackie – balked at the out against the foreign enemy, the other verbal barbs from fans, Robinson” arrest of Martin the way Robinson against prejudice at home.” managers and other play- described Luther King, Jr. Three years later, Rob- ers he would face on a daily second baseman talked about in rural Georas “combative”, race. They inson would suit up for the basis.

His first test took place “emotional” and gia. Three weeks Dodgers. before Election His arrival didn’t occur a week after he joined the “calculating”, as thought he Day, Robinson in a vacuum. It marked Dodgers, during a game well as a “pop- was too angry, said that “Nixon the culmination of more against the Philadelphia off”, a “whiner,” too vocal.’

Phillies man- a doesn’t deserve “showboat” than a decade of protests Phillies. to desegregate the national ager Ben Chapman called and a “troublemaker”. A to win.”

In February 1962, Robpastime. It was a political Robinson the n-word and Cleveland paper called victory brought about by a shouted, “Go back to the Robinson a “rabble rouser” inson travelled to Jackson, persistent and progressive cotton field where you who was on a “soap box”. Mississippi, to speak at a The Sporting News head- rally organised by NAACP movement that confronted belong.”

Though Robinson lined one story “Robinson leader Medgar Evers. Later powerful business interests that were reluctant – even seethed with anger, he Should Be a Player, Not a that year, at King’s request, travelled to opposed – to bring about kept his promise to Rickey, Crusader”. Other writers Robinson enduring the abuse without and players called him a Albany, Georgia, to draw change. “loudmouth”, a “sorehead” media attention to three Beginning in the 1930s, retaliating.

But after that first year, and worse. black churches that had the movement mobilised a Nonetheless, Robinson’s been burned to the ground broad coalition of organisa- he increasingly spoke out tions – the black press, civil against racial injustice in relentless advocacy got the by segregationists. He then rights groups, the Commu- speeches, interviews and his attention of the country’s led a fundraising campaign that collected $50,000 to nist Party, progressive white regular newspaper columns civil rights leaders.

In 1956, the NAACP gave rebuild the churches. activists, left-wing unions for The Pittsburgh Courier, In 1963, he devoted conand radical politicians – that New York Post and the New him its highest honour, the Spingarn Medal. He was the siderable time and travel waged a sustained cam- York Amsterdam News.

Many sportswriters and first athlete to receive that to support King’s voter paign to integrate baseball.

BITING HIS TONGUE, BIDING HIS TIME

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registration efforts in the South. He also travelled to Birmingham, Alabama, as part of King’s campaign to dismantle segregation in that city.

“His presence in the South was very important to us,” recalled Wyatt Tee Walker, chief of staff of King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

King called Robinson “a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides.”

Robinson also consistently criticised police brutality. In August 1968, three Black Panthers in New York City were arrested and charged with assaulting a white police officer. At their hearing two weeks later, about 150 white men, including off-duty police officers, stormed the courthouse and attacked ten Panthers and two white supporters.

When he learned that the police had made no arrests of the white rioters, Robinson was outraged.

“The Black Panthers seek self-determination, protection of the Black community, decent housing and employment and express opposition to police abuse,” Robinson said during a press conference at the Black Panthers’ headquarters.

He challenged banks for discriminating against black neighbourhoods and condemned slumlords who preyed on Black families.

And Robinson wasn’t done holding Major League Baseball to account, either.

He refused to participate in a 1969 Old Timers game because he didn’t see “genuine interest in breaking the barriers that deny access to managerial and front office positions.” At his final public appearance, throwing the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2 of the 1972 World Series, Robinson observed, “I’m going to be tremendously more pleased and more proud when I look at that third base coaching line one day and see a black face managing in baseball.”

No major league team had a black manager until Frank Robinson was hired by the Cleveland Indians in 1975, three years after Jackie Robinson’s death.

The absence of black managers and front-office executives is an issue that MLB still grapples with today.

ATHLETE ACTIVISM, THEN AND NOW

Athletes still face backlash for speaking out.

When NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick protested racism by refusing to stand during the national anthem, then-President Donald Trump said that athletes who followed Kaepernick’s example “shouldn’t be in the country”.

In 2018, after NBA star LeBron James spoke about a racial slur that had been graffitied on his home and criticised Trump, Fox News’ Laura Ingraham suggested that he “shut up and dribble”.

Even so, in the past decade, athletes have become more outspoken on issues of racism, homophobia, sexism, American militarism, immigrant rights and other issues. They all stand on Robinson’s shoulders.

It was Robinson’s strong patriotism that led him to challenge America to live up to its ideals. He felt an obligation to use his fame to challenge the society’s racial injustice. However, during his last few years – before he died of a heart attack in 1972 at age 53 – he grew increasingly disillusioned with the pace of racial progress.

In his 1972 memoir, “I Never Had It Made,” he wrote: “I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world.”

• Originally published in theconversation.com

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Friday, July 22, 2022, PAGE 9

The surprising good, bad and scary story about sunscreen

By Diane Phillips

CERTAIN smells remind protecting us may actually you of the sweetest days be causing us grave danger. of your childhood, in my The skin is the largest case, it was the sun-kissed organ. What goes on it goes days in the Florida sun, in it. punctuated by the thrill of And what is going on it crashing ocean waves and and in it in a lot of the most the unmistakable aroma popular sun care prodof Coppertone. That coco- ucts is a chemical called nut scent, the medium Oxybenzone or a derivawarm brown container (the tive – Benzophenone-3, colour I strived to be), was Avobenzone. as much a part of my little According to Denis girl days as a beach blanket K Dudley, MD, FRCS, and a little red bucket.

OB-GYN board certified in Little did we know back the US, Canada and Great then that while Copper- Britain who specialised in tone was benzone-free high-risk pregnancies, his (making it safe) and origi- research into sun screen nally designed to promote began with a simple questanning before we under- tion from a patient. Is it stood the dangers of sun to safe to use sun screen while our skin, its early use would pregnant? He became usher in a wave of self-help alerted to the dangers protective measures. of certain sun care prodSunscreens popped up as ucts, including those using fast as a pimple in puberty. chemicals first developed One brand after another for pesticides in babies in promising if you slathered utero 30-36 weeks. Here, them on, you’d be golden in his words: “Many studbrown and ies - including tanned to per- ‘That growing those of USA fection while FDA from in being protected awareness 2020 - confirm from the ultra- about the need that 12 Soluble violet rays of the for protection Organic UV Filsun. ters (SOUVF) But the rub has given rise – some of which was that much to a sun care were first develof what you market valued oped to be were rubbing pesticides and on was not – in 2021 at $8.28 patented for and is still not billion. Today’s this use by Mon– safe. Whether products come santo in 1954 your skin is – enter human dark or light or in a seemingly blood and litersomething in endless array ally bathe every between, there’s of sprays, cell in a child’s no question that body, includtoo much sun creams, lotions, ing those in the harms it. water-resistant brain. The polThat grow- levels and, of lution of our ing awareness entire civilisaabout the need course, SPFs.’ tion – humans for protecand the global tion has given rise to a environment – every water sun care market valued reservoir and the food web in 2021 at $8.28 billion. – by these pesticidal petToday’s products come in rochemicals with proven a seemingly endless array or potential endocrine and of sprays, creams, lotions, mutagenic effects is now water-resistant levels and, complete. All of this for of course, SPFs. Check no demonstrable benefit, out the amount of shelf a fact obscured by indusspace or close-to check-out try and their consulting counter real estate that sun dermatologists for over 50 care takes in a store near a years.” beach and you’ll appreciate While sun care products just how big the business is. have exploded in growth, Yet only in the last few so has melanoma which years has there been recog- has tripled since 1970, says nition that what we think is Dudley, noting there are 15

published papers arriving at the same results.

The FDA still permits the inclusion of up to six percent oxybenzone in sunscreen products, but after recent research has also found high levels of it in coral reefs, more resorts and cruise lines are either banning products containing the ingredient or recommending others.

According to 201 research published by King’s College in London, the chemical “causes the reefs to be susceptible to bleaching and lose their protective algae.

Furthermore, oxybenzone is also alleged to be an endocrine disrupter that causes baby coral to encase itself in its own skeleton and die.”

Dudley and his wife, a leading dermatologist, were so alarmed at what their research was uncovering that their chemical lab evolved into a successful sun screen company now operated by their daughter. Dudley is not trying to promote the company so it is not even being named in this column but if you Google the words or names, you will see the awareness it has raised.

His message – use zinc oxide at 25%, an insoluble filter with the UVA required to prevent skin cancer.

AN AERIAL view of the oil spill in Exuma.

WHEN WILL WE LEARN? WE GOT lucky. When 35,000 gallons of diesel spilled in Exuma this week, everything that could have gone right when something has gone so wrong, did. The oil was in a bay-like area, making immediate containment a lot easier than if it were in open ocean. Wind was not an issue. Response

by Sun Oil, DEPP and the Department of Environmental Health was immediate once the spill was discovered.

Yep, we got lucky. This time. But we did not the

last time nor the many times we do not know about when a pipeline running fuel from a floating barge or other vessel to a BPL or other generator in a Family Island leaks. One expert told me “It happens all the time, it’s just not as dramatic.”

Another told me it’s been going on for decades.

Kudos to government for quick action on this one, the lucky unlucky spill. But how long are we going to maintain this antiquated means of providing power

when we live in a land of unrelenting sun that can be transformed into solar power?

If this government really wants to be transformative – and it is showing signs of doing so – juggle those priorities pushing solarisation to the highest level behind climate change mitigation and disaster preparedness and prevention because next time we have an oil spill we might just find that we used up a little too much of our luck already.

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OFFICIALS CONSIDER DECLARING MONKEYPOX EMERGENCY LONDON Associated Press

AS THE World Health Organization’s emergency committee convened yesterday to consider for the second time within weeks whether to declare monkeypox a global crisis, some scientists said the striking differences between the outbreaks in Africa and in developed countries will complicate any coordinated response.

African officials say they are already treating the continent’s epidemic as an emergency. But experts elsewhere say the mild version of monkeypox in Europe, North America and beyond makes an emergency declaration unnecessary even if the virus can’t be stopped.

British officials recently downgraded their assessment of the disease, given its lack of severity.

“I remain concerned about the number of cases, in an increasing number of

THIS 1997 image provided by the CDC shows the hands of a monkeypox case patient. countries, that have been reported,” WHO directorgeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the emergency committee as its meeting got underway.

He said it was “pleasing” to note falling numbers of monkeypox cases in some

countries but that the virus is still increasing elsewhere and that six countries reported their first infections last week.

Monkeypox has been entrenched for decades in parts of central and western Africa, where diseased

wild animals occasionally infect people in rural areas in relatively contained epidemics. The disease in Europe, North America and beyond has circulated since at least May among gay and bisexual men. The epidemic in rich countries

was likely triggered by sex at two raves in Spain and Belgium.

Some experts worry these and other differences could possibly deepen existing medical inequities between poor and wealthy nations.

There are now more than 15,000 monkeypox cases worldwide. While the United States, Britain, Canada and other countries have bought millions of vaccines, none have gone to Africa, where a more severe version of monkeypox has already killed more than 70 people. Rich countries haven’t yet reported any monkeypox deaths.

“What’s happening in Africa is almost entirely separate from the outbreak in Europe and North America,” said Dr Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at Britain’s University of East Anglia who previously advised WHO on infectious diseases.

The UN health agency said this week that outside of Africa, 99% of all

reported monkeypox cases are in men and of those, 98% are in men who have sex with other men. Still, the disease can infect anyone in close, physical contact with a monkeypox patient, regardless of their sexual orientation.

“In these very active gay sexual networks, you have men who really, really don’t want people to know what they’re doing and may not themselves always know who they are having sex with,” Hunter said.

Some of those men may be married to women or have families unaware of their sexual activity, which “makes contact tracing extremely difficult and even things like asking people to come forward for testing,” Hunter said, explaining why vaccination may be the most effective way to shut down the outbreak. That’s probably not the case in Africa, where limited data suggests monkeypox is mainly jumping into people from infected animals.

US PRESIDENT TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID WASHINGTON Associated Press PRESIDENT Joe Biden tested positive for COVID19 yesterday and went into isolation with mild symptoms. White House officials went all-out to show that the 79-year-old US leader could power through the virus and keep working because he was vaccinated and boosted.

In a navy blazer and Oxford shirt, Biden recorded a video on a White House balcony to send the message that he would be fine and the country should stay calm and carry on. He recognises the pandemic as a national trauma that has killed more than one million Americans and alarmed millions more, and his words in the video posted to Twitter were meant to be reassuring.

“I’m doing well, getting a lot of work done,” Biden said, the faint sound of an ice cream truck jingling in the distance.

“And in the meantime, thanks for your concern.

And keep the faith. It’s going to be OK.” Yesterday demonstrated one of the inevitable risks awaiting a president who has insisted on trying to reconnect with the world and everyday Americans after a prolonged lockdown. It was a reminder that COVID-19, with its mutations and sub-strains, continues to be a threat; the White House also saw it as a chance to demonstrate progress in combating the disease.

Administration officials reminded people that Biden’s prognosis is strong because he’s received every vaccine dose for which he’s eligible, including

two original shots and two boosters. He’s also being treated with Paxlovid, an antiviral drug used to prevent more severe symptoms.

White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr Ashish Jha told reporters at a briefing that he spoke with Biden over the phone and the president “sounded great”.

“He had been working all morning,” Jha said. “He hadn’t even been able to finish his breakfast because he had just been busy. I encouraged him to finish his breakfast.”

Biden’s physician, Dr Kevin O’Connor, said in a letter that Biden had a runny nose and “fatigue, with an occasional dry cough, which started yesterday evening”.

The president will isolate for five days and can return to his usual activities after a negative test, Jha said.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described the president’s symptoms as “very mild” and said Biden had been in contact with staff members by phone and was participating in his planned meetings via phone and Zoom from the White House residence.

Asked where Biden might have contracted the virus, Jean-Pierre said, “I don’t think that matters.”

She added that the White House was more focused on how Biden was feeling and would engage in contact tracing.

The White House took steps to show that the president was busy working despite his diagnosis, with Biden tweeting out a picture of himself making calls from the Treaty Room of the White House.

ENTREPRENEUR AIMING BIG

BYRON MCCARTNEY AN ENTREPRENEUR from Andros has launched a online platform to manage fleets of vehicles.

Byron McCartney, the CEO and founder of Mobile Garage Technologies Ltd, says the goal is to create Bahamian-built technology that can be used worldwide.

He said: “Made in The Bahamas will be branded on all Mobile Garage apps and platforms, starting with our fleet solutions software.

There will definitely be

more to come.”

The software offers fleet owners a paperless way to manage more than 300 vehicles on one platform.

He said the platform is set to expand to several Caribbean countries and to Canada by 2023.

He said patrons will also be able to purchase auto parts through the app.

For more information, visit fleets.mymobilegarage. com, or email partners@ mymobilegarage.com.

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FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022

Judokas primed and ready for Commonwealth Games

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

W

hile it has been a dream of his to represent the Bahamas at the international level, Andrew Munnings said he couldn’t ask for a better team-mate than two-time competitor Cynthia Rahming to travel with him to the Commonwealth Games.

The duo will be representing the Bahamas in the judo competition at the games, scheduled for July 27 to August 7 in Birmingham, England. They will be a part of a 27-member team from different sporting disciplines that will compete for the Bahamas.

Having qualified at the Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships held in April in Lima, Peru, Munnings said he’s not only grateful for the opportunity to compete, but he’s focused on making the Bahamian public very proud. “To qualify for these games many out of competition fights were fought behind the scenes and through the Lord’s strength and my persistence brought this opportunity,” he said.

“Since the Pan American Championships earlier this year my physicality and technicality has increased through many gym sessions, studying my competitors and working on my game strategy and accuracy.”

Although he’s qualified for the Commonwealth Games, Munnings said his ultimate goal is to get to the Olympic Games and this is just a step in that direction.

ANDREW MUNNINGS, left, and Cynthia Rahming.

“The Olympic Games is a part of my vison in life and the Commonwealth Games is an introduction to this goal of mine, which many of these top competitors will be the same men I will have to fight if I qualify for the Paris Olympics in 2024,” Munnings said. “Throughout my circuit, I have tested myself against them and I am excited to face them again in the CWG.” Munnings, 24, said he and Rahming have been travelling together for years training and competing over the past decade, but this is going to be a special trip next week when they head to Birmingham with coach Willard McKenzie.

Rahming, 28, will be going to her second games after making her debut as the lone judoka in 2014 in Glasglow, Scotland.

“The calibre of competition over the last eight years has significantly strengthened as the Commonwealth countries have invested in their judo athletes particularly over the past Olympic cycle,” said Rahming, the daughter of Bahamas Judo Association president Darcy Rahming.

“I’m looking forward to seeing my friends from the judo Olympic cycle. I’ve decided to revert to a style I did when I first started judo, which I’m hoping will surprise

my competitors and bring me the advantage.”

In preparation for the games, Rahming said she’s been “focusing on her gym work, stamina and relearning the basics.” She noted that she’s counting on her long journey in the sport to propel her to success at the games.

“The competition is a small portion of what the CWG is about,” she said. “It is exciting and inspiring to see world-class athletes go at it, but I am going to the games for a bigger picture, which I will divulge at a later time.”

As a competitor of the sport since the age of 13, Rahming said her aim is to get a medal to add to the bronze she won at the Olympic qualifier and hopefully improve on her world ranking she previously held within the top 100 in 2018 and seventh in the Pan American region.

Munnings, on the other hand, has been competing since he was a cadet. He said his immediate goal is to surpass his previous world ranking of 216.

“Challenges like competition and training camp expenses makes the journey a difficult one to compete at these A level competitions, but CWG is a competition that can propel me further in my career and can pull some needed endorsements,” he said.

“I’ve been preparing my social media accounts and content creating for this exact opportunity.”

The judokas will compete at the games along with competitors from the Bahamas in track and field, swimming, boxing, cycling, karate and the triathlon.

WATER POLO TEAM OFF TO SLOW START TEAM Bahamas got off to a slow start at the Central American and Caribbean Championship (CCCAN) water polo competition.

The team suffered a 27-2 loss to Puerto Rico in their opening match of the open men’s category yesterday in Wildey, Barbados.

This is the third time Bahamas Water Polo has participated at the CCCAN level following the 2016 and 2019 editions.

The event all serves as a qualifier for the Central American and Caribbean Games.

The tournament is expected to host 50 matches over the eight days from July 19-26.

The event will feature 20 women’s and 30 men’s games.

In preparation for the CCCAN, the team travelled to St Louis, Missouri to participate in a training camp with Club SLAP. They also participated in the Wally Lundt Senior Open where they finished with a 4-1 TEAM Bahamas suffered a 27-2 loss to Puerto Rico in their opening match of the open men’s category at the Central American and Caribbean Championship (CCCAN) water polo competition yesterday in Wildey, Barbados. record.

CHAVEZ YOUNG SHINES IN CUBS SERIES

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Buffalo Bisons split their six-game series with the Iowa Cubs and Chavez Young emerged as one of the club’s offensive leaders as he looks to gain ground in the International League (AAA) standings.

Young recorded a hit in each of the six games and finished with an average of .478 (11-23), five runs and three RBI. The 24-year-old outfield prospect had his best games of the series in Buffalo wins and finished 2-5 with a run and an RBI in a 5-4 game three win and 2-5 with two runs in a 6-5 win in game five.

In his other games of the series he went 1-4 with a run, 1-2 with a run, 1-3 and 1-4 with two RBI in the series finale.

The Bisons are 46-44 in the International League East.

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TEAM BAHAMAS NAMED FOR U-20 TRACK AND FIELD WORLDS HEAD coach Corrington Maycock likes the make-up of the 11-member team that will represent the Bahamas at the World Athletics’ 2022 Under-20 Track and Field Championships.

The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations made the announcement this week of the team that will compete at the championships in Cali, Colombia from August 1-6.

“We have a strong team with very disciplined athletes,” Maycock said. “My hopes is that each and every athlete participates for personal records.”

The team will comprise of Javonya Valcourt, Grand Bahamian Shatalya Dorsett, Paige Archer and Lacarthea Cooper on the girls’ side. The boys’ team will include Antoine Andrews, Zachary Evans,

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Jonas Vingegaard drops Stay or go? Ronaldo’s Pogacar in final Tour de future uncertain at France mountain test Manchester United

By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer THE weekly social media posts published by Cristiano Ronaldo this offseason typically have shown the soccer superstar half-dressed, muscles bulging, either working out or promoting one of his many brands.

Remaining relevant and highly visible is clearly so important to the player who, along with Lionel Messi, is the greatest of his generation. That also extends to the final years of his career on the field, too.

It’s why, for the 37-year-old Ronaldo, playing for Manchester United — still one of the world’s most famous

sports teams, despite their recent trophy drought — just isn’t enough. He wants to be competing on the biggest stage, winning the biggest trophies while he can.

Hence the current standoff with United, which is becoming more damaging and disruptive as the days go by and the new season looms.

Publicly, Ronaldo has not yet returned to preseason training with the English club because of what has been described as “personal reasons.”

The expectation, recently hired United manager Erik ten Hag repeats on an almost-daily basis, is that Ronaldo will be back before the Premier League

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HAUTACAM, France (AP) — Barring a crash, Jonas Vingegaard is likely to be wearing the yellow jersey when the Tour de France ends in Paris on Sunday.

Vingegaard responded to a series of attacks from defending champion Tadej Pogacar yesterday and ultimately dropped his main rival in the last big mountain stage of this year’s race to increase his overall lead to three minutes, 26 seconds.

With only one big test left — a 41-kilometre (25.5-mile) time trial

scheduled for Saturday — the Jumbo-Visma leader from Denmark seems all but guaranteed to win his maiden Tour title after reaching the Hautacam resort on his own.

“It’s incredible. I told my girlfriend and daughter this morning that I wanted to win the stage for them. I’m happy and proud that I won for them,” Vingegaard said.

“I need to stay focused and keep taking it day by day.

I don’t want to talk about winning the Tour yet. Let’s talk about it in two days.”

Pogacar, the two-time defending champion, took

all the risks and crashed on a downhill as he relentlessly tried to isolate Vingegaard.

Back on his bike, Pogacar cracked about four kilometres from the finish in the final ascent, with his hopes of winning a third consecutive title all but dashed.

“I went all in for the yellow,” Pogacar said. “I did not give up, I pushed my limits and I’m proud of today. Today the best man won.”

Vingegaard then went solo to claim a second stage win following his success at

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RESULTS - BAHAMAS AQUATICS’ 50TH NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS THE Bahamas Aquatics Federation completed its 50th National Swimming Championships at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex on July 10.

• Here’s a look at the performances from the four-day meet, held in memory of the late longtime executive John Bradley: Boys 13-14 200 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Gibson, Ellie J, WAVE-BA, 2:20.28 CAN. 2, Saunders, Donald L, LIT, 2:24.44 CAN. 3, Gibson, Zion U, MAC, 2:30.65 CAR. 4, Moncur III, Tre L, BSC, 2:34.36 NATL. 5, Fox, Michael A, AAC, 2:41.13 NATL. 6, Johnson, Asher A, WAVE-BA, 2:44.39 NATL. 7, Roy, Anish G, MAC, 2:47.00 NATL. 8, Gibson, Hassan, MAC, 2:48.59 NATL. 9, Darville, Caellum T, AAC, 2:49.40 NATL. 10, McKenzie, Kayden M, LIT, 2:50.66 NATL. 11, Johnson, Tahje D, Blue Waves, 2:55.67 NATL. 12, Adams, Chad D, FAC, 2:57.58 NATL. --, Miller, Matthew H, BSC, DQ. Girls 15-17 200 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Higgs, Kyana E, BSC, 2:37.14 CAR. 2, Farrington, Grace M, BSC, 2:40.43 CAR. 3, Knowles, Leylah A, AAC, 2:42.88 CAR. 4, Zatarain, Isabelle X, LSC, 2:45.58 NATL. 5, Higgs, Chyme D, BSC, 2:57.08 NATL. 6, Dean, Jada L, FAC, 3:03.18 NATL. --, Crooks, Jillian, TSA-FG, X2:29.47 CAN. --, Belfonte, Allyson, CBAC, X2:44.59 NATL. --, Fankina, Veronika, CBAC, X2:47.22 NATL. Girls 18 & Over 200 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Cabral, Katelyn, WAVE-BA, 2:31.09 NATL. 2, Albury, Kaliyah G, MAC, 2:53.17 NATL. 3, MacPhail, Anya I, MAC, 2:59.29 NATL. 4, Dean, Alexa J, Blue Waves, 3:07.58 NATL. Boys 15-17 200 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Johnson, Marvin L, WAVE-BA, 2:16.52 CAN. 2, Thompson, Jae F, BMSC, 2:16.62 CAN. 3, Barr, Jack C, BSC, 2:20.50 CAR. 4, Prince, Hodari E, BSC, 2:23.07 NATL. 5, Sealy, Kieran A, BSC, 2:34.16 NATL. 6, Newry, Joshua K, FAC, 2:34.50 NATL. 7, Longley, Sean K, BSC, 2:36.04 NATL. 8, Williams, Rondon L, AAC, 2:37.57 NATL. 9, Gray, Wellington X, MAC, 2:41.79 NATL. 10, Major, Dayyan J, LIT, 2:44.11 NATL. 11, Fountain, Taye E, WAVEBA, 2:49.29.

Boys 18 & Over 200 LC Meter Backstroke - 1, Carey, Davante S, MAC, 2:12.34 NATL. 2, Pinder, Roman A, LSC, 2:20.45 NATL. 3, Mott, Kadin V, MAC, 2:45.85 NATL. --, Stevens, Tristan, UN, X2:17.85 NATL. Girls 9-10 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Mitchell, Helsinki E 10, Cuccurullo, Isabella K 10, Allen, Ariana D 10, Smith, Skyler Y 10), 5:05.20. 2, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Ferguson, Alissa A 10, Chase, Layelle G 10, Pratt, Noel S 10, Griffin, Dasha A 10), 5:05.72. 3, Mantas Swim & Water Polo Club-BA ‘A’ (Donaldson, Skarlette L 9, Curry, Angel A 10, Burrows, Paityn G 10, Seymour, Tiah X 10), 5:20.49. 4, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Nicolls, Taylen D 9, Albury, Gillian C 10, Belton, Nai’a A 10, Taylor, Catrell L 9), 5:25.30. 5, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Styles, Halle J 10, McCartney, Layell M 10, Ferguson, Avaree J 9, Boucher, Savannah C 10), 6:16.11. 6, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Saunders, Isabelle A 10, Dean, Amber E 9, Allen, Aiyana L 10, ), 6:41.80. --, Mako Aquatics Club ‘B’ (Hamilton, Lenika 10, Grey, Blue 9, Bastian, Re’Nyah A 10, Miller, Kaylee 9), X6:28.27.

Boys 9-10 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Simmons, Harold A 10, Comarcho, Blake G 10, Norville-Smith, Sean H 10, Knowles, Nitayo G 9), 4:55.16. 2, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Robinson, Benecio 10, Lightbourne, Zander L 10, Lloyd, Keiron I 10, Turner, Torion 9), 5:15.15. 3, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Rolle, Suraj M 9, Cartwright, Tyler L 10, Rolle, Kriston L 9, Joseph, Christon A 10), 5:20.80. 4, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Ferguson, Anthony

A 10, Ferguson, Kaalen A 10, Thompson, Jai E 10, Menzies, Lauchlan 10), 5:46.33. 5, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Armbrister, T’Von E 10, Burrows Jr, EJ L 9, Embleton, Sebastian G 9, Holbert, Dereon D 9), 7:41.00. --, Mako Aquatics Club ‘B’ (Thompson, Blair E 9, Dean, Adrian C 9, Van Onselen, Harrison 9, Cartwright, Nash A 10), X5:42.88.

Girls 11-12 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Clarke, Christin-Alyssa C 11, Julien, Madyson C 11, Pratt, Trinity C 12, Gibson, Saleste A 11), 4:29.97. 2, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Smith, Adaiah T 12, Saunders, Kimaya S 11, Nelson, Cindy T 11, Lewis, Lelah E 12),

Club ‘A’ (Moncur III, Tre L 14, Albury, Kyle A 14, Adderley, Tyler A 14, Miller, Matthew H 14), 4:10.83. 4, Freeport Aquatic Club ‘A’ (Adams, Chad D 13, Carter, Clarence D 14, Bain, Ayden T 13, Carey, Nicholes E 13), 4:25.11. 5, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Saunders, Donald L 13, Armbrister, Tamar A 13, Johnson, Aydin A 14, McKenzie, Kayden M 13), 4:25.77. 6, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Johnson, Kevin L 13, Rollins, Aiden V 13, Miller, Tyler A 14, Johnson, Tahje D 13), 4:38.25. 7, Mantas Swim & Water Polo Club-BA ‘A’ (Archer, Daniel E 13, Turnquest, Elijah M 13, Simon, Tony 14, ), 5:03.93. --, Mako Aquatics Club ‘B’ (Saun-

Albury, Cole X M7), 3:31.55. 3, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Campbell, Edward F M6, Hamilton, Leniah W8, Munroe, Isabella I W8, Hanna, Mason M6), 3:33.43.

4, Mantas Swim & Water Polo Club-BA ‘A’ (Taylor, Skylar I W6, Feaste, Isaiah T M8, Bastian, Asher X M8, Smith, Grace S W8), 3:38.40. 5, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Emmanuel, De’Neigha R W8, Cordova, Ghabby E M8, Hepburn, Kate S W8, Fynes, Kaelum K M7), 3:55.01. 6, Black Marlins Swim Club ‘A’ (Estephane, Lewis H M7, Adderley, Kennedy L W8, Mackey, Max C M6, Estephane, Lily R W6), 5:00.60.

Mixed 9-10 200 LC Meter Medley Relay - 1, YMCA

ders, Najeh A 13, Gibson, Hassan 13, Peet, Caleb I 13, Mcdonald, Devin T 13), X4:29.51. --, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Gibson, Zion U 14, Roy, Anish G 13, Moncur, Ayrton G 14, Storr, Kaidin A 14), DQ. Girls 15-17 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Lundy, Rachel L 17, Sands, Giann D 15, Cuffy-Bethel, Devin 16, Moss, Keianna B 16), 4:10.13. 2, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Thompson, Zaylie-Elizabeth P 17, Johnson, Bianca N 15, Culmer-Mackey, Sienna 15, Knowles, Leylah A 15), 4:13.85. 3, Lyford Swim Club ‘A’ (Mizell, Delaney L 17, Tuinman, Chloe I 15, Zatarain, Isabelle X 15, Saidi, Layla A 15), 4:14.78. 4, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Gibbs, Rhanishka R 15, Farrington, Grace M 16, Higgs, Chyme D 16, Higgs, Kyana E 15), 4:16.66.

Boys 15-17 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Forbes, Nigel J 16, Fountain, Taye E 17, Smith, Ocean S 17, Johnson, Marvin L 15), 3:37.40. 2, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Thompson III, Erald C 17, Ferguson, Tristin K 15, Feaste, William W 15, Dam, Brayden J 17), 3:42.01. 3, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Longley, Sean K 17, Carey, Christian B 16, Barr, Jack C 16, Bosland, Msanaa A 16), 3:44.84. 4, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Richford, Adam D 17, Bell, Nicholas 15, Bastian, Cairo T 15, Williams, Rondon L 16), 4:02.04.

5, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Cordova, Ragh E 15, Major, Dayyan J 15, Bannister, Elijah S 15, Brice, Jurien C 17), 4:39.68. --, Alpha Aquatics ‘B’ (Brown, Andrian A 17, Maycock, Lyle D 16, Ijeoma, Nkume J 15, Brown, Adian J 15), X4:27.55. --, Black Marlins Swim Club ‘A’ (Bowers, David E 16, Cooper, Elbert W 17, Knowles, Reis K 17, Thompson, Jake F 17), DQ. Boys 18 & Over 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Taylor, Lamar C 18, Carey, Davante S 19, Stubbs, Kierro M 18, Walcott, Andre A 20), 4:25.68. 2, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Bastian, Drew E 24, Miller, Melvin V 18, Wood, Ralph III V 19, Bastian, Izaak Z 20), 4:26.30. 3, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Ryan, Kristoff K 18, Evans, Rashad A 19, Williams, Theodore L 33, Neely, Shawn W 19), 4:44.78.

Mixed 8 & Under 200 LC Meter Medley Relay - 1, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ 3:16.27. 2, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Wallace, Emma M W8, Campbell, Kyrie M8, Hamilton, Delnia S W8,

WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Smith, Skyler Y W10, Cuccurullo, Isabella K W10, Knowles, Nitayo G M9, Comarcho, Blake G M10), 2:23.94B. 2, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Lloyd, Keiron I M10, Lightbourne, Zander L M10, Nicolls, Taylen D W9, Hamilton, Lenika W10), 2:37.92. 3, Mantas Swim & Water Polo Club-BA ‘A’ (Burrows, Paityn G W10, Wilson, Jahmahl M M10, Seymour, Tiah X W10, Bastian, Kai A M9), 2:48.62. 4, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Rolle, Suraj M M9, Allen, Aiyana L W10, Joseph, Christon A M10, Dean, Amber E W9), 2:49.01. 5, Freeport Aquatic Club ‘A’ (Saunders, Travonte M10, Seymour, Kaleah R W9, Russell, Dexter L M9, Rolle, Semaiah G W9), 2:57.11. 6, Black Marlins Swim Club ‘A’ (Wells, Cameron R M9, Knowles, Tessa I W10, Murray, Kyle A M9, Mackey, Jayda T W10), 3:11.81. 7, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Ferguson, Avaree J W9, Maldini, Emi E W9, Menzies, Lauchlan M10, Ferguson, Kaalen A M10), 3:13.42. 8, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Smith, Malaya E W10, Armbrister, T’Von E M10, Hepburn, Kourtney E W10, Burrows Jr, EJ L M9), 3:18.96.

--, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘B’ (Norville-Smith, Sean H M10, Mitchell, Helsinki E W10, Simmons, Harold A M10, Allen, Ariana D W10), X2:39.71. --, Mako Aquatics Club ‘B’ (Grey, Blue W9, Turner, Torion M9, Thompson, Blair E M9, Taylor, Catrell L W9), X2:55.64. --, Alpha Aquatics ‘B’ (Boucher, Savannah C W10, Hall, Tatum M10, Thompson, Jai E M10, Kennedy, Isabelle W10), X3:10.94. --, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Ferguson, Alissa A W10, Neilly, Garen X M9, Pratt, Noel S W10, Duncombe, Zion E M10), DQ. --, Alpha Aquatics ‘C’ (Ferguson, Anthony A M10, Styles, Halle J W10, McCartney, Layell M W10, Wood, Aaron M10), XNS. Mixed 11-12 200 LC Meter Medley Relay - 1, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Pratt, Trinity C W12, Farrington, Will B M12, Singh, David A M11, Gibson, Saleste A W11), 2:09.38. 2, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Pickstock, Jaishon R M11, Saunders, Kimaya S W11, Lewis, Lelah E W12, Knowles, Noah S M12), 2:13.99. 3, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Hamilton, Lenin M12, Russell, Trace K M11, Pinder, Nyah S W11, Mckenzie, Dndn F W11), 2:17.58. 4, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Simmons, Dijon M M12, Adderley, Kraig L M12, Lynes, Bharti S W12, George, Trinity S W12), 2:17.71. 5, Alpha Aquatics

SWIMMERS compete in the Bahamas Aquatics Federation’s 50th National Swimming Championships at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex.

(File photo)

4:51.09. 3, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Lynes, Bharti S 12, Rolle, Jayla Marie G 12, Cooper, Wynter H 12, George, Trinity S 12), 4:55.25. 4, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Mckenzie, Dndn F 11, Pinder, Nyah S 11, Roache, Ayira 11, Sands, Gianna K 12), 4:55.29.

5, Lyford Swim Club ‘A’ (Threadgill, Jaylah N 11, Saralegui, Violet A 11, Rademaker, Emily I 11, Zatarain, Alexia C 12), 5:02.14.

6, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Pickstock, Zahra A 12, Burrows, Allyssa E 12, Evans, Anneka X 11, Maycock, Melaja A 11), 5:10.98. 7, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Dean, Da’scha 12, Donaldson, Samirah E 11, Isaacs, Siann E 11, ), 5:29.00. 8, Mantas Swim & Water Polo Club-BA ‘A’ (Taylor, Anaiah R 12, Rolle, Sabria M 11, Stubbs, Durmani X 11, Smith, Chelsea N 12), 5:36.08. --, Barracuda Swim Club ‘B’ XNS. Boys 11-12 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Hamilton, Lenin 12, Daniels, Maxwell P 12, Butler, Damari 12, Saunders, Myles A 12), 4:21.69. 2, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Singh, David A 11, Rolle, Gerard C 11, Farrington, Will B 12, Burrows, Keron D 12), 4:34.10. 3, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Deleveaux, Aindriu H 11, Smith, Cameron K 12, Adderley, Kraig L 12, Simmons, Dijon M 12), 4:35.68. 4, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Williams, Kaylan K 11, Pickstock, Jaishon R 11, McBroom, Rafael S 12, Knowles, Noah S 12), 4:37.03. 5, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Boucher, Logan C 12, Wilmore, Macario K 11, Ferguson, Luke 12, Walkes, Cameron A 12), 5:05.72. 6, Mantas Swim & Water Polo Club-BA ‘A’ (Bienamie, Jamar Q 12, Brown, Caylen X 11, Smith, Jayden N 11, Knowles, Shanterro M 12), 5:09.71. --, Mako Aquatics Club ‘B’ (Wright, Issac S 11, Moncur, Ayriel J 11, Theberge, Mateo A 11, Chatlani-Pickstock, Jahan R 12), X4:58.66.

Girls 13-14 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Williamson, Zoe A 13, Watson, Zarria J 14, Norville-Smith, Seannae S 13, Patton, Mia K 14), 4:21.08.

2, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ 4:31.88. 3, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Bridgewater, Lauren 14, McPhee, Arielle J 14, Barnes, Sanaa Z 13, Rolle, Chloe C 14), 4:41.63. 4, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Bain, Quiana L 13, Brooks, Shianne L 14, George, Teryl O 14, Minus, Denaja A 13), 4:46.18. 5, Lyford Swim Club ‘A’ (Fiaux, Elina A 14, Mulder, Kristin E 13, Farrington, Cecilia P 13, Kissau, Nadia M 13), 4:54.87.

6, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Bain, Nia L 14, Miller, Maya C 14, Major, Mathea 14, Carey, Nakeisha A 13), 5:11.62.

Boys 13-14 400 LC Meter Freestyle Relay - 1, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Hepburn, Tristen 13, Duncombe, Launy L 14, Johnson, Asher A 14, Gibson, Ellie J 14), 3:51.04. 2, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Charles, Jarrod J 14, Fox, Michael A 13, Kemp, Aidan J 14, Ferguson, Caleb T 14), 3:53.72. 3, Barracuda Swim

‘A’ (Walkes, Cameron A M12, Donaldson, Samirah E W11, Isaacs, Siann E W11, Ferguson, Luke M12), 2:29.48. 6, Mantas Swim & Water Polo Club-BA ‘A’ (Brown, Caylen X M11, Smith, Chelsea N W12, Knowles, Shanterro M M12, Taylor, Anaiah R W12), 2:38.80. 7, Black Marlins Swim Club ‘A’ (Smith, Jayden K M11, Murray, Alexander J M11, Taylor, Kylah L W12, Armbrister, Chloe C W12), 2:42.97. 8, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Maycock, Melaja A W11, Pickstock, Marea A W11, Johnson, Amari H M12, Moore, Andreus K M11), 2:44.57.

9, Sea Waves Aquatic Team ‘A’ (Hutcheson, Tyanne-Joy M W12, Knowles, Taylor C W11, Johnson, Tristan S M11, Knowles, Thomas O M12), 2:52.52. --, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘B’ (Williams, Kaylan K M11, Cooper, Makaela D W12, Smith, Adaiah T W12, McBroom, Rafael S M12), X2:31.04. --, Mako Aquatics Club ‘B’ (Roache, Ayira W11, Chatlani-Pickstock, Jahan R M12, Theberge, Mateo A M11, Lockhart, Paige C W11), X2:33.34. --, Alpha Aquatics ‘B’ (Boucher, Logan C M12, Wilmore, Macario K M11, Fox, Madison E W11, ), X2:45.35.

Mixed 13-14 200 LC Meter Medley Relay - 1, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Patton, Mia K W14, Hepburn, Tristen M13, Williamson, Zoe A W13, Gibson, Ellie J M14), 1:58.95N. 2, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Theberge, Elle A W14, Moncur, Ayrton G M14, Ward, Rayven H W13, Gibson, Zion U M14), 2:00.71.

3, Black Marlins Swim Club ‘A’ (Pratt, Adriel A W14, Wells, Caden A M14, Moss, Orion A M13, Murray, Alanna T W13), 2:05.12. 4, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Rolle, Chloe C W14, Miller, Matthew H M14, Moncur III, Tre L M14, Bridgewater, Lauren W14), 2:07.74. 5, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Ferguson, Caleb T M14, Miller, Maya C W14, Charles, Jarrod J M14, Carey, Nakeisha A W13), 2:17.03. 6, Blue Waves Swim Club ‘A’ (Miller, Tyler A M14, Bain, Quiana L W13, Johnson, Kevin L M13, Minus, Denaja A W13), 2:18.74. 7, Lightning Aquatics ‘A’ (Saunders, Donald L M13, Armbrister, Tamar A M13, Cowan, Teeann J W14, Andrews, Cheniscia D W13), 2:19.65. 8, Lyford Swim Club ‘A’ (Fiaux, Elina A W14, Mulder, Kristin E W13, Mulder, Niklas A M14, Mendez, Francisco C M13), 2:19.66. 9, Mantas Swim & Water Polo Club-BA ‘A’ (Sylvain, Knyjha T W13, Turnquest, Elijah M M13, Turnquest, Emma J W14, ), 2:30.72. --, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘B’ (Duncombe, Launy L M14, Norville-Smith, Seannae S W13, Johnson, Asher A M14, Watson, Zarria J W14), X2:09.41.

--, Alpha Aquatics ‘B’ (Darville, Caellum T M14, Major, Mathea W14, Kemp, Aidan J M14, Bain, Nia L W14), XNS. Mixed 15-17 200 LC Meter Medley Relay - 1, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Moss, Keianna B W16, Thompson III, Erald C M17, Dam, Brayden J M17, Lundy, Rachel L W17), 1:54.53N. 2, YMCA WaveRunners-BA ‘A’ (Higgs, Dedrie D W17, Forbes, Nigel J M16, Norville-Smith, Seannia V W15, Johnson, Marvin L M15), 1:55.86N. 3, Barracuda Swim Club ‘A’ (Higgs, Kyana E W15, Gadson, Emmanuel L M16, Gibbs, Rhanishka R W15, Carey, Christian B M16), 1:56.69N. 4, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Williams, Rondon L M16, Fox, Maria R W15, Richford, Adam D M17, Thompson, Zaylie-Elizabeth P W17), 2:05.09. --, Alpha Aquatics ‘B’ (Ijeoma, Nkume J M15, Styles, Philena P W17, Brown, Andrian A M17, Culmer-Mackey, Sienna W15), X2:19.47. --, Alpha Aquatics ‘C’ XNS. Mixed 18 & Over 200 LC Meter Medley Relay - 1, Alpha Aquatics ‘A’ (Weech, Ariel W30, Thompson, Mark-Anthony W M19, Thompson, Luke K C M20, Stamp, Virginia W20), 2:00.37. 2, Mako Aquatics Club ‘A’ (Curtis, Jayden O M18, Stubbs, Kierro M M18, MacPhail, Anya I W19, Albury, Kaliyah G W19), 2:09.44.

Girls 18 & Over 100 LC Meter Breaststroke Time Trial -- Higgs, Lilly, UN, X1:12.60 CAN. Girls 8 & Under 50 LC Meter Backstroke Swim-off - 1, Astwood, Hannah, MAC, 51.53.

2, Chambers, Skyrah A, Blue Waves, 55.38.

Boys 15-17 100 LC Meter Butterfly Time Trial - 1, Gadson, Emmanuel L, BSC, 58.10 CAR. Men 15-17 100 LC Meter Breaststroke Time Trial - 1, Gadson, Emmanuel L, BSC, 1:07.00 CAN. Men 15-17 100 LC Meter Freestyle Time Trial - 1, JacksonBlaine, Zach, TSA-FG, 56.16 NATL. Men 50 LC Meter Freestyle Time Trial - 1, Bethel, Jonaah T, BMSC, 1:13.59. --, Smith, Leo J, BMSC, NS. Men 50 LC Meter Breaststroke Time Trial - 1, Knowles, Reis K, BMSC, 34.29.

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Friday, July 22, 2022, PAGE 13

Billie Jean King Cup team ready after final practice day

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net AS they went through their final day of practice at the National Tennis Centre, members of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s team for the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup said they are ready.

The team, consisting of Grand Bahamian player/ coach Simone Pratt, Sydney Clarke, Elana Mackey and Sierra Rodgers, are slated to leave town for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, today.

They will be in competition on the hard courts at the Centro Nacional de Tenis Parque del Este from July 25-30 against teams from Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, US Virgin Islands and Venezuela.

The top two teams will be promoted to the Americas Group One for 2023, but all of the other teams will remain in Group II. The Bahamas, currently ranked at number 53 in the world, finished third in Group II last year after the team of player/captain Kerrie Cartwright, Pratt, Mackey and Sierra Donaldson defeated El Salvador in the playoffs in Panama City, Panama.

After missing out on travelling with the team last year, Pratt is back for her fifth year and her first since 2018. She said she’s delighted to be named as the player/captain and she’s eager to serve with her fellow team-mates.

“I talked to Marvin Rolle and Kerrie Cartwright, and they gave me quite a few tips on what to do and what to expect, so I’m really looking forward to using those tips that they gave me,” Pratt said.

Having played on the team in the past, Pratt said she has an idea of what to do and she’s looking forward to developing a cohesive unit with the team as a whole as they represent the Bahamas.

“I know it’s going to take a lot of hard work, but we just have to go out there and give it our all,” she pointed out. “That’s all anyone could ask for.”

In preparation for the tie, Pratt said she’s been putting in a lot of work and is eager to go out and see how she can contribute to the team’s overall success, not just as a captain, but a player as well.

Having played on three teams in 2021, 2019 and 2017, Clarke said she’s excited over the fact that they can travel and not worry about all of the restrictions surrounding COVID-19. “I feel pretty prepared being able to play

RONALDO FROM PAGE 11

begins and be a key member of the squad. The reality, it seems, is different. Ronaldo reportedly wants out after just one season back at Old Trafford, with United no longer in the Champions League or in shape to compete with the best teams in England like Manchester City and Liverpool. United finished sixth last season, 35 points behind first-place City.

So, while the rest of the United squad has been on tour in Thailand and Australia, getting match-sharp and acquainted with ten Hag and his methods, Ronaldo has been back home in Portugal with his family while his agent, Jorge Mendes, shops around

over the years and even playing with some of girls, whom I played with as juniors,” Clarke said. “So, I feel as though we have a good chance at taking the title this year.

“Once we plan and work hard, we should be fine.”

With Pratt as the most experienced player on the team, Clarke said she’s eager to learn from her and she is confident that she should do a good job in leading the team.

“I know the competition is really high. Some of the girls are in college like me and playing professionally,” Clarke stressed. “It’s great to be able to compete at a high level.”

If they can play with a lot of “guts,” the 20-yearold Clarke, who attends the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said the Bahamas should be a contender.

Mackey, a 19-year-old heading into her junior year at Mars Hills University, said with the talent assembled on the team, the Bahamas has the potential to at least get into the semifinals or even reach the final.

“I think of some of the level of the other teams and what to expect,” said Mackey, who previously played on the Bahamas’ teams in 2017 and 2021. “I know what type of balls to expect and how to play in order for me to win.”

With Rodgers as the new member of the team, Mackey said she would just encourage her to “try her best and give her best effort on the team.”

And to Pratt as the firsttime player/captain, she advised her to “just critique us, tell us what we’re doing right and what we can do to get better.”

Still on a high from her competitive collegiate season, Mackey said she’s been practicing a lot and she’s prepared to help the team win.

“I have a little bit of experience, so I think I should be able to play very well,” she said. “I just have to be smart and strategic and just stick to the game plan.

“If you are down, you just have to keep playing and not get mad,” she said.

“Don’t worry about what the other player is doing on the other side of the court.

You can only control what you know.”

As the youngest member of the team at age 16, Rodgers said she’s thrilled to be in the company of the older players.

“I think this is a real extraordinary opportunity for me. I just really want to learn and grow from this experience,” Rodgers said.

“I’m among some really great tennis players, so it’s going to be a fun trip. So, I really want to learn and grow.”

Coming off an injury to her knee, Rodgers said

seeking a new club for his most famous client.

Currently, there is no buyer.

And the Premier League season starts in about two weeks.

“I don’t know what Cristiano said to the club and to the manager,” said United midfielder Bruno Fernandes, who also plays alongside Ronaldo for Portugal. “I don’t know what’s going on in his head, if he wants to leave. I didn’t ask them that.

“From everything we know,” Fernandes added, “he had some family problems so we have to respect his space, give him some space and that’s it. The only thing I asked Cristiano when he didn’t turn up was if everything was OK with the family. He told me what

TEAM Bahamas members, from left to right, Grand Bahamian player/coach Simone Pratt, Sierra Rodgers, Sydney Clarke and Elana Mackey are slated to leave town for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, today.

TOUR

FROM PAGE 11

SOME members of the Bahamas team take part in a practice session yesterday ahead of the Billie Jean King Cup in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Photos by Austin Fernander/Tribune Staff she’s gotten through her therapy, and she is looking forward to performing just as her other teammates, whom she called amazing.

“I love Simone and Sydney and Elana. When I was younger, I really looked up to them,” Rodgers said.

“So, it’s really amazing to be with them. I worked really hard to get on the team. I felt really good. I felt all of the hard work and dedication was put into making the team.”

BLTA president Perry Newton said they are excited about this team travelling.

“It’s going to be a big competition, but the ladies are prepared, and we wish them safe travels,” he said.

“I think it’s really good that

was going on, that’s it and nothing more.”

On the face of it, United still wants to keep Ronaldo — he was the team’s top scorer last season with 24 goals and is back to being the club’s poster boy for the marketing department — and ten Hag has called the striker “extremely important” along with being “not for sale.”

But why would other top clubs be cold on a player who is still a guaranteed source of goals, and revenue for that matter?

Goals might be the aim of the game but they are not necessarily enough for a modern-day coach.

A certain level of mobility and an ability to be part of a team pressing game counts for a lot, too, and Ronaldo does not offer

they are given the opportunity to go out there and compete on the international stage again.

“We’re also really thankful that we have a sponsor like Fidelity Bank, which has come on board to support this team. I think their commitment will go a long way in helping this team to do well.”

Paige Nixon-Bartlett, the media and communications coordinator at Fidelity Bank, said as a major contributor to sports in the country, when the request was made by the BLTA to assist the team, they wholeheartedly came on board.

“I just want to tell this group of young ladies to keep their heads up, do what they are doing, stay active and we give them

that, even if he remains a supremely athletic player with that uncanny knack of coming alive in the penalty area and scoring from anywhere. A team’s structure must change to accommodate a player like an aging Ronaldo, covering for his deficiencies and the need to make him the focal point.

In short, his presence requires compromises to be made. He is a problem and a solution.

Maybe, if he ends up staying at United, ten Hag can come up with a system in which Ronaldo thrives and the players around him can cover for him and make the team operate in an efficient way. That’s easier said than done.

Thomas Tuchel — the sort of coach who values a team over the individual

their full support in doing their best,” Nixon-Bartlett said.

Newton said the BLTA is particularly pleased that Rodgers will get to make her debut with a couple of veteran players, who should be able to guide her along the way.

“Simone is definitely the most seasoned player on the team, so we are happy to have her here,” Newton said. “She was supposed to travel with the team last year, but unfortunately she couldn’t participate.

“We are anxious for them, and we know that while we can’t send a contingent with them, we know that the country is praying for them, and we know that they will do very well.”

— clearly thought that wasn’t possible, given his Chelsea team was one of the clubs Mendes apparently spoke to. There was a glaring hole in Chelsea’s forward line, too, with Romelu Lukaku returning to Inter Milan.

Bayern Munich is another team to have reportedly turned down the chance to sign Ronaldo. There has been no desire from Real Madrid or Juventus to go back in for him, either.

Ronaldo’s wage demands are likely ruling out most of the other clubs competing in this season’s Champions League, a competition in which he is the record scorer with 141 goals — 16 more than Messi — and for which he lives.

It leaves Ronaldo in an awkward spot. Still

the Col du Granon last week in the Alps on the day he took control of the race.

Pogacar crossed the finish line more than one minute behind Vingegaard.

The final big mountain stage of this year’s race got off a lively start with a myriad of attacks outside the city of Lourdes.

Vingegaard’s JumboVisma team managed to put the powerful and versatile Belgian Wout Van Aert in the day’s breakaway. By sending the strong all-rounder up front, the mighty Dutch team made sure he would be available later in the stage to pace Vingegaard.

And it was indeed Van Aert who made Pogacar crack with his frenetic tempo in the last climb. Van Aert completed the stage podium.

Earlier, Pogacar had asked Brandon McNulty to set a fast pace on the narrow and winding roads leading up to the Col de Spandelles, the only unprecedented climb of the 2022 Tour.

Pogacar launched his first attack in that climb. But Vingegaard looked unfazed and immediately took the wheel of his rival. The duo was later joined by Vingegaard domestique Sepp Kuss, who positioned himself at the front to guide his leader.

Standing up on his pedals, Pogacar tried in vain to drop Vingegaard with another sharp attack closer to the summit before Geraint Thomas accelerated. Pogacar waited patiently in Vingegaard’s wake then went off again with Vingegaard responding as they overtook and dropped Thomas in the grueling ascent.

Pogacar went full speed in the technical downhill and Vingegaard was forced to ride hard to follow the pace. The Danish rider had a scare when his back wheel swerved but it was Pogacar who made a mistake. He misjudged a curve and went down in the gravel on the side of the road.

“It took me a little bit by surprise, and there was gravel on the side and I hit the ground, but I’m OK,” Pogacar said.

The crash took place at a moderate speed and the UAE-Emirates rider was quickly back on his bike with road rash on his left thigh. Vingegaard then waited for Pogacar and both men shook hands before their final showdown on the road to Hautacam.

Thomas, the 2018 Tour champion, finished the stage in fourth place, 2:54 off the pace. The IneosGrenadiers leader was third overall, eight minutes behind Vingegaard.

one of the greatest scorers in soccer but a player unwanted by the best teams.

So what comes next? An uneasy truce with United and a sheepish return to a team playing in the Europa League and unlikely to be involved in the Premier League title race? Or can Mendes pull a blockbuster move out of the bag, like he did last year when Ronaldo sealed a sensational return to England?

For his brand and his legacy, Ronaldo will want the latter, ending what has turned out to be a nostalgia project without a happy ending.

And deep down, that might suit ten Hag, too, enabling him to start the rebuilding job at United with a clean slate.

PAGE 14, Friday, July 22, 2022

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INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS FEDERATION HOLDING ANNUAL BOARD MEETING AT THE ATLANTIS RESORT

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net AS a part of their mandate to help the developing countries around the world, the International Gymnastics Federation has decided to hold their 2022 Board Meeting in the Bahamas.

The meeting, closed to the public, got started on Tuesday and will conclude on Saturday at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island.

The federation, headed by president Morinari Watanabe, is the governing body for gymnastics worldwide. It is the oldest established international federation of an Olympic sport and has participated in the Olympic Games since their revival in 1896.

Through its operation, the federation governs eight sports, including gymnastics for all, men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline, comprising of double minitrampoline and tumbling, aerobics, acrobatics and parkour.

Cora Hepburn, president of the Gymnastics

WORLDS FROM PAGE 11

Carlos Brown, Zion Campbell, Keyshawn Strachan, Wanya McCoy and Shamar Bain.

Maycock, who will travel along with team manager Laketah Charlton, assistant manager Sharon Gardiner, coaches Daron Lightbourne and John Ingraham, therapist Terell Major and doctor Alvery Hanna, said he expects some great things from Team Bahamas.

“They all competed at a high level all season, now it’s time to execute,” Maycock said. “We also have a chance at placing a solid 4x1 boys’ and girls’ team. I have really high hopes for them this time around.”

Valcourt and McCoy are currently in Eugene, Oregon, as members of the Bahamas’ team at the World Championships.

“When the puzzle pieces are all together then we can build a solid and unified team,” Maycock said.

“I expect personal bests from all of the athletes and some hardware to go with that.”

The team is scheduled to depart for Cali on Thursday, July 28.

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Federation of the Bahamas since taking over from the late Barbara Thompson three years ago, welcomed the 25 visiting delegates to the international federation’s meeting that is normally held in Lausanne, Switzerland, where their headquarters is located as they oversee 156 national member federations.

“It was originally scheduled for 2021, but due to the pandemic, it had to be rescheduled to this year,” Hepburn said. “It has come to fruition, and they are here.”

On their arrival here, the delegates were feted to a welcome dinner reception on Tuesday at Cafe Martinique and on Wednesday, the Bahamas Olympic Committee hosted a dinner that included representatives from the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Education.

Today, the members will be touring the booster clubs, headed by Nicola Thompson, and the Nassau Nastics, headed by Trevor Ramsay. Hopefully through their tour, Hepburn said

PAGU president Naomi Chieko Valenzo Aoki shares a moment with BOC president Romell Knowles, secretary general Derron Donaldson and vice president Cora Hepburn. the international federation will be able to provide some more assistance to their federation for the future development of the sport in the country.

Watanabe, a Japanese native, said the Bahamas and Paradise Island has turned out to be an excellent venue for their meeting.

“The Bahamas has been a very good host to us. We are very happy with the way they have treated us here,” said Watanabe, who began his tenure as president in October 2016.

“This is the first time that we are hosting the meeting in this region, and everything has gone very well. We are very pleased

BOC president Romell Knowles, vice president Cora Hepburn and secretary general Derron Donaldson. with how the meeting has gone.”

Watanabe said they have been able to discuss a number of important topics pertaining to the further growth and development of the sport, but he can’t elaborate on what decisions and conclusions that they came to. “This is important for us as a board to meet and we are happy and delighted

that we can get to do it here in the Bahamas,” Watanabe said.

Hepburn, a vice president of the BOC, said she was pleased that so many people came together to make the trip a success for the international federation.

While some delegates will leave town today, the majority of them will depart on Saturday.

Astros pull off doubleheader sweep vs MLB-leading Yankees HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman homered and combined for five RBIs as the Houston Astros completed a doubleheader sweep of the New York Yankees yesterday with a 7-5 win in Game 2.

Chas McCormick added a two-run home run for the Astros, who won the season series 5-2 against the team with baseball’s best record.

Rookie J.J. Matijevic’s pinch-hit RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning lifted the Astros to a 3-2 win in the opener of the day-night doubleheader between the American League’s top teams.

Aaron Judge hit his MLB-leading 34th homer on a three-run shot off Brandon Bielak to the train tracks atop left field to cut the lead to 7-5 with one out in the ninth in Game 2.

Houston starter Luis Garcia (8-5) yielded three hits and two runs in five innings for his fifth straight win after losing his previous four decisions. Rafael Montero closed out the nightcap with his seventh save.

Domingo Germán (0-1) took the loss.

In the opener, Bregman had two hits and drove in a run for Houston. Héctor

HOUSTON Astros’ Yordan Alverez celebrates with third base coach Gary Pettis after hitting a solo home run off New York Yankees starting pitcher Domingo German during the first inning in the second game of a baseball doubleheader yesterday in Houston.

(AP Photo/Kevin M Cox) Neris (3-3) got the win after allowing Isiah KinerFalefa’s tying RBI single in the top half of the ninth.

Cristian Javier tied a season high by issuing four walks while allowing one run and two hits in five innings. It was Javier’s first start against the Yankees since he pitched seven

innings in a combined nohitter at New York on June 25. Neris and Ryan Pressly finished the historic gem.

DJ LeMahieu hit a solo homer in the fifth, but the Yankees were just 1 for 8 with runners in scoring position. Michael King (6-3) got the loss.

ATHLETICS 5, TIGERS 0, GAME 2 TIGERS 7, ATHLETICS 2, GAME 1 OAKLAND, California (AP) — Sean Murphy hit a three-run homer to highlight Oakland’s five-run sixth inning that broke up a scoreless game, and the Athletics split a doubleheader against Detroit.

In the first game, Jeimer Candelario homered and Robbie Grossman doubled twice and drove in three runs against his former

CHAVEZ

FROM PAGE 11 Young was recognised as the club’s Player of the Week in the final week of June. In six games he hit .368, scored six runs, with three stolen bases a .478 on base percentage and a 1.004 OPS. His week included several highlights defensively in the field to coincide with his production at the plate.

In a June 21 8-7 win over the St Paul Saints, Young made a spectacular leaping catch over the centrefield wall to rob the Saints’ Jermaine Palacios of a grand slam. He finished 2-3 and scored a run in the Bison’s

team, leading Detroit.

Murphy connected for his 10th homer — his second straight season in double digits — off Garrett Hill (1-2), a rookie making his third major league start.

Stephen Vogt added a sacrifice fly and Tony Kemp an RBI single in the fifth for the A’s.

Frankie Montas started and went three innings before Domingo Acevedo (2-2) worked the sixth for the win, the sixth shutout of the season for the A’s.

In the opener, Candelario connected leading off the seventh to help back Tarik Skubal (7-8), who struck out nine and didn’t allow an earned run over six impressive innings while pitching back home in the East Bay. Seth Brown went deep for Oakland, and Stephen

Piscotty had a sacrifice fly.

Zach Logue (3-5) allowed three runs, two earned, and five hits in six innings.

RANGERS 8, MARLINS 0 MIAMI (AP) — Jon Gray pitched six innings of four-hit ball, Adolis García homered and the Rangers stopped a four-game slide.

García drove in three runs. Marcus Semien had two hits for Texas and reached base four times.

The Marlins lost their fourth straight, and their scoreless streak reached 34 innings. They last scored in the second inning of their 2-1 loss against Philadelphia on July 15.

Gray (7-4) struck out five and walked two.

Miami starter Pablo López (6-5) was charged with five runs and five hits in five innings.

2-1 win Sunday to conclude the six-game set against the Saints.

In 44 games with Buffalo this season, Young is hitting .255 with 16 stolen bases, five doubles, a triple, three home-runs, and 18 RBI. Young was also a nonroster invitee to 2022 Spring Training for the second consecutive year and spent time with the major league roster in the Grapefruit League.

He initially intended to begin the season with the Bison when he was assigned to the club on April 5, but was placed on rehab assignment with the Dunedin BlueJays in Single A baseball on May 14.

In five games with Dunedin he hit .278 and slugged .444 with one stolen base.

Young spent last season with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in the AA Eastern League. He appeared in 78 games with the Fisher Cats and hit .265 with 74 hits and 52 RBI. He also had an .758 OPS, slugged .409 with 20 stolen bases, 41 runs scored, 15 doubles, two triples, and seven home runs.

He spent time last offseason in the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC), commonly known as the Puerto Rican Winter League and with the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League.

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Oil spill ‘greater struggle’ if wind and tide different FROM PAGE A24 was largely contained and remediated within 24 hours.

Government officials said more than 20,000 gallons, or the majority of the spill, had already been removed from Exuma’s waters before press time, and Sir Franklyn produced a photograph of the scene - taken at 4.16pm yesterday - which showed far less oil than 24 hours previously.

He declined, though, to be drawn on which party - FOCOL’s Sun Oil subsidiary; D&T Shipping, the MT Arabian’s owner; BPL or a combination of two or three - will be held liable for the oil spill and have to finance the clean-up costs, as well as pay any fines or penalties that the Government has the ability to levy through

the country’s environmental laws.

“Obviously the insurers and the lawyers, and on these things they like to get involved with it. That’s just the way life is,” Sir Franklyn said, again refusing to be drawn on how much the clean-up may cost. He did, though, suggest that the chain of events that led to the oil spill may never have been triggered if it was not for FOCOL’s own tanker, the M/T Tropic Breeze, being sunk on Christmas Eve 2021 when it was struck by a 207-foot super yacht.

If that had not occurred, he added, then Sun Oil would not have contracted D&T Shipping and its vessel to undertake delivery of BPL’s Exuma fuel supplies. “Human error is a reality,” Sir Franklyn said,

“but I remind the general public that this incident has its genesis in December 2021 when a luxury yacht ran into our tanker and caused it to sink/ “That’s a very rare event.

Outside of that there would be no need to engage a contractor to make the delivery, but that’s life. I’m not saying it would not have happened had we made the delivery ourselves. All we can do is recognise the facts as they are.”

Sir Franklyn said “the claims negotiations are pretty much settled” in relation to the M/T Tropic Breeze, and “we’re well on our way to replacing what we had with something that has even more resilience”. Stating that FOCOL Holdings’ finances were sufficiently strong to seek out a replacement

vessel prior to receiving any insurance proceeds, he added: “We’re very active in the marketplace, and have some very competent brokers out there working on our behalf.

“We have some very competent and experienced brokers working to get us the right ship as fast as possible. The commitment to solving this issue, the commitment to building back better is not subject to us getting the insurance claim.”

Sir Franklyn also praised the co-operation between the Government and all private sector entities involved as critical to addressing the Exuma oil spill as rapidly as they did.

Dexter Adderley, FOCOL’s president and chief executive, in confirming to the company’s

LUCAYAN SALE CLOSING ‘HINGES’ ON AIRPORT FIX FROM PAGE A24 especially since the 60-day due diligence period that was unveiled when the deal was announced expired earlier this month. After that date, the buyer’s deposit becomes non-refundable, although Julian Russell, the Grand Lucayan’s chair, said that period can be extended by 15 days to take it through to next week.

“There’s a lot of moving parts to this thing,” Mr Leonard told this

newspaper. “I would hope they have something concrete by the end of the year. It would make sense if they take their time and get it done by the end of the year... I am sure these guys are saying to the Government: You must do the airport. We’re not going to get this deal done if the airport is not resolved. The airport is critical on so many different levels.

“If I were the potential purchaser of the hotel, I wouldn’t do it unless the

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airport is in the mix. They cannot ignore the private aviation, they cannot ignore the domestic, and they cannot ignore the international. There’s an awful lot of ground work that the Government has to do with regard to the airport before the hotel falls into place.

If there’s any delay on the hotel it will be because of the airport.

“There’s a lot of moving parts that all have to be put together at the same time.

It was never going to be a simple deal, and that’s why it’s taking time for them to get it resolved. The airport is an absolutely critical, critical part of the puzzle. I can certainly said the hotel is going to hinge on the airport. We

must get the airport done.

Any investor coming in, looking at Grand Bahama island, I’m sure is looking at the airport.”

Chester Cooper, deputy prime minister with responsibility for tourism, investments and aviation, said during his Budget presentation that three “credible” investors had expressed interest in redeveloping Grand Bahama International Airport via a public-private partnership (PPP) although he did not name them.

“I am pleased to advise that as a result of the RFP (Request for Proposal) process, we have three credible suitors for the redevelopment of a world-class Grand

PUBLIC NOTICE

INTENT TO CHANGE NAME BY DEED POLL The Public is hereby advised that I, SHEILA MILLER a.k.a SHEILA STUART of #47A Laird Street, Bain Town, New Providence, Bahamas, intend to change my name to SHEILA MILLER-STUART. 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, New Providence, Bahamas no later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice.

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THURSDAY, 21 JULY 2022

BISX ALL SHARE INDEX: BISX LISTED & TRADED SECURITIES 52WK HI 6.70 53.00 2.47 2.61 2.60 6.10 10.05 4.15 9.90 3.65 8.25 17.50 2.65 10.75 11.25 10.85 18.10 4.00 11.00 16.50

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directors that 30,000 gallons of diesel fuel had been lost into the sea, said in a briefing note: “The spill resulted from a ruptured hose during the discharge from the vessel, MT Arabian.

The MT Arabian is a third party vessel owned by a company, D&T Shipping.”

Gregory Stuart, D&T Shipping’s president, did not return a Tribune Business call seeking comment despite a detailed message being left for him. However, Sir Franklyn added: “Mr Stuart has assured us that his company will do all it can to assist with the remediation effort. We, in turn, have assured him that Sun Oil will support the effort in every way we can.

“Mr Stuart has given us his assurance, and we are sure he will do the best he can and we are supporting

it in every possible way. The owner of the Arabian recognises the challenge, and will give it their best. Every resource we have,all the resources we have available within our group, we are deploying. This, for us, is a significant thing.

“We are very concerned, very, very concerned. Environmental protection in the world of business today, responsible companies operate under the ESG mantra of environment, social and governance.

The first one is environment. Given what FOCOL and Sun Oil see ourselves as being, we take this very seriously. Very, very seriously, being responsible and committed to the environment.”

Bahama International Airport. They’re credible with a track record and their own money so we expect construction to be completed by January 2025,” he added.

Mr Leonard said his own research showed Electra America to be a credible purchaser for the resort, adding: “It appears as long as they can find the finance, these guys seem very capable of doing it. I’ve looked at what they do, and they seem to have a good understanding of the market. My only concern would be the money. I’m sure they’re going to need a big chunk of change to do what they want to do, but if they get it they’ll transform Grand Bahama and especially Port Lucaya.”

He pointed out, though, that Electra America’s financing - and the group’s ability to access it - may not wait around for ever if the hotel’s purchase completion gets delayed by issues involving the airport. Florida-headquartered Electra America Hospitality Group is effectively a joint venture between Electra America, a real estate developer, operator and financier, and AKA, which is billed as a luxury hotel residences specialist.

The group’s website says their partnership, boasting $6.85bn in assets under management, aims “to capitalise on disruption in the hotel industry” via a focus on acquiring, renovating and managing “well located hotel assets with

upside potential in major US markets”. It currently includes two Florida properties, Hotel AKA Brickell in Miami, and Hotel AKA West Palm, in West Palm Beach, among its active portfolio, although the Grand Lucayan represents its first expansion outside the US and UK. Mr Cooper said Electra America had agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government and was to pay a $5m deposit once a sales agreement is signed.

That deposit becomes nonrefundable after a 60-day due diligence period closes, with the $95m balance to be paid within 120 days of the MoU signing.

“The Government has committed to standard concessions under the Hotels Encouragement Act,” Mr Cooper added, although he gave no details. “Electra has committed to an estimated $300m renovation to rebuild the Grand Lucayan into an environmentally sustainable, luxury resort.”

Three resort properties were detailed. A four to fivestar branded luxury lifestyle hotel, featuring 198 rooms and 24 villas and targeted at corporate and leisure business; a four-star convention hotel with 535 rooms, featuring an amphitheatre and convention centre; and a 257-room condo-hotel style family resort with suites that are double the size of the Grand Lucayan’s existing rooms.

NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that MEL JIANLI of P. O. Box N-8473, Balmoral, New Providence, Bahamas is applying to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, for Registration Naturalization as a citizen of The Bahamas, and that any person who knows any reason why registration/ naturalization should not be granted, should send a written and signed statement of the facts within twenty-eight days from the 15th day of July, 2022 to the Minister responsible for nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.

NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that JOAN NICHOLLS-JOSEPH of P. O. Box H45075, #1 Royal Tern Drive, Freeport, Grand Bahama 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 15th day of July, 2022 to the Minister responsible for nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.

NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that OLNIZ BLANC of Sunrise Road, New Providence, Bahamas is applying to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, for Registration Naturalization as a citizen of The Bahamas, and that any person who knows any reason why registration/ naturalization should not be granted, should send a written and signed statement of the facts within twenty-eight days from the 15th day of July, 2022 to the Minister responsible for nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.

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BAHAMAS SEEKS PRIVATE PILOT BOOST FROM TOP AVIATION SHOW THE Bahamas plans to have a strong presence at a major aviation event that traditionally attracts more than 800,000 attendees as it seeks to boost private pilot arrivals to this nation.

The Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation, in a statement to mark its post-COVID return to the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh event, said the week-long 69th annual fly-in convention and air show will take place from 24 July to 1 August in Wisconsin.

Regarded as the world’s largest show of its kind, it typically attracts more than 800,000 pilots and attendees including leaders in the aviation industry, major manufacturing companies and aviation organisations and groups. The Bahamas is one of only three countries (along with the US and Canada) that is a part of the International Federal Partnership (IFP) organisation, which has a joint agreement with the EAA. The Bahamian delegation, featuring tourism,

aviation and law enforcement officials, is being led by Latia Duncombe, the Ministry of Tourism’s acting director-general, and John Pinder, its parliamentary secretary. They will meet aviation partners and discuss business opportunities for The Bahamas.

Attendees will be able to visit The Bahamas’ booth, located in the Federal Government Pavilion (Hangar D), for details on how they can experience any of this nation’s 16 island destinations and offerings ranging from boating, fishing, snorkelling, diving and more. There will also be daily seminars for pilots interested in flying to The Bahamas.

The Bahamas’ annual participation is designed to strengthen and deepen relationships with global aviation partners, including the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), which represents the largest aviation community in the world, spanning 75 countries.

JS JOHNSON STAFFER GAINS CAPTIVE STUDY SCHOLARSHIP FROM PAGE A22 by industry professionals will increase the expertise available and enhance the reputation of The Bahamas as a leading captive insurance domicile.”

Dr Tanya McCartney, chief executive and executive director of the BFSB, which is promoting The Bahamas as a captive insurance domicile, added: “There remain opportunities for The Bahamas to capture a niche market in

this captive insurance space and, by strengthening our talent pool, we will be able to realise gains in this area.”

Mrs Romer said she began her career in the insurance industry as a novice with limited knowledge, but her desire for a deeper understanding of the sector fuelled her ambition to pursue certifications and excel in studies. Achieving this designation will add value to her employer and The Bahamas as a whole.

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PUBLIC NOTICE REAL ESTATE BOARD LICENSED BROKERS/SALESMEN/APPRAISERS/DEVELOPERS The Public is notified for general information that the following persons have renewed their licenses as of January 1st, 2022. These licenses are valid until December 31, 2022. The public is advised that the list of names below include registered, licensed members of The Bahamas Real Estate Association. The public is further advised that only licensed real estate salesmen and brokers are legally permitted to conduct the business of real estate in The Bahamas.

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AMAZON TO BUY PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER ONE MEDICAL FOR $3.9B

By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press AMAZON will acquire the primary care organization One Medical in a deal valued roughly at $3.9 billion, marking another expansion for the retailer into health care services.

The Seattle-based e-commerce giant said Thursday it is buying One Medical for $18 per share cash. Its one of Amazon’s biggest acquisitions, following its $13.7 billion deal to buy Whole Foods in 2017 and its $8.5 billion purchase of Hollywood studio MGM, which closed earlier this year.

One Medical, whose parent company is the San-Francisco based 1Life Healthcare, Inc., is a membership-based service that offers virtual care as well as in-person visits. It also works with more than 8,000 companies to provide its health benefits to employees.

As of March, One Medical had about 767,000 members and 188 medical offices in 25 markets, according to its first-quarter earnings report, which also showed the company had incurred a net loss of $90.9 million after pulling in $254.1 million in revenue. The total deal value announced Thursday includes One Medical’s debt.

Neil Lindsay, the senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, said in a statement the acquisition is geared toward reinventing the health care “experience” for things like booking an appointment and taking trips to the pharmacy.

“We love inventing to make what should be easy easier and we want to be one of the companies that helps dramatically improve the healthcare experience over the next several years,” Lindsay said.

Overall, consumer demand for telemedicine and virtual health care care visits exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health care bill payers like employers and insurers are also becoming more focused on improving access to patient care and making sure their patients stay tuned in to their health, see their doctors regularly and take their prescriptions.

Health care costs have risen faster than wages and inflation for years and represent a huge expense to employers that offer coverage. Employers and insurers think that by connecting people to regular care, they can prevent expensive hospital stays from happening or keep chronic conditions like diabetes from leading to bigger problems.

For Amazon, the acquisition deepens its foray into health care services, the latest industry the company has sought to disrupt. In 2018, it bought the online pharmacy PillPack for $750 million before opening its own online drug store that allows customers to order medication or prescription refills, and have them delivered to their front door in a couple of days. Last year, it began offering its Amazon Care telemedicine program to employers nationwide.

Experts say the latest deal will allow it to bolster its employer clientele, which its been aiming to build up.

“They will have a much bigger footprint in this market immediately,” said Andrew Ching, a professor at Johns Hopkins University who focuses on the business of health.

Neil Saunders, managing director at GlobalData Retail, said its unsurprising Amazon is expanding its footprint in health care.

The company’s retail and cloud-computing businesses are becoming more mature and it’s looking to find new opportunities for growth, Saunders said.

Health care, which is complex but extremely lucrative, is an attractive option. But making a big splash isn’t always easy.

“Amazon will need to work extremely hard and be extremely innovative if it is to do more than shake things up a little at the margins,” Saunders said in a statement. “Based on past form the jury is out as to whether Amazon can actually achieve this. As much as it has made some inroads in online pharmacy, it has not revolutionized the market.

Nor did its acquisition of Whole Foods – the biggest deal in its history – lead to major disruption.”

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CENTRAL BANK OF THE BAHAMAS

CENTRAL BANK: INVESTORS NO LONGER ‘TEPID’ ON GOV’T DEBT FROM PAGE A24 multiple sovereign creditworthiness downgrades from Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s. Bloomberg News subsequently named The Bahamas among 19 “emerging markets” who may eventually struggle to repay their debts based on current prices (discounts) and yields demanded by investors.

The Central Bank report, meanwhile, said the shortterm paper preference was exposed by the Government’s $185m Bahamian dollar bond offering last month, with the entire issue featuring either one or twoyear principal maturities.

More than half the placement consisted of one-year bonds.

“Domestic market activity improved during the 2022 second quarter, as investor participation surpassed that of the previous quarter, hitting a new high since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the Central Bank said of domestic government dent market conditions.

“After nearly two years of tepid investor activity, the 2022 second quarter was the first quarter since the 2019 third quarter with a minimum absorption level of 100 percent for all tenors.

This change in market sentiment was most evident in the increased demand for long-term paper, as the 30-year tenor’s subscription share increased to 44.7 percent during the 2022 second quarter versus 24.97 percent in the 2022 first quarter.”

All the Government’s bond and Treasury Bill issues during the three months to end-June 2022 were oversubscribed by an amount between 107 percent to 201 percent, although investors remain risk averse to longerterm maturities given the increased risk.

“Despite the increased demand on the far end of the yield curve, shortterm Government paper (91 days, 182 days and one year) maintained its dominant market share.

This was made clear at the end of the 2022 second quarter, when $185m of new BRS was introduced to the market. Market demand called for the new paper in one-year and two-year BRS, with approximately 57 percent of the take-up attributed to oneyear subscribers,” the Central Bank said.

“Compared to the close of the 2022 first quarter, there was a net transfer of demand from the 30-year tenor to the fiveyear and ten-year tenors during the 2022 second quarter. The most welcomed aspect of this shift is the increased demand for ten-year paper, which had appeared to have fallen out of favour with the market over the past year.”

The Central Bank report backs much of what Tribune Business reported earlier this year and 2021 when it comes to the Government’s traditional Bahamian dollar debt investors - high net worth individuals and institutions such as the commercial banks, insurance companies, credit unions, pension funds and mutual funds - shying away from longerterm paper because the risk had increased significantly.

The Davis administration tried to cajole the banks into deploying more of their collective $2.8bn surplus liquidity into government paper, but many institutional investors are at or near their regulatory or prudential limits on how much they can hold.

And they have already been forced to discount, and take haircuts on, their existing holdings due to the sovereign credit rating

downgrades by the rating agencies.

Tribune Business reported earlier this year how, in February 2022, a near-$48m domestic bond issue saw only around $12m or 25 percent placed, although a subsequent $40m offering was fully subscribed. This provided further evidence of the “tepid” investor appetite referred to by the Central Bank’s latest report, although more recent BRS issues have produced better outcomes for the Government.

Besides last month’s $185m raise, a $55.5m BRS issue placed earlier this month was 100 percent subscribed. And the amount of 30-year paper that was placed exceeded the initial $28m target by more than 25 percent, coming in at $35.128m and accounting for 63 percent - nearly two-thirds - of the total sum generated.

“Market pressures from the continued demand for short-term paper, coupled with the decrease in availability for Treasury Bills - stemming from recent retirement of two special issues - drove yields downward during the 2022 second quarter, marking the first sustained decline in the 91-day rate since the 2018 second quarter,” the Central Bank said.

“During the quarter, the 91-day average discount rate decreased from 2.888 percent to 2.866 percent, while the 182-day rate stood at at 2.9 percent. Benchmark yields remained unchanged for the third consecutive quarter, with institutional investors continuing to prioritise duration and exposure over yield pick-up, promoting secondary market price stabilisation.

“With the next benchmark repricing scheduled during the 2022 third quarter, the Bahamas government is keen on receiving feedback from the domestic market, to guide the way forward.”

The Central Bank added that training and tests for the move to the Bahamas government securities depository will “ramp up” during the 2022 third quarter.

Improving Bahamian investor sentiment is critical to the Government meeting its borrowing goals for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, as these aim to avoid the international foreign currency bond markets entirely. As a result, the plan’s success or failure hinges on how much it can raise locally.

“Of the $1.761bn in gross financing requirements, approximately $996.1m (56.6 percent) is to be sourced in Bahamian dollars and the remaining $764.7m (43.4 percent) in foreign currency,” the borrowing plan said. “Bond redemptions in fiscal year 2022-2023 of $606.1m will be refinanced in the domestic market with new issuances. The Government also proposes the issuance of an additional $125m in domestic bonds, bringing the total issuance to $731.1m.”

It added that the Government plans to adjust the maturity of its issues to meet market demand, while seeking to push this out “to minimise refinancing risk and promote a sustainable debt path over the medium to long-term”. The remaining $220m will be sourced from commercial loans.

The majority of its domestic bond refinancing will take place in October 2021, when $200m comes due for rollover, with $100m maturing in both December 2021 and March 2022.

Treasury Bill rollovers in the current fiscal year will total $3.428bn with some $45m in new money raised.

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PAYMENT PROVIDER TARGETS 25-30% DIGITAL USER GROWTH FROM PAGE A24 compared to last year’s $100m as the greater convenience, security and lower costs associated with digital payments start to take hold.

“There has been a constant, very strong uptick particularly in the last eight months from the fall of 2021,” the Island Pay chief said of digital products and payments “as things began to come back online, commercial activity increased and more people came back to work. People started looking for alternatives, so there’s been a steady level of adoption.

“We still have some space, some ground, to make up from the educational standpoint. There’s probably more trepidation from the merchant side than there is on the consumer side when you start functioning with digital wallets and Sand Dollars... We can say all along that there’s significant cost savings from digital payments, but until the consumer and business sees how that works we will get push back.”

Mr Beckles added that “the trepidation with this transition is not peculiar to The Bahamas”, but pointed to the fact that multiple countries such as South Africa and Namibia have already moved to eliminate cheque usage, with this form of payment now also increasingly rare in Europe with some states eliminating it back in the 1990s.

“In our case I think there’s a bit of trepidation because any major change, particularly in the financial space, there’s push back because people fear it’s not going to work,” he told this newspaper. “I was talking to someone the other say, and said: ‘When cheques were introduced people thought it was a game changer, and now it is no longer the game changer it was’.

“We’re at that moment in time when there’s another major game changer, which comes with trepidation, fear and uncertainty, and so our job - and we’re seeing it at Island Pay, because we’re getting more questions today than we ever did before; is it safe? Is it secure? Can we access our funds in real time? - is to educate the consumer and alleviate those fears. I don’t think the push back will last too long.”

Asked how rapidly Island Pay’s digital wallet user base is growing, Mr Beckles replied: “If I were to put it in a simple nutshell, if we

had ten consumers last year we’re probably seeing an increase of five or six at this stage of the game. We now have over 50,000 Bahamians using our services on the consumer side, and on the merchant side we’ve doubled that to 1,500 compared to this time last year.”

Acknowledging that this figure may appear small compared to the total number of businesses in The Bahamas, he added: “Last year we processed over $100m in financial transactions, and this year we will be well over $200m.

We’re moving in the right direction. It’s not at the rate we want, but it’s progress being made and that’s where we’re marching.

“Our biggest, best low hanging fruit is to continue to work with the Central Bank, stakeholders and the Ministry of Finance on the education narrative.

What’s important is to get to people to download the app and get used to on-time payment and collection. I don’t think we’ll see a significant amount of people saying go back to cash. The benefits accruing to them are enormous.”

Mr Beckles said Island Pay is targeting a “steady” 25-30 percent annual growth in its digital wallet customers. “People may say: ‘Don’t you want more than that?’,” he told Tribune Business.

“What’s important in this market is that it doesn’t matter for us. If we get another 25-30 percent that’s good. For us it’s about steady growth, manageable growth, not pushing for more than we can manage in that space.

“It helps to set the parameters for our call centre to manage what we have, and look to facilitate customer spending so that we continue to evolve and meet their needs as opposed to them meeting our needs.

For a long time businesses have looked at it that way and lost out.”

Pointing out that Family Island development “cannot occur without digital solutions being part of the conversation”, the Island Pay chief asserted: “The more digital The Bahamas becomes, the easier it becomes to do business and the more attractive our destination becomes.

“Today’s investor is a digital investor. His whole life has been digital. There’s no point in him coming to The Bahamas and us expecting him to do business the old way. He expects us to be doing business his way; the new way.”

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POULTRY PRODUCER IN HALT AFTER 3,000 CHICK DEATHS FROM PAGE A24 would be a viable option because they ship millions of them [birds], but somebody dropped the ball at the airport and left the boxes sitting there. It’s a mess.”

Mr Pinder said Abaco Big Bird had traditionally sourced its live broiler chicks from a Florida-based supplier, which meant just a 45-minute plane ride was required to transport them to The Bahamas. However, supply chain stresses meant its traditional source was unable to meet demand, and the Bahamian firm was forced to look northwards in the US for an alternative.

Miami-based news channel, Local 10, yesterday reported that Abaco Big Bird’s live chick shipment came from a company called Welp Hatchery. They were transported to Miami on Delta Airlines, landing at 1.15pm on Tuesday, and were unloaded by employees of Eulen America, bring placed into metal baggage carts.

The chicks were supposed to be picked up by another company, Alliance Ground International, which was to take care of them overnight until another operator, Wincorp International, shipped them to The Bahamas and Abaco Big Bird. However, the logistics chain broke down, and the live chicks were left on the airport’s tarmac in the hot sun, resulting in almost 3,000 dying.

The TV channel accused the companies involved of failing to take responsibility for the deaths, and saying only that the matter was being investigated, with one seemingly trying point the finger of blame at the others. “I can’t tell you how mad and upset I am,” Mr Pinder told Tribune Business. “You take those chicks off the plane, and they’re chirping and making noise.

You don’t leave them. What the hell? How do you do that? Terrible, terrible.

“We’re not going to do it again. We’re just not. We’re not going to have some birds drop into Miami and die on the tarmac. It’s just not going to happen. We got about 1,339 out of a 5,200 batch. Obviously it’s going to impact our supply of chicken, which has been disrupted by a whole lot of things. It has an impact for us, it has an impact for our staff and their ability to work.”

Mr Pinder revealed that three to five further live broiler chick batches, which were “on order for the future” from the same supply source, have now been cancelled. “This is not how we think animals should be treated,” he added. “We’re going to suspend operations for three to five weeks minimum for our workers until we can find an alternative source.

“We have 13 people that will lose at least two weeks’ worth of work, and I’m looking at laying-off ten other people in full-time and part-time jobs. We’re looking at other things.

We’re trying to do the best we can. We’re looking at bringing in the eggs and hatching them right here on the farm so that we don’t have any issues ever again.

“There’s such a shortage of birds in this market right now, but we’re suspending operations because this kind of thing is not acceptable. We will not have birds come to Miami and die on the tarmac. We will do something else for a living.

It’s not acceptable for us.

We’ll do something else. It’s not acceptable.”

Mr Pinder said the financial impact to Abaco Big Bird from the chicks’ deaths was “hard to quantify”, and

he made no mention of whether the company or anyone else involved in the supply chain mishap possessed insurance to cover the fall-out.

While the company’s upfront financial outlay on purchasing the chicks is likely to have been substantial, he added: “The way forward right now is not about the financial loss. That’s about 16,000 to 20,000 pounds of poultry that won’t go on the Bahamian market. It’s very difficult, very difficult.

“We got through COVID, got impacted by the hurricane, and in all this stuff we were finally getting our market back.

Then this broiler shortage came along. We’ve been trying to manage it, and then this happened. We’ve really been hit hard. We’re looking for help. We need funding, we need financing to do all these things and actually make food supply in the country more resilient.

“There’s nothing I’ve bought in the past year that has not gone up 15-100 percent or more. Right now I need about $250,000 to do all the things for the farm that I’m looking to do for the farm that needs to be done. We’re here. We’re plugging along. We have lots of organic avocados on our farm, limes. We’re just trying to do the best we can here. We’re working on it.

We don’t give up. We keep pushing along.”

Abaco Big Bird’s woes are also badly timed for the Davis administration’s drive to revive domestic poultry production, with Clay Sweeting, minister of agriculture, marine resources and Family Island affairs again talking this up yesterday ahead of a government delegation’s visit to Jamaica next week where it will visit companies such as Caribbean Broilers and Jamaica Broilers.

Mr Sweeting said in a statement: “The poultry industry is one of the fastest-growing agricultural sub-sectors, especially in developing countries with an expected growth rate of 15 percent by 2027. There is a huge market for poultry products in The Bahamas that has been untapped for years but can be revitalised.

“Chicken is a mainstay of the national diet in this country. They are relatively easy to raise. However, we only domestically produce around 5 per cent of our consumption. The Bahamas was once 100 percent selfsufficient in table eggs and we had a thriving broiler as well.

“It is important that as a government we provide policies to encourage growth in this sub-sector. However, we also need the support, and want to encourage, private development investment to revive the industry. It is important that we are direct with our approach to feed ourselves and to create opportunities simultaneously.”

Mr Sweeting said Jamaica is one of the Caribbean countries that has developed a robust poultry sector through significant investment in the industry.

“The poultry industry in Jamaica contributes between 15 and 20 percent of the agricultural gross domestic product (GDP). It creates, directly and indirectly, economic activity and livelihood for over 100,000 persons and is a major alleviator of unemployment in the rural areas,” he added. “Our Caribbean counterparts such as Jamaica have done extremely well, and we hope to replicate a model similar to their poultry structure in The Bahamas.”

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EXUMA SPILL RECOVERY ‘DOWN TO LAST 10-15%’

By YOURI KEMP Tribune Business Reporter ykemp@tribunemedia.net EXUMA’S oil spill recovery was yesterday said to be “down to the last 10-15 percent” with the clean-up effort becoming progressively harder as more diesel fuel is pumped out.

Roston McGreggor, owner/operator of Valiant Marine Salvage, the company leading the effort to remediate the 30,000-gallon spill, told Tribune Business that while they started off seeing a two-inch thick diesel film on top of the water, most of this has been pumped out and recovered in just over 24 hours.

However, the recovery effort is getting harder now that there is less fuel to recover. “The diesel to water [ratio] is shifting, and we’re sucking up more

and more water and far less fuel in return, so it’s taking longer and it is a bit frustrating,” Mr McGreggor added.

“We’re working in shallow water, and right now we’re working with a very thin film of diesel. If we suck up 6,000 gallons of fluid, 5,000 of that might be water and only 1,000 of it is fuel, versus when we started out 90 percent of what we were sucking up was fuel.

So we are not getting as much bang for our buck any more. We’re down to our last 10 percent or 15 percent of it. It’s just that now every gallon that we recover takes a lot more time and effort.”

Valiant Marine Salvage is doing all the clean-up from the shoreline. Its main salvage boat has not been deployed despite the work being “tedious and backbreaking”, as well as very “labour intensive”. A team

of 12 persons were working at the site near the Old Navy Base, after most of the spill was contained in the bay near the Exuma Sailing Club.

“I don’t even know how much longer I’m going to be out here. I’ve never dealt with a situation like this, and I won’t try to put labels and timelines on things,” Mr McGreggor added.

Dr Rhianna NeelyMurphy, director of the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection (DEPP), said extraction activities continued throughout Wednesday night and stopped at 2am yesterday morning.They restarted again at 5am, with “approximately 20,000 gallons of fuel” already pumped from the sea.

She added: “We expect that the majority of the fuel, and remaining fuel, should be removed from the site

between this afternoon and tomorrow, and then we will continue with the remediation activities. Sand will be removed; it will be aerated and cleaned as best as possible.”

Investigations are ongoing to determine whether any fines will be levied against the parties involved in the spill, which occurred when a hose “ruptured” while transferring the diesel fuel from the MT Arabian, a vessel owned by a third party contracted by Sun Oil, to Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) storage tanks.

“According to legislation, government, of course, has a duty to pursue this,” Mrs Neely-Murphy said.

“So we will continue the investigation into exactly what happened. We’re communicating with Sun Oil and other stakeholders to get a better understanding of what happened, and once

we have a better understanding of exactly what happened we’ll be able to make a clear decision.”

Dallas Knowles, coowner of the Exuma Sailing Club, said the clean-up effort was going well, “Valiant Marine feels that they have gotten about 28,000 gallons of diesel out of the 30,00 gallons, and they’re just sucking up the last of it now before they can put the chemicals on what’s left,” he added.

The Exuma Sailing Club is less than three miles away from the spill site, but any damage has not spread to their sailing area. “I think the Port did a good job getting on it really quick, and they avoided a lot of issues and it looks like it’s pretty much going to be cleaned up today,” Mr Knowles said.

Monica Minns, general manager of Minns Cottages,

added: “Those guys worked right through the night.

They pumped all of that out, and they maintained the spill right in that little area, so Valiant Marine had done a fantastic job. That could have been such a disaster if they had not taken care of that immediately.

They have done a great job.”

With the spill contained and site blocked off, the beachfront for a mile in each direction from the site is “crystal clear” and guests were swimming and enjoying themselves at the adjoining properties. “My guests are swimming right in front of Minns Cottages and they are on the beach.

The spill didn’t affect the surrounding waters at all; the beach is pure white and there is no oil that is spilled out there. The spill is contained right in that Bay,” Ms Minns confirmed.

Airlines see rising traffic Bahamas seeks agriculture as summer heads to peak boost from Jamaican show A BAHAMIAN airline executive yesterday said both domestic and international traffic is increasing ahead of the peak August summer travel period.

Anthony Hamilton, Southern Air’s director of administration, told Tribune Business the relaxation of COVID travel restrictions for entry into The Bahamas is spurring a “strong movement” of international travellers. While Bahamians and residents may be a little more hesitant to travel due to ongoing COVID cases, he has not seen any

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evidence yet that it is dampening travel demand.

“The international side, it is flowing, and the demand is good. It is going to be strong for the rest of the summer,” he added.

While industrial action by Airport Authority staff earlier this week had a “small” impact on international travel, he added that there were no cancellations because persons schedule their flights in advance and bookings are expected to “hold up”. Mr Hamilton said: “If the strike was prolonged we would have had a serious impact from it.”

Faron Sawyer, president of Cherokee Air, added: “Things are pretty good because when August comes in, normally every year it slows down until right just before

Thanksgiving, but it looks like it’s holding on its own now.

“We have some good bookings, but normally every other year in the past, during the middle of the summer, most kids are out of school, and then just before September for school they come back a little and then it slows right down to Thanksgiving.”

Cherokee Air deals mainly with local passengers, but “as of late” international travellers have been “picking up”. Mr Sawyer said: “The first part of August will be strong, and then by the middle of August it will slow down and then pick back up by the end of August when the kids start coming back home.”

A CABINET minister is heading a government delegation that will next week visit a Jamaican agricultural show as part of efforts to boost Bahamian food security and local poultry production.

Clay Sweeting, minister of agriculture, marine resources and Family Island affairs, will lead the group’s mission to the 68th Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show, which will be held from July 25 to August 1. They described the event as “the oldest, largest and most dynamic agricultural show in the English-speaking Caribbean”, which attracts more than 80,000 patrons.

The delegation will include officials from the ministry, the Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI),

the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) and the Bahamas Agricultural Health and Food Safety Authority (BAHFSA).

“This is the first time the show is being held in two years, and features include youth in agriculture, agricultural displays, children’s village and a health and wellness village,” Mr Sweeting said. “I am very excited that our team in the ministry, inclusive of technical officers, BAIC, BAHFSA and BAMSI, will be able to visit, experience and draw knowledge from such an event.”

Leroy Major, BAIC’s chairman, said the agency aims to use the show as an opportunity to engage with potential investors. “This mission aligns with BAIC’s mandate and, as the ministry’s commercial arm, our input in high-level discussions with potential investors in the agriculture sector cannot be under-estimated,” he said.

“With significant interest expressed in animal feed production, poultry processing, egg production and other agro-industrial enterprises, BAIC is well poised to contribute to discussions while balancing external interests and national development.”

Tyrel Young, BAMSI’s chairman, added: “BAMSI is looking to source new vendors, tissue culture and other farming inputs. Also we are looking to partner with local Jamaican entities in the processing industry, industrial farming industry and poultry farming industry to possibly engage in Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs) for the training of BAMSI staff in these areas.

“This will widen the experience and knowledge of our extension officers, which will allow BAMSI to be the trainers – as we should be – to farmers and processors in regards to these sectors.”

The delegation is also expected to visit Jamaicabased poultry farming facilities such as Caribbean Broilers and Jamaica Broilers. Mr Sweeting said: “The poultry industry is one of the fastest-growing agricultural sub-sectors, especially in developing countries with an expected growth rate of 15 percent by 2027.

There is a huge market for poultry products in The Bahamas that has been untapped for years but can be revitalised.

“Chicken is a mainstay of the national diet in this country. They are relatively easy to raise. However, we only domestically produce around 5 per cent of our consumption. The Bahamas was once 100 percent selfsufficient in table eggs and we had a thriving broiler as well.

“It is important that as a government we provide policies to encourage growth in this sub-sector. However, we also need the support, and want to encourage, private development investment to revive the industry. It is important that we are direct with our approach to feed ourselves and to create opportunities simultaneously.”

Mr Sweeting said Jamaica is one of the Caribbean countries that has developed a robust poultry sector through significant investment in the industry.

“The poultry industry in Jamaica contributes between 15 and 20 percent of the agricultural gross domestic product (GDP). It creates, directly and indirectly, economic activity and livelihood for over 100,000 persons and is a major alleviator of unemployment in the rural areas,” he added. “Our Caribbean counterparts such as Jamaica have done extremely well, and we hope to replicate a model similar to their poultry structure in The Bahamas.”

JS JOHNSON STAFFER GAINS CAPTIVE STUDY SCHOLARSHIP A J.S. Johnson & Company employee has been awarded a scholarship to pursue the Associates in Captive Insurance (ACI) designation, it has been announced.

Crystal Romer’s selection was unveiled jointly by the Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) and Insurance Commission of The Bahamas (ICB). The designation is offered by the International Centre for Captive Insurance Education (ICCIE), which is the first and only captive insurance education programme in North America.

Its courses are relevant to any domicile around the world. ICCIE was developed in 2004 in response to a need expressed by captive insurance professionals for in-depth educational offerings, information on current topics, and a professional designation.

CRYSTAL ROMER Michele Fields, The Bahamas’ superintendent of insurance, said: “I congratulate Crystal Romer on her interest in furthering her professional development by pursuing this distinguished captive insurance accreditation. The attainment of the ACI designation

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Friday, July 22, 2022, PAGE 23

The advantages from being an entrepreneur

T

he COVID19 pandemic has caused hundreds of Bahamians to consider - and reconsider - the idea of entrepreneurship.

The massive lay-offs and furloughs pushed many employees to start homebased businesses as a means of turning over some revenue.

We will thus explore some of the reasons why you may want to start a company. Here are seven good reasons: 1. Control. You have full control, including over your income, expenses and debt.

4.

Flexible location.

While this will not necessarily work for every business, owning your own business may very well mean you can work from anywhere you want — a home office, a rented space, or from a laptop on the beach.

This ultimately means you can create your own balance between work and life.

2. Unlimited revenue.

There is no limit to how much revenue you and your company can make.

You determine the level of hustle required to make as much as you want.

as dead-end jobs that do not excite, fulfill or use their skills.

7. Every day is unique.

Unlike in traditional 9am to 5pm work assignments, entrepreneurship brings with it a new level of unpredictable, fun and exciting challenges that will help develop your critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Whether it is independence as a business owner, a lifestyle change that you need, greater financial rewards, new learning opportunities or the creative freedom that you have been searching for, starting

5. Freedom to express yourself. You can fully express who you are, and what you stand for, through your business, instead of dampening your spirit to toe the company line.

3. Flexible hours. You set your own hours, so you can prioritise other things as needed (picking your children up after school, your favourite yoga class, taking your mother to a doctor’s appointment).

6. Pursue your passion.

Far too many persons are locked into what they refer

a business may be just the thing you should explore this year.

• NB: Ian R Ferguson is a talent management and organisational development consultant, having completed graduate studies with regional and international universities. He has served organsations, both locally and globally, providing relevant solutions to their business growth and development issues. He may be contacted at tcconsultants@coralwave.com.

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Payment provider targets 25-30% digital user growth • Island Pay to help combat ‘game changer fear’ • Says merchants less accepting than consumers • On track to double payments handled to $200m

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net A BAHAMIAN payments provider yesterday disclosed it is targeting “manageable” annual growth of 25-30 percent in digital wallet users while pledging to do its part in reducing the “fear” surrounding elecJEFFREY BECKLES tronic transactions.

Jeffrey Beckles, Island Pay’s managing director, told Tribune Business that merchants have shown themselves more reluctant to embrace digital payments than consumers due to historical concerns that financial “game changers” will fail to deliver the promised benefits.

Speaking as the Central Bank and its licensees prepare to roll-out a campaign to educate Bahamians on the benefit of eliminating cheque use by end-2024, he added that despite the “trepidation” Island Pay has “doubled” its number of merchant clients to around 1,500 over the past year.

Describing the reluctance of some in Bahamian society to embrace digital payments as “a good call to action”, Mr Beckles said the uptick in usage was still “moving in the right direction though maybe not at the rate we want”.

He added, though, that it was on track to double the annual amount of financial transactions it will process to “well over $200m”

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Poultry producer in halt after 3,000 chick deaths

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net A BAHAMIAN poultry producer last night said it is suspending operations for a “minimum” three-five weeks, and laying-off ten staff, after a cargo bungle saw almost 3,000 of its chicks bake to death at Miami International Airport.

Lance Pinder, Abaco Big Bird Poultry’s operations manager, told Tribune Business he was “mad and upset” after his incoming shipment of 5,200 live broiler chicks was left on the airport’s scorching hot tarmac this Tuesday when the heat index hit 99 degrees.

Just 1,339 survivors from an original 5,200-strong batch ultimately reached the last active Bahamian poultry producer - a loss that will cost the local market some 16,00020,000 pounds of chicken.

Describing this as the latest challenge for the company, which was devastated by Hurricane Dorian and then struck

• Broiler supply bakes to death at Miami airport • Leaves Abaco Big Bird chief ‘mad and upset’ • Ten lay-offs likely; 20k pounds of chicken lost by the COVID pandemic, Mr Pinder said the fatalities resulted from being forced to look further afield for broiler chick supplies.

With Abaco Big Bird’s Florida-based supplier of 27 years unable to meet demand, he explained that the company had to look further north in the US to meet its needs.

Using the US Postal Service (USPS) to ship the live chicks was “not abnormal”, Mr Pinder said, given that it is responsible for transporting millions of birds annually, but

he had not counted on “somebody dropping the ball” at Miami International prior to the onward transfer to The Bahamas.

Unclear himself as to what had happened, and only receiving third-party information, he revealed that Abaco Big Bird has cancelled a further three-five live chick shipments from the same supply source because “we are not going to tolerate this” happening again.

This will force the poultry producer to at least

temporarily suspend operations until it finds an alternative broiler supplier, which Mr Pinder said will result in 13 employees “losing at least two weeks’ work” and another ten full and part-time workers being laid-off until the situation is resolved.

“I’m not happy about what happened,” Mr Pinder told this newspaper. “Our company will never be pursuing this line of sourcing chicks again because this is not acceptable to us and the feeling we have. We’re a small family farm. This is not the way animals should be treated. I don’t know what to say. We’re very upset about what happened over there....

“We’re willing to suspend our operations and shut down our company versus having this happen again. Our animals are our top priority, as are our customers, and we don’t want this kind of stuff to happen. We thought USPS

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Central Bank: Investors no longer ‘tepid’ on Gov’t debt

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE GOVERNMENT’S domestic debt issues were fully subscribed for the first time in almost three years during the 2022 second quarter, the Central Bank has revealed, arguing that “tepid investor sentiment” has been reversed.

The regulator, unveiling its market update for the three months to end-June 2022, argued that investor attitudes towards the Government’s paper had markedly improved with all Bahamas Registered Stock (longer-term bonds) and Treasury Bills (shortterm issues) during the period more than fully subscribed.

This was the first such occurrence on a quarterly

basis since around the time Hurricane Dorian struck The Bahamas in September 2019, with the Central Bank arguing that “this change in market sentiment was most evident in the increased demand” for long-term bonds with principal maturities of between 20 to 30 years.

However, the regulator conceded that Bahamian investor demand continues

to be heavily skewed towards short-term debt due to perceptions that the risk associated with investing in government securities has increased markedly due to the fiscal blow-out caused by a combination of Dorian and the COVID-19 pandemic.

This has driven the national debt to upwards of $11.8bn, and resulted in

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Oil spill ‘greater struggle’ if wind and tide different

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net FOCOL Holdings’ chairman yesterday conceded that cleaning-up Exuma’s 30,000-gallon oil spill would have been “a much greater struggle” if the wind and tide had taken the slick in a different direction.

Sir Franklyn Wilson told Tribune Business that “God’s grace has looked after the country again” after wind and tidal flows made it much easier to contain the diesel fuel to a small cove where it could be remediated and removed from the water.

“We are thankful to the heavenly Father for having created the climate

in terms of the wind and tide to make this degree of progress possible in such a short period of time,” the BISX-listed petroleum supplier’s chair said. “If the tide and wind were different, it would take a lot longer and be a much greater struggle.

“This is a question of God’s grace looking after the country again. If the wind and tide were different it would be a different degree of challenge; slower progress and longer work.”

The oil spill, said to have been caused by a “ruptured hose” that was transferring diesel duel from the MT Arabian vessel to Bahamas Power & Light’s (BPL) storage tanks on Exuma,

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Lucayan sale closing ‘hinges’ on airport fix

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE Government “must” fix Grand Bahama’s Dorian devastated airport if it is to close the Grand Lucayan’s proposed $100m sale, a former director of the resort said yesterday.

Carey Leonard, the Callenders & Company attorney, told Tribune Business that any delays to closing Electra America Hospitality Group’s purchase were likely to be caused by the investor seeking assurances/guarantees from the Government that it will do

whatever is necessary to fix Grand Bahama International Airport in the timeline required.

Suggesting that the purchase may take until end-2022 to close, he added that the Grand Lucayan’s fate - and that of Freeport as a tourism destination “hinges” on what happens with the airport given that the two are inextricably linked when it comes to producing a world-class tourism product.

Freeport residents have become increasingly nervous at the absence of any noticeable progress on the Electra America purchase,

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