Some of the features of this new agreement include a retention bonus of more than $3,000 for nurses depending on certain criteria and various salary increases. Additionally, nurses entering the public health care system will begin at a salary of $26,000 per annum with headroom for up to $30,000.Theagreement has a life span of three years and negotiations under the Davis administration took less than three months, BNU president Amancha Williams said.
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ATTORNEY Gen eral Ryan Pinder says he does not believe it will be appropriate for the country to pass legislation that outright denies bail to people charged with murder given a recent Privy Council ruling that declared the matter “unconstitutional”.MrPinderwasasked to state his position on the matter after both Commis sioner of Police Clayton Fernander and National Security Minister Wayne Munroe recently expressed support for keeping people charged with serious crimes in custody rather than being released on bail. The latest crime statistics show that most of the vic tims killed for the year were out on bail. freediver Arnuad Jerald on his way to Bahamas image from
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PRESS secretary Clint Watson has apologised on behalf of the government to the victims of Hurricane Dorian for the way in which the announcement of the upcoming memorial week was initially made. During the Office of the Prime Minister’s press briefing, Mr Watson clari fied that his comments last week, framing the event as a celebration without fully explaining the details of the week’s events, was not meant to offend any of the victims of MrDorian.Watson acknowl edged that some of his comments may have been offensive, especially to those residents of Abaco and Grand Bahamas who had sustained substantial damage from the passing of the storm. ON WEEKOFWORDINGDORIANEVENT By LETRE SWEETING SOCIAL Services Min ister Obie Wilchcombe anticipates the ministry will help over a thousand stu dents with school uniforms thisDuringyear. his budget debate contribution in June, the minister said financial assis tance for school uniform purchases will be doubled compared to previous years. “What was $400,000 is now $800,000,” he said. The minister added that only $95,000 was spent for uniform assistance from last year’s“NoBudget.child will be left behind. No child will not have the support,” he said previously.
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AN INDUSTRIAL agreement between the Department of Public Health and the Bahamas Nurses Union (BNU) was signed yesterday.
THE Davis administra tion intends to advance several pieces of legisla tion over the next six to nine months, including laws addressing finance reform, citizenship issues and medicinal marijuana regulations.Therewill also be amendments to the Fiscal Responsibility Act and the Public Finance Manage ment Act.
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Attorney General Ryan Pinder yesterday said there were also plans to advance the proposed National ity Bill, which he said will address the transfer of citi zenship of Bahamian men andCurrently,women. children born outside of the country to a married Bahamian woman and a foreign man are not automatically granted Bahamian citizenship and thus must apply to receive it.
Mr Wilchcombe said his ministry is dedicated to meeting the needs of those vulnerable Bahamian families.“I’msure the demand will be there given the state of the growing economy. The truth is that many are still not where they were threefour years ago because of Dorian and the pandemic,” heHesaid.said his ministry is preparing to get messages out to “Wechildren.aretrying to get rid of all problems and trou bles that our young people face and we want to do so more quickly, as opposed to waiting for something to happen and then reacting,” heAccordingsaid. to Mr Wilch combe, the government is also planning after school programmes for youth. “We are setting up pro grammes for young people to learn dance, theatre, poetry, writing, judo and karate,” he said. “We want to give our children more to do - give them a cause which to work for and I guarantee you the children will be better.” He also commented that with the recent spike in drownings, Bahamians were reminded to “be your brother’s keeper.” “We must be our broth er’s keeper, we must keep our eyes open and look out for each other. I think it’s imperative for us to again become our neighbour’s keeper. Remember it takes a village to raise a child and we’re talking about look ing out, guiding, give that representation when the parent is not there.”
Mr Jerald descended 120 metres deep or 393 feet in three minutes and 34 seconds. The annual dive com petition was hosted by the Vertical Blue freediving Apnea Academy in Long Island, on August 9.
By LETRE SWEETING FRENCH freediver Arnaud Jerald broke the world record for deepest dive with bi-fins during the annual Vertical Blue competition in The Bahamas.
The 26-year-old Frenchman is no stranger to record breaking having set the world record seven times before in his career, including once last week. “It was an amazing dive,” he said of his accomplish ment. “I put all my effort this winter for my training here to make it, but for sure at the end when you made it, it’s bigger than what I can imagine.”
Yesterday, when asked if the Ministry had seen an increase in persons seek ing assistance as school will soon open, he said: “I can’t tell you that yet, I will know that by early next year. I know there have been one or two people who have spoken to me and I have directed them to the ministry.”“It’llobviously be sev eral hundred depending on (this) and I’m anticipating at least more than a thou sand, but then again I don’t know official numbers yet.”
ARNAUD Jerald during the dive, above, and surfacing after wards in this image from video posted to Instagram.
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‘We can’t deny right to bail’
While Mr Pinder did not defi nitely express a view on the matter, he noted that any decision made has to fall in line with the Constitu tion based on “guidance by the Privy Council”.“Youwould look at a recent Privy Council decision that was just issued this month or last month, July with respect to Trinidad,” the Attorney General said yesterday. “Trinidad had put in law that they would deny bail for murders. Jamaica has a similar law. The Privy Council ruled that that is unconstitutional and throughout that law and Jamaica is now going to be forced to change their“So,law.anything we do has to be in the purview of the Constitution and guidance by the Privy Council, which is the ultimate court of the land. Now do I think that you know, harsh sen tences should be put on murderers and we shouldn’t let them roam the streets? Of course, I do but it has to be done properly.”
“But once we were look ing at it in more depth, we figured a full rewrite of that legislation was necessary in order to provide more transparency, better ease of administration and abil ity to govern effectively on that bill and ability to be able to govern with imme diate priority and instances that require it. “A lot of times the portal didn’t function appropri ately and the mechanisms that were in place restricts your government from reacting immediately in times of exigency that you would recall and know that we’re still in a pandemic, we still have certain exigen cies with respect to health reform, and our health care and the necessity to react quickly.”The law, which was passed under the Minnis administration last year, requires the government to publish details of approved contracts and procurement activities within 60 days of the award of the contract. However, since assuming office, the Davis adminis tration has yet to comply with the reporting require ments of the law, often facing criticism from the opposition over the issue. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis responded to criticisms over his adminis tration’s lack of compliance with the law, saying officials found the law not “worka ble.” At the time, Mr Davis also said there would be an amendment to the law. Providing more details on those issues, Mr Pinder said the current regime was restrictive and did not allow the government to effec tively respond to “real life situations.“Thefirst one was the portal that was set up was really nonfunctional, I would say, when it came to certain things. It just didn’t operate properly to allow the government to respond, but that’s a mechanical issue,” he said. “On the legislative front, the requirement to go to procurement, especially in instances of exigency, so when a government has to react in real time to situ ations, it really hurt the ability for a government to do that to react to concerns of its “So,citizens.let’suse healthcare for an example. We know we are in a pandemic and we know the pandemic has really overloaded our health infrastructure and we see it today, when you’re seeing difficulties with elec tive“Thatsurgeries.is,as a result of the pressure been put on our health infrastructure, we would want to react real time, if we had to bring in ten new beds, if we had to bring in immediate X ray machine we had to do some sort of infrastructural modi fications to our hospital, we’re unable to react in real time to address those health needs of our citizens because in every instance, you have to go up through a portal, has to go to go out to the public, has to come back, has to be evaluated and by then you’ve lost lives and that is not what governments do.” He also said: “Govern ments do not govern to lose lives, governments do not govern to put their citizens in a position because of some mechanical frame work that, frankly, just doesn’t work for a small island country and so those are really important exam ples and instances in which an overhaul of the procure ment regime is required. “Now, we’re not look ing to avoid transparency and we’re not looking to avoid good governance. But we’re looking to have transparency and good gov ernance in a regime for a small island nation, to be able to react to exert exi gencies to our citizens and to provide the governance necessary that they elected us to do and so those are the troubling aspects of it.”
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ATTORNEY General Ryan Pinder has revealed the Davis administra tion’s plan to rewrite the Public Procurement Act as opposed to amending portions of it to allow for greater transparency and ease of administration. Mr Pinder yesterday told reporters the legislation in its current format had sev eral “material issues” that restricted the government’s ability to govern effectively. Because of this, Mr Pinder said, officials decided to change its approach in dealing with the bill entirely. “The public procurement bill, initially, we looked to amend certain aspects of that that we found trouble some,” he said during the Office of the Prime Minis ter’s press briefing.
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Bahamian men who have children with foreign women out of wedlock also cannot automatically pass on citizenship to their children.MrPinder said the draft legislation that aims to address the country’s citi zenship issues is currently under review and will be presented to Cabinet once all the necessary revisions have been completed. A referendum will not be held on the issue of citizen ship, Mr Pinder added. Other legislative propos als that are expected to be presented to Parliament include bills addressing the regulation of medicinal marijuana and industrial hemp.Mr Pinder said he has already received the first draft of the medical mari juana legislation and made recommendations, adding he hopes to have the pro posed bill presented to Cabinet next month. He foreshadowed what is to come when the House of Assembly reconvenes next month, during the Office of the Prime Minister’s press briefing.“That bill has been sent to our international con sultants for their review,” the senator added. “They have assured me that I’ll get their comments back by the beginning of next week, which will be correlated and then we’ll do another turn of that bill and get it ready for public consultation.“We’vealready been split speaking to Bahamian experts in the area to help coordinate our public con sultation on that and our education on that and that’s very important to be able to provide that education basis.”Mr Pinder added the government was looking to present a separate piece of legislation to deal with the Indian Hemp legislation “to support our agri-business initiatives that we are very aggressive on in our blue print for change.” As a part of its legisla tive agenda, the Attorney General also promised major health reform in the country, pointing to the recently tabled Nurses and Midwives Bill 2022 and Mental Health Bill, 2022.He said debate on the bills will begin soon and added there were plans to bring forth legislation dealing with crime preven tion and intelligence. As it relates to anticorruption legislation, the Attorney General noted that it is currently being reviewed. He said the gov ernment has even engaged the assistance of interna tional“Theorganisations.IDLO (Inter national Development Law Organisation), you would see if you go on their website, our global experts on matters related to anti-corruption, we are looking at revamp ing the public disclosure law and we’re also look ing at revamping or we’re bringing forward an Ombudsman Bill that will provide matters related to anti-corruption and we’re looking at also a regime for whistleblower protec tion in the context of this with respect to anti-cor ruption“Because,matters.asyou would know, part of the issue with respect to anti-corruption in a small country is that everybody knows each other and if somebody is going to report a matter of corruption, they’re fearful that they wouldn’t be found or people would know who they“So,are.we need a whistle blower regime in place to protect that, so the IDLO is working very closely with us,” Senator Pinder also said.“We’ve met with them now, probably three or four times. They’ve given us an action plan on how they’re going to approach that and in the context of that, they’re going to expand beyond the legisla tive framework, and they’re working with the DPP to build capacity and cor ruption matters and then working with the Free dom of Information unit to help build capacity on how a Freedom of Infor mation unit would have functioned.”MrPinder said the upcoming bills are a part of the government’s efforts “in maintaining an aggres sive posture” with its legislative agenda when the House meets after summer recess.“We’ve been rather aggressive in our first year,” he said, “and we look to maintain that aggressive posture with our legislative agenda going into our second year of our legislative calendar.”TheHouse LEGISLATIVE
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The Public Procurement Act was partly a response to long-term criticisms of the country’s procurement processes.Itisintended to shine the light of transparency and accountability across the award of all public sector contracts, thus improving taxpayer value for money and reducing fraud, wast age, and corruption. It is also supposed to improve procurement effi ciency by having all bids and contract awards han dled through a centralised e-procurement supplier registry, with all companies interested in bidding regis tering with this portal.
Mr Pinder also pointed to a recent Court of Appeal judgement that ruled bail could be denied to an alleged “murderer if they thought that releas ing him would be a threat to innocent people, not necessarily himself”. He continued: “Now, when you’re looking at going into another level, there’ll be a threat to themselves, because if they’re out on bail, they are a target. We’re not quite there yet. The Court of Appeal hasn’t gone that far yet. “I’ve had a discussion with the pres ident of the Court of Appeal on that ruling and we’re discussing the legal parameters related to that but given the recent Privy Council decision out of Trinidad, I don’t think that it would be appropriate for us to pass a law that would deny bill outright to murders.” Gun violence has been an ongo ing issue in the country, with murders said to be up 21 percent this year when compared to the same period lastThereyear. was also a 49 percent rise in armed robberies so far this year. Yesterday, Mr Pinder also revealed that a key priority for the Davis administration over the next several months will be dealing with legisla tion as it relates to crime prevention andHeintelligence.saidthegovernment intends to make amendments to several crime fighting laws, including the National Crime Intelligence Agency Bill and the Defence Act. “You would have heard the prime minister say that we have to focus on intelligence, and we have to focus on the reasons for crime, to try to prevent them along with obviously catching the criminals,” he added. “Part of our agenda in framing out crime prevention intelligence, we look to the table the National Crime intelligence agency amendment bill, which strengthens the National Crime intelligence agency in order to better respond to intelligence on criminal“We’rematters.alsolooking at amend ments of the Defence Act. In that Defence Act amendment, we look to strengthen the scope and provide for a broader influence of the National Security Council of The Bahamas so we can have a broader and more in depth, a security approach by legisla tion, the legislation empowerment of the National Security Council.” Mr Pinder continued: “We’re also looking to launch a criminal law over haul project through the law reform and Law Review Commission and what that will do is look at all of our criminal laws, to modernise them, to bring them into international best practices but also to look at certain elements of case law, especially in the Court of Appeal decisions that have been made that we would want to look at from a legislative point of view, to assist with the criminal enforcement and prosecution of criminals in the country.”
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NOTICE is hereby given that GESNEL NICOLAS of P.O. Box N-3331, East Street, 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 sendshouldregistration/naturalizationnotbegranted,shouldawrittenandsigned statement of the facts within twenty-eight days from the 5th day of August, 2022 to the Minister responsible for nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.
In his remarks, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville described nurses as the “backbone of the healthcare service” and assured that issues of other healthcare unions, such as junior doctors are being addressed while looking at legislative reform. “At the Ministry of Health, we have many fires burning simultaneously and it is our job as administra tors to come to the ministry not to complain but to begin to resolve the issues that we inherited,” the min ister said during the signing at the Ministry of Health and Wellness at Meeting Street.“Iwant the Bahamian people to know that we are working very hard to look at legislative reform, while at the same time address ing many of the issues that affect the employees that work at the Ministry of Health.“Today, we are focus ing on our nurses, but I want the junior doctors union as well as the con sultant doctors union to know that their issues are being addressed. But I am so pleased to say that I am happy and excited for what we have accomplished together despite our differ ences in the best interest for the nurses of this country. The nurses in our country at the Ministry of Health and the PHA are the backbone of the healthcare services. “They contribute. They go beyond the call of duty. They are in the frontline. They’re exposed to condi tions that normal people are not exposed to.” Ms Williams explained some of the benefits this new industrial agreement offers.“Here in this industrial agreement, we created a retention plan where we’re offering a bonus, a reten tion bonus to all nurses in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas,” she explained. “In relation to the cat egory that they fit in, they will receive a bonus. This bonus is over $3,000,” she explained.Theunion leader added: “We have a lot of other things in the industrial agreement. We worked on mileage. We worked on various salary increases and so forth... So, we’re very grateful for that indus trial agreement. There’s no article that has not had an increase.“And we thank the government for another initiative which we’re very pleased about and everybody in DPH when they’re coming in, they will be coming in at a $26, 000 salary and so that’s an applaud for us. The begin ning salary of a nurse in the United States is about 50 to 46. And so, when this industrial agreement will be completed, when we add it up, every nurse in the Com monwealth of The Bahamas will be making over $30,000 a year.”“So, we’re pleased with that initiative and we’re happy because you can see that the nurses were only making $22,000. We went up to 26 and then we’re going to go up to 30. We’re climbing but also ask our nurses to give an under standing (it’s) based on economic challenges that’s how we do, we manage the funding to give you an increase. If there’s no money, we can’t give you theAnothermoney.” facet high lighted was pay from the government when the coun try is in disaster or has a hurricane.“Thegovernment decided to agree on a new article that we’re very pleased with – a disaster and pandemic. This will allow when the country is in disaster or we have a hurricane. When the government says that we’re in a mode of hurricane or disaster, they will pay us $10 an hour,” the BNU presi dent“We’resaid. glad to know that if you die in the line of duty, we’re going to pay over $100,000 to the nurse that died in the line of duty.” She again mentioned a housing initiative for nurses. Ms Willams pre viously told The Tribune they have joined in with the Ministry of Housing, which has a listing already for almost 30 nurses who were approved and were just waiting for the homes to be built.While giving remarks State Minister for Public Service Pia Glover-Rolle noted the importance of having an attractive package as the country is experiencing a nursing shortage.“Everyone, prior to me, would’ve spoken about the shortage of nurses – that’s a worldwide issue,” she said. “So when other coun tries, the richer countries especially, try to poach our nurses we have to do all we can as a government to ensure that we are able to offer the strongest pack ages that we are able to afford to retain our nurses because obviously we want our nurses to stay at home and the only way that we can do that is to provide more attractive benefits to our“Againnurses.we may not be able to match the offers but our efforts in negotiating, to come in good faith, to have an agreement where our nurses are comfortable and happy and where I like to say is a start in the right direction.”GinaDean, the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ director of nursing, said officials are hopeful that this new industrial agree ment would hopefully encourage more nurses to remain in the public health system.
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NOTICE is hereby given that MONIQUE JEAN-ST. LOUIS of Church Hill Avenue, Farrington 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 sendshouldregistration/naturalizationnotbegranted,shouldawrittenandsigned statement of the facts within twenty-eight days from the 5th day of August, 2022 to the Minister responsible for nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Dar ville said officials plan to soon deal with challenges at the Rand Memorial in Grand Bahama, including manpower shortages and structural issues. After an industrial agree ment signing, the minister answered questions con cerning the primary facility on the island. He noted the facility, like the Princess Margaret Hospital and Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre, has its fair share of challenges. “We have challenges with the physical plant,” the minister said. “We have challenges with the workforce and the Min istry of Health is moving very swiftly to address those challenges. We just approved something that is very useful that is unique for the Rand Memorial Hospital to improve the physical plant. “It is a structure that the PHA has purchased from a vendor in the United States. It is a prefabricated struc ture that is able to sustain hurricane force winds and we are definitely going to construct that which will debundle the pressure that we currently face at the accident and emergency and to be able to do a better job in the COVID triaging that is taking place at the Rand.“We’ve gotten com plaints of individuals being accessed on the patio at the Rand Memorial Hospital. We took note of that and we are pleased to announce that very shortly we will be dealing with infrastruc tural challenges. As far as manpower shortages are concerned, we do have challenges throughout all of our tertiary healthcare facilities for nurses. Doc tors, definitely, some of them are being trained and we are about to deploy some doctors throughout theThesystem.”minister noted that last year he brought on 15 new doctors that are cur rently being trained to be deployed to the Family Islands. He added that this year in his budget he has resources to hire an additional 15 doctors and “we’re now going through an interviewing process to replaceWhenphysicians.”askedabout his trip to the Family Islands, he said it was to begin to execute some of the short term work that is needed for clinics, particularly at a time when the country is in the hurricane season. He added that very shortly officials would begin to award extensive contracts throughout the islands to get facilities in good working condition. Meanwhile, the minister explained how health offi cials have been preparing for monkeypox. “Well, monkeypox is an endemic - everyone’s on alert throughout the world. We’re working very closely with our partners at the World Health Organisation and PAHO as it relates to the protocols that must be put in place in the country,” heDrsaid.Darville mentioned training for high risk individuals.“Ourteam is beginning to prepare the country for any event that we may experience a surge in mon keypox,” he also said. “As far as we’re concerned, we have had two cases. The first case is a foreign national that came into the country and he was diagnosed weeks after leav ing. The Bahamas has the capability to test for mon keypox in the country and our surveillance unit is on high alert. Of the first case, all who were in contact with the surveillance unit iden tified and they went into quarantine and isolation as well as the second case. “So, we have the situa tion, as it stands now, under control but while that is happening we need to con tinue with our training and begin to sensitize the popu lation of the possibility of spread and what signs and symptoms to look out for in the event that you may have some of the symptoms asso ciated with monkeypox.”
MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Michael Darville.
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NOTICE is hereby given that CAMILE ANN-MARIE RILEYGABRIEL of P.O. Box N-10462, Fire Trail 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 5th day of August, 2022 to the Minister responsible for nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.
NOTICE is hereby given that MANISE PAUL of Toote Shop Corner off East Street, 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 12th day of August, 2022 to the Minister responsible for nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.
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ANNE Marie Davis at Atlantis yesterday for a storytime event. Photo: Moise Amisial
from page one HANDS for Hunger trav elled to North Eleuthera over the weekend to deliver food to people facing food insecurity in the Harbour Island and Spanish Wells communities.Theinitiative is in keep ing with the orgnaisation’s commitment to provide nutritious food to people in need in The Bahamas. This is the third time this year that the New Provi dence based food bank has distributed boxes of nutritious food to residents throughout Eleuthera. Hands For Hunger exec utive director Keisha Ellis said: “We are so happy that we have been able to expand into Harbour Island and Spanish Wells. “These two islands are known to be sources of great wealth within the country, but as many of us know, the distribution of that wealth does not neces sarily reach all people.” Ms Ellis added: “Along with the partnerships that we have formed with dedicated and caring people on the ground, we hope to be able to continue to pro vide support for those that needTheit.” boxes contained important staple items including tuna, soups, peanut butter, canned fruits, pasta, sauces, rice, cereal & juices. “With these community distributions we aim to help people who suffer from long term food insecurity but also those that may just need a little help during a difficult time. Food is truly the foundation of a strong society and we are proud to be able to help in as many ways as possible,” Ms Ellis alsoVernonsaid. Neely, Deputy Chief Council of the North Eleuthera Dis trict, said: “The people in North Eleuthera, from Upper and Lower Bogue, and Spanish Wells, have expressed their gratitude for the kindness of Hands for Hunger. Your generos ity shows them that people care and provides them with hope for what can be done in the future.” The North Eleuthera Food Distribution was sponsored in part by the generosity of the organisa tion’s corporate partners at Cable Bahamas Group of Companies.Thisisthe beginning of what Hands for Hunger hopes is a permanent expansion into the Family Islands, with the long term goal to have a pres ence on every island in the archipelago.Whilein Eleuthera, Hands For Hunger was assisted by Inspector Teke nia Taylor of the Royal Bahamas Police Force and the Kiwanis Club of Har bourWithIsland.their help, Hands For Hunger was able to reach residents in need in Harbour Island. Pastor Brooks Russell of the Spanish Wells Method ist Church and Mr Neely assiste in Spanish Wells and Bogue.
Apology on wording of Dorian week event
“Last week we commu nicated a portion of the message for Dorian and I think for so many resi dents in Abaco and Grand Bahama, it created a great offence and so I wanted to clarify and first of all simply apologise to the people of Abaco and Grand Bahama who were offended by the manner in which the announcement was deliv ered and the fact that there was no conclusion on the entire week,” Mr Watson said.“The people of Grand Bahama have suffered greatly and still suffer. They still have challenges dealing with Dorian that sometimes we forget about because we are not there or were not directly impacted by it. We don’t understand the amount of pain and suf fering that they’ve faced everyday.”Headded: “It is not this administration’s desire to cause any more pain and suffering to any resi dent who’s gone through Dorian. And so we want to apologise first of all for the offence that was created and to come back this week to give the full outline of the week so that the people can see the importance of this and the need to partici pate in Dorian Week. “We have suffered and lost so many people, it’s the worst tragedy this country has seen and that’s why it is so important that from now going forward, that we remember Septem ber 1st for Abaco and we remember September 3rd for Grand Bahama when Dorian claimed the lives of our loved ones, families and friends. The government is seeking to do that to offi cially memorialise persons who have lost their lives and to also bring a time of upliftment and healing to those who still find it diffi cult to face.”
Following this, on Wednesday, August 31, the Disaster Reconstruction Authority will address the public with an update on repairs being started and continued on those infra structurally affected. In addition, The Courage to Rebuild Dorian documen tary will also be released on the same day. Thursday, September 1, will be Remembrance Day and an official memorial service will take place in Abaco, including a wreathlaying ceremony. Flags also will be flown at halfmast. Dorian pins will be sold to commentate the victims.Thefunds earned will go toward a Dorian Memorial fund.On Thursday evening, there also will be a free memorial concert at Baha Mar featuring gospel singer Cece Winans and others, when those who attend can donate toward the Dorian fund.
ANNE Marie Davis, yesterday told scores of children to never stop dreaming as she took part in Storytime with the Dream North Foundation and Friends at Atlantis. The project aims to pro mote literary efficacy by producing artistic media and hosting group events. The book reading event hosted 50 children from various children’s homes in the country and featured food, entertainment and awards.Thefoundation’s aim is to bridge the gap among underprivileged minori ties and promote their advancement.MrsDavis, wife of Prime Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, was one of the speakers for the event and offered words of encour agement to the children. “You are all little people or young people with big dreams, I tell you the truth,” she said. “Not only are your dreams big, but they can definitely come through.“Childhood, the stage that all of you are in now, it is the time of lots of pos sibilities and endless hope for your future. The dreams of a child become seeds, and if they’re nourished it will flourish and grow into a wonderful life like the beau tiful flowering tree you see out there,” she also added.
‘NEVER STOP DREAMING’ By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
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Mrs Davis told the children to never stop dreaming.“Sometimes dreams empower you to change your world. You don’t have to stay in the world you are in at the moment,” she said. “So, don’t be afraid to dream, because if you dream it, you can do it. “Each major accom plishment in life begins as a dream, as that goes for myself as well. Even your prime minister used to dream about one day being the Prime Minister of this country.”MrsDavis told the young sters to remain motivated. Other guests included Social Services and Urban Development Minister Obie Wilchcombe.
Barronette Thomas, a resident of McLean’s Town, Grand Bahama who was affected by Dorian and was separated from her family during the storm recalled how she has dealt with being affected by the mon sterShestorm.was lost for three days and said though she may be considered a survi vor or victim, she thinks of herself differently. “To me, I am a victor,” she said. “I get so emo tional when I talk about it, because it’s like I’m reliv ing every aspect of what happened.”Hervoice quivered as she agreed with Mr Watson and pleaded for the Bahamian people to stand with her as she supports people in Grand Bahama still facing hardship.Shesaid embracing the Dorian Memorial Week was a step in the right direction.“Thisis a step forward to us having closure, and not only having closure on a small basis, but also on a larger scale,” she said. Dorian Memorial Week is scheduled to take place from August 26th to Sep tember 4th. It will observe the third anniversary of Hurricane Dorian making landfall. The theme for Dorian Week is “The Courage to Rebuild.”Events in the week include a weather sympo sium on Friday, August 26, organised by Bishop Silbert Mills. It will feature guests, including Dr Max May field, a former director of the national oceanic centre among others. Prime Min ister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis will open the event with an official address and those rescued by first responders will also participate. On Tuesday, August 30, talk shows are asked to focus on Dorian and reach out to mental health experts, to help those still grieving to cope.
HANDS FOR HUNGER HELPS OUT IN NORTH ELEUTHERA
On Friday, September 2, another memorial concert will be held at the New Life Worship Centre in Grand Bahama, featuring local gospel artists. Businesses also will be asked to offer special rates, discounts or initiatives.Thenext day, a memo rial concert at Friendship Tabernacle in Abaco will be held.Finally, on Sunday, September 4, a memo rial service will take place at Jubilee Cathedral in Grand Bahama, followed by three wreath-laying ceremonies, at the new monuments erected on the island.The Courage to Rebuild fund was formulated in an effort to assist in the rebuilding and relief for residents of Grand Bahama andTheAbaco.fund will be avail able for donations on Aliv’s online Septembertogetherbahamas.complatform,on1.
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READERS of www. tribune242.com have been expressing their views on stories in the news this week.After a series of drown ings recently, swim instructors echoed police warnings to parents to make sure children are supervised while swimming. Tribune242 reader Fly ingfish said: “We live in an archipelagic nation, hit with hurricanes, and poor in agriculture/terrain. How is it we allow ourselves to not know how to swim. We should be masters of swim ming and sailing. “This is the way our ancestors made a living pri marily. Unfortunately the average Bahamian today would starve from lack of environmental aware ness and common sense of where our country is. “We need to restore our national survival mindset and the government needs to to encourage all chil dren to learn to swim and enroll in programs making it national ScubaStevepolicy.” added: “Learning how to swim should be MANDATORY in this ThisisOurscountry!”
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NIKITA Ducarroz of Switzerland competes in the women’s BMX Freestyle Qualification during the European Cycling Championships, with the Olympic TV tower in the background, in Munich, Ger many, yesterday. Photo: Pavel Golovkin/AP
repeated a post from last month, saying: ““The ability to swim should be “declared” a public health emergency for all Caribbean islands. Just last week we had a young Bahamian die when her golf cart fell/drove into a pond...”After Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said he wanted his government to focus more on preven tion of crime rather than detection, readers had their own views on the issue. Sickened said: “So Brave will look in the camera and tell Bahamians to stop grinin’ each other without protection? ‘Cause that’s what’s leading to too many unwanted kids and ulti mately this high crime rate. There are simply far too many people in this coun try. If 100k of us would instantly vanish then we would just about be at the population level we need to beJoeblowat.” added: “...the amount of single parent homes is one issue, but equally as important is illegal immigrants. One cannot expect people who break the law to enter your country to be law abiding citizens after they reach. There are escalating levels of criminality needed in order for them to get forged documents, squat on landEmilio26etc.’ responded: “joeblow actually you don’t really hear much about hai tians being involved in gang violence as much as Baha mian young men.” Flyingfish said: “Mr. Brave Davis the Guns have to be coming from somewhere and the ammo. Find the trail and snuff it out. Set the death penalty for smuggling of weapons and ammo. If you want to supply others the means to kill for wealth because you don’t care, you need a real ityNewcitizencheck.” said: “85 mur ders so far and they are saying that they will keep it below 100 for the rest of the year? 15 murders for the rest of the Realfreethinkeryear?” dis missed that as: “Pipe dreams.”Killemwitdakno said: “Try actually flying the drones every now and then even without using them, just to show the streets you’ve got tools. I bet no crime would happen the first day it’s seen like when choppers come close for a bust. Teens will get it in their head early enough. “The two things causing your crime is Broken Bonds and Fast Money Immature desire.“Also, car owners can help by installing track ers to prevent most crimes with stolen cars. Hide the smart tag. Use same-hour stolen vehicle alerts like amber alert where the public can scan the (still absent) updated qr code on the license plate (pitched almost 10 yrs ago now). A mismatch means it’s a stolen vehicle. (Still tell ing even if the plates are switched the moment it’s stolen bc then the qr won’t scan or it won’t match the car model.) The first thing the owner does for a stolen car is update their link. Though a tracker would’ve handled much of the prob lem. The cars are as bad as the“Hearguns. the targets, warn the targets, protect the targets, and relocate the targets. It should drop 50% by reducing murders out on bail which causes two criminals. Trap with false targets. The co-killer acci dent was great. Now they think twice about trusting each“Sendother.these guys to Cari com missions. Send them to Ukraine.“Don’t mix hard crimi nals, put them on a cay to manage the waste to energy, livestock and garden. Here’s why the states has dog breeding programs in jail.“I’ve also recently discov ered that there’s practically on-call conflict counseling free in some places. “You will have most of the previous drug dealers from the decriminalized weed“Storesbars. got to have double door foyers to trap robbers on exit. “I don’t know if wifi on parks is safe.”
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He added: “Now, when you’re looking at going into another level, there’ll be a threat to themselves, because if they’re out on bail, they are a target. We’re not quite there yet. The Court of Appeal hasn’t gone that far yet.”
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There are a number of concerns here. For one, resorting to locking up sus pected killers because otherwise they might become murder victims them selves feels like an abrogation of our responsibility as a society to keep our streets safe. We can’t keep them alive outside of prison, so let’s lock them up. To take away the possibility of bail for people who, let us remember, have not yet been convicted also overlooks the fact that if suspects have concerns for their safety, they do not actually need to apply for bail. Bail should be a question of safety –not least of all that of the general public. Suspects who might be a danger to the public should not be allowed to roam free.But denying bail should be the excep tion and not the norm. As for those other structural failings that see court cases drag on for years and sees our prison capacity full to bursting? Those need to be addressed too – as a different discussion from whether or not bail should be denied. That logjam plays a big part, however, in delaying justice for everyone concerned – from victims and their families to suspects who may beIt’sinnocent.notasimple equation – and a blan ket rule for all is not the way to solve it. Nurses A deal has been done between the government and the nurses – at last. Yesterday saw the long-overdue sign ing of an industrial agreement, due to run for three years. It is a welcome outcome, and we hope it solves the grievances of nurses and removes the spectre of industrial action from our healthcare system. The proof will be in the delivery – over to the government to follow through. We hope that will be the last we hear of the issue for years to come. If government doesn’t deliver? It hardly bears thinking about.
Deny bail to keep killers alive?
SHOULD bail be a right? The question emerges after three senior figures in Bahamian life – Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander, National Security Minister Wayne Munroe and Attorney General Ryan Pinder – raised the issue. First came National Security Minister Wayne Munroe, who said that people charged with murder should be kept in custody for their own protection. Then came Commissioner Fernander – who said he supported the position held by Mr Munroe, that people charged with serious crimes should be kept in custody rather than be released on bail. The issue comes about after Mr Munroe said more than 30 men who were out on bail this year were mur dered. At the time of writing, the murder toll for the year stands at 85, so that represents more than a third of the total number of people slain. Attorney General Ryan Pinder yes terday gave his view – that he does not believe it appropriate for the country to pass legislation that outright denies bail to people charged with murder, and that the Privy Council recently ruled that to do so would be unconstitutional. The issue is riven with practical prob lems too. We all know how long court cases take to progress in this country, so an outright denial of bail could leave someone incarcerated for years before they are found to be guilty or innocent. A knock-on effect of that would raise the question of where would all these extra prisoners Commissionergo?Fernander said he hoped that there could be swift justice allowing people to go straight to trial, adding: “Let’s bring these matters in a reasonable time.” Mr Pinder pointed to laws introduced in Trinidad to deny bail for murders, with Jamaica having a similar law, and it was the Trinidad case that prompted the Privy Council ruling. He said: “Anything we do has to be in the purview of the Constitution and guidance by the Privy Council, which is the ultimate court of the land. Now do I think that you know, harsh sen tences should be put on murderers and we shouldn’t let them roam the streets? Of course I do but it has to be done properly.”
MAN STOLE $2K WORTH OF USED BATTERIES
BURGLAR WHO STOLE LAPTOP JAILED
TWO ACCUSED AFTER INCIDENT WITH FLARE GUN AND ROCK By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net To advertise in The Tribune, contact 502-2394
BAHAMIAN musicians, produc ers and community activists Paul and Tanya Hanna are to host a concert this weekend, titled Gratitude. The concert is a fundraiser for a musical of 24 plus original songs by the pair, Ubby’s Magic Bag. The story is about The Bahamas in the early 1960s depicting a few scenes from Paul’s youth and what school life was like for him back then and how imagination was used as a means for survival during tough times to make it through.Karrington McKenzie will open for Paul and Tanya at the concert, which will be hosted by Erin Brown. The concert will be held on Sunday. The pair have performed together in the Caribbean, the US and Canada since 1984. They have worked with numerous internationally known art ists including R&B singer Jeffrey Osbourne, percussionist Jeff Haynes, composer/producer Gary Haase, pro ducer/singer Roger Ryan, jazz pianist Chick and Gail Corea and sax player and jazz lecturer the late Stan Getz. The concert follows the release of the Paul Hanna and Friends CD, as well as a benefit concert held in May at the Humidor, Graycliff, West Street.
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TWO men were arraigned in a Magistrate’s Court yesterday on sepa rate charges of assault with a dangerous instrument. Fresnel Mercius, 35, stood before Acting Chief Magistrate Subusola Swain on charges of assault with a dangerous instrument and threats of harm. At around noon on August 7, Mercius threat ened Benoit Othello and threw rocks at him at his home on Ethel Street. He pleaded guilty to both charges. Mercius then went on to explain that he only got into an altercation with Othello as he blamed him for getting evicted from his apartment. The defendant said he is now homeless and has four young children to take care of.
MUSICIANS TO HOST WEEKEND CONCERT TANYA AND PAUL HANNA
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN is in police cus tody for firing at officers who were on routine patrol. Police said shortly after 9pm on Wednesday, offic ers attached to Operation Just Road were in the area of East Street and Balfour Avenue when they observed a Coconut Grove Avenue man acting suspiciously.Whenofficers tried to approach the man, he pulled out a handgun and fired in their direction. Officers returned fire, which resulted in the man being shot and his handgun confiscated.Thesuspect, who is known to police, was taken to hos pital by EMS where he was treated, discharged and later handed over to police. Investigations continue. Meanwhile, police are investigating a stabbing incident that left a 29-yearold man in hospital. The incident occurred sometime after 3am on Wednesday.Preliminary reports are that the victim was at a residence in the Marshall Road area when he got into an argument with another man and was subsequently stabbed multiple times in hisThebody.victim was taken to hospital where he is detained in serious condi tion. Police are questioning a 29-year-old Bacardi Road man in connection with this incident and are once again appealing to the public to find more peaceful ways to resolvePoliceconflicts.urged yesterday: “Violence is the problem, not the solution.”
Guests included Tanya, Pamela Woods, Richa Sands, the Vice Versa Trio, Karrington McKenzie, Osano Neely, the Jazz Cats, Dylan Knowles and Chris Justillien. There were perfor mances by two of the Hannas’ musical students, eight-year-old pianists Bailey Martin and Dylan Knowles. The event was hosted by Osano Neely and Erin Brown.Prior to that, in April, Paul was honoured, alongside the late Sir Sidney Poitier, during the UNESCO International Jazz Day. Under the theme: “Celebrating Our Pioneers”, UNESCO held a free outdoor variety concert showcasing new and acclaimed artists.The musical is slated to be ready for summer of 2023. Casting will begin later this year. The concert on Sunday will be held at the Philip Burrows Black Box Thea tre, Dundas Performing Centre for the Arts, with cocktails with wines from Bristol Cellars from 4pm and showtime fromTickets5pm-7pm.costing $75 are available at contactemailorhttp://www.ariamusicclass.com/shopwhatsappTanyaHanna805-2246,ubbysmagicbag@gmail.comor242-802-8363.
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MAN HELD AFTER SHOTS FIRED AT POLICE OFFICERS
A MAN was placed on three months’ pro bation yesterday after pleading guilty to stealing $2,040 worth of used batter ies from AdrianAtlantis.Wallace, 27, appeared before Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux on charges of stealing and receiving.Sometime between May and July, the accused stole 68 used Trojan Batteries from the Atlantis Auto Pool Department with each being valued at $30 with a total worth of $2,040. In view of his plea of guilty, the prosecution with drew the receiving charge. The magistrate placed Wallace on a conditional discharge of three months probation. In addition to this, he is expected to com pensate Atlantis $138 for the theft and return the stolen batteries or risk sixmonths at the Bahamas Department of Correc tionalWallace’sServices. case was adjourned for mention on November 28.
A MAN was fined in a Magistrate’s Court yes terday in relation to charges of drugs and money-laundering.GerryFenelice, 50, rep resented by Attorney Moses Bain, appeared before Acting Chief Mag istrate Subusola Swain on two charges. While he was initially charged with pos session of dangerous drugs with intent to supply, this charge was reduced to simpleFenelicepossession. also faced a charge of money-laundering.Ataround2.40pm on August 9, Fenelice was arrested by police after he was found in a vacant yard in Bain Town with three grams of Indian Hemp in seven foil wrappings. During his arrest $322 cash was found on his person. The money was confis cated by authorities as they believed it to be the pro ceeds of crime. In court, Fenel ice pleaded guilty to the charges. He also admitted that he takes the drugs to help deal with pain from a bladder stone condition. During his plea of mitiga tion, Mr Bain said that his client is employed as a mason and is a dedicated father. In addition to citing Fenelice’s age, Mr Bain implored the court not to impose a custodial sen tence on his client as he had a clean record up to this point.The magistrate imposed two $500 fines on both charges or the risk of a six month sentence at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS).Fenelice’s case was adjourned for mention on September 8.
MAN FINED OVER DRUGS AND MONEY LAUNDERING
When asked by the Mag istrate why he didn’t go to Social Services in reference to the wellbeing of his chil dren, he told her that he pays for people to take care of them while he is at work. Mercius also indicated that all two of his children’s mothers currently reside in Haiti.In view of this, Mag istrate Swain granted Mercius bail at $3,000 with one or two sureties and delayed his sentencing until Social Services can be reached with regards to his situation.Mercius’ next court date is set for October 13. The other man, Shannon Smith, 18, of Andros, stood before Magistrate Samuel McKinney for charges of assault with a dangerous instrument and causing harm.Between 12am and 2am on March 31 in Congo Town, Andros, near the Triple A Sporting Lounge, Smith is alleged to have assaulted Cleveland Forbes with a flare gun. Then at 10.20am on July 30 in Long Bay, South Andros the defendant was further accused of assault ing Erica Darville-Godet with a rock, which resulted in serious injuries to her face.In court, Smith pleaded not guilty to all charges. However, Prosecutor Inspector Timothy Bain objected to the accused’s bail at this time on the basis that the severity of Smith’s crimes seemed to be escalating.Magistrate McKinney delayed bail consideration in this matter until Monday, August 15. Until that time, Smith will be remanded back to the Bahamas Department of Correc tional Services.
A MAN was sentenced to three months at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDCS) after admitting to breaking into a woman’s home to steal a laptop he claimed he needed for onlineKelvarnoclasses. Lightbourne, 22, faced Acting Chief Mag istrate Subusola Swain on charges of housebreaking andBetweenstealing. 10.30am to 5.30pm on December 7, 2018, the accused broke into Valeria Smith’s residence at Bougainvillea Avenue, off West Bay Street, through the bathroom window. Once inside, Lighboun rne stole Smith’s $500 white HPPolicelaptop.fingerprints recov ered from the scene were positively matched to the defendant’s fingerprints resulting in his arrest. Light bourne initially denied involvement in the breakin. However, in court the accused pleaded guilty to both charges. He said he only stole the laptop after he saw it in a window and grabbed it because he claimed he needed it for school. He said even though he needed a laptop to com plete his online assignments for high school, his family refused to buy him one. He added while he was able to get his high school diploma and intended to return the laptop after his studies, he claimed he couldn’t because the laptop was stolen again. Lightbourne told the magistrate that he is work ing and was to compensate Ms Smith for the theft. Magistrate Swain sen tenced him to three months at BDCS for both charges to be served concurrently. When Lightbourne asked the magistrate for leniency in her sentencing, she said she had already given him a real break. Magistrate Swain informed him she could have sentenced him to five years in prison.
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2. What she taught me through a cover band Shaggin’ Wagon, a cover band of mine instigated around 1993, did what it said on the label: rocked the hell out of songs from the 1970s. We combined relatively obscure minor chart hits –say, Silver Lady by David Soul, or Ebony Eyes by Bob Welch – with what we thought of as a classic line age of power pop by the likes of Big Star, The Soft Boys, The dB’s, The Sweet andThereAbba. was always a smat tering of hard rock – Kiss, Alice Cooper – and Australian artists like The Num bers, Models and Dragon. Though the repertoire was always changing, there were a few big crowd pleasers to bring the house down.One of mine, as part-time singer, was Hopelessly Devoted to You. What started as half a joke I took to with gusto. It is a great song, with a fantastic key change from A major in the verses to F major in the chorus via a devastating G minor“There’schord. nowhere to hide”, wallows the protago nist on that pitiful chord, harmonically so removed from the plaintive longing of comfortable A major we’ve swooned through thus far. I started to search for other Olivia songs. I picked up a 45 of A Little More Love and realised it was a kind of masterpiece; like Hopelessly it was composed by long-time Newton-John collaborator John Farrar. It is another beautifully structured song, somewhat labyrinthine. Even now I find it a thrill to play on the guitar.Despite my party trick of (usually) being able to hit the high F at the end of Hopelessly, sustaining the upper octave required for the choruses of A Little More Love was beyond me. The attempt further educated me about the technical demands Olivia shrugged off. The range is so wide that no matter how I transposed it, I could not pull off both low verses and high choruses. I already knew she was good – and I’d never claim to be anywhere near ONJ’s league – but this was fur ther proof being learned by my body.
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1. What she taught me about murder Despite all this, Olivia did contribute to a certain loss of Someinnocence.ofusare unlucky enough to encounter death personally as children; for the rest it will be a song or a TV show, a passing remark or a news Newton-John’sitem. recording of the folk ballad Banks of the Ohio was released in 1971. It concerns the pro tagonist luring their loved one down to the river to stab him through the heart. I held a knife against his breastAs into my arms he pressedHecried: My love! Don’t you murder me I’m not prepared for eternity. I can’t think of an ear lier exposure to the idea of death, let alone murder. I associate it with the tinny sound of a portable AM radio. I have the honeyed tones of ONJ forever linked to the visceral realisation one human being could wil fully kill another. Heavy metal and hip-hop are the traditional punch ing bags of parents worried about harmful content. But people let their guards down around ONJ.
OLIVIA Newton-John appears during an interview in Los Angeles in DecemberPhoto:1990.Julie Parkes/AP ‘Like heatstroke in beinghostilefeltThelandscape.thewasFebruary,through-December-OliviapartofAustraliancountryalittlelessforherinit.’
By JOHN UniversityWesternMusician,ENCARNACAO,lecturer,Sydney
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MY default mental image of Olivia Newton-John is from the mid-1970s: long, flowing floral dresses; long, centre-parted light brown hair; big inquisitive eyes; and, when called for, an irresistible smile perfect for the cover of TV Week. It seemed like the coun terculture had passed her by. But even in the heights of my hippie and punkinspired (imagined, toothless) rejections of society and a perceived mainstream, I respected Olivia, a figure so ubiq uitous in popular culture during my first 20 years on the planet it feels natural to call her by her first name. There was something about her voice, her way with a song. Through her phrasing and timbre, there was always a personal appeal to her singing. Like heatstroke in ruary,December-through-FebOliviawaspart of the Australian landscape. The country felt a little less hostile for her being in itor beamed into it from the northern hemisphere, while we claimed her as “ours”. There was a big sister who understood and sympathised.
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3. What she taught me about the girl-next-door Olivia wasn’t entirely convinced about Physi cal. She loved the song but wondered: could she get away with it? Tired of the flirtation and game-playing, the pro tagonist wants to get down to it: “There’s nothin’ left to talk about unless it’s horizontally”.Therecord was banned in Utah and South Africa due to its tenthePhysicallativewhatfurthercontroversyholdingleavingscene”closingflames,therThecontent(!).explicitvideofurfannedthewithits“gay(twoguysthegymhands).Everybitofjusthypedwasasuperpoprecord.toppedUSchartsforweeksin1981 and was one of the biggest songs of the decade. And if Physical wasn’t enough, the follow up single was Make a Move On Me. You’d be forgiven for sensing a Physical,theme.the album, is about more than a seasoned pop star trying on a slightly more risqué persona. None of the six images of Newton-John on the cover feature her looking at the camera, or even with her eyesSheopen.does not challenge the camera or voyeur with her direct gaze, and so may be seen to be offering herself as an object to be consumed; the assumption along this line of reasoning is she avails herself of the male gaze. I find it more compelling to consider her lost in her body. The viewer, the whole world outside her physical sensation, is irrelevant. Despite the fact the music remains eminently acces sible, she is not looking to her audience for approval. Physical is the definitive statement of independence – from country music radio, from her pre-1978 image as girl-next-door, from a cer tain level of conservatism in herSheaudience.evencut her hair.
It’s ironic, then, that when it comes to teaching America’s schoolchildren about the horrors of Amer ican slavery and how entrenched it was in Amer ica’s political establishment, some politicians would prefer to shackle educators with restrictive laws. What they could do is grant edu cators the ability to teach freely about the role the slavery played in the form ing of a nation that was founded – as the Texas law states - on principles of lib erty and equality.
As an educator who trains teachers on how to deal with the subject of slavery, I don’t see any value in politicians’ restrict ing what teachers can and can’t say about the role that slaveholders – at least 1,800 of whom were congress men, not to mention the 12 who were U.S Presidents –played in the upholding of slavery in American society. What I see value in is the use of historical records to educate schoolchildren about the harsh realities of slavery. There are three types of records that I rec ommend in particular.
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SHACKLING THE TRUTH ABOUT AMERICA’S TRUE HISTORY OF SLAVERY
By RAPHAEL E ROGERS Professor of Practice in ClarkEducation,University
OF all the subjects taught in America’s public schools, few have generated as much controversy of late as the subjects of racism and slavery in the United States. The attention has come largely through a flood of legislative bills put forth primarily by Republicans over the past year and a half. Commonly referred to as anti-critical race theory legislation, these bills are meant to restrict how teach ers discuss race and racism in their classrooms. One of the more pecu liar byproducts of this legislation came out of Texas, where, in June 2022, an advisory panel made up of nine educators recom mended that slavery be referred to as “involuntary relocation”.Themeasure ultimately failed.As an educator who trains teachers on how to educate young students about the history of slavery in the US, I see the Texas proposal as part of a dis turbing trend of politicians seeking to hide the horrific and brutal nature of slavery – and to keep it divorced from the nation’s birth and development.TheTexas proposal, for instance, grew out of work done under a Texas law that says slavery and racism can’t be taught as part of the “true founding” of the United States. Rather, the law states, they must be taught as a “failure to live up to the authentic found ing principles of the United States, which include liberty andToequality.”betterunderstand the nature of slavery and the role it played in America’s development, it helps to have some basic facts about how long slavery lasted in the territory now known as the United States and how many enslaved people it involved. I also believe in using authentic records to show students the reality of slavery.
THE CLOTILDA, the last known slave ship, and, right, an advertisement offering a reward for finding a runaway slave.
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BEFORE MAYFLOWERTHE Slavery in what is now known as the United States is often traced back to the year 1619. That is when – as documented by Colo nist John Rolfe – a ship named the White Lion delivered 20 or so enslaved Africans to Virginia. As for the notion that slavery was not part of the founding of the United States, that is easily refuted by the US Constitution itself. Specifically, Arti cle 1, Section 9, Clause 1 prevented Congress from prohibiting the “importa tion” of slaves until 1808 – nearly 20 years after the Constitution was ratified – although it didn’t use the word “slaves”. Instead, the Constitution used the phrase “such Persons as any of the States now exist ing shall think proper to admit.”Congress ultimately passed the “Act Prohib iting the Importation of Slaves,” which took effect in 1808. Although the act imposed heavy penalties on international traders, it did not end slavery itself nor the domestic sale of slaves. Not only did it drive trade underground, but many ships caught illegally trading were also brought into the United States and their “passengers” sold into slavery.Thelast known slave ship – the Clotilda – arrived in Mobile, Alabama, in 1860, more than half a century after Congress outlawed the importation of enslaved individuals.According to the TransAtlantic Slave Trade database, which derives its numbers from shipping records from 1525 to 1866, approximately 12.5 million enslaved Africans were transported to the Ameri cas. About 10.7 million survived the Middle Pas sage and arrived in North America, the Caribbean and South America. Of these, only a small portion – 388,000 – arrived in North America.Most enslaved people in the United States, then, entered slavery not through importation or “involuntary relocation,” but by Frombirth.thearrival of those first 20 or so enslaved Afri cans in 1619 until slavery was abolished in 1865, approximately 10 million slaves lived in the United States and contributed 410 billion hours of labour. This is why slavery is a “crucial building block” to under standing the US economy from the nation’s founding up until the Civil War.
1. Census records Since enslaved people were counted in each census that took place from 1790 to 1860, census records enable students to learn a lot about who specifically owned slaves. Census records also enable students to see dif ferences in slave ownership within states and through out the nation. The censuses also show the growth of the slave pop ulation over time – from 697,624 during the first census in 1790, shortly after the nation’s founding, to 3.95 million during the 1860 census, as the nation stood at the verge of civil war.
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2. Ads for runaway slaves Advertisements for fugi tive slaves offer a glimpse into their lives. Few things speak to the horrors and harms of slavery like ads that slave owners took out for runa wayIt’sslaves.nothard to find ads that describe fugitive slaves whose bodies were covered with various scars from beatings and marks from branding irons. For instance, consider an ad taken out on July 3, 1823, in the Star, and North-Carolina State Gazette by Alford Green, who offers $25 for a fugitive slave named Ned, whom he described as follows: “…about 21-years-old, his weight about 150, well made, spry and active tolor ably fierce look, a little inclined to be yellow, his upper fore teeth a little defective, and, I expect, has some signs of the whip on his hips and thighs, as he was whipped in that way the day before he went off.” Advertisements for runa way slaves can be accessed via digital databases, such as Freedom on the Move, which contains more than 32,000 ads. Another data base – the North Carolina Runaway Slave Notices project – contains 5,000 ads published in North Carolina newspapers from 1751 to 1865. The sheer number of these advertisements sheds light on how many enslaved Black people attempted to escape bondage.
3. Personal narratives from the enslaved Though they are few in number, recordings of interviews with formerly enslaved people exist. Some of the interviews are problematic for various reasons. For instance, some of the interviews were heav ily edited by interviewers or did not include complete, word-for-word transcripts of the interviews. Yet the interviews still provide a glimpse at the harshness of life in bondage. They also expose the fallacy of the argu ment that slaves – as one slave owner claimed in his memoir – “loved ‘old Marster’ better than anybody in the world, and would not have freedom if he offered it to them.”For instance, when Fountain Hughes – a descendant of a slave owned by Thomas Jeffer son who spent his boyhood in slavery in Charlottes ville, Virginia – was asked if he would rather be free or enslaved, he told his interviewer:“Youknow what I’d rather do? If I thought, had any idea, that I’d ever be a slave again, I’d take a gun and just end it all right away, because you’re nothing but a dog. You’re not a thing but a dog. A night never come that you had nothing to do. Time to cut tobacco? If they want you to cut all night long out in the field, you cut. And if they want you to hang all night long, you hang tobacco. It didn’t aboutmatter you’re tired, being tired. You’re afraid to say you’re tired.”
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ARMED MAN TRIES TO BREACH FBI OFFICE
AN OHIO emergency management agency said a standoff ended between law enforcement and an armed man suspected of trying to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office.State police earlier yes terday said the man had “unknown injuries” after he fled and exchanged gunfire with law enforcement. An update posted to the Facebook page of the Clin ton County Emergency Management Agency indi cated the “law enforcement operations and response” was over, but included no information about how the standoff was resolved or the status of the suspect. Officials said the man was wearing body armor and was chased onto a high way, then had abandoned his car on nearby country roads bordered by woods and farm fields just off I-71, about 45 miles northeast of Cincinnati.Theconfrontation came as officials warned of an increase in threats against federal agents in the days following a search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
PAGE 10, Friday, August 12, 2022 THE TRIBUNE NEW AssociatedYORK Press THE nation’s top public health agency relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines Thursday, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said people no longer need to stay at least six feet away from others. The changes, which come more than 2 1/2 years after the start of the pandemic, are driven by a recognition that an estimated 95 percent of Americans 16 and older have acquired some level of immunity, either from being vaccinated or infected, agency officials said. “The current conditions of this pandemic are very different from those of the last two years,” said the CDC’s Greta Massetti, an author of the guidelines. Many places around the country long ago abandoned social distancing and other once-common precautions, but some of the changes could be particularly impor tant for schools, which resume classes this month in many parts of the country. Perhaps the biggest edu cation-related change is the end of the recommendation that schools do routine daily testing, although that practice can be reinstated in certain situations during a surge in infections, officials said. The CDC also dropped a “test-to-stay” recommen dation, which said students exposed to COVID-19 could regularly test — instead of quarantining at home — to keep attending school. With no quarantine recommen dation anymore, the testing option disappeared too. Masks continue to be rec ommended only in areas where community transmis sion is deemed high, or if a person is considered at high risk of severe illness. School districts across the US have scaled back their COVID-19 precau tions in recent weeks even before the latest guidance was issued. Some have promised a return to prepandemic schooling. Masks will be optional in most districts when classes resume this fall, and some of the nation’s largest dis tricts have dialed back or eliminated COVID-19 test ingPublicrequirements.schools in Los Angeles are ending weekly COVID-19 tests, instead making at-home tests avail able to families, the district announced last week. Schools in North Carolina’s Wake County also dropped weeklySometesting.others have moved away from test-to-stay programs that became unmanageable during surges of the omicron vari ant last school year.
THE Justice Department is asking a federal court to unseal the warrant the FBI used to search the Mara-Lago estate of former President Donald Trump, Attorney General Merrick Garland said yesterday, acknowledging extraor dinary public interest in the case about classified records.Therequest is striking because such documents traditionally remain sealed during a pending inves tigation. But the Justice Department appeared to recognise that its silence since the search had created a vacuum for bitter verbal attacks by Trump and his allies and Garland wanted to provide the FBI’s side for what led to the action. “The public’s clear and powerful interest in under standing what occurred under these circumstances weighs heavily in favor of unsealing,” said a motion filed in federal court in Florida on Thursday seeking the unsealing. Should the warrant be released — the request is now with the judge, and Trump can object — it could disclose potentially unflattering information about the former presi dent and his handling of sensitive government docu ments right as he prepares for another run for the White House. During his successful 2016 campaign, he pointed frequently to an FBI investigation into his Democratic oppo nent, Hillary Clinton, over whether she mishandled classified information. It’s unclear at this point how much information would be included in the documents, if made public, or if they would encom pass an FBI affidavit that would presumably lay out a detailed factual basis for the search. To obtain a search warrant, federal authori ties must prove to a judge that probable cause exists to believe that a crime was committed.Neither Trump nor the FBI has said anything about what documents the FBI might have recovered. But the former president com plained anew yesterday about the search. Trump, who for years has lambasted the FBI and sought to sow distrust among his supporters in its decisions, said the warrant was served and the search conducted despite his coop eration with the Justice Department.Inapost to his Truth Social platform, Trump said that his “attorneys and representatives were coop erating fully” prior to the search, and that govern ment officials “could have had whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted, if we had it”. FBI and Justice Depart ment policy cautions against discussing ongoing investigations, both to pro tect the integrity of probes and to avoid unfairly maligning someone who is being scrutinised but winds up ultimately not being charged. That’s especially true in the case of search warrants.
The new recommenda tions prioritise keeping children in school as much as possible, said Joseph Allen, director of Harvard University’s healthy build ing program. Previous isolation policies forced millions of students to stay home from school, he said, even though the virus poses a relatively low risk to young“Entirepeople.classrooms of kids had to miss school if they were deemed a close contact,” he said. “The closed schools and learn ing disruption have been devastating.”Otherssay the CDC is going too far in relaxing its guidelines.Allowing students to return to school five days after infection, with out proof of a negative COVID-19 test, could lead to outbreaks in schools, said Anne Sosin, a public health researcher at Dartmouth College. to drop
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The American Federa tion of Teachers, one of the nation’s largest teachers unions, said it welcomes the guidance.“Every educator and every parent starts every school year with great hope, and this year even more so,” President Randi Weingarten said. “After two years of uncertainty and disruption, we need as normal a year as possible so we can focus like a laser on what kids need.”
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Federal officials said the man “attempted to breach” the visitor’s screening area at the FBI office and fled when agents confronted him. After fleeing onto Interstate 71, he was spot ted by a trooper and fired shots as the trooper pur sued him, said Lt Nathan Dennis, a Ohio State High way Patrol spokesperson. The suspect left the interstate north of Cincin nati and abandoned his car on rural roads, where he exchanged gunfire with police. The man has “unknown injuries,” but no one else was hurt, the patrol said.
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While there were some familiar fist pumps and yells of “Come on!” during competition, it was only afterward that Williams really allowed her feelings to show, her voice shak ing and her eyes welling during an on-court inter view when Bencic ceded the“Aspotlight.lotof emotions, obviously,” Williams told spectators who offered her encouragement through out the clear, 75-degree evening.The second-round match at the hard-court tuneup for the US Open came a day after she announced “the count down has begun” on her playing career, saying she wants to have another child and pursue business interests.Shedid not state pre cisely what her last event will be, but did make it sound as if her final fare well will come at the US Open, which begins August 29 in New York. Williams has won the singles title at Flushing Meadows a half-dozen times — first in 1999; most recently in 2014 — to go along with seven championships apiece at Wimbledon and the Aus tralian Open, plus three at the French Open. “It’s been a pretty inter esting 24 hours,” Williams said after Wednesday’s match.“I’m terrible at good byes,” she added, her hand on her chest, “but good bye,NextToronto!”uponher schedule is the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati next week, another event that serves as preparation for the year’s last Grand Slam tournament.Williams, a three-time champion in Canada, started this match, fit tingly enough, with an ace. Delivered another later in that game, too, showing off the superb serve that helped her to so many match victories, so many tournament titles, so many weeks at No. 1 in the rankings.Thatelite ability showed up occasionally against Bencic, whether the trio of unreturnable serves to close out that opening game or a later putaway swinging volley accented with a shout and a tug on the brim of her white visor. But because of a leg injury that sidelined her for the last half of 2021 and first half of 2022, she was playing for only the third time in the past 12 months. There were signs of that, as well, and of why Williams is no longer the dominant force she was for soThelong. breaks of her serve that were never quite so frequent when she was younger and at the height of her powers. The anliamssosaid,playedandfrittermissingbreakserve;resistanceitygroundstrokes.not-quite-on-targetTheinabiltoofferuptoomuchwhilereceivingsheonlyearnedonepointinthefirstset,areturnlongtoawaythatchance,noneinthesecond.“IwishIcouldhavebetter,”Williams“butBelindaplayedwelltoday.”ItdidnothelpWilthatshewasfacingopponent15yearsher
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Head coach Dustin Kerns likes what he saw from his Appalachian State Univer sity Mountaineers men’s basketball team in their 46-point rout over the Bahamas Select Team yes terday at the Summer of Thunder in the Imperial Ballroom of the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island. The Mountaineers, with a balanced scoring attack with five players scoring in double figures, took advan tage of the Bahamas Select Team 111-65 in one of two games played. The other game saw the Fordham University knock off the House of Hoops 92-58.“We played well. It’s an honour to be down here in the Bahamas and to have our players experience this great culture,” Kerns said. “It’s been a great experience.”
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SERENA WILLIAMS, of the United States, leaves the court carrying flowers and waving to fans after her loss to Belinda Bencic, of Switzerland, during the National Bank Open tennis tournament Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Toronto. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)
SEVERAL Interna tional Basketball Academy (IBA) Bahamas players are preparing to take their aca demic and athletic careers to the next level this fall. The organisation recently announced that Bryan Rolle, Don Stuart Jr and Meleek Pierre each recently committed to new programmes.Rollewilljoin the North east Community College Hawks, an Iowa Com munity College Athletic Conference in NJCAA Division I. The 6’5” swingman will join the contingent of Bahamians on the Hawks’ roster last season that led the team to a 5-23 record. The 2021-22 Hawks roster included Saheed Sanusi, Emaniel Alex andre, Jaden Strachan, Collin Storr and Charles Joseph. They led the team to the ICCAC Region XI Division II Men’s Basket ball Tournament play-in game.Head coach Dan Anderson leads a Hawks programme that has already announced four signees for his 2022-23 incoming class. In addition to his leading role as one of IBA Baha mas’ top prospects, Rolle was recently selected to Buddy Hield’s “Buddy Buckets” AAU team. Hield hosted scores of aspiring basketball players between the ages of 15-18 this summer at the AF Adderley Gymnasium and Rolle was one of the top performers.Stuartand Pierre will head to Western Canada and join Panther Hoops International Basketball Academy in British Colum bia,“PantherCanada. Hoops is excited to announce the addition of 6’4” 2023 guard Don Stuart Jr. Don at 194 pounds, a tremen dous wingspan, matched with outstanding athleti cism is going to be trouble! Beware, the Bahamians are back!” the organisation said in a release to announce the“Anotheradditions. great addi tion to our 2022-2023 Roster. Meleek Pierre is a 5’10” point guard with a tremendous sense for the game and the speed and athleticism to make things happen. “We are look ing forward to the exciting brand of basketball that this guard has in store for the Panthers this season.” The Panthers have produced a number of Bahamian alumni in recent years including Akron Zips forward Sammy Hunter, Kansas City Community College guards Bradley Lightbourne and Joshua Dames, Ranger College forward Denardo Adder ley, Peninsula Pirates guard D’Ante Dean, Okanagan Coyotes forward Kendrick Russell and pro player Detarrio Thompson. The BC Panthers’ Inter national Prep programme includes elite players around North, Central and South America and around theAccordingglobe. to the organi sation, “Panther Hoops International Basketball Academy’s mission is to impact players, families and communities, both on and off the basketball court, through faith-based programming, events and coaching. We strive to provide elite level pro gramming and training for athletes both locally and globally.“Whether the player is grassroots or elite interna tional prep, all players will experience an elite basket ball experience through positive coaching and an encouraging team environ ment while they learn to play hard, play together and play for Him.”
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MELEEK Pierre BRYAN Rolle DON Stuart Jr : The Appalachian State University Mountaineers men’s basketball team last night routed the Bahamas Select Team 11165 in at Summer of Thunder basketball tournament in the Imperial Ballroom of the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island.
SPRINGS,COLORADOColo. (AP) — USA Basketball has picked its 12-man roster for the opening second-round window of World Cup qualifying, as the Ameri cans look to move closer to clinching a spot in the field for next year’s event. Jim Boylen will return as coach, assisted again by Ty Ellis and Othella Harrington.Theroster will include six players — Michael Fra zier II, Langston Galloway, David Stockton, DaQuan Jeffries, John Jenkins and Eric Mika — who were with the Americans for the last qualifying window in July. The other six players for games on August 25 in Las Vegas against Uruguay and at Colombia on August 29 are Tyler Cavanaugh, Malik Ellison, Dewan Hernan dez, Mac McClung, Robert Woodard II and McKinley Wright IV. The Americans went 5-1 in the opening round of
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THR Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers will be the next stop on the NCAA basketball journey for Shavaul Butters. Butters, who played sparingly last season at the Division I level for Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros, will join the Rangers and head coach Robbie Harman. The Rangers compete in the Great American Con ference of NCAA Division II. They finished 20-9 last season and concluded their season with a loss in the opening round of the Great American Conference playoffs.The 6’8”, 210-pound freshman forward was the
TORONTO (AP) — Serena Williams wore her game face when she stepped out into the sta dium for her first match since telling the world she is ready to leave profes sionalGreetedtennis.by a standing ovation, the 23-time Grand Slam champion didn’t smile. She didn’t wave. She took a sip from a plastic bottle as she walked in. Some folks in the crowd captured the moment with the cameras on their cell phones. Others held aloft handrawn signs — oh, so many signs — with mess sages such as “Queen” or “Thank you.” No one knows exactly how many more matches Williams will play before she puts her rackets away for good, and the 40-yearold American exited the National Bank Open on Wednesday night with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Belinda Bencic.
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TEAM Bahamas departs Chennai, India to head home after a successful 2022 FIDE Olympiad on Wednesday.Round9 was a tough one for the ladies’ team as all members lost to the Trinidad team. The Open Team competed against Cape Verde in Round 9, CM Kendrick Knowles and Dr Kenville Lockhart won their games gaining the team’s two points. The ladies’ team was pitted against Kuwait in Round 10. In Round 10 the ladies’ team rebounded slightly with Chika Pride winning a game and Jayla Cargill securing a draw. Noah Albury got a draw in Round 10, the Open Team played against Bahrain. In Round 11 The Baha mas Open Team faced Mali. FM Cecil Moncur and WCM Polina Karelina both picked up draws. Noah Albury secured the only win for the Open Team in Round 11. The ladies’ team played their final round of the Olympiad againstNelissaTimor-Leste.Thomas, WCM Daijah Johnson and Jayla Cargill won their last round games, securing three points for Team Bahamas. As a result, the ladies’ team secured two match points. As a result of their strong play in the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad, Nelissa Thomas, Trinity Pinder and Noah Albury were all awarded conditional FIDE titles. Nelissa Thomas won 5.5 games out of a total of 9 games, she earns a WCM (Women’s Candidate Master)Trinitytitle.Pinder won 3.5 points out of a total of 8 games played and added 29.2 point to her personal rating. Trinity also earns a WCM (Women’s Candidate Master) title. Noah Albury, a member of the Open Team, won a total of 4.5 games out of a total of seven games played and added 92.4 points to his rating.Noah earns a conditional Candidate Master (CM) title. “The 2022 Bahamas Olympiad Team scored the highest amount of total points of any Bahamas Chess Olympiad Team. “All players gained considerable experience and improvement in their games. BCF will continue to support our players and we look forward to great accomplishments as they continue towards improv ing their ratings in the sport of chess.”
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“I think he (Tuchel) said to me it’s my directness, always threaten ing in behind,” Sterling said. “But most importantly it’s how I attack the box, and with the fullbacks that we have here he said that’s the one thing he wants to see a lot more.”
Chelsea is without an out-anout striker after Romelu Lukaku returned to Inter Milan on loan and Timo Werner rejoined former club RB Leipzig. That meant Ster ling played up front in the team’s opening 1-0 win at Everton, but the team often looked short of attacking ideas at Goodison Park. Tottenham, meanwhile, brushed aside Southampton 4-1 and looked like a team that had taken several steps forward after a first full off season under manager Antonio Conte.The Italian will be returning to Stamford Bridge — where he led Chelsea to the 2017 Premier League crown — in search of a statement win that would really signal that Tottenham is ready to
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LEICESTER TRIES TO FEND OFF SUITORS Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers entered the last few seasons facing expectations of taking the team to the Champions League. This time a more realistic goal seems to be just keeping the teamLeicestertogether.is the only Premier League club yet to make a signing in the transfer window, while there is constant speculation that several of its best players could be on the wayGoalkeeperout. Kasper Schmeichel has already left, while Chelsea is pursuing a deal for centre-back Wesley Fofana — although Rodg ers said two bids for the defender came in well short of the club’s valuation. There’s also constant speculation about midfielders James Maddison and Youri Tiele mans, the latter of which is reportedly a top target of Leices ter’s opponent on Saturday, Arsenal.
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WELL, COMING HOME: Shown, from left to right, are Nelissa Thomas, Noah Albury and Trinity Pinder, who have all earned conditional title nominations after a successful 2022 FIDE Olympiad in Chennai, India.
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join champion City and Liverpool in the race for the title. Sterling won four league titles at City after joining from Liverpool, but the 27-year-old London native said his decision to leave Pep Guardiola’s team was also based on the fact that he found him self on the bench more often last season.“I just felt my time at City was getting limited on playing time for different reasons,” Sterling said. “Since 17, I’d been a regular starting, so to get to a peak time in my career, not to play regularly is something I wouldn’t accept. My personality is to try to fight and change the scenario, but it didn’t happen and that’s it.” Both Manchester clubs are in action Saturday, with United trying to bounce back from an openingday loss against Brighton when it travels to Brentford in the late game. City hosts Bournemouth in one of the five afternoon kickoffs. Liverpool hosts Crystal Palace on Monday.
THE BAHAMAS Ladies’ Team rebounded slightly with Chika Pride winning a game and Jayla Cargill securing a draw in Round 10. As a result of their strong play in the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad, Nelissa Thomas, Trinity Pinder and Noah Albury were all awarded conditional FIDE titles. junior and quite talented, to boot: Bencic is ranked 12th, won a gold medal for Switzerland at the Tokyo Olympics last year and has been a Grand Slam semifinalist.“It’salways an honour to be on the court with her,” Bencic said, “and that’s why I think tonight is about her.”Bencic took home the Toronto trophy at age 18 in 2015, when she eliminated Williams in the semifinals to earn the distinction of being the youngest woman to beat a player many consider, as one homemade poster in the stands declared Wednesday, the “GOAT” — the greatest of all-time. In the late match, Bianca Andreescu — the final Canadian left in the singles draw — beat Alize Cornet 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Andreescu won the tournament in 2019 when Williams retired in the final match because of backBencicproblems.advanced to face two-time major champion Garbiñe Muguruza, who beat Kaia Kanepi 6-4, 6-4. Seeded players who left the draw Wednesday included No. 2 Anett Kontaveit, No. 4 Paula Badosa, No. 5 Ons Jabeur, No. 13 Leylah Fer nandez and No. 16 Jelena Ostapenko.
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first commit of the first class for Vaqueros head coach Matt Figger last offseason but injuries derailed the start of his collegiate career. Butters recovered from tibial stress fractures and finished with five rebounds in his collegiate debut. He averaged just 0.5 points and 1.2 rebounds per game in six appearances.Listedas a two-star recruit by Verbal Commits, Butters completed his high school career at Elevation Prep in Fort Wayne, Indiana.TheGrand Bahama native spent the previous season with Aspire Academy in Louisville, Kentucky. Butters began to garner atten tion from major Division I basketball programmes and received his first offer of what is expected to be an active recruiting process last summer. He was officially offered by the Austin Peay State University Gov ernors. Butters also received high interest from UNLV, Maryland, Eastern Kentucky, North CarolinaGreensboro, and several others. At the local level, Butters was a member of the St George’s Jag uars programme, headed by Darell Sears.“He was just excited to get back on the floor. He’s still got to learn, because he was out for a long time but he was just excited to play again,” Sears said after Butters returned from inury. “He has an extra year of eligibility and is still a redshirt so we look forward to his growth and development with the programme.” FROM PAGE 11
LONDON (AP) — Raheem Sterling is aiming to become more of a leader and a direct attacking threat at Chelsea after leaving Manchester City in search for more playing time. Chelsea may need both of those attributes on Sunday when it hosts Tottenham in the season’s first meeting between two of the “Big Six”“Insideteams.the changing room and at the football club, there’s a devel oping side of me which I’d like to see a lot more, and that’s to be more involved in decisions in the dressing room, to be more vocal, and try to drive the team on,” Ster ling said during a news conference Thursday.TheEngland winger added that another reason for joining Chelsea was that manager Thomas Tuchel wanted him to play a more direct role on the field as well.
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All NBA players will wear a patch on the right shoulder of their jerseys this season, the league said, and every NBA court will display a clover-shaped logo with the No. 6 on the sideline near the scorer’s table.The Boston Celtics have “separate and unique rec ognition for him on their uniforms” planned, the NBA said. Russell died on July 31 at the age of 88. He was the most prolific winner in NBA history, an 11-time champion during a 13-year career — winning the last two of those titles as a player-coach — and the first Black coach in any of the major US pro sports to win a championship.Hemarchedwith Martin Luther King Jr, stood with Muhammad Ali and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. And having his number retired leaguewide puts him in a very exclusive club. Major League Baseball permanently retired No. 42 — in honour of Jackie Robinson, who broke the big league’s colour barrier — with the understand ing that those who were wearing that number could continue to do so. Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees was the last in the majors to wear No. 42, doing so through his final season in 2013. The NHL, upon Wayne Gretzky’s retirement in 1999, said his No. 99 would be retired leaguewide in honor of that sport’s alltime scoring leader. And now, Russell gets the same treatment. It also seems fitting that he and Robinson — both barrierbreakers — are linked again. Russell called Robin son a hero, once saying that “he showed me the way to be a man in professional sports.”Robinson, clearly, held Russell in high esteem as well. Rachel Robinson, his widow, asked Russell to be a pallbearer at her hus band’s funeral in 1972. “This is a momentous honour reserved for one of the greatest champions to ever play the game,” NBPA Executive Director Tamika Tremaglio said. “Bill’s actions on and off the court throughout the course of his life helped to shape generations of players for the better and for that, we are forever grateful. We are proud to continue the celebration of his life and legacy alongside theThereleague.”have been more than 250 players in NBA history to wear a No. 6 jersey, including 24 who did so in at least one game last season — most notably, James, who has alternated between 6 and 23 through out his NBA career. Nobody has worn No. 6 for the Celtics since Rus sell’s final season, 1968-69. Russell is one of 12 play ers currently enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame who wore No. 6 at at least some point in their careers. The others: Julius Erving, Patrick Ewing, Ben Wal lace, Don Barksdale, Chuck Cooper, Larry Costello, Tom Gola, Cliff Hagan, Alex Hannum, Buddy Jean ette and Neil Johnston.
FRESH off his gold medal performance at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, last week, long jumper LaQuan Nairn surprised the partici pants of the Corey Francis Community Tennis Summer Camp.Nairn showed up at the camp yesterday at the Percy Munnings Park in Sunset Park where he displayed his medal, and talked and interacted with more than a dozen of the campers. Francis, the camp organ iser, said it was a real treat to have Nairn in attendance. Francis, a certified tennis coach, noted that he was able to reach out to the campers in such a mean ingful way because many of them got to be around a gold medallist for the first time.
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LONDON (AP) — Olympic curling champion Eve Muirhead is retiring from the sport. The 32-year-old Muir head secured Britain’s only gold medal at this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, having also won bronze in Sochi in 2014.“After 15 years of international curling and 21 international titles I have made the hard est decision of my life to hang up my curling shoes and retire,” Muirhead said in a post on social media“Throughoutyesterday. my career and like most athletes, I have experi enced both the highest of the highs, (becoming an Olympic champion) and the lowest of lows and at times the future seemed very distant. It’s been an emotional journey, but a journey that I am incred ibly proud Muirheadof.”also teamed up with Bobby Lammie to win the mixed doubles world championship in April.“Eve Muirhead will go down in history not only as one of the great est-ever British curlers, but as one of the great est sportswomen this country has produced,” British Curling perfor mance director Nigel Holl said.
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press COMMONWEALTH Games long jump gold medallist LaQuan Nairn made a surprise visit to the Percy Munnings Park yesterday where the Corey Francis Community Tennis Summer Camp was held in Sunset Park.
THE 1969 game worn jersey of Boston Celtics’ legend Bill Russell is displayed yesterday along with other memorabilia set to go up for auction in Boston. Bill Russell’s No. 6 jersey is being retired across the NBA. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Players who currently wear No. 6 — including the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James — may continue doing so. But the number cannot be issued again, the league said.
Raphinha has arrived from Leeds to compete with Ousmane Dembélé, Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati for play ing time on either side of Lewandowski, while Jules Koundé moved from Sevilla to greatly boost its defence. Those three signings cost the club 160 million euros ($165Barcelonamillion). also bulked up in defence with Andreas Christensen and in midfield with Franck Kessie, who arrived as free agents. “We have to admit that (Barcelona) has added some quality players, with Raphinha, who I know well, with Lewandowski, who is another world-class player,” Madrid midfielder Casemiro said. “They will try to play their best. We will also want to play better, so let the best team finish onIttop.”remains unclear if Barcelona’s new signings will be able to make their competitive debuts against Rayo due to the league’s salary cap rules that limit how much clubs can spend on players relative to their financial balance. With Bar celona still holding 1 billion euros ($1 billion) in debt, it has seen its salary cap shrinkClubdramatically.president Joan Laporta has said that his club will be able to reg ister its new signings but two days before the home opener at Camp Nou, Bar celona has yet to officially register Lewandowski and its other new players with theMadrid,league. Atlético and Sevilla, along with most of the other clubs, have reg istered their new players. The deadline is the end of August to play in the 202223 league season. So Barcelona’s busy offseason is likely not over. The club may need to sell players or more club assets to get its new transfers in league action as it tries to give Madrid a genuine challenge.
BILL Russell’s No. 6 jersey is being retired across the NBA, a first for theTheleague.NBA and the National Basketball Play ers Association announced yesterday that the number worn by the 11-time cham pion, civil rights activist and person good enough to be enshrined in the Basket ball Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach was being permanently retired by all 30 teams. “Bill Russell’s unparal leled success on the court and pioneering civil rights activism deserve to be honoured in a unique and historic way,” NBA Com missioner Adam Silver said. “Permanently retiring his No. 6 across every NBA team ensures that Bill’s transcendent career will always be recognised.”
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid starts the Spanish league season overflowing with confi dence that it can retain the domestic title despite Bar celona spending big to add top talent to its team. Barcelona hosts Rayo Vallecano on Saturday, a day before Madrid visits the newly promoted Almería in the opening round of the league.Led by Ballon d’Or favourite Karim Ben zema, Madrid delivered an outstanding campaign last season by winning the Champions League for a record-extending 14th time and running away from Barcelona and Atlético Madrid in the league. After retaining all its starters and important reserves, as well as making select reinforcements to its midfield and defense, Carlo Ancelotti’s team is openly talking about their aspira tions to sweep up all the titles in Madridplay.was in champion ship form on Wednesday when it won the UEFA Super Cup after easing past Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 thanks to goals by Benzema and David Alaba. Now it wants to not only defend its European and Spanish titles, but also win the Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super“WhenCup.you’re successful, it’s difficult to do it again,” Madrid defender Dani Carvajal said after the vic tory over Frankfurt. “We’re going to fight for everything. Barcelona, Atlético and Sevilla will make life difficult in La Liga. We have to approach the Champions League game by game. We’ve won one title and we’re aiming for the next five.” Madrid will start its league title defence on Sunday in southern Spain at Almería, which won the second division last season. The modest Almería’s biggest threat is Nigeria for ward Umar Ancelotti,Sadiq.who exceeded expectations last season after returning for a second stint in charge of the team, should have more to work with from the bench this season.Little-used veterans Gareth Bale, Isco Alarcón and Marcelo have all left. Madrid has added defender Antonio Rüdiger and defending midfielder Aure lienMadridTchouameni.willstill boast its mix of proven winners in Benzema, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Thibaut Courtois, along with younger players Vinícius Júnior, Federico Valverde, Éder Militão and Rodrygo. Ancelotti praised the team spirit his players have forged, saying that “this is the healthiest (locker room) I have coached” in his long career that has included success at AC Milan, Chel sea, Bayern Munich and ParisMadrid,Saint-Germain.however, should have to face a tougher challenge from Barcelona, which finished 13 points adrift in second place after a tumultuous season follow ing the exit of Lionel Messi. Unable to contemplate another year without a title, the highly indebted Barcelona sold 25% of its Spanish league television rights for the next 25 years and part of its own produc tion company to get the money needed to reinforce itsSosquad.instead of fielding an attack led by Memphis Depay and Pierre-Emer ick Aubameyang, former Bayern star Robert Lewan dowski will be its top striker.Winger
MARLINS’ Edward Cabrera pitches during the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies yesterday in Philadelphia.(AP Photo/Matt Slocum) qualifying from the FIBA Americas Region, easily becoming one of the 12 teams that moved on to the second round.Of those 12 advancing nations, seven will make next year’s World Cup, which will take place in the Philip pines, Indonesia and Japan. The World Cup is the pri mary qualifier for the 2024 Paris Olympics. There are three two-game windows in the second round of quali fying — for the Americas Region, they are August 25 and 29, November 11 and 14, and finally February 23 and 26. If the US tops Uruguay and Colombia, it likely could clinch a World Cup berth in the November window. Canada (6-0) is the only team from the Americas Region that went unbeaten in the first round of qualifying. Also in Canada’s group for the second round: Venezuela (5-1), Argentina (5-1), the Dominican Republic (4-2), Panama (2-4) and the Baha masThe(2-4).US is in a secondround group with Brazil (5-1), Uruguay (4-2), Mexico (4-2), Puerto Rico (3-3) and Colom bia (2-4). The top three teams from each group will advance to the World Cup from the Americas Region, along with the best overall fourth-place team. USA FROM PAGE 11 Kerns, however, admit ted that the outcome of the games was not what he anticipated.“Weexpected them to play a lot harder, but we realised that they were short-handed” he said. “We played well. We did a lot of good things, so we have a lot of good things to buildAfteron.”a close encounter in the first quarter in which the Mountaineers came from a slow 6-0 start, they took a 19-10 margin at the end of the break. They slowly pulled away, cruis ing to a 44-30 advantage at the half. But coming out of the locker room, the Mountaineers managed to go on a scoring spree in the third quarter as they mixed it up with their inside and outside game to surge ahead 80-45 at the end of the final break. From there, Appala chian State continued to apply the pressure as they dominated in the paint, controlling both the offensive and defensive rebounds, to maintain their sizeable lead over the local team.Zocko Littleton Jr, a 6-foot, 3-inch guard, canned a side high 14 points with four steals, two rebounds and two assists, while both Michael Eas Jr, a 6-4 guard, and Ter ance Harcum, another 6-3 guard, had 11 points each. Tamell Pearson, a 6-10 forward and Donovan Gregory, a 6-5 forward, added 10 points apiece. For the Bahamas Select Team, coached by John Nutt, Joshua Dames exploded for a game high 24 points with three rebounds, two assists and a steal. Keno Burrows was the only other player in double figures with 20 points, five rebounds and threeKadeemassists.Coleby chipped in with eight points and six rebounds and Demari Thompson finished with seven points and three rebounds. Jacob Jackson had just four points, five rebounds, four assists and a steal.Burrows, who came to coach the team as he did with his Raw Talent Elite, who won the first game of the tournament by one point over the Univer sity of South Alabama, said when he realised how short-handed the team was, he decided to play. “It was a good one today because we had to use some 25 and 16-yearold players, who got some good exposure against a high level division one team,” he said. “So I feel great coming out here and just showing some leader ship and encouraging the young fellows at this level.” In stressing to the play ers to always put their best foot forward, Burrows said you never know who is in the gym because it could be the next scholarship or coaching job, so they should always be prepared to play their best. Nutt, a member of the Bahamas national team management staff, said the whole idea was to get the players some playing time - win, lose or draw. He said once they realised that they didn’t have all of the firepower needed, they knew it would have been a difficult task against the Mountaineers.“It’spretty tough when you don’t have all of your players show up,” he said. “It’s difficult to get people to come out at 4pm to pre pare for a game at 5pm because they are working. But we still tried to put in a good showing with what weNutt,had.”however, said the Bahamas Basketball Fed eration is using the games played so far to deter mine who will be the best 12 players to assemble to play against the University of Kentucky Wildcats in the finale at Baha Mar at noon Sunday on ESPN. “I believe that with the group of players that we have, we have seen enough to pick the best 12 that we can to play against Kentucky on Sunday,” he said. “Hope fully we will be able to put in a very good showing in thatThegame.”Wildcats, coached by John Calipari, played against the Mexican Pro Team last night after they opened up against the Dominican Republic men’s national team on Wednes day. They are scheduled to play Carleton University at 6pm on Saturday before they close out their trip here against the Bahamas Select Team on Sunday.
DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Drew Smyly struck out nine in five scoreless innings, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Cincin nati Reds 4-2 last night in Major League Baseball’s second annual “Field of Dreams” game. Seiya Suzuki reached three times and Nick Madrigal had three hits for Chicago in a throw back ballpark a short walk away from the main field for the beloved 1989 movie. Ian Happ had two hits and drove in a run. The night began with Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. and his father emerging from the iconic outfield cornstalks for their own version of a memorable scene from the film, delighting the sell out crowd of 7,823. The Griffeys then played catch as more par ents and children joined them on the field with their own balls and gloves, followed by the Cubs and Reds, dressed in special uniforms inspired by how the franchises looked in the early 20th century. Backed by Chicago’s threerun first, Smyly (5-6) earned his second straight win. The veteran left-hander allowed four hits and walked two. Rowan Wick worked the ninth for his seventh save.
The tournament returns with a full slate of inter national teams, which was limited to its participa tion last year because of COVID-19.Theteams are staying in the Major League-style team suites on the Ball parks of America campus and have a chance to expe rience numerous attractions throughout the Branson community.“Thetournament is going very well,” Burrows said. “We have two teams from the Bahamas, including the team that won the Carib bean Open in July and another team from Free dom“ThisFarm.is my third time here. I was first here in 2019, then I came back in 2021 and now I’m back here again in 2022. It’s a big deal when you get invited back. It means that you must be doing something right for them to invite you back. That’s always good.”
GUARDIANS 4, TIGERS 3 (10 INNINGS) DETROIT (AP) — Rookie Oscar Gonzalez knocked in the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the 10th inning and Cleveland extended its winning streak to five games. Gonzalez’s hit off Gregory Soto (2-7) allowed the Guardians to escape after they squandered a two-run lead in the ninth. Cleveland reliever Trevor Stephan opened the ninth by allowing a walk, a single and Jonathan Schoop’s RBI double that got Detroit within 3-2. Enyel De Los Santos (3-0) came in with one out and gave up Eric Haase’s tying fielder’s-choice grounder.
ASTROS RANGERS7, 3 HOUSTON (AP) — Fram ber Valdez threw seven shutout innings, Martín Maldonado and Alex Bregman homered with three RBIs each to lead Houston. The Astros (72-41) moved onehalf game ahead of the slumping New York Yankees for the AL’s best record in manager Dusty Baker’s return after he missed five games with COVID-19. Valdez (11-4) allowed four sin gles and struck out eight to get his third straight win. Houston roughed up rookie Cole Ragans (0-1) for five runs in 4 1/3 innings.
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MARLINS 3, PHILLIES 0 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Edward Cabrera pitched effec tively into the sixth inning, Tanner Scott worked in and out of trou ble in the ninth, and Miami ended Philadelphia’s seven-game win ningScottstreak.struck out pinch-hitter J.T. Realmuto with two men on to end the eighth. In the ninth, he loaded the bases on two sin gles and a walk, but he struck out Edmundo Sosa and Matt Vierling and got Brandon Marsh to weakly ground out, earning his 16th save in a 39-pitch outing. Cabrera (3-1) struck out six and walked two in 5 2/3 innings and combined with three relievers on a seven-hitter.
Umpire Martin ‘Pork’ officiatingBurrowsatthe
BAHAMAS FROM PAGE 11
MARTIN BURROWS, centre, with two of his fellow umpires in Branson, Missouri.
BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
SMYLY LEADS CUBS TO WIN OVER REDS IN ‘FIELD OF DREAMS’ GAME
THE APPALACHIAN State University Mountaineers men’s basketball team last night routed the Bahamas Select Team 111-65 in at Summer of Thunder basketball tournament in the Imperial Ballroom of the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island. Photo: Moise Amisial/Tribune Staff
Burrows started his journey in January when he participated in the US Men’s Fastpitch Open in Fort Myers, Florida. Before, he went to West Palm, Florida in March along with four other umpires - Andrew Burrows and Ainsworth Beckford from New Providence and Wayne Basden and Oscar Green from Grand Bahama - to participate in the CBUAO College Baseball Recruitment and Refresher Clinic. After that, Burrows was invited to officiate in another baseball tour nament at Cooperstown Dream Park. In addition to that, Burrows was a part of a seven-man interna tional officiating crew for the Babe Ruth Caribbean Baseball Tournament here at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex in July. Before the year is out, Burrows is expected to officiate at another interna tional baseball tournament in New Providence before he heads to Grand Bahama for the Greg Chris tie Memorial Softball Tournament.Ifthenew baseball sta dium is completed, there is also an under-23 inter national tournament that is being planned for the Bahamas in December to close out what he called an extremely busy year as an umpire. “It’s a pretty full year for me,” Burrows said. “I might have a chance to go back to Fort Myers in October to officiate at another tourna ment. I’m just excited to be here.” Cal Ripken World Series
ROYALS 5, WHITE SOX 3 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zack Greinke held Chicago scoreless into the seventh inning as Kansas City took three of four in the Greinkeseries.allowed nine hits but didn’t walk a batter, striking out five while throwing 95 pitches in 6 1/3Vinnieinnings.Pasquantino homered and Nicky Lopez had a tworun single for the Royals. Dylan Cease (12-5) allowed three hits and one run — on Pasquatino’s homer leading off the second — in six innings as his ERA dropped to 1.96. ROCKIES CARDINALS8, 6 DENVER (AP) — Brendan Rodgers and Ryan McMahon hit back-to-back home runs in a sixrun seventh inning, and Colorado held off St Louis. The Rockies overcame three more hits from Paul Goldschmidt, including his 27th home run. Jordan Hicks (3-6) walked two with one out in the seventh and was relieved by Génesis Cabrera. Charlie Blackmon pulled a grounder through the right side to snap a 2-all tie and José Iglesias followed with an RBI single up the middle. Rodgers then belted a first-pitch changeup an estimated 407 feet for a three-run homer. DIAMONDBACKS 9, PIRATES 3 PHOENIX (AP) — Emmanuel Rivera homered and hit a tworun double in the seventh inning to help blow open a close game as Arizona beat Pittsburgh. Trailing 3-2 in the seventh, Arizona tied it on Alek Thomas’ bases-loaded groundout off Chase De Jong (4-1). Rivera followed with his double off Yerry De Los Santos and Daulton Varsho hit a three-run double high off the wall in center to put Arizona up 8-3. RED SOX 4, ORIOLES 3 BALTIMORE (AP) — Eric Hosmer hit a go-ahead RBI double in the sixth inning just after Baltimore rallied to tie it, and Boston held on to snap a four-game losing streak. Tommy Pham and Alex Ver dugo also had RBI doubles for Boston, which had lost six of seven and was in danger of car rying a five-game skid into a weekend series with the AL Eastleading New York Yankees. Reliever Austin Davis (2-1) got the win by closing out the sixth after the Orioles scored three to tie it. John Schreiber pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save. Terrin Vavra hit a two-run triple for the Orioles, who were off to a 7-1 start in August.
FOR the fourth time this year, one of the coun try’s top baseball/softball umpires Martin ‘Pork’ Burrows has gone off to officiate in an international baseballBurrowstournament.iscurrently at the Cal Ripken World Series Tournament hosted by Ballparks of America, which features two Baha mian teams, one managed by Javier ‘Sonic’ Bowe and the other by Marlon Bostwick.Thelocal teams are a part of the eight international teams from Puerto Rico, Taiwan, Canada, Australia, Mexico and Aruba, partici pating in the 12-and-under tournament.Thereare also 20 teams from across the United States playing in the tour nament that will wrap up on Saturday.
Gas prices dip just below $4 for the first time in 5 months
By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer
Christian vom Lehn, an economics professor at Brigham Young University, said the price of oil is the key factor for gasoline, but that seasonal trends could also keep prices from surg ing“Weagain.are coming to the end of summer, and summer is a peak travel season, so demand is naturally going to fall,” he said. “That is certainly contributing to the most recent decline” in gas prices.The average gas price has dropped 58 straight days, but that streak will end soon, predicted Tom Kloza, head of energy analysis at the Oil Price Information Service. He said the indus try will face challenges to meet gasoline demand for Kloza noted that it’s still early in the hurri cane season, which in the past has shut down some of the nation’s big gest refineries that sit in hurricane-prone areas of the Gulf Coast; the Gulf of Mexico is speckled with oil-producing platforms. Also, he said, “refinery runs will come down because of a lot of delayed mainte nance that can’t be delayed indefinitely.”Pricesat the pump are likely to be a major issue heading into the mid-term elections in gasandpermithisgasolinedentRepublicansNovember.blamePresiJoeBidenforthehighprices,seizingondecisionstocancelaforamajorpipelinesuspendnewoilandleasesonfederallands.
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Biden touted the sub-$4 gas on “That’sThursday.overone dollar down from peak prices,” he tweeted. “And I’m not done calling on oil pro ducers to increase global supply so prices can drop evenBidenmore.”has previously tar geted the oil companies, accusing them of not pro ducing as much energy as they could while posting huge profits. “Exxon made more money than God this year,” he said in June.
Exxon said it has increased oil production. The CEO of Chevron said Biden was trying to vilify hisBidenindustry.has also ordered the release of oil from the nation’s strategic petro leum reserve this year. While not large enough to account for the drop in gasoline prices, the extra supply from reserves might have helped stem the rise in pump prices, according to analysts.Thenationwide average for gas hasn’t been under $4 since early March. Prices topped out at $5.02 a gallon on June 14, according to AAA. They declined slowly the rest of June, then began dropping more rapidly. The shopping app GasBuddy reported that the national average dropped under $4 onMotoristsTuesday. in California and Hawaii are still paying above $5, and other states in the West are paying close to that. The cheapest gas is in Texas and several other states in the South and Midwest.Ayear ago, the nation wide average price was just under $3.19 a gallon, according to AAA. After a long climb, that price has dropped steadily this summer, falling 15 cents in the past week and 69 cents in the last month, “If you talk to people who are not economists, gas prices always go up faster than they come down,” said Schwarz, the energy-pricing expert. “These are still high gas prices.”
A CUSTOMER pumps gas at an Exxon gas station, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Miami. Gasoline prices are sliding back toward the $4 mark for the first time in more than five months — good news for consumers who are struggling with high prices for many otherPhoto:essentials.Marta Lavandier/AP “I don’t know that $5 was the magic amount. I think it was the amount of increase in a short period of time. People were starting to watch their driving.”
GASOLINE prices have dipped under $4 for the first time in more than five months — good news for consumers who are strug gling with high prices for many other essentials. AAA said the national average for a gallon of reg ular was $3.99 on Thursday, down from the mid-June record of $5.02. However, that’s still about 80 cents higher than the average a yearEnergyago. is a key factor in the cost of many goods and services, and falling prices for gas, airline tickets and clothes are giving consum ers a bit of relief, although inflation is still close to a four-decade high. Glen Smith, a for-hire driver, sized up the price — $3.85 a gallon — while waiting between rides at a gas station in Kenner, Louisiana.“I’mnot tickled pink, but I’m happier it’s less than what it was,” Smith said. “There for a while, every two days I put $50 of gas in my car. It’s $12 to run from the airport to drop off in the city -- $12 a trip!” Oil prices began rising in mid-2020 as economies recovered from the initial shock of the pandemic. They rose again when the U.S. and allies announced sanctions against Russian oil over the country’s war againstRecently,Ukraine.however, oil prices have dropped on concern about slowing economic growth around the world. U.S. bench mark crude oil has recently dipped close to $90 a barrel from over $120 a barrel in June.It is unclear whether gasoline prices got so high that consumers cut back on their driving. Some experts believe that is true, although they acknowledge that the evidence is largely anecdotal.“Idon’t know that $5 was the magic amount. I think it was the amount of increase in a short period of time,” said Peter Schwarz, an expert on energy pricing and an economics professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. “People were starting to watch their driving.” Schwarz expects oil prices to remain relatively stable at least for the next month or so, particularly after OPEC and partners including Russia agreed to only a small oil produc tion increase in September, which won’t be enough to drive prices lower.
underneath investors. Some Fed officials also made com ments after Wednesday’s inflation report suggesting their battle against rising prices is far from over. But enough hope for a peak in inflation and Fed aggres siveness has built that the S&P 500 has roughly halved its losses from earlier in the year, and it’s up more than 14% from its bottom in mid-June.Technology stocks and other investments beaten down the most earlier in the year by the Fed’s aggres sive rate hikes have been among the strongest, and the Nasdaq has climbed more than 20% from its low in TheJune.S&P 500 slipped 2.97 points to 4,207.27 Thursday but it’s still on pace for a fourth consecutive weekly gain.
and health care stocks were among the biggest weights on the S&P 500, keeping gains by energy companies, banks and other sectors in check. The Walt Disney Co. jumped 4.7% after the entertainment company reported stronger profit for its latest quarter than analysts expected. It cited strong performance at its U.S. theme parks and announced price increases for its streaming services. Companies whose profits most depend on a strong economy generally held up better. Energy stocks as a group rose 3.2% for the biggest gain among the 11 sectors that make up the S&P 500. They benefitted from rising prices of oil and natural gas. Shares of raw-material producers in the index gained 0.3%, and financial companies rose 1%.Worries about a possible recession still loom over the market, as the Federal Reserve continues to raise interest rates to fight infla tion. Such increases slow the economy by design, and some parts of the economy have already weakened under their weight, particu larly the housing industry. But a resilient jobs market has offered a strong coun terweight, leading to a muddied outlook for the economy.Areport on Thursday showed fewer U.S. work ers filed for jobless claims last week than expected, a potentially encouraging sign about layoffs. But it was nevertheless the highest number since November. data at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Wall Street is rallying again Thursday, Aug. 10, 200, after another encouraging dose of data showed inflation cooled last month. Photo:Seth Wenig/AP
STOCKS CLOSE MIXED AFTER NEW SIGNS OF COOLING INFLATION A SCREEN displays market
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By STAN CHOE AND ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers AN AFTERNOON pull back left stock indexes on Wall Street with a mixed finish Thursday, erasing most of their gains from a morning rally over new signs of cooling inflation. The S&P 500 closed 0.1% lower after having been up 1.1% in the early going. The Nasdaq fell 0.6%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Aver age eked out a 0.1% gain. The indexes got a big boost early on following a report showing inflation at the wholesale level slowed more than economists expected last month. The report, which came a day after a inflationhopesconsumerreadingcooler-than-expectedoninflationatthelevel,bolsteredamonginvestorsthatmaybeclosetoa
peak and that the Federal Reserve will be less aggres sive about raising interest rates than feared. Even so, the morning rally didn’t hold. The sell ing coincided with a sharp upward move in bond yields and rising energy prices, which have been a cen tral component of higher inflation.“People stepped back and the inflation outlook isn’t that much different than what it was before,” said Willie Delwiche, investment strategist at All Star Charts. “There’s still a lot of work for the Fed to do. Maybe a little bit too much short-term euphoria kind of got in the market.” Inflation is still painfully high, of course, and the economy has given false signals before that relief was on the way only for the rug to get pulled out from
The Nasdaq fell 74.89 points to 12,779.91, and the Dow rose 27.16 points to 33,336.67. The Russell 2000 index of smaller com panies rose 6.01 points, or 0.3%, to 1,975.26. The three indexes are also on pace for a weekly Technologygain.
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4. Owning your ac complishments
US wholesale inflation fell in July for 1st time in 2 years
At one time or another, most women CEOs find themselves in a male-domi nated industry or workplace that does not want to acknowledge their leader ship role. Oftentimes the presumption is that… “she is living off her father’s, husbands or grandfather’s reputations”.
1. Defying social expectations
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PRICES at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in more than two years and a sign that some of the U.S. economy’s infla tionary pressures cooled lastThursday’smonth. report from the Labor Department showed that the pro ducer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — declined 0.5% in July. It was the first monthly drop since April 2020 and was down from a sharp 1% increase from May to June. The easing of whole sale inflation suggests that consumers could get some relief from relentless infla tion in the coming months. The wholesale report fol lows government data Wednesday that showed that consumer inflation was unchanged from June to July — the first flat figure after 25 straight months of increases. Yet economists caution that it’s still too early to say that inflation is headed steadily lower.
“The July deceleration ... is a move in the right direction,” said Rubeela Farooqi, chief U.S. econo mist at High Frequency Economics. “But producer costs continue to rise at a rapid pace, well above target.”Wholesale food prices rose 1% from June to July, a sign that grocery prices will likely keep rising in the coming months. The whole sale costs of eggs, beef and vegetables all jumped. Trucking freight costs, though, fell 0.3%, evidence that some supply chain snarls are Inflationeasing.atthe wholesale level still jumped 9.8% in July compared with a year earlier, suggesting that infla tion will remain at painful levels for months to come. That was down from a yearover-year surge of 11.3% in June — near a four-decade high — and was the smallest annual rise in eight months. Thursday’s report showed that wholesale gas prices tumbled 16.7% from June to July, a sign that retail prices at the pump will con tinue to decline this month and likely into September. Consumers are already seeing steady reductions: Gas prices fell below $4 a gallon, on average, on Thursday for the first time in five months. The milder inflation data, and last month’s unexpect edly robust hiring that helped lower the unemploy ment rate to a half-century low of 3.5%, have pro vided President Joe Biden with some positive eco nomic news after months of accelerating price spikes hammered his approval ratings. Congressional Republicans have made rising inflation a major line of attack in the upcoming midterm elections. And the Federal Reserve has embarked on its fastest pace of interest rate hikes since the early 1980s in an effort to quell inflation, and will likely keep raising bor rowing costs for the rest of this year. Its short-term rate is currently in a range of 2.25% to 2.5%, the highest sinceChair2018.Jerome Powell has said the Fed would need to see a series of declining inflation readings before it would consider pausing its rate increases.
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2. Accessing funding A 2014 Babson College report found that less than 3% of companies with venture capital funding had female CEOs. In this All Boys Club, it becomes increasingly more difficult for women to raise capital in funding their business enterprise. These chal lenges exist in the initial phase of business develop ment as well as expansion phases.
Failure is a very real possibility in any business venture. Women are usu ally more vulnerable and prone to being locked into poverty. The deep loss for business failure per haps impacts women more deeply and wounds them more soundly. The road to success is paved with losses, mishaps and mistakes, but it can still take you where you want to go as long as you don’t lose sight of your ulti mate destination.
7. Coping with fear of failure
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“Pent up demand only lasts so long. That’s why they call it pent up demand. It does run out after a while. But we have so much going for us, we have great air service, great proximity and I think people think it’s safer because it is close to home,” Mr Lounsberry added.He also said: “Although I think the safety issue is fading away, but the des tination is much different than it was 10 years ago and I think we are positioned for a long stretch of really strong business.” Despite the concerns in the country’s major source market in the US, flights are picking up as Virgin will now increase their flights to the country to four flights a week. In addition the Thanksgiving and Christ mas bookings are looking particularly strong. With regard to the NPIPB’s website tracking: “We have seen strong per formance right up into this summer. This is a time of year when it drops in demand as school starts and there’s this little dip. But we start to ramp up in Septem ber and we will be on par or on the same level we were in in 2019.”
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Over the past cen tury, women have made great strides in politics, civic society and business. There are no longer relegated to home and restricted careers. Female entrepreneurship is now a common occurrence. Despite this fact, being a woman in business today comes with many obstacles, but it may also bring some unique advantages and opportunities. By navigat ing challenges and taking advantage of opportunities that come their way, women can go further in business. Overcoming these obstacles requires an acknowledgement of them. This week’s column identi fies some of the recurring issues stacked up against the female entrepreneur:
Overdue revamp coming for business legislation
6. Balancing business and family life Parent entrepreneurs have dual responsibilities to their businesses and to their families; finding ways to devote time to both is key to achieving that elusive work-life balance. While men can wick away quite casually for the business conference or the late nights building the brand, most mothers would give second thought to leaving their young and vulnerable children with out their watchful eye and supervision.
5. Building a support network A robust support net work is essential for entrepreneurial success, so it’s no surprise that many women business founders claim to have no mentors in business. With the majority of the high-level business world still being dominated by men, it can be hard for women to blaze their own path and facilitate the intro ductions and connections into some of the more elite business networks.
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TAKE NOTICE that by Petition filed in the Supreme Court of The Bahamas on the 13th day of May A.D. 2022 Marion Antoinette Russell Administratrix of the Estate of Irwin George Stubbs late of the Western District of the Island of New Providence one of the Islands of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (hereinafter called “the Petitioner”) claimed the late Irwin George Stubbs to be the owner in fee simple in possession of the above captioned piece parcel or lot of land and have made application to the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas under Section 3 of The Quieting Titles Act, 1959 to have his title to the said piece parcel or lot of land investigated and the nature and extent thereof determined and declared in a Certificate of Title to be granted by the Court in accordance with the provisions of the said Act.
3. Struggling to be taken seriously
IN this May 10, 2020 file photo, a shopper pushes his cart past a display of packaged meat in a grocery store in southeast Denver. Prices at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in more than two years and a sign that some of the U.S. economy’s infla tionary pressures cooled last month. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that the producer price index — which measures inflation before it reaches consumers — declined 0.5% in July.
OBSTACLES STILL IN THE PATH OF WOMEN IN BUSINESS FERGUSON
TAKE NOTICE that any person having dower or right of dower or any adverse claim or a claim not recognized in the Petition must on or before the expiry of Thirty (30) days following final publication of this notice file in the Supreme Court and serve on the Petitioner and the undersigned a Statement of his Claim in the prescribed form, verified by an Affidavit to be filed therewith together with a plan of the area claimed and an abstract of title to the said area claimed by him. Failure of any such person to file and serve a Statement of his Claim on or before the Thirtieth (30th) day following final publication of this notice will operate as a bar to such claim. Dated this 2nd day of August A.D. 2022 Whiteleaf Law Chambers 83 Dowdeswell Street Nassau, The Bahamas Attorneys for the Petitioner (A. 2, 12, 22)
The communal, con sensus-building qualities encouraged in young girls can leave women uninten tionally downplaying their own worth. Our staunchly patriarchal society very seldom acknowledges women as leaders. Many women throughout the generations have struggled with this mindset.
Mr Pinder also said: “In line with that, we’re looking to amend the Investment Funds Act, to bring that in line with developments.” He continued, “We’re looking at substantial amendments to the DARE (Digital Assets and Regis tered Exchanges) Act again, you would have known as part of our policy posi tion on digital assets. We created Digital Advisory Panel, which I’m the Chair, we work closely with the Securities Commission.”
• NB: Ian R Ferguson is a talent management and organisational develop ment consultant, having completed graduate studies with regional and interna tional universities. He has served organsations, both locally and globally, pro viding relevant solutions to their business growth and development issues. He may be contacted at sultants@coralwave.com.tccon IAN
The digital assets indus try has taken significant shape in The Bahamas par ticularly after the landing of the world’s largest cryp tocurrency exchanges in FTX in 2021. Building off of the success of FTX, which brought scores of crypto currency investors to the country in April, many of who have expressed inter est in setting up shop in The Bahamas as FTX has done, the government is seeing this as a positive sign for the sector moving forward. Mr Pinder added: “We gave our pledge in our policy paper that we would keep our legisla tive framework in line with the development of the industry. So you can see amendments that have to do with how clients hold their assets, how the custodians function in a digital asset space, staking, a regime for stable coins we would have seen there’s a lot of questions about stable coins and the proper regulatory to a framework. “The amendments of the DARE Act will address those in that fashion. We also look for subsequent regulatory amendments to the regulations that deal with areas under digital assets.”
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The prevailing assumption is still that successful entrepreneurs are male. The men still dominate this space and it can be quite unnerving for a woman trying to make her mark and establish her presence in a man’s world. Global statistics indicates that roughly 30% of small businesses are female. Thankfully this number is growing rapidly.
Common Law and Equity Division IN THE MATTER OF the Quieting Titles Act Chapter 393 Statute Law of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas AND IN THE MATTER OF ALL THAT piece parcel or lot of land containing 24,708 square feet situate on the Western side of Baillou Hill Road about 50 feet North of John Road in the Southern District of the Island of New Providence one of the Islands of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas which said piece parcel or lot of land is bounded on the NORTH partly by a Ten (10) feet wide access road and running thereon Ninety four and Thirty six Hundredths (94.36) feet on the SOUTHEAST by land owned by an unknown owner and running thereon Forty three and Twenty two Hundredths (43.22) feet on the NORTH by land owned by an unknown owner and running thereon Seventy two and Fifty Hundredths (72.50) feet on the EAST by Baillou Hill Road and running thereon One Hundred Thirty eight and Twenty seven Hundredths (138.27) feet on the SOUTH partly by land running thereon Ninety two and Sixty eight Hundredths (92.68) feet WEST by land now or formerly the property of Merle C. Wilkinson and running thereon Forty four and Sixty three Hundredths (44.63) feet on the SOUTH by land now or formerly the property of Merle C. Wilkinson and running thereon One Hundred Eight and Thirty seven Hundredths (108.37) feet and on the WEST by vacant land and running thereon One Hundred Twenty three and Eighty three Hundredths (123.83) feet. AND IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF THE ESTATE OF IRWIN GEORGE STUBBS, DECEASEDNOTICEOF PETITION
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“That bill, the first draft of that has been provided to me, I provided the initial comments back and that bill has been sent to our interna tional consultants for their review. They’ve assured me that I will get their com ments back by the beginning of next week, which will be collated and then we’ll do another turn of that bill, and get it ready for public consultation.“Weknow that that’s a bill that will go to public consul tation, and we will have to certainly present what our views are to the public to get their feedback. We’ve already been speaking to Bahamian experts in the area to help coordinate our public consultation on that and our education on that and that’s very important to be able to provide that edu cation basis.” The government will also look into “separate legisla tion for industrial hemp,” and the ministry of agricul ture will be working towards development farmers to take advantage of the even tuality of the legalization of industrial hemp and get them involved in the agri business aspect of industrial hemp.Mr Miller, a staunch proponent for industrial hemp, prefers the legaliza tion of the hemp industry over the marijuana indus try for the fact that more can be gained from indus trial hemp in terms of value added products and oppor tunities for manufacturing and production opportuni ties for Bahamians.
Ryan Pinder, Attorney General, followed up with another update on the pro gress the government is making on marijuana and cannabis legislation yes terday at the Office of the Prime Minister’s weekly press conference, where he said: “The legislation that you always ask me about, the regularization of mari juana and cannabis. That is in process on a medical mar ijuana approach.
Mr Miller also said with regard to marijuana legis lation: “The information is readily available for any idiot who wants to go on the internet and do research. I want people to understand this, marijuana is a drug is a mind and mood alter ing substance and as such, it can be dangerous. If you don’t understand what you’re dealing with, then you’re prone to fall into traps into the pitfalls. But if you understand the dangers, if you’re going into a minefield, and you know where the mines are, you could get across it. But if you’re crossing a mine field, and you don’t know where they are then you’re liable to kill yourself and that is why it’s so important that this legislation be done properly and it should be done expeditiously. a.m. 3.2 2:40 a.m. 0.0 9:03 p.m. 3.8 2:43 p.m. 0.2 9:27 a.m. 3.3 3:29 a.m. 0.0 9:52 p.m. 3.7 3:37 p.m. ‑0.1 10:18 a.m. 3.3 4:16 a.m. 0.0 10:41 p.m. 3.5 4:30 p.m. 0.0 11:09 a.m. 3.3 5:02 a.m. 0.0 11:28 p.m. 3.3 5:23 p.m. 0.3 ThursdayWednesdayTuesday 12:00 p.m. 3.2 5:48 a.m. 0.2 ‑‑‑‑‑ ‑‑‑‑‑ 6:17 p.m. 0.6 12:17 a.m. 3.0 6:35 a.m. 0.4 12:52 p.m. 3.1 7:12 p.m. 0.8 1:07 a.m. 2.7 7:23 a.m. 0.6 1:47 p.m. 3.0 8:11 p.m. 1.0
Looking forward to 2023 the NPIPB needs to “get aggressive” because as tourism picks up around the Caribbean and other destinations begin to open up, marketing efforts for The Bahamas need to match those of its competitors and even be better.
“We have a lot of momentum going and the feeling by all parties was we need to keep the momentum going.”
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RETAILERS are gearing up to take advantage of the late renewal of the Value Added Tax (VAT) holiday for school supplies. James Wallace, owner/ operator of Janaees Uni form Centre, told Tribune Business this VAT Holiday will be good for the con sumer because they could use that 10 percent to spend on other items in the store, particularly if they are shopping for more than one child.Mr Wallace said: “Along with their uniforms they can buy some socks and so it does have its benefits to them, but for us I’m not sure that it makes a difference.“Theonly difference that it makes to us is that we have been observing the back to school and we have seen a decline in the cus tomer base. So that tells us that people are waiting for it to kick in.” The Department of Inland Revenue sent out a notice that there will be a VAT Holiday for back to school shopping start ing from this August 15 to September 6. All school supplies will be VAT free. Mr Wallace said: “The time frame is cool. That’s a very long time. Typi cally, Bahamians are last minute shoppers so they will come in to take advan tage of it. Unfortunately in some cases we have actu ally exhausted our capacity to produce garments before school opens. So the deliv ery date is post September now for people that want to participate. So you will have those people who are last minute who will expect for you to perform a mira cle for Whilethem.”there is a slight rush in the run up to the opening of the school year, it is nowhere near what was seen in the pre-pandemic years before 2020. “The level of business activity is just not there,” he said. Uhura Woodside, man ager at Nassau Stationers, added: “People for the most part are last minute shoppers, so this will help them. For example the par ents for students at Nassau Christian Academy have already shopped because their school opens up on Monday, so they will miss this. But for others they take that opportunity to do what they need to do.” This VAT holiday is expected to drive more sales for books and other stationery, especially for people with more than one child. “They will say let me get it now rather than ask for a discount later on,” Ms Woodside remarked.
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A MARIJUANA legalisation advocate has asked why the government “keeps playing games with the Bahamian people” on the legal ization of marijuana and industrial hemp. Terry Miller, chairman of the non-profit Bahamas Cannabis Research Institute (BACARI), told Tribune Business that the constant “kicking the can down the road” on marijuana legislation is wearing thin with him particularly as the Progressive Liberal Party administration has not invited his group to dis cuss the way forward for industrial marijuana nor had the previous Free National Movement administration after four years of talking about theMrissue.Miller said: “Why are they lying to their people about the potential health benefits of marijuana and why are they denying their people the potential industrial development? That is the bigger question! “I hope that they are really going to have a group of people who understand this industry, the nuances and all of the obvious points of this industry because they haven’t called on me yet and I have been advocating and doing a lot of research in the past four and a half years.”
Overdue revamp coming for business legislation
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THE Attorney General said yesterday that part of the government’s upcoming legis lative agenda will be bringing “company laws up to date”. Ryan Pinder, in remarks at the Office of the Prime Minis ter’s weekly press conference, said the International Busi ness Company (IBC) laws and other related legislation that fall under the Companies Act will be overhauled during this legislative year . Mr Pinder said the gov ernment wants to “redefine the jurisdiction as a central jurisdiction for company and corporations... to really give strength on the commer cial side of the country to help promote the economic growth and development on the financial services side.” He added: “As a corol lary to that there’s a number of financial services amend ments that are being prepared to be tabled over the course of the next six months. We look to have a brand new Securities Industries Bill. It’s a complete overhaul of the SIA (Securities Industries Act) that brings the securities framework in the country to modern best practices, com pletely benchmarked and internationally.“Thispiece of legislation was revolutionary in its time, but it’s more than 10 years old. And as we know, the industry has changed dramat ically. And so it’s a complete overhaul of Securities Indus triesTheAct.”SIA, 2011 was seen at the time as having the ulti mate objective of bringing the regulatory regime for the Securities Industry into com pliance with the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ (IOSCO’s) 38 Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation. IOSCO is the international standard-setter for securities regulation. It is believed that the SIA, 2011 Act accom plishedCompliancethat. with IOSCO’s 38 Principles sets the stage for achieving ‘A’ Signa tory Status to IOSCO’s Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding Concerning
The tourism momentum is picking up as this year, the first full tourism year without COVID-19 lockdowns or restric tions to travel, is on pace to seeing near 6m visitors if trends remain constant. Mr Lounsberry said about this strong showing for tourism, “I think the pent up demand is definitely a factor. There’s no question people were ready to travel and they couldn’t wait to travel and they want to get back to living the way they lived.”Things at the NPIPB are “pretty much back to normal” from the 2020/2021 COVID-19 shutdown of the tourism industry as the board is getting its key messaging back on track, he said. “Like everyone, we had layoffs and furloughs and we had to go into sur vival mode to be ready for when tourism really came back because nobody knew when it was coming back.”
THE Nassau/Paradise Island Promo tion Board will have new leadership with its outgoing president promising a “smooth transition,” to keep the momen tumFredgoing.Lounsberry, told Tribune Busi ness that despite him stepping down as president of the NPIPB he will remain on the board for a period of time and assist with the smooth transition to the incoming president, former Director General of Tourism, Joy Jibrilu. Mr Lounsberry said: “Over the next few months as we are heading into Q4 a lot of things are ready. Moving forward we have a number of the big travel indus try events coming up with Roots, which we will see all of the airline partners and IMEX, those all take the whole month of October and just make sure we have a smooth transition into the new year.
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Mr Miller’s remarks came after Prime Minister Philip Davis said he will bring the government’s marijuana findings to the public in December, but did not commit to having the legislation ready.
Outgoing president promises ‘smooth transition’
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