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ALLEN DENIES ROLE IN EXUMA LAND FRAUD
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GIBSON TO FACE COURT ON SEPT 23
LINCOLN Bain addressing a protest outside the House of Assembly yesterday, with attendees angry over government plans to change citizenship laws - even though no draft bill has been released as yet. See PAGE THREE for the full story. Photo: Moise Amisial PROTEST OF LAW THAT DOESN’T EXIST FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS FORECASTERS KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON WEATHER SYSTEM FORECASTERS are keeping a close eye on a tropical storm - see PAGE TWO for the full story. THURSDAY HIGH 89ºF LOW 79ºF i’m lovin’ it! Volume: 119 No.204, September 15, 2022 THE PEOPLE’S PAPER: PRICE–$1 Established 1903The Tribune CARS! CARS! CLASSIFIEDS TRADEROBITUARIES The Tribune Monday, February 8, To Advertise Call 601-0007 or 502-2351 Starting $33.60 Biggest And Best! LATEST NEWS ON TRIBUNE242.COM 6pcCheeseburgerHamburgerHappyPOKEMONMeals:Nuggets
Referendum pledge last week - but now debate off the table
“The passing of her late Majesty has prompted pockets of debate about how it might impact any future forwhentheAssemblymentarianssaidfortimefinaling.periodwhiletoIarrangements.constitutionalThatsaid,donotthinkitnecessarybeginthatconversationweremaininourofofficialmournOncewehavepaidourrespects,therewillbeenoughinthefuturesuchdiscussions,”heinhisaddresstoparliaintheHouseofyesterday.Yesterday’smeetingwasfirstoneheldsinceJuneParliamentadjournedthesummerbreak.
THIRTY teachers at Thelma Gibson Primary School did not report to work yesterday because they are “sick of the princi pal”, according to Bahamas Union of Teachers (BUT) president Belinda Wilson.
teachers did not report to work, but added there are others who did show up and classes went on.
“The school is settled and we are satisfied that stu dents are learning,” he told The Tribune He did not know the exact number of teachers who reported to work, but explained that he knew they had enough teachers.
When contacted, Direc tor of Education Marcellus Taylor confirmed that some
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‘SICK OF THE PRINCIPAL’ SAY TEACHERS WHO SKIP WORK
This comes after he told reporters last week that a referendum for The Baha mas transition to a republic was always on the table. He also suggested that he sup ported the move.
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis said he does not believe now is the time to start having conversa tions about the country’s future with the monarchy following Queen Elizabeth II’s death, adding that dis cussions over the issue can be had after the official mourning period ends.
Andrew Allen told Trib une Business he felt Chief Justice Ian Winder was “very, very wrong” in find ing that his clients, Gardie Nixon and Samuel Bur rows, had perpetrated a Quieting Titles Act fraud by failing to disclose all key facts when they obtained documentary ownership to Lumber Cay and Jim Cay.
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A FORMER Cabinet minister’s son yesterday vehemently denied allega tions that he played a key role in a land fraud conspiracy involving two Exuma cays worth a combined $29m.
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
Besides acting as the duo’s attorney in the quiet ing action, Mr Allen was also alleged to have rep resented the US investor to whom both cays were on-sold for $1.8m - just 6.2 percent of their $29m value.
LONG Island member of Parliament Adrian Gibson will face Supreme Court Justice Bernard Turner on September 23 regarding his corruption trial.
He was informed of his next court appearance date after he was served his voluntary bill of indict ment in Magistrate’s Court yesterday.Gibson faces charges in connection to alleged mal feasance during his time as executive chairman of the Water and Sewerage Cor poration during the Minnis administration.
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expected.Lastnight, the seather system developed into Tropical Storm Fiona. Forecast models are predicting that this system could pass over Hispan iola on Monday morning and lead to the weakening of the Evensystem.ifthis happens, the system will be close to the southeast Bahamas.
By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
POLICE are searching for three men who broke into a business on Tuesday morning and stole an esti mated $50,000 in cash from the company’s safe. The incident occurred between 2am and 3am on Tuesday, police said.
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis.
$50,000 TAKEN IN BREAK-IN business’is‘Bahamasopenfor
The prime minister also spoke of the histori cal challenges and attacks
Mar.The Prime Minister said the recent arrival and presence of the FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange underscores the readiness of The Bahamas to be a home for global leaders in the crypto space.
Despite challenges faced, Mr Davis said the country has been able to build “a credible, repu table, dependable, safe and well-regulated finan cial jurisdiction” with a high level international reputation.“I,therefore, commend the strong leadership, vision, tenacity and mental toughness of the Asso ciation of International Bankers and Trust Com panies of The Bahamas for staying the course for 46 years and in the process, building a resilient, trans parent and well regulated financial services sector.”
“We committed our selves to enhancing the ease of doing business in The Bahamas. Some of the ways to achieve this are by revamping and streamlining processes at the Bahamas Investment Authority, Reg istrar General, Department of Inland Revenue and other agencies to become one of the most businessfriendly countries for local and foreign investors,” Mr Davis“Thesaid.Association of International Bankers and Trust Companies in The Bahamas has an important role to play in assisting the financial services industry and policymakers in achiev ing these goals.”
“When we thought we had satisfied the require ments placed on us by these international bodies, we were confronted with yet another new set of industry compliance requirements and standards. I share the frustrations of the regu lators and the service providers.“Noneof this deters us from our efforts.”
The system could bring about some heavy rainfall to the southeast Bahamas by Monday 30.JuneHurricaneafternoon.seasonruns1throughNovember
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By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net
“Police are actively inves tigating this incident and are once again appealing to business owners not to leave large sums of cash in their establishment,” the Royal Bahamas Police Force said. “Business owners are encouraged to collaborate daily, with the officer-in-charge of the policing district in which their business is located, to strategically plan meth ods to circumvent being a victim of crime.”
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During the conference, he said his administra tion’s Blueprint for Change made commitments and policy proposals in order to strengthen the industry.
LOCAL forecasters are keeping a close watch on an approaching weather system that developed into a tropical storm last night.The tropical depres sion is reportedly moving at about 805 miles east of the Leeward Islands, and moving westward at underForecasters14mph. said that maximum sustained winds are presently about 35 miles per hour, but some intensification is
the country’s jurisdiction has faced by international agencies.“Youhave pointed out on many occasions the unwarranted nature of these attacks: that the inter national playing field was not always level, and that the proverbial goal post appeared to be constantly moving, even as our indus try and government acted together in good faith.
PRIME Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis said yester day The Bahamas is “open and ready” for business and is moving to the forefront of innovative industries in crypto, digital assets, and carbon credits.
He spoke at the 15th anniversary of the Nassau Conference of the Asso ciation of International Bankers and Trust Compa nies, held yesterday at Baha
Police were told that the culprits gained access to the building, on Rosetta Street, through an eastern window on the second floor.
He continued: “Notwith standing the regulatory and compliance challenges, we have proven over and over again that by work ing together with a shared vision and rallying around common objectives, we can and have weathered the black-listings, the grey-list ings and the watch lists.”
tell us that we don’t know what we’re doing. That we fail by voting against what they want. But we want to tell them that they work for us and they must do what we want. And if we said no twice, they should not just go and table a bill that goes against the Bahamian people and we are not going to allow that. We allowed that with the gaming ref erendum, but with this referendum, we are going to go to any means neces sary to make sure that they do not defy our constitu tion,” he said.
“We will advance appro priate legislation to finally bring equality to Baha mian men and women in the transmission of citizen ship to their children,” Mr Pinder said in the Senate.
on internally and we look to advance consultation after bringing it to Cabinet and ultimately tabling in Parliament.”Hecontinued: “And for those who may raise ques tions as to this legislative action, let me be clear, the Constitution in Article 13 provides that Parliament may make provision for the acquisition of citizenship of The Bahamas by persons who do not become citizens of The Bahamas by virtue of the provisions of this chapter in the Constitution. It’s (an) irrefutable, plain reading of the law.
Bahamians who have met her and were impressed by her work ethic over the years.“In pursuit of her work in creating better relations amongst all people, she vis ited over 117 countries and is estimated to have made journeys which are the equivalent of having circled the earth some 42 times,” the prime minister added.
of historic significance. This was the gathering hosted by the father of our nation, the late Sir Lynden Pindling.”
In a separate interview with reporters, he said that while mourning the loss of Her Majesty was important, it was also essential for MPs to “get back to the busi ness” of addressing pressing issues facing the nation.
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THE PROTEST outside the House of Assembly yesterday and, left, Coalition of Independents leader Lincoln Bain.Photos: Moise Amisial
“King Charles III was an early and vigorous pro ponent of the need to do something more and better to protect our environ ment. Prince William has followed his footsteps. They have both publicly stated their strong support for the work we are doing here in The Bahamas and I look forward to the further strengthening of the rela tionship between our two countries especially in this regard,” he added.
During her reign, she witnessed and experienced numerous social and politi cal changes that included
“For the (last) 70 years, the Queen has been sovereign over the Com monwealth in many ways. The truth is she has been working, I don’t see how taking a break is going to be a tribute. Against the back drop of her dying, we have work to Queendo.”Elizabeth, who died at the age of 96, ascended to the throne in 1952 after her father’s death.
Mr Davis said as the country moves forward from the “Elizabeth II age,” it is his hope that The Bahamas’ relations with the United Kingdom can con tinue to deepen and grow.
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to “Theyimmigrants.arealso planning on bringing other citizen ship bills, like the asylum bill and like the bill that allows for Belonger status. We are totally against that. We know this is not about gender equality. This is about them sneaking these other bills into the House. We will not tolerate it. We are going to stand and we are going to stand strong on this. And I am willing to be jailed and arrested for this.
During his contribution to the 2022-2023 Budget debate earlier this year, Attorney General Ryan Pinder said it was “irrefu table” that Article 13 of the Constitution gave Par liament the ability to make provisions for the acquisi tion of citizenship of The Bahamas.Hemaintained that advancing equality when it comes to transmission of citizenship is explic itly permitted through the legislative mechanisms of Parliament, adding the gov ernment intended on using that avenue to go forward.
Earlier yesterday, protestors chanted “Baha mians first” and “Get out our House” as they gathered in Parliament Square. They protested as the govern ment held its first House of Assembly meeting after its summer break. The protest ers were eventually moved across the street to Rawson Square by police officials around 9.30am, as they were joined by more supporters.
Free National Movement Leader Michael Pintard
to the business of address ing the issues that affect the Bahamian people.
the rebuilding of Britain post-war, their joining and exit of the European Union and most recently, the wide spread changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the RussianUkrainian war.
“Here in The Bahamas, the death of our monarch and the accession of her heir is both a constitutional and institutional moment of transition. Institution ally, the monarchy has been a part of the fabric of our national life, reaching back to the year 1718 when these islands first became a British Crown colony and constitutionally since 1973, when our country became an independent and sover eign nation,” said Mr Davis.
“Our administration is committed to partnership with The Bahamian people and will consult at all times throughout our governance. We remind Bahamians to do their due diligence in the age of social media and to avoid misinformation regarding government poli cies and priorities,” the OPM statement added.
PROTESTORS, led by the Coalition of Independ ents, flooded Parliament Square yesterday outraged over what they claimed was the government’s “inten tion” to advance drafted citizenship bills relating to issues that were initially rejected during the 2016 referendum.Yesterday, the Office of the Prime Minister responded to the protest, saying “no draft bill” relat ing to citizenship or immigration laws has been released by the Davis administration.“Theonlydraft bill was done under the previous Minnis-led administration in 2018,” the Office of the Prime Minister said.
“We are in the midst of very serious inflation - rising costs of food, gaso line and the cost of living in general,” Mr Pintard told reporters outside Parliament.“Andwhile it is impor tant, which is why we’re participating in it to mourn the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we believe that it is even more important for us to get back
The House of Assembly met briefly yesterday to offer condolences over the death of Queen Elizabeth II. No other legislation was on the agenda. However, a draft citizenship bill that was reportedly circulating on social media prompted someLincolnoutrage.Bain, leader of the Coalition of Inde pendents and leader of the protest, said protestors do not want the government to go against the results of the 2016“Theyreferendum.areplanning to
“Advancing equal ity when it comes to transmission of citi zenship is explicitly permitted through the legislative mechanisms of Parliament and we intend on using that avenue to go forward – We are brave, be brave my colleagues, be brave.”InApril, Mr Pinder said the Davis administra tion planned to scrap the draft 111-page Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill 2018 put forth by the Minnis administration, saying while it addressed a number of different issues, the government was of the view that it was a better approach to tackle matters individually.However, some of the concepts of the Minnis administration’s draft will be used in a new bill, Mr Pinder said at the time.
official opposition issued a statement on behalf of Mr Pintard expressing disap proval of any citizenship bill that restricts Bahamian women’s rights to pass on citizenship.“TheFNM leader made it clear that the Free National Movement does not sup port the draft bill in the form that is in circulation. Mr Pintard has previously indicated to the media that he and his colleagues sup port the right of Bahamian men and women being able to pass citizenship onto their unborn children,” the statement said.
By LETRE SWEETING
“That bill will not be tabled in our House. That is our House and that bill will be torn to shreds and burned, before we allow that to be tabled in our House.”Shortly after the leader of the Free National Move ment spoke with protestors yesterday, the office of the
It is the government’s intention to bring leg islation to allow both Bahamian men and women to pass on citizenship in any circumstance.TheNationality, Immi gration and Asylum Bill 2018, drafted under former Law Reform Commissioner Dame Anita Allen, features expanded grounds for the refusal of citizenship under the constitution, and regis tration and naturalisation under the law to include terrorism, human and drug trafficking, as well as gangrelated activities. The draft has drawn commentary from both the political and civic arenas.
During yesterday’s short proceedings, parliamentar ians paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II who died last Thursday and also offered condolences to the mon arch and the royal family.
“The Queen made four official visits to The Baha mas – in 1966, 1977, 1985 and 1994. Her opening of the new Broadcasting Cor poration of The Bahamas in 1977 and the Elizabeth Estates subdivision in 1985 are just two of the legacies of her “Butvisits.the role that the Queen played in 1985 during the Com monwealth Heads of Government Meeting hosted here in Nassau was
also paid tribute to the Queen yesterday, saying she lived a long and impact fulHelife. also reiterated his condolences on behalf of the official opposition.
“An initial draft has been prepared and commented
Mr Davis then went on to speak of the Queen’s impact, noting the many
There were 15 British prime ministers during her tenure. She was also recog nised as the head of state for more than a dozen Commonwealth countries, including The Bahamas despite the country being an independent nation. However, that title now belongs to her son, King Charles III, who succeeded her.
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“The only issue at stake is the importance of consul tation with the Bahamian people (who must have their say) and being care ful to address this issue as a stand-alone matter. Mr Pintard also said that it is possible to put Bahamians first and protect our rights without hating any other group.”Ina June 2016 refer endum, the majority of voters said “no” to all four proposed constitu tional amendment bills, three of which referenced citizenship, naturalisation
Protest of law that doesn’t exist
In August, there was discussion about the Davisled administration’s plan to amend the Bahamas Nationality Act to bring gender-equal nationality law, avoiding another refer endum which is required to amend the constitution.
and belonged status.
Mr Bain said he is will ing to do “whatever is necessary” to make sure the drafted citizenship bills are not passed into law, including the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill allowing naturalisation
‘Sick of the principal’ say teachers who skip work
Some time in 2019, teachers protested outside Carlton Francis Primary School several times for the removal of the school’s sit tingBackprincipal.inAugust 2019, it was reported that nearly two dozen teachers at the school had signed a petition calling for the removal of the school’s principal.
we see the same trends from Carlton Francis in 2019 now in 2022. And what I also want to say too, is the matter with Carlton Francis is an active matter in the Supreme Court.”
“So we’ve already had the first part of the case, and we’re now waiting for a date for the hearing. So we were taken aback when Mrs Daxon was reposted into a school with a matter that is in the Supreme Court still pending.”MrTaylor admitted Ms Daxon did “serve at Carl ton“SheFrancis”.didat the beginning of, I think, the 2019 aca demic year; she requested to be relieved of that post. There was union activity, which again, was proven to be unfair. And the court ruled that we were in our right to redeploy to the teachers, etc. She decided to leave because she just didn’t like the public atten tion and at the time her father died. So it was just too much for her to deal with at that time,” Mr TaylorAskedsaid.if it was fair to post her to another school, Mr Taylor argued: “She is a principal. She’s been made a principal by (the) Public Service Commission (and) until we have reason not to have her as the prin cipal then she should be serving as a principal. And we (maybe) have teachers who decided to withdraw. They haven’t gone through the grievance procedure — we don’t just move them. We go through the process.”
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Mrs Wilson gave more details about the concilia tion“Thetalks.lawyers along with, I think, the lawyers from the Attorney General’s Office, persons in the Ministry of Education, the Department of Labour - they are in the Labour Department now in a conciliation (meeting),” Mrs Wilson said.
Mr Taylor said a concilia tion meeting, chaired by the director of labour, will be held over the issue.
BTVI is partnering with the Street Legends organi sation to help to tackle crime and get young people off the streets.
CSP Chrislyn Skippings confirmed that a teacher at the school has filed a com plaint with police, but said she did not know the specif ics of the report.
PRESIDENT of Street Legends Mobile Trade School Wilton Rus sell and interim president of the Bahamas Technical and Voca tional Institute Dr Linda Davis.
DEAL SIGNED TO HELP TEACH YOUTHS A TRADE
“Because we’ve had numerous complaints about Mrs Olivia Daxon at Thelma Gibson and the thing is, she was just recently posted there. So
principal’s removal are “inappropriate.”“Youdon’tmake a call for the principal to be recalled just because you have a disagreement,” he said.Mrs Wilson claimed that Thelma Gibson Primary School’s principal had to be removed from Carlton Francis Primary School for similar actions in 2019.
a trade. Having a trade is a way to put food on the table. They won’t have to look for handouts,” he said.Scheduled to run for 12 weeks full-time, the programme allows partici pants to earn a certificate in automotive mechan ics, beauty, construction or fashion trades at no cost. Participants from the Street Legends Mobile Trade School will focus specifi cally on plumbing, welding, construction, electrical and heating ventilation and air conditioning.BTVI’sinterim presi dent, Dr Linda Davis, said: “This is a model of which we should be proud as it demonstrates the power of partnership with private businesses and industry. The beauty of this arrangement is through Mr Russell’s contacts, we have access to young people who desperately need the skills we offer through Smart Start.”
Noting their issues with the principal have been “pent up” over the last two years, the teachers were “not prepared to teach” should the principal remain in her post when school opened next week, Baha mas Union of Teachers (BUT) Area Vice President for New Providence Schools Vernon Rodgers said in 2019.Mrs Wilson noted that the same trends from Carl ton Francis in 2019 now are being noticed at Thelma Gibson.Shesaid a petition for the principal’s removal was “in train” prior to the alleged incident this week.
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She also said: “And we expect for the Ministry of Education to follow the procedures and we also expect for the Depart ment of Labour to give a recommendation.“WhatIalsocan tell you is that two of the teachers who were the witnesses (to the alleged incident) they will be giving their witness reports to the police today.”
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This comes after angry teachers walked out of classes on Tuesday after an alleged altercation between the school’s principal and a teacher on the previous day.
When The Tribune visited the campus in Elizabeth Estates on Tuesday, several teachers were seen standing near the school’s gate, call ing for the principal to be removed.Yesterday, Mr Taylor said he thinks calls for the
THE WALKOUT by teachers at Thelma Gibson Primary School on Tuesday.
Between July 21 and August 17, Sweeting failed to charge the electronic monitoring device that the Supreme Court had ordered him to wear.
Free National Movement
leader Michel Pintard also weighed in on the situation yesterday, saying he was disappointed over what had taken place with respect to the Abaco resident.
MAN ADMITS NOT CHARGING ELECTRONIC MONITOR DEVICE
Days after being visited by Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander, who allegedly inquired about some kitchen cabinets, Bishop Mills said “some one” had entered his church to take pictures of items being stored there with ill intentions.However, those items in his church were either bought or donated from
have seen or heard nothing to suggest that that is the case.”Meanwhile, DRA offi cials have said that the recent recovery of its com mercial assets are a part of its ongoing internal inves tigations from its financial audit.“Investigations will con tinue,” the DRA added. “We remain committed to making our best efforts to recover any and all misap propriated resources of the DRA. We are grate ful to the Royal Bahamas Police Force for their determined effort to locate any items that may be missing, housed, or stored at any location without proper documentation or approval.”“Thismatter is a part of a much larger investigation. Once investigations are completed, we will provide a detailed statement to the general public.”
THE National Fire arms Association (NFA) held a 20-hour training programme on Septem ber 3, and certified eight instructors.Theinstructors were certified on the AVERT training programme, which the NFA says is the most sought-after scheme of its kind in North America.
press. His scene in their mind is to report on the dome destruction which John Pinder — their member of Parliament for South and Central Abaco — had a problem with which I’m sure the member of Parliament for north had a problem with. Most of their people in Abaco had expressed concern about this inhumane act that they carriedHowever,out.” Mr Laroda, who has responsibility for the DRA, dismissed the idea that the government was targeting Bishop Mills who he said he knew to be an honest person.
said NFA president Malvin Gordon.Formore information, visit www.nfa.org.bs or NFA’s social media pages.
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
“Something is wrong with this. So they are look ing to silence the free
FIREARM GROUP HOLDS TRAINING PROGRAMME
MYLES Laroda, State Minister for Disaster Preparedness, yesterday rejected assertions that the government is targeting Abaco resident Bishop Silbert Mills after police conducted a search of his church and retrieved several housing supplies belonging to the Disaster Reconstruction Authority.
NGOs post-Dorian, he said.
In court, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.Hewas granted $2,500 bail.Francis’ trial is set to begin on November 21.
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In court, the accused pleaded guilty to theAftercharge.hearing mitiga tion from the accused, Magistrate McKinney put Sweeting on probation for 18Ifmonths.hebreaches his pro bation, he will face a six-month sentence at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services.
On Wednesday, the local religious leader went live on social media to address reports circulating about last week’s search, calling it a “nasty attack”.
The AVERT schemeshort for Active Violence Emergency Response Training - aims to teach participants how to recog nise warning signs and how to react quickly in an active violence situation.
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN accused of murder was placed on probation yesterday after admitting to violating the conditions of his Supreme CourtTerrybail.Sweeting, 25, stood before Magistrate Samuel McKinney on a charge of violation of bail conditions. The bail was granted by the Supreme Court in connec tion with his ongoing trial for the alleged murder of Leslie Rolle on February 25, 2017.
A MAN was granted bail in Magistrate’s Court yesterday after he was charged with allegedly attacking another man with a Devoncutlass.Francis, 48, stood before Magistrate Shaka Serville on a charge of
that withstood Hurricane Dorian.“A lot of individu als whose homes were destroyed subsequently went and sought refuge and accommodation in that par ticular church and the DRA was subsequently informed that, in view of that church offering refuge and accom modation for many of the Abaconions who had no accommodations as theirs was destroyed, provide them with all of the facilities and supplies and items that are necessary to accommo date the Bahamians who were marginalised and had their home destroyed,” Dr Minnis said.
“I totally reject that argument,” Mr Laroda told reporters. “This gov ernment hasn’t targeted anybody. I don’t know where the source of the information came from that led to the conversa tion between the parties. In all that has been said, I
Other housing supplies that were taken by police, he added, were only there for storage purposes for the DRA when the Minnis administration was in office.
He accused the govern ment of “savaging” the religious leader and trying to silence him after his recent report on the dome demolition exercises on the island.“They’re now savaging Silbert Mills - a respected pastor in the Common wealth of the Bahamas - and they have no less than the commissioner of police go in and question a minister. Murders are hap pening in The Bahamas, a whole series of dastardly acts against children and we have major officers talking to a pastor about generators and their websites savaging them,” Mr Pintard said.
This was also confirmed by former Prime Min ister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday, who said offi cials sought Bishop Mill’s help because his church was one of the few structures
“So I must congratulate Silbert Mills and his church and his church members in the excellent job they have done in terms of assisting individuals, but, yes, many supplies were sent there to accommodate people.”
MINISTER of State for Disaster Preparedness Myles Laroda.
The training and certifi cation were provided by the
creators of the programme, Darcy Leutzinger and Lind say Gietzen, PhD. “We encourage com panies to understand the importance of safety by pro viding a safe environment for their team members to live and work in,” said Mr Leutzinger.“Thistraining should be a part of everyone’s EAP (Emergency Action Plan),” said Lindsay Gietzen.“What makes this train ing unique is the attention it pays not just to the content of the training, but the style in which it is presented, it helps trainees to be recep tive to learning, engage with the instructors, and recall their training months later, and we’re excited and ready to present this train ing here in The Bahamas and around the region”
By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net
FROM left, Marlyn Young, NFA instructor; Malvin Gordon, president; Cyril Saunders, NFA secretary; Lindsay Gietzen PhD, AVERT founder; Darcy Leutzinger, AVERT founder; Christanell Gordon, NFA treasurer; Rchetta Godet, vice president; Guion Stuart, NFA instructor; Gamal Newry, director, NFA.
assault with a dangerous instrument.Francisis alleged to have assaulted Sean Campbell with a cutlass in September 10 in New Providence.
He also insisted that no wrongdoing has been done, adding he could vouch for Bishop Mills’ character.
MAN IN COURT OVER CUTLASS ATTACK
It includes watching for warning signs and situ ational awareness; how to escape, evade, and respond; plus emergency first aid and lifesaving techniques.
Laroda denies bishop being targeted by govt
Even if the government was com mitted to holding such a referendum – despite not having mentioned it in its Blueprint for Change ahead of the elec tion – there has been no indication of what a republic would actually look like for The GivenBahamas.howlong legislation over mari juana has been rumbling along through
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The protest was largely organised by the Coalition of Independents, almost a contradiction in terms itself. You may remember them from the election, when candidate leaflets promised such things as free education, free healthcare, free water, free electricity, free internet and a cheque for $100,000 every year to every Bahamian with a passport. We don’t know why they didn’t offer the moon and the stars free to every Bahamian to go along with that package, but it would have been just as realistic.
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NOT wanting to get ahead of the discussion, but with the upcoming third attempt of amending the Marriage Act, we can presume that many of the “i’s” and “t’s” have been crossed and the passing will only be a formality after the planned symposium irons out the However,kinks.being the scep tic that I am, I suspect that something else will come up that will put a focus on the true target of this exer cise. I am looking at a little seven letter word that has been and continues to be
World droughts have expanded in time and his tory throughout the world. In Africa the northern deserts expand southward while droughts, lack of rain create massive regional dead zones where man and beast cannot survive. The very shores of North Africa are eroding by 50 meters a day, with the salt waters of the ocean win ning the day. South Africa is attempting to drill over 5,000 fresh water sources to supply their citizenry with needed water, finding out that the water table has been depleted due to lack of rain. Wildlife is under siege from both the natu ral elements as well as the encroachment of humanity. There have been attempts to apply technology to find a solution to this continent’s problems, but desalinisa tion of the surrounding sea water is far too expen sive. A poor continent will continue to ship farther into poverty of its people and natural resources. The United Nations has found many examples of criminal ity in Africa, where toxic and man-made wastes have been buried in the sands of Africa illegally, and where these toxins have and con tinue to poison whatever fresh water Africans have. Interpol points its fingers to corrupt corporations and their criminal partners in France, Italy, China and the EU. Since corruption cannot be dealt with by cor rupt national organisations these illegal environmental threats continue.
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LET us hear a tale of two opinions on whether The Bahamas should become a republic.First,there is the view expressed last week. The person in question not only talked about the prospect of a republic, but said they “will have a referendum”. No messing about there – straight to the point.Furthermore, that same person said they would support the move, saying: “The only challenge with us moving to a republic is that I can’t, as much as I would wish to do it, I cannot do it with out your Interestingconsent.”phrase there – as much as I would wish to do it. It certainly shows backing for the idea.
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Last week, he puts a referendum on a republic on the agenda. This week, he brushes it off saying it’s not the time, even when he was the only one who put it forward.Perhaps he remembered that he has invited the new king, King Charles III, to The Bahamas for next year’s 50th anniversary of independence and thought better of how it looked to sug gest a referendum on a republic right after the Queen’s passing.
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us the portion of plastics is well over the accepted levels. The public domain tells Europeans their water is safe, yet control measures throughout the continent to limit drinking this water has increased annually.
Despite its growing scar city and preciousness to life, ironically water is the most misgoverned, inefficiently allocated and waisted natu ral resource globally.
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Now how about the opinion expressed in today’s Tribune? Well, this time, the person giving their view said: “I do not think it necessary to begin that conversation while we remain in our period of official mourning. Once we have paid our final respects, there will be time enough in the future for such discussions.”Thenonsense of course is that these two opinions come from the same person, our Prime Minister, Philip “Brave” Davis.
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EU has experienced unheard of droughts so extreme that major rivers are drying up revealing Europe’s history and deny ing Europeans fresh water. Massive forest fires burn presently in Spain, Portu gal and southern France, destroying historic forests and many people’s liveli hoods. Extreme heat has been with us always, but with a population explosion as Europe has experienced in the past hundred years the demand for mere basics of life such as water has put the EU under great pressure. The very water Europeans drink has been affected by aged pipes, low water sources and the introduction of micro plas tics pollution. Is the water Europeans drink safe to consume? Statistics tell
a bugaboo for all involved. A word in the Constitu tion has to be redefined. A similar attempt was made during a previous exercise that would have caused a possible redefinition of the word “sex”, if Bill No. 4 had beenUppassed.untilthat time sex was male, female or an activity.
If we are to progress as a nation, how ever, it would be useful to debate facts that exist rather than stoke fears over things that do not exist.
Latin and Central America have some of the freshest water supplies in the world, and yet the most threatened. Criminals inject toxic waste into the Amazon, burn both legally and illegally the forests of the Amazon in mass burn ings, creating farm land for crop and livestock. The fresh water of Brazil is being depleted, while in Argentina a decades old drought continues to grow. Chile is thinking about selling its waters to its neighbours suffering from drought while attempt ing to create some form of water conservation system. Many of these nations are too poor to initiate water purification and mainte nance programmes.
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North America has both an abundance of fresh water while certain regions are lacking, and in historic drought situations such as Mexico, California, Arizona and the mid-west. Various attempts to conserve what water they have have failed due to extreme weather patterns annually applied. To further threaten water supply is the historic chal lenges of aged pipelines, micro plastic pollution and regional governments who let their population down by not investing in new water technologies and dis tribution methods, from source to home. America has shown a true lack of imagination and planning with regards to its future water and resource needs, failing to invest multi bil lions of dollars into aged systems that simply do not work. While Lake Mead
There is absolutely a discussion over legal measures to bring parity when it comes to issues of citizenship. Quite why the protest members want to avoid such equality was not made clear – but this is not the way to advance that discussion.
In one of the less coherent demon strations of recent times, protestors gathered outside Parliament yesterday to express their dissatisfaction with laws that don’t exist.
Whatever the situation, it doesn’t make the government look good at all.
4. How can we clean and purify salt water economically?5.Isregional desalinisa tion an essential service?
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It is hard to know what was going through Mr Davis’ head when he started then stopped the debate on a republic. If there was a plan, then it was badly considered, badly executed and swiftly reversed. If there wasn’t a plan – why mention it at all?
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Or perhaps he considered what it might be like to be campaigning to get rid of the monarchy even as the new king and the new Prince of Wales, Prince William, visited the country.
Yesterday, they gathered to protest the government’s “intention” to advance drafted citizenship bills. The Office of the Prime Minister responded quickly to clarify that there are no such draft bills, so the protest served as a lot of sound and fury over nothing so far.
W hich Mr Davis should we listen to?
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I WOULD like to write about a crisis we are and probably will experience sometime in our lives. Something many of us take for granted, that of water availability and purity. There are 37 nations glob ally who are experiencing extreme water stress today. Seven of these nations are Caribbean. Water Resource Groups estimate that by 2030, if no action is taken, with the projected popula tion and economic growth rates, water demand will out pace globally supply by 40%.There is a dire situation existing today, effecting every aspect of our lives, but not fully explained to the citizenry for many reasons. The commod ity known as natural clean fresh water (H20) may join the dodo bird on a list of rare things. What’s going on here, you may ask.
It has become obvi ous to many that the very way we view our water supply must change. Aus tralian citizens have dealt with a lack of fresh water for decades, putting rain collection systems on each roof, showering and flushing toilets only once during the day, water ing lawns sparingly. Waist not-want not. At a time when washing your hands is essential(pandemic), the very thought of man aging how long your tap flows, showering instead of bathing, filling your pool, watering your lawn for hours, flushing your toi lets often (1.6 gallons, but depending on manufacturer as much as 5-7 gallons).
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6. How can we maintain natural sources of water such as the Arctic, South Poles?Can we manipulate water into energy? A dream not yet realised. One can only hope.The five nations with the largest fresh water supply are Brazil, Russia, USA, Canada and China. All these nations face mas sive water management challenges of their own, while attempting to assist other nations in need. One can only help one self before extending their hands out to others in need. Will water become the new world currency of the future? One can live without money, but with out water life ends. Some nations are globe-trotting buying up large sources of natural resources, be they mineral or indeed water. Water is becoming a tool of diplomacy and military strategy. Water is going to become the new politic in the near future, wait and see. Or perhaps do not wait, but start conserving your water reserves before it’s too late. National and Regional Governments must make water manage ment, conservation and sourcing a political neces sity, a public goal.
will be discussing with my younger friends who are thinking about marriage, how this new Consent Form will look and if is going to be attached to the Mar riage Licence in the future. Sadly, one of those friends has become a bit paranoid about the marriage issue and wants to know if fraud charges can be brought against a wife if she is neg ligent in her sexual duties if the new act passes.
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Or perhaps it was never a substantial idea in the first place and nothing more than a reply to a question he had not fully thought through.
The Caribbean has prime examples of small nations taking water maintenance seriously. There is a move ment within Caribbean governmental organisations to unite their efforts before it is too late to do so. Car ibbean nations have been introducing and expanding upon their water supply pipelines, and further water technologies. Social efforts to teach and encourage pro tection and conservation of their water supply contin ues. The Caribbean faces a future of water scarcity, demanding creative invest ments in their conservation methods.Asiahas been badly hit by water depletion and historic droughts bringing about the destruction of its regional farming com munities in Afghanistan, China, Mountain High lands and The Middle East while the climate damages India, Pakistan and other nations with Monsoon like flooding. Pakistan is lack ing clean water while 1/3 of its landmass is under water presently. The schizo phrenic nature of Climate Change has placed this continent in peril. Lack of or far too much water dam ages this area’s fresh water system, the population and its environment for a long period of time.
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evaporates, Arizonian citi zens fear the loss of their fresh water supply. Ameri can corporations and their government have eyes upon Canada’s fresh water supply. Water supply was a speed bump in the Free Trade Conversations of the past, where Canadians attempt to protect their precious water supply and America attempts to trade one commodity off another.
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1. How can we collect the water mother nature throws at us in hurricanes, monsoons and floods.
consultation after consultation, the much more complex issue of a consti tutional overhaul to create a republic would be a difficult issue to rush, espe cially given the time it would take to educate voters about what their choice would actually mean for the nation.
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The fair, which was launched in New Providence on September 11, was a success and attracted a turnout of some 2,000 students. Three of the institutions participated by Zoom. This is the first time that the BFICPCF has come to Grand
Bahama.Several new colleges have come on board this year, including Valencia College.Shenoted that among them is the University of Delaware, the alma mater of US President Joseph Biden, and his wife, Dr Jill Biden.
were leaked, as he stated that Morley was making inquiries into himself and other officers involved in the case. For this Morley apologised directly to the officer for her actions and said that she meant him no harm.Before Magistrate Ser ville made a final decision on the matter, prosecutor Sergeant Deon Barr said he intended to pursue charges.
collective financial advan tage of While$1,279,532.97.two other defendants in this matter — Peaches Farquharson and Elwood Donaldson Jr — were previously served their VBIs on August 26, a third defendant had already taken a plea deal.
Nathaniel Butler, of Drewber Solu tions, said this year they wanted the fair to be more Family Island centric.
Attorney Ian Cargill, retained by Morley to rep resent her son, said that while he does not con done her actions the court has no legal right to keep her phone indefinitely. Mr Cargill also indicated that another man had been caught recording foot age in Magistrate Samuel McKinney’s court that same day.
“This public health sur veillance workshop comes under objective two where we are taking the national public health surveillance system and piloting from a paper base to an electronic based system,” the doctor said.“We are bringing together all agencies who collect data or are respon sible for data that has to do with surveillance in the
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expected to testify for the prosecution as part of that immunity deal.
ERIKA DULEY, of Minnesota State University, speaks to a student.
country and we are just trying to do our part in ensuring that the oppor tunity of programmes is available, that persons are aware, and that there is funding to attend these schools as well.”FIU recruiter Corey Knowles said there is a wide range of scholarships offered at FIU.
The Bahamas was awarded a grant in Decem ber of 2020 to develop a climate resilient health system.
theMinistrymedicalatSystemPublicThevalidationSTAKEHOLDERworkshopforBahamasNationalHealthSurveillancewasheldyesterdaySuperClubsBreezes.DrCalaePhilippe,seniorofficerintheofHealth,saidworkshopispartofa
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Before leaving court, the four remaining defend ants were informed of their notice of alibi; they have within 21 days to notify the court of any wit nesses to corroborate their innocence.
A WOMAN was ordered to pay a $150 fine in Magis trate’s Court yesterday after she was discovered record ing an officer giving testimony in her son’s trial.
Charmaine Morley was in court as Magistrate Shaka Serville presided over her son’s firearm and ammuni tion trial. As an officer was giving testimony as to his involvement in the matter, court officials spotted a camera light going off in court and identified Char maine Morley as the culprit.
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a KAPS study preparation now, which is a knowl edge attitude and practice survey, which will help us to understand the response of Bahamians and be able to develop as Dr Philippe mentioned, communication strategy to connect not just with everybody just in a full scale, but more so from a very targeted approach, especially our vulnerable population.”
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GRAND Bahama high school stu dents met recruiters from 21 colleges and universities in the US and Canada during a college fair held in Freeport yesterday.TheBridgette Francis Ingraham International College Planning Con sulting Firm, in partnership with Drewber Solutions and Valencia Col lege, hosted the event in Nassau and in Freeport at the Life Entertainment Centre.According to Bridgette FrancisIngraham the group expects to exceed the number of scholarships awarded last“Everyyear. year without any media attention, I send at least 200 persons off. So, I expect this year at least 300 to 400 (people) will go off (to school),” she told The Tribune
The two scholarships for high achieving students with a 4.0 GPA, with high SATs or ACTs, are the Presidential Scholarship that offers 100 percent tuition coverage, room and board etc, and the Ambassador Scholarship which offers 75 percent tuition coverage.
He also said there is a list on their website of scholarships available for students with 2.5 and 3.0 GPAs for international students.
After being caught recording footage of the officer, Morley had her phone confiscated by the bailiff. When asked by the magistrate why she was using a phone to record footage against court regu lations, Morley said she only wanted to capture a video of her son to keep after he returns on remand. The officer caught in the footage raised concerns for his own safety if the video
Gibson alongside his cousin Rashae Gibson, campaign manager Joan Knowles and Jerome Mis sick stood before Senior Magistrate Carolyn VogtEvans for service of their VBI.
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In view of this, Magis trate Serville ordered that the footage be deleted and that Morley pay a $150 fine for the breach in court secu rity. While the phone will be returned to Morley, she has until Friday to settle her debts with the court.
Dr Philippe is project coordinator for climate change and health projects.
country.”Thecountry will be launching its first Knowl edge, Attitude and Practice (KAPS) survey about climate change in health where officials and others will ask residents and citizens about their knowledge, their attitude, and what they do in regards to climate change.
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“Bridgett Francis Ingraham Inter national has been doing scholarships for so many years inviting colleges down helping students in The Baha mas apply for admission to these schools, in addition to scholarships. We wanted to continue her legacy,” he said.“The reality is that we have a short age in a number of occupations in the
the Green Climate Readi ness proposal has funded to provide support for the country in developing a climate resilient health system.Kevin Howell, the CEO, explained: “We are integral in supporting the full roll out of the needs assessment for the country - for heath, communicable diseases survey and system.
larger project called the Green Climate Readiness proposal, which is funded under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Together with his coaccused, Gibson faces a wide range of charges from false declaration, bribery, fraud, receiving and money laundering. These all alleg edly stem from Gibson’s failure to declare his inter est in contracts awarded by WSC for which the MP is said to have gained a
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Those, who like the Queen have lived a long and good life, offer simi lar counsel as CS Lewis: “Growth is the syn thesis of change and continuity…where there is no continuity there is no growth.”TomMcTague suggested:
During her 73-year reign Queen Elizabeth witnessed and participated in dramatic change in the United King dom, the Commonwealth and the global commons, amidst dramatic and extraordinary transforma tion in politics, economics, science and every human field of Whenendeavour.theQueen and South African President Nelson Mandela spoke by telephone after the shat tering of apartheid and the country’s re-entry into the Commonwealth as a repub lic, they addressed each other by their first names.
In an article entitled, “The Queen of the World” in The Atlantic last week, Tom McTague offered a remembrance of Elizabeth II’s global influence and presence, which sought to balance competing roles in a changing world: “In the Queen’s 1983 Christmas message, four years after Thatcher came to power, she appeared to cham pion the policies of India’s prime minister, Indira Gandhi, over those of her own government, adding that despite the progress that had been made on the subcontinent, ‘the greatest problem in the world today remains the gap between rich and poor countries, and we shall not begin to close this gap until we hear less about nationalism and more about interdepend ence.’
the first time in British his tory the four great offices of state – prime minister, chancellor of the excheq uer, foreign secretary and home secretary – would comprise not only women but also black Britons.
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“Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth.”
merry maritime gaggle in the“SomePacific. seven decades later only the tiniest of places, most of them islands, are still under direct British rule, while a clutch of independent states, numbering 14 at last count, choose to keep the queen as their ceremonial monarch.”
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CS Lewis again: “Mere change is not growth.” Unnecessary and unthink ing change and disruption are deleterious to good governance.
As The Economist noted: “When Queen Elizabeth II inherited the throne in
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Both evinced a largeness of spirit and graciousness that had escaped British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who refused to relent in her support of a viciously racist and murderous white South African regime. A bellig erent Thatcher was often unbending and resistant to change in myriad ways as prime minister.
PASSING OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II: ANDCONTINUITYCHANGE
WHEN Elizabeth II ascended the British throne in 1952, Joseph Stalin was Premier of the Soviet Union. When she passed away a week ago, there was no longer a Soviet Union and Vladimir Putin was President of Russia.
– CS Lewis
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Elizabeth II grew in her multiple public roles. She also grew and developed as a human being. As others have expressed, one need not be a monarchist to admire the varied extraor dinary qualities of Elizabeth, the human being, who served as Eliza beth Regina: grace, devo tion to duty, a lifetime of ser vice, humility, an extraordi nary sense of humour and other
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The relationship between President and Queen also demonstrated the rebalanc ing of relations between the British monarch and the peoples of the world, including former colo nies no longer subject to imperial domination. The British Commonwealth had become a Commonwealth of Duringequals. her reign, Brit ain’s standing as one of the largest economies in the world continued to slip, overtaken by China, Japan and Germany, the latter a bitter enemy in two world wars. India, once a sup posed jewel in the British crown, will surpass the United Kingdom as an eco nomic power.
There were 100 plus independent states in 1952. Today, there are about 195. Seventy-three years ago, humanity was still 17 years away from landing a “man” on the moon. In 2022, with the Artemis space flights, humanity will land in a few years a woman on the moon and is considering a perma nent lunar presence.
1952, great swathes of the world map were bedecked in imperial red. Britain still ruled some 50 dominions, colonies and protector ates, including at least 15 in Africa, more than a dozen in the Caribbean and a
Relatedly“ and ironi cally, the Queen was on the throne when Britain entered and decades later exited the European Union. When she passed away in Scotland, many won dered how long that nation might remain in a United Kingdom.Daysbefore her death she invited Liz Truss to form a government. For
and harsh judgmentalism, avoid ing the sometimes all too easy reflexivity of imput ing unfair, unkind and bad motives to others.
“The paradox of Eliza beth II’s reign was that in presiding over a shrink ing empire, she became a modern global monarch... She was in a sense a demo cratic Queen, a progressive conservative, an aristo cratic multiculturalist.” She synthesised continuity and change.The towereproceduresalscertainwhatunderstandimperativechangesonethatunderstoodhadfripperyadornedcalmonarchimanylamentingtheditionalismencrustedsomemockedsometimesQueenofthetraofmonarchy,theheavygarmentswithshetowear.Still,shebeforemadeitwastovaluesrituanddesignedupholdand
She was not a porcelain figure but flesh and blood who experienced her share of grief, bitter disappoint ment, heartbreak, anxiety and insecurity, even as she continued her service and duty in the glare of relent lessAtscrutiny.arecent birthday party for a Bahamian cen tenarian, guests marveled at the individual celebrated by family and friends for her generosity of spirit and joyfulness.Asan observer admir ingly remarked, over the 100 years the centenar ian earned a doctorate in humanity, teaching others along the way about the qualities and better angels of our human nature.
revivify.Shemade a number of changes carefully and gradually to serve unchanging values. She appreciated the difference between reflexive tradi tionalism serving narrow interests, and longstand ing traditions of meaning and purpose serving the commonElizabethgood.II served as a symbol of unity in Brit ain, especially during times of political turmoil and upheaval. She helped to preserve the core con stitutional values and traditions of parliamentary government.Inherrole as Monarch she was steadfast in protect ing essential institutions of state. She understood deco rum and probity as vital in maintaining the dignity of her office and that of other offices of state.
She understood that cer tain rituals of democracy and state helped to rein force ancient values that endure and are necessary for good governance.
Speaking of Avril Haines, she has not followed the traditional path to national security prominence in Washington, though she does possess a law degree from George town and work toward a PhD at Johns HopkinsHainesUniversity.majored in theoretical physics, took flying lessons and repaired vehicle engines at a suburban Chicago truck stop while she was in college as a University of Chicago undergraduate. Thirty years ago, she co-owned with her husband a progres sive book shop in gentrifying Fells Point, a trendy neighbourhood along Baltimore’s innerThatharbour.wasthen.
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But in whatever fashion the republic debate turns out here and elsewhere, one can only wish the best for her son and heir, King Charles III.
A man of considerable thoughtfulness and humour himself, he deserves our best wishes and those of the world.
As an architect and occasional spokes person for Allied policy on the war, U.S. director of national intelligence Avril Haines, 53, is a well-respected professional who has also served as deputy director of the CIA and more recently as deputy national security adviser in the White House.
In a news conference with Blinken, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said “in the coming months, our unity and solidarity will be tested, with increasing pressure on energy supplies and the soaring cost of living caused by Russia’s war.”
KING Charles III during the Accession Council at St James’s Palace, London, on Saturday, where he was formally proclaimed monarch. Photo: Victoria Jones/AP
In December, Barbados renounced Queen Eliza beth as head of state and declared itself a republic to be governed by a presi dent. Barbados, however, remained as one of 56 members of the Common wealth of Nations. The Bahamas, of course, retains its allegiance to the British monarch as head of state, as do 14 other members of the Commonwealth. Those include eight other Carib bean nations, two in the South Pacific, plus the “Big Four” of the UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
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The EU has been discuss ing the winter to come and the unhealthy European depend ence on Russian energy supplies for months. It’s been an uneasy discourse. The EU has suggested measures that for many will seem dramatic: A windfall tax on certain energy producers; a price cap on Russian gas imports; mandatory targets for energy consumption.Atthesame time these possibly fanci ful notions are being circulated, inflation continues to batter European voters. The European Central Bank has raised prime interest rates a whopping seven times already this year.
Russian army where it is practical to do so, and in general make this ill-advised war as unpalatable and insupportable for Moscow as pos sible. Reports from the battlefield this week suggest that Ukrainian forces are making significant gains in recapturing lands, towns and cities previously overrun by the RussianStayingarmy.the course also means doing everything the NATO allies can manage to do to diminish the effects of current and future Rus sian energy blackmail attempts. This is so much easier to prescribe from across the Atlantic Ocean in Washington than it is to face in Europe, but the situation is well understood in London, Berlin, Paris and elsewhere on the eco nomic front lines of this war.
“This mismatch between Putin’s ambi tions and capabilities could produce a more unpredictable and possibly more escalatory trajectory,” Haines said.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
“We believe that Moscow continues to use nuclear rhetoric to deter the United States and the West from increasing lethal aid to Ukraine.”Nonetheless, Haines echoes many other senior American officials in reminding her audience that Russia still possesses a large nuclear arsenal.
Now, Haines and her American and Western colleagues face winter and the Russian Army. Good luck to them as they also face decisions that could determine Europe’s fate for generations to come.
on the throne. And most of the remaining 55 million don’t remember her father, King George VI, or King Edward VIII, his brother, whose shocking abdication in December 1936 triggered events that would elevate princess Elizabeth to the throne in February 1952 at the age of Americans25.
has indicated that the pos sibility of republican status may be on the agenda of the future. Will popular sentiment coalesce around staying or leaving the Com monwealth? Time will tell whether this is a hot issue now or whether it has stay ing power beyond the next headline. For now, while the queen’s passing will no doubt reinvigorate discus sions in our country and others about the status of the head of state, the fact that she is no longer with us weighs heavily on many minds.For most Americans, without a royal family, the queen and her sometimes dysfunctional family have represented an elegant and compelling substitute. For the past week, CNN and some other TV outlets have devoted significant air time to documentary reviews of her 70-year reign. Many of them have been fascinat ing, and have reawakened long-dormant memories in American minds of a mon arch whose manner and grace, perhaps even more than her longevity, elicited nationwide attention.
Blinken blithely responded with assur ances that the US “won’t leave our European friends out in the cold. We will emerge stronger and that’s why it’s so important that we stay united.” Frankly, that’s easy for the American to say. The United States domes tic market is not much threatened by Russia turning off its gas and oil spigots. Europe is. Blinken recognizes that “the challenge is to get through the coming winter.”
She has testified before Congress that the war in Ukraine is a classic “war of attrition” in which Moscow clearly seeks to dominate Ukraine and control its entire Black Sea coast. But, Haines said, Vladimir Putin lacks the conventional power to overwhelm his adversary and achieve these goals.
Really?Over the weekend, America’s top diplomat Antony Blinken was in Brussels, where European Union ministers were meeting to address what feels very much like an existential crisis facing their countries in the near future as temperatures drop and energy to heat homes becomes more scarce and more expensive.
The Ukraine war continues to feel like an international game of chicken in which Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden try to stare each other down with threats, atrocities, harassments, sanctions, arms shipments, tough talk and other measures designed to simultaneously provoke and intimidate each other. All the while, a vicious war con tinues to rage on the ground in eastern and southern Ukraine. And the temperatures on battlefields and in homes in Europe are dropping.Whatshould the U.S. and its NATO allies do? Most commentators in New York, Washington and elsewhere believe the West ern allies should “stay the course,” meaning they should continue to provide assistance that will enable Ukraine to contain the conflict in Ukraine’s south and east. The prescription is to continue to strategically arm and rearm the Ukrainian forces so they can resist the invaders and push back the
harbored benevolent feelings toward the queen, reacting nearly unanimously sympatheti cally to her family travails; the “annus horribilis” (1992), and other crises she encountered and dealt with.
it feel to you that the world has somehow become a less comfortable, secure and stable place since the death of Queen Elizabeth II just a week ago? Whether or not you feel The Bahamas should remain in the Com monwealth of Nations or follow the path of Barbados into republican status, the queen’s passing seemed to send a shock wave around the world. Her death, though at her age of 96 it was hardly unexpected, was an emotional tsunami. She had that kind of impact around the world.
There was a news item in the American press the other day. The headline read: “Europe’s unity will help it weather the winter, says U.S. Secretary of State.”
To say the princess grew into her job as queen would be a massive understatement.TheBritish monar chy, and all the stability, tradition, pomp and circum stance it represents, would almost certainly be on shak ier ground today were it not for Elizabeth’s steady, dedi cated and thoughtful reign.
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That gives Putin two powerful levers to employ against the West – his nuclear weap onry and potentially shutting off gas and oil exportSincespigots.these two levers won’t disappear anytime soon, neither is this war likely to end anytime soon.
Before travelling to Brussels, the US Secretary of State visited Kyiv where he announced another $2 billion in “security assistance” to Ukraine.
Queen’s passing sent a shock wave around the world
Roughly 275 million Americans have never lived at any time when Queen Elizabeth was not
Her son, King Charles III, and his siblings and sons marched behind the coffin, which was topped by a wreath of white roses and her crown resting on a purple velvet pillow.
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Prosecutors said they so far have found six bodies with traces of torture in recently retaken Kharkiv region villages. The head of the Kharkiv pros ecutor’s office, Oleksandr Filchakov, said bodies were found in Hrakove and Zaliznyche, villages around 35 miles southeast of Kharkiv city.
outskirts from which Russian troops withdrew in March. In the aftermath, Ukrainian authorities discovered the bodies of hundreds of civilians dumped in streets, yards and mass graves. Many bore signs of torture.
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“We have a terrible picture of what the occupiers did. ... Such cities as
Ukraine flag raised in retaken city after retreat
UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sings the Ukrainian national anthem during his visit to the city of Izium yesterday.
A gaping hole and piles of rubble stood where one building had collapsed.“Theview is very shocking, but it is not shocking for me,” Zelenskyy told journalists, “because we began to see the same pictures from Bucha, from the first de-occupied territories … the same destroyed buildings, killed people.”Bucha is a small city on Kyiv’s
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Local authorities have made similar claims in other areas Russia previ ously held, but it was not immediately possible to verify their information. They have not yet provided evidence of potential atrocities on the scale described in Bucha, where the number and conditions of civilian casualties prompted international demands to press war crimes charges against Rus sianMoscow’sofficials.recent rout in northeast ern Ukraine was its largest military defeat since Russian troops withdrew from the Kyiv area months ago. On the northern outskirts of Izium, the remains of Russian tanks and vehicles lay shattered along a road.
HAND on heart, Ukrainian Presi dent Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched his country’s flag rise yesterday above the recaptured city of Izium, making a rare foray outside the capital that high lights Moscow’s embarrassing retreat from a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
THE COFFIN carrying Queen Elizabeth II rests in Westminster Hall for the lying in state, in London, yesterday.Photo: Dan Kitwood/AP
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THE coffin of Queen Elizabeth II left Bucking ham Palace for the last time Wednesday, borne on a horse-drawn carriage and saluted by cannons and the tolling of Big Ben, in a solemn procession through the flag-draped, crowdlined streets of London to Westminster Hall. There, Britain’s longest-serving monarch will lie in state for the world to mourn.
As Zelenskyy visited, his forces pressed their counteroffensive, de-mined retaken ground and inves tigated possible war crimes. He said that “life comes back” as Ukrainian soldiers return to previously occupied villages.TheUkrainian governor of the east ern Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said Ukrainian soldiers were prepar ing to retake the area.
Balakliia, Izium, are standing in the same row as Bucha, Borodyanka, Irpin,” said Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin, listing places where the Ukrainians have alleged Russian forces committed atrocities.
Russian forces left the war-scarred city last week as Kyiv’s soldiers pressed a stunning advance that has reclaimed large swaths of territory in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region.AsZelenskyy looked on and sang the national anthem, the Ukrainian flag was raised in front of the burnedout city hall. After almost six months under Russian occupation, Izium was left largely devastated, with apart ment buildings blackened by fire and pockmarked by artillery strikes.
Crowds shuffled past her coffin in the center of 900-year-old Westmin ster Hall well into the night. People flowed in two lines, with hundreds of thousands expected to pay their respects before her state funeral on Monday.
“This team has already shown that they will
Jonesalive.has averaged 15.5 points and 10 rebounds through the first two games of the WNBA Finals, but the Sun left Nevada with an 0-2 series deficit at the hands of the Las Vegas Aces.Jones had 15 points and nine rebounds in a game one 67-64 loss followed by 16 points and 11 rebounds in an 85-71 loss in game two.The best-of-five series shifts to Connecticut for games three (September 15 at 9pm on ESPN) and four if necessary (September 18 at 4pm on ESPN). A fifth and deciding game would be hosted by the Aces at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 20.
“We have another oppor tunity. That’s why it’s a series and like I said before, we’re going home and we’re going in front of our fans and we are going to use it to help us win the game.”
Connecticut did not make a field goal spanning from the 3:46 mark in the first quarter until the 8:04 of
one-on-one defence in Game 1 and we didn’t do as well of a job this game and I think that was the major difference, them just put ting their heads down and getting to the basket and being able to finish through contact or getting to the free-throw line.
BJ Murray and his South Bend Cubs continued their dominant second half into the postseason and are one win away from the Mid west League championship series.The Cubs took game one of the best-of-three West Division series 2-1 over the Cedar Rapids Kernels Tuesday night at Four Winds Field in South Bend, Indiana.
The Cubs were the second half West Division leaders, while the Kernels won the first half. Both teams finished tied for first place for the year-end division standings. They wrapped up the regular season with a five-game series prior to the playoffs.
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World Baseball Classic qualification: Team Great Britain in training camp
(coaches, coordinators, athletic trainers and more) who have given so much to get us to this point. And I’m excited to see this team compete,” said Great Brit ain manager Drew Spencer.
GREAT Britain’s Anfernee Seymour yesterday in training camp.
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the second quarter. A total span of 6:42 of game action in Tuesday night’s loss.
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In 39 games with the club, he hit .305, slugged .461 with a .902 OPS, 39 hits, including three home runs, 11 doubles, 31 runs scored and 25 RBI.
“I’m grateful to the amazing staff of volunteers
different approach facing elimination.“Youcan’t think big pic ture,” Miller said. “That becomes over whelming and daunting and feels, at times, bigger. It’s too big. So you’ve got to drill it down and we’ll get back to work with our prep aration for Game 3, and all we talk about is Game 3, and in particular, all we are going to talk about is the first quarter, and that’s our approach.“Ithink if you start think ing we have to win three in a row, we have to do those kind of things, it becomes big. So we are going to talk about Game 3 and Game 3 only and be ready for that first quarter.”
they would host Game 1 of the three-game champi onship set at Four Winds Field on September 18.
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career postseason doubledouble and moved her into a tie for no. 12 all-time with Elena Delle Donne and Taj McWilliams-Franklin.Jonesalsomoved into fourth all-time in scoring in Connecticut Sun postsea sonSunhistory.head coach Curt Miller said the team will have to take a much
CONNECTICUT Sun forward Jonquel Jones (35) battles for the ball with Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson (22) during the first half in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals series on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Las Vegas leads the best-of-five series 2-0 heading into Game 3 against the Sun at 9pm tonight in Connecticut.(AP Photo/John Locher)
“We are taking it one game at a time. That’s all we can do. We are going to go back home, we are going to have our fans behind us, who have been with us all season, and we are going to use that to propel us to a win and that’s all we can do,” Jones said.
Murray hit .421 in that series, highlighted by a 3-4 night with two runs in the finale. If South Bend moves to the final round,
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Las Vegas led 68-54 after the third quarter after a game one performance where they scored only 67 points.“Ithink they were just extremely aggressive,” Jones said. “I think we did a better job of playing
Tuesday night’s perfor mance marked Jones’ 10th
with South Bend, Murray is hitting .273, slugging .406, with a .794 OPS, with 51 hits, 22 runs scored, eight doubles, five home runs, 28 RBI and eight stolenMurraybases.began his 2022 season at the Low-A level with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans before he was promoted on June 14.
Murray was selected by the Cubs out of Florida Atlantic University with the 22nd pick in the 15th round, no. 454 overall in the 2021 MLB Draft. He spent his first season of pro baseball in the Arizona ComplexThroughLeague.16ACL games, he hit .286, slugging .482 with a .826 OPS, 16 hits, including two home runs, three doubles, a triple, 12 runs scored and eight RBI.
Jones: ‘We are taking it one game at a time’
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Jonquel reacts to Game 2 loss
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The 22-year-old infielder has made a successful transition to High-A base ball and his progression within the Chicago Cubs organisation.Sincethe start of July, Murray is one of only two players in the Midwest League with a batting average over .300 and an on-base percentage over .400. Through 56 games
TEAM Great Britain, including members of the Bahamian contingent, has arrived in Regensburg, Germany and are cur rently in training camp as they prepare to chase 2023 World Baseball Classic qualification.Theteamheads into the final day of camp today with their first matchup at 1pm Friday local time against France in the second half of a double header at pages.FacebookWorldballclassic.comMLB.com,gamesformat.eliminationbe1pmGermany,toArmin-Wolf-Arena.Thewinnerwilladvancefacethehostcountry,SaturdayatwhiletheloserwillrelegatedinthedoubletournamentAllWBCqualifyingwillbebroadcastonatWorldbaseandontheBaseballClassic’sandYouTube
The Sun are 3-0 in elimi nation games in the playoffs so far this season.
Jones and the Connecticut Sun are once again facing a must-win situation to keep their 2022 season
The Great Britain roster includes outfield ers Anfernee Seymour and D’Shawn Knowles, pitchers Tahnaj Thomas and Chavez Fernander, catcher Ural Forbes and Albert Cart wright as a member of the coaching staff.
for its sixth consecutive victory.Oscar Gonzalez and Andrés Giménez each had three hits as the AL Central leaders (76-65) moved 11 games over .500 for the first time since September 2020.
Doval struck out the side in the ninth for his 23rd save in 26 opportunities.
Each location will host a six-team pool, with the top two teams from each quali fier advancing to the main event in March 2023.
Chicago White Sox, who lost to last-place Colorado. The win streak for Cleve land matches a season high.
Luis Castillo (7-5) threw six shutout innings, scatter ing four hits and striking out nine.
With Amed Rosario aboard after a leadoff single, Ramírez drove a 3-1 slider from Ryan Tepera (4-3) to right for his 27th homer.The All-Star third baseman also leads the Guardians with 111 RBIs.
GUARDIANS 5, ANGELS 3
The Guardians opened a four-game lead over the
Judge came around to score, and Torres beat Ver dugo’s second throw home for the three-run, Little League homer that gave New York a 3-0 lead. Torres had three hits, and Nestor Cortes (10-4) took a shut out into the fifth to give the Yankees their fourth straight win and eighth in 10 games.Red Sox rookie Brayan Bello (1-6) took the loss even though all three runs he allowed were unearned.
The Angels (61-82) clinched their seventh straight losing season, matching the team record set from 1971-77.
CHICAGO (AP) — Col orado starter Kyle Freeland outpitched Dylan Cease
Toronto (81-62) has won three of four from the Rays (79-63), who dropped one game behind Seattle (80-82) heading into Thurs day’s series finale, Those teams are in the three AL wild-card positions for the expanded playoffs, with Baltimore (75-67) four games behind the Rays.
Several of the Baha mas’ top minor league players were expected to compete for Team Great Britain before the 2021 edition of the Qualifiers were cancelled due to the COVID-19Bahamianpandemic.players are eligible to compete for Great Britain once their parents were born in the Bahamas while it was still a British colony, prior to
Great Britain is cur rently ranked at no.23 in the WBSC rankings. They will play in Pool A along side no.18 Germany, no.14
CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez hit a tie breaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, and Cleveland beat Los Angeles
The White Sox fell four games behind AL Centralleading Cleveland with 19 remaining.Chicago travels to Cleve land for a makeup game Thursday, and the teams return to Chicago for a three-game series starting Sept.Freeland20. (9-9) frustrated a Chicago lineup that was 0 for 10 with runners in scor ing position.
The Pool B Qualifier is scheduled from September 30 to October 5 in Panama City and includes no. 13 Panama, no. 15 Nicaragua, no. 25 Brazil, no. 27 Argen tina, no. 31 Pakistan and no. 46 New Zealand.
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TORONTO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 100th home run at age 23, and Toronto beat Tampa Bay to ensure win ning a rare five-game series against a wild card rival.
TEAM Great Britain players, including members of the Bahamian contingent, share a light moment together yesterday during training camp in Regensburg, Germany.
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Independence. Germany and Panama serve as the two respective sites of the qualifiers this fall.
SEATTLE (AP) — Julio Rodríguez hit the fourth leadoff home run of his rookie season, Eugenio Suárez and Carlos Santana both went deep, and the Seattle Mariners beat the San Diego Padres 6-1 yesterday.Seattle rebounded quickly from being shut out for the first time in nearly three months and split the brief two-game set. Rod ríguez hit the first pitch thrown by Padres starter Mike Clevinger (5-7) for his 26th home Rodríguezrun.later nabbed his 25th stolen base, making him the third rookie in league history to have at least 25 steals and 25 homers in their first season. But unlike Chris Young in 2007 and Mike Trout in 2012, Rodriguez reached the 25/25 plateau in his debut season. Both Young and Trout reached the majors late in the previous season, but were still con sideredSeattlerookies.kept pace with Toronto and gained a game on Tampa Bay in the crowded race for the top AL wild card. The Padres hold the third and final NL wild-card slot.
BLUE JAYS 5, RAYS 1
Daniel Bard struck out three in the ninth for his 30thCeasesave.(14-7), a contender for the AL Cy Young Award, threw 56 pitches in the first two innings. Alan Trejo hit an RBI double in the second to snap Cease’s 16-inning scoreless streak. Yonathan Daza singled home a run later in the inning.
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The Braves remained a half-game behind the NL East-leading New York Mets.
The newly expanded 20-team, top-tier global tournament, serves as
Robbie Grossman went 3 for 3 with an RBI for Atlanta. Charlie Morton (8-6) was charged with four runs in 5 1/3 innings for his first loss since July 27.
He worked around seven hits and three walks, strik ing out five in 6 2/3 innings
GIANTS 4, BRAVES 1
BOSTON (AP) — Aaron Judge didn’t homer and Gleyber Torres only sorta did to send AL East-lead ing New York past Boston, completing a two-game sweep.Aday after homering twice to reach 57 for the season — four short of Roger Maris’ AL record — Judge went 1 for 4 with a walk. He singled in the fifth after Aaron Hicks reached on an error, putting runners on first and second.
Clay Holmes pitched the ninth for his 20th save in 25 chances.
Ross Stripling (8-4) allowed one run and three hits in 6 1/3 innings. He won for the first time in nine career appearances against the Rays.
YANKEES 5, RED SOX 3
Rodón (13-8) allowed just an unearned run on two hits and a walk. Giants relievers Tyler Rogers, Scott Alex ander, John Brebbia and Camilo Doval combined for four scoreless innings.
Torres lined a single to right, and Alex Verdugo’s throw to the plate was too late to get Hicks. Catcher Connor Wong thought he had Torres making too big of a turn and fired the ball to first but it sailed wide and into the outfield.
— Austin Wynns drove in three runs, Carlos Rodón struck out eight in five dom inant innings before leaving with a blister and San Fran cisco slowed Atlanta to win theAtlantaseries. lost two of three to the sub-.500 Giants.
J.D. Davis added two hits and an RBI for the Giants, who have won four of five.
and put a dent in Chicago’s push for a playoff spot.
Trevor Stephan (5-4) got three outs for the win, and James Karinchak worked the ninth for his third save.
Forbes was most recently a hitting coach for the Ver mont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate BaseballBahamianLeague.baseball play ers have been on the roster for Great Britain at the last two editions of the qualifi ers. In the 2013 Qualifiers, Cartwright appeared with Antoan Richardson and helped Great Britain make their debut in the event with a 1-2 record in Regens burg, Germany. Their tournament highlight was a 12-5 win over the Czech Republic.Atthe 2017 Qualifiers in Brooklyn, New York, Rich ardson and Cartwright were joined by Ali Knowles, Jazz Chisholm Jr, Kyle Simmons, Todd Isaacs Jr, Reshard Munroe, Byron Murray and Champ Stuart. That team finished just one game shy of WBC qualifica tion when they suffered a 9-1 loss in the final.
represent us very well. Such a great group of young men.”Seymour spent his season with Charleston Dirty Birds and the Long Island Ducks in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Knowles, a prospect in the Los Angeles Angels organi sation, began his season at the Low A level with the Inland Empire 66ers before he was promoted to High A with the Tri City Dust Devils.Pittsburgh Pirates pros pect Thomas has been a top reliever in the rotation for for the Altoona Curve at the Double A level, while Fernander (Detroit Tigers) has spent time between the Low A and High levels with the Eerie Seawolves and West Michigan Whitecaps.
Czech Republic, no. 19 Spain, no. 22 France and no. 26 South Africa.
World Baseball Softball Confederation’s official professional-level National Team World Championship.
Sixteen teams had already secured a berth in the 2023 WBC - Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Israel, Italy, Japan, Neth erlands, Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States and Venezuela.
Team Great Britain enjoys training camp in Germany
Guerrero homered off Drew Rasmussen (10-5) in the first inning, his 28th home run this season. At 23 years, 182 days, he became the youngest Blue Jays player to reach 100 homers.
Photos: GB Baseball
TEAM Great Britain players enjoy training camp in Regensburg, Germany, as they prepare to chase 2023 World Baseball Classic qualification. The team heads into the final day of camp today with their first matchup at 1pm Friday local time against France in the second half of a double header at the Armin-Wolf-Arena.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)
ROCKIES 3, WHITE SOX 0
international Okafor also scored in a draw last week with AC Milan, which leads GroupMilanE.eased to a 3-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb as Rafael Leão starred and French veteran Olivier Giroud opened the scoring with a penalty in the 45th. Copenhagen and Sevilla drew 0-0 in Denmark and are both still without a goal in Group G led by Man City.Six days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland, Rangers fans displayed a giant mosaic across one entire end of the stadium of a Union Jack flag imposed with a silhou ette of the queen’s head when the teams came on the field. A minute’s silence was followed by singing the British national anthem.
Celtic’s players wore black armbands though fans in Warsaw displayed a banner with an expletive in their end of the stadium in Warsaw. It reflected the club’s historic links to Ireland and some fans’ opposition to the British monarchy.TheChampions League now pauses for three weeks during the international break for national teams.
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In Group C in Ham burg, a home crowd helped propel Germany to its first win over France sinceJan-Lennard1938. Struff put Germany in front with a 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 victory over Benjamin Bonzi, after the Frenchman failed to convert two match points.
City’s late win restored some order on an evening when more upset results beckoned in a competition that has been more unpre dictable this season.
Pro Picks had a rest less weekend after a rough Week 1.
The Seahawks get no respect from odds makers after spoiling Russell Wilson’s debut with theTheBroncos.49ers are trying to avoid an 0-2 start. 49ERS, 27-17
It was a 26th goal in just 21 Champions League games for Haaland, who has scored for City in six straight games and has a rate of better than a goal per game this season.
The crowd roared in delight and Bautista Agut sunk to his knees after placing a backhand out of Kecmanovic’s reach after 2 hours, 15 minutes.
GENEVA (AP) — It was the Erling Haaland show in the Champions League even on a night when Paris Saint-Germain super stars Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar all scored in a comeback win.
PATRICK Mahomes loses sleep preparing for Thursday night games.
MANCHESTER City’s Erling Haaland celebrates at the end of the group G Champions League soccer match between Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, yesterday.
NO Carlos Alcaraz, no problem for Spain.
Three other venues — Bologna in Italy, Hamburg, Germany and Glasgow, Scotland — are hosting group-stage matches ahead of the sin gle-venue quarterfinals that will be played in the southern Spanish city of Málaga in November.
Baker Mayfield fell short in his revenge game against the Browns. If the Panthers gave the ball to Christian McCaffrey and D.J. Moore more, Mayfield would’ve come out on top. He should this week.
Coming off a poor effort in Miami, the Patriots are road favourites against a Steelers team that knocked off the reigning AFC cham pion Bengals on the road. Oddsmakers believe in Bill Belichick. So do we because T.J. Watt is hurt.
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer
UPSET VIKINGS,SPECIAL:27-23 Washington (plus 1 1/2) at TheDetroitLions nearly over came a 17-point deficit in the fourth quarter against Philadelphia. They should fare better against the Com manders and former Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz.
RAIDERS, 28-24 Tennessee (plus 9 1/2) at JoshBuffaloAllen and the highpowered Bills will have a tougher time dominating the Titans than they did in Week 1 vs. the Rams.
Chicago (plus 9 1/2) at Green Bay
LIONS, 26-24 New York Jets (plus 5 1/2) at TheClevelandBrowns are looking to start the season 2-0 with Jacoby Brissett filling in for the suspended Deshaun
Herbert is 2-0 at Arrow head Stadium, though the Chargers faced mostly back ups in their win at Kansas City in the 2020 regular-sea son finale. “I know that our guys are really excited for this one,” Herbert said. “To be able to play on prime time, ‘Thursday Night Foot ball’, it’s something you always grow up dreaming about. It is a quick week, a short week, but we’re going to do everything we can to get prepared and get our bodies back so that we have a chance on Thursday.”
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When Napoli got another penalty for handball 10 minutes later, Politano stepped up and scored though McGregor got a hand to the ball on its way into the net. Napoli added late goals from substitutes Giacomo Raspadori and TanguyRangersNdombele.weredown to 10 men after James Sands, the United States interna tional on loan from New York City FC, was sent off when the first penalty was awarded.Chelsea manager Graham Potter’s first game in charge of the 2021 Euro pean champion was a 1-1 draw at home to a Salz burg team that is exceeding expectations.Chelsealed on Raheem Sterling’s curling shot in the 48th and was pegged back by Noah Okafor’s goal in the 75th. Swiss
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Fede Valverde’s opening goal was followed by Marco Asensio’s sweeping shot in stoppageJuventus,time.however, did not find the late goals it needed against Benfica and
PATRIOTS, 19-17
BUCCANEERS, 24-18 Carolina (plus 2 1/2) at New York Giants
Marcel Granollers and Pedro Martínez beat Nikola Cacic and Dušan Lajovic 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-2 in the doubles to complete the whitewash of Serbia, which is without Novak Djokovic.Granollers and Bau tista Agut were part of Spain’s victorious Davis Cup team in 2019.
BEST PACKERSBET: 27-13 Minnesota (plus 1 1/2) at JustinPhiladelphiaJefferson shows Eagles fans up close what they’re missing on Monday night with Jalen Reagor, who was drafted ahead of Jefferson by Philadelphia, returning punts for the Vikings.
which dominated much of theShakhtarplay. might have a star playmaker in Mykhaylo Mudryk, who scored with a powerful left-footed shot for the second straight game.Shakhtar hosted the game at Legia Warsaw’s stadium in neighbouring Poland for security reasons.
The rebound begins when Mahomes leads the Kansas City Chiefs (1-0) against Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers (1-0) in the first exclusive Thursday night game on Prime Video. The AFC West showdown is a potential preview of the conference title game, though Buffalo will have its say.Mahomes has won his past three Thursday night games. How does he get ready for a quick turnaround?“Ithinkusually I sacrifice the sleep earlier in the week and then as you get closer to the game trying to get back on your sleep schedule and getting your recovery back up there,” he said. “I mean they’re tough. They’re always tough because your body’s not necessarily all the way back to where you want it to be, but you have to find ways to battle through it.”
The top-ranked Alcaraz had arrived in Valencia the previous day but skipped the opening round, which was taking place only three days after the Spanish teen ager won the US Open. He did appear during the national anthems, much to the crowd’s delight.
A tough night for Scot tish clubs saw Rangers lose 3-0 at home to Napoli despite 40-year-old goal keeper Allan McGregor saving two penalty kicks early in the second half.
Sunday’s victory over Casper Ruud saw the 19-year-old Alcaraz become the youngest man to lead the ATP computerised rankings since they began in 1973.
The Buccaneers are 0-4 against the Saints in the reg ular season with Tom Brady, losing to Drew Brees twice, Jameis Winston and Taysom Hill.Of course, Tampa Bay knocked off New Orleans in the 2020 playoffs en route to winning the Super Bowl. Time to get that first win in the regular season.
Mahomes threw five touchdown passes in a 44-21 rout at Arizona to begin the season. He’ll face a tough defence featuring new addi tion Khalil Mack, who had three sacks and forced a fumble in a 24-19 win over Las“KhalilVegas.is a great player,” Mahomes said. “I mean obviously they have (Joey) Bosa already with a lot of other guys that go out there and can rush the passer. They have a good defence everywhere. ... I’m just sad Khalil came back, man. I thought he was out of the AFC West, but now he’s back getting sacks again.”
The Chiefs are 4 1/2point favourites in their home opener, according to FanDuel SportsBook. This should be close.
BROWNS, 20-17 Tampa Bay (minus 2 1/2) at New Orleans
Watson. The Jets are aiming for their first win in Septem ber since 2018.
RAMS, 34-13 Seattle (plus 9 1/2) at San Francisco
fell to a second straight 2-1 loss, after defeat in Paris lastWastingweek. a 4th-minute lead earned by Arkadiusz Milik, Juventus was beaten by a Joao Mario penalty for Benfica before halftime and a David Neres strike in the 55th.Neres’ former club Shakhtar Donetsk — who the Brazilian winger left without playing a game after signing just weeks before the Russian invasion of Ukraine — continued its unbeaten run this season drawing 1-1 with Celtic
By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer
BENGALS, 26-16 Houston (plus 9 1/2) at BroncosDenver coach Nathan iel Hackett just needed one game to figure out putting the ball in Russell Wilson’s hands is a better recipe for success.
COLTS, 31-16 Miami (plus 3 1/2) at LamarBaltimoreJackson strug gled mightily in Miami in a Thursday night game last November.He’llget rolling this time around.
For the second straight season, Aaron Rodgers and the Packers opened with a thud. The Bears are flying high after an upset over San Francisco. Rodgers is 22-5 vs. Chicago. He’ll get Green Bay back on track in a prime-time matchup Sunday night.
BILLS, 30-23
Cincinnati (minus 7 1/2) at JoeDallasBurrow erases the taste of the worst game of his NFL career against a reeling Cowboys team miss ing Dak Prescott.
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The defending Super Bowl champs have the right opponent to get back on the winning side after an embarrassing loss to Buffalo in the kickoff opener.
Haaland soars for City in Champions League, Real Madrid, PSG victorious
Midway through the second half across Europe, City and Juventus were losing at home, Real Madrid was being held goalless at home and PSG was level in Israel after trailing.Messi had tied the game for PSG before halftime at Maccabi Haifa but it took until the 69th for Mbappé to seize the lead and Neymar sealed a 3-1 victory in the Madrid88th.had to wait until the 80th to break through in a 2-0 win against Leipzig.
Indianapolis (minus 4 1/2) at DougJacksonvillePederson lost to Wentz in his first game as Jaguars coach. Now, he faces his former offensive coordinator who helped him lead Philadelphia to a Super Bowl victory with Nick Foles.Bythe way, Foles joined Frank Reich as Matt Ryan’s backup in Indianapolis.
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In front of a partisan home crowd at Valencia, Spain cruised to a 3-0 win over Serbia in the Davis Cup Finals yesterday to move top of its group.
But Albert Ramos Viñolas rallied to beat Laslo Đere 2-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the opening rubber that lasted just under three hours. And Roberto Bautista Agut prevailed 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) over Miomir Kecmanovic to secure victory.
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Napoli was awarded three spot-kicks, through the second was a re-take after an encroachment offence when Matteo Politano fol lowed up McGregor’s first save to score from the rebound.Onhis second attempt, Piotr Zielinski fired his pen alty in the same place and McGregor saved again.
Manchester City also trailed, deep into the game, at home yesterday against Haaland’s former club Borussia Dortmund in a fascinating quick reun ion for the prolific Norway prodigy.Thestage was set for Haaland to seal a 2-1 win after teammate John Stones levelled the game scoring with a stunning shot in the 80thHaalandminute.rose to his chal lenge in the 84th when he met a high cross with a twisting leap and acrobatic
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volley to send goalward a ball that seemed to have passed him.
BRONCOS, 31-17 Arizona (plus 5 1/2) at Las Vegas Derek Carr and the rest of the offence avoid the mistakes that plagued them in the opener.
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Italy had a chance to potentially seal the game with 16 seconds left, up by two, but Simone Fontecchio missed a pair of free throws.
Heurtel’s layup tied the game with 5.2 seconds left in regulation. France trailed only once in overtime, for just 23 seconds, and Evan Fournier’s floater with 3:29 left put his team ahead for good.Fournier scored 17 for France, which got 15 from Guerschon Yabusele and 13 from Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot.“Congratulations to France,” Italy coach Gian marco Pozzecco said. “They never gave Fontecchioup.”and Marco Spissu each had 21 points for Italy, which was seeking its first trip to the EuroBas ket semi-finals since winning bronze in 2003.
“What can I say? Very painful, of course,” Datome said.“Very, very painful. But I’m so proud of my teammates.”
France pulled off a wild rally at the end of
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Dragic scored to start the fourth and put Slovenia on top, and the lead was 73-68 on a jumper by Klemen Prepelic with 6:58 left.
BERLIN (AP) — Slo venia roared back from a 23-point deficit, and looked as if it was well on its way to a berth in the EuroBasket semi-finals.Polandhad other ideas — and in an absolute shocker, EuroBasket will have a new champion.Mateusz Ponitka had 26 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists, and Poland beat Slovenia 90-87 to move into the semi-finals of the Euro pean championships for the first time since 1971.
Poland led by 23 late in the second quarter and carried a 58-39 lead into halftime, but Slovenia got within one with a 24-6 run in the third quarter.
Luigi Datome scored 12 and Nicolo Melli added 10 for Italy, which trailed by as many as 11 in the early going but outscored France 31-18 in the third quarter and led by as many as eight early in the fourth.
Luka Doncic was held to 14 points on 5-of-15 shoot ing, though he added 11 rebounds and seven assists.
Gobert started the gameending burst with a dunk to get his team within 75-70.
FRANCE 93, ITALY 85
The other half of the semifinal bracket was set Tuesday: Germany will play Spain, also on Friday.
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Poland outscored Slove nia 21-7 over the next six minutes, and held on in the finalA.J.seconds.Slaughter and Michal Sokolowski each scored 16 for Poland, which got 14 from Jaroslaw Zyskowski and 11 from Aleksander Balcerowski.
Thomas Heurtel scored 20 points, Rudy Gobert had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and France found a way to get past Italy 93-85 in a quarterfinal game yesterday.France was down by seven with 1:59 left in regu lation, and that was when it started on what became a 25-10 run to finish the contest.Itwas France’s second consecutive fourth-quarter rally and overtime win, after needing the same for mula to get past Turkey in the round of 16 on Saturday.
It was another eerie resemblance to Saturday, when Cedi Osman, with Turkey up by two, missed two free throws with 12.2 seconds left to extend France’s hopes.
Vlatko Cancar led Slo venia with 21 points, and Goran Dragic scored 17.
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Next up for France: Poland on Friday for a berth in the title game.
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“I don’t really believe in luck,” Gobert said. “Tonight, we could have given up, once again, but we got the baskets we needed.”