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2,000 GOVT STAFF OFFERED PAY RISE Proposals on increases put forward to Bahamas Public Service Union

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net

GOVERNMENT has finalised and presented its proposal on salary increases to the Bahamas Public Service Union, which among other raises, would see over 2,000 public officers receive higher wages — up to five increments in the first year as a result of the minimum wage increase.

This is in addition to other increases that are proposed under the industrial agreement, according to State Minister for Public Service Pia Glover-Rolle.

In a statement released yesterday, Mrs GloverRolle said the agreement proposed to BPSU, which is now under the union’s review, was the best possible offer the government could make at this time.

The state minister also said she believed civil servants would be pleased with the proposal.

“The Ministry of Public Service is working towards addressing long standing issues and concerns held by public servants. At the top of this list are the proposed salary increases for the public service,” she said.

SEE PAGE THREE

FOOD retailers and wholesalers were yesterday said to be hoping to seal a “win, win win” and “peaceful resolution” to their price control dispute with the government when they meet three senior Cabinet ministers tomorrow morning.

John Bostwick, attorney

for the Retail Grocers Association (RGA), told Tribune Business the sector believes that reaching agreement on its expanded 50-strong list of price controlled products will generate “a happy Christmas for the Bahamian public” - a sign that foods traditionally popular during the festive season have been added to the mix.

FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS

By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A SCHOOL principal was charged in a Magistrate’s Court Friday with assaulting one of her teachers at Thelma Gibson Primary School in early September.

This alleged incident led to teachers staging a walkout in protest against the principal the next day, which The Tribune previously reported.

Olivia Daxon, 50, represented by Attorney Ian Cargill, stood before Magistrate Shaka Serville on a single charge of assault.

On September 12, it is alleged that Daxon assaulted her subordinate Shenique Sweeting while the two were at the school.

SEE PAGE SEVEN

MINISTER: NHI BILL IS NOT SET IN STONE

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

FOOD RETAILERS HOPING TO REACH PRICE CONTROL DEAL

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

PRINCIPAL CHARGED WITH ATTACK ON TEACHER

TOUCHDOWN FOR CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis and his wife Ann Marie disembarking in Egypt for his visit to the COP27 climate conference. See PAGE THREE For more.

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MINISTER of health Dr Michael Darville has pledged to seek “common ground” with Bahamian private doctors who have urged the Government to “hit the pause button” over its proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) reforms.

Dr Darville, responding to the Medical Association of The Bahamas’ statement that it “cannot support the Bill” recently tabled in the House of Assembly, said it was made clear that the legislation was “not set in stone” when he introduced it.

He reiterated in a written statement that the NHI Bill is “by no means is in its final form, and sought to ease the concerns of the association and its members.

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MURDER RATE IS SOARING - SO WHAT DO WE DO? SEE PAGE EIGHT

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BE ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE HURRICANE

By LETRE SWEETING lsweeting@tribunemedia.net

THE Department of Meteorology is warning residents of the northwest and central Bahamas to be on alert this week for possible flooding and heavy rain due

to an approaching weather system near Puerto Rico that could develop into a hurricane today.

The statement issued yesterday afternoon said to expect strong winds and thunderstorms, should the system develop further into

a tropical storm.

“The Bahamas Department of Meteorology is closely monitoring a lowpressure area north of Puerto Rico that is expected to become a tropical or subtropical storm tonight or Monday, as it moves north

or northwestward over the southwestern Atlantic,” the statement said.

“There is the risk of widespread impacts from coastal flooding, large sea swells, gale-force winds, rough surf, rip currents and beach erosion along portions of the northwest and central Bahamas beginning in the early to middle of this week,” the statement said.

“The system could be at or near hurricane strength before it approaches the northwest Bahamas on Wednesday and Thursday bringing the potential for dangerous storm surge, damaging winds and heavy rainfall into the area.”

The statement continued: “Residents and interests in the northwest and central Bahamas should complete their seasonal hurricane preparations, if they have not already done so.”

The department said tropical storm and hurricane watches may be issued for these areas by early today.

Shezelle Mather, a forecaster at The Bahamas Department of Meteorology, urged people to pay close attention to the system.

“It still has the potential to develop anywhere between maybe tonight

(Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday),” she told this newspaper.

“It could bring some strong gusty winds to the northwest and central islands and you’re looking at some showers and thunderstorms across the central and southeast Bahamas,” she said.

“If it does develop into a tropical system or disturbance and then after that it would be determined what kind of impact we’re likely to have.”

She added, “We encourage all Bahamians to pay close attention to the system.”

Last night, the Minister for Grand Bahama, Ginger Moxey, issued a statement, saying: “We are closely monitoring an area of Low Pressure which is a possible threat to Grand Bahama Island and surrounding cays. There is high chance of this system developing into a Tropical or Sub-tropical Storm over the next day.

“We strongly encourage all residents of Grand Bahama to make necessary preparations and pay careful attention to weather reports from the Bahamas Department of Meteorology. As advised

by Met Department, Grand

Bahama and surrounding cays are at risk for widespread impacts from coastal flooding, large sea swells, gale-force winds, heavy rainfall, rough surf, rip currents and beach erosion.

“Everyone should complete storm preparations, stay alert and follow The Bahamas Department of Meteorology for further updates.

“Let’s stay safe, take all necessary precautions, be our brother’s and sister’s keeper. Our prayers are with Grand Bahama, surrounding cays and all areas in the path of this potential Tropical or Sub-tropical storm.

“We remain Grand Bahama Strong.”

In September, with many homes still being repaired after the devastation left by Hurricane Dorian in 2019, many Family Island residents braced for the impact of Tropical Storm Fiona, which passed through the southern islands and Hurricane Ian, which passed through the northwest and central islands.

Though the impact of these systems was mild, many residents remain vigilant.

Hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30.

MAN SHOT DEAD IN HIS CAR

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net

A MAN believed to be in his mid-20s or early 30s was shot dead in his car at Palm Breeze Drive on Friday afternoon.

Police were alerted to the killing by residents in the community shortly after 2pm on Friday.

“Sometime shortly after 2pm today, persons in this neighbourhood heard gunshots,” Chief Superintendent Michael Johnson told reporters at the scene of the murder.

“They came out to investigate and met a vehicle in the middle of the street. There was a male in the vehicle who appeared to be suffering from a gunshot injury to the upper body.”

EMS personnel were called but pronounced the victim dead on the scene.

Chief Supt Johnson could not say what led to the incident as details provided to them were limited.

The victim’s identity was also not known to police, he added.

“It is difficult to say who the assailants are, if they came in a vehicle or if they were on foot. It’s still early in this investigation so those are some of the things we will have to answer,” he said.

When asked if any weapons or items of

THE CAR being removed on Friday.

Photo: Leandra Rolle/Tribune Staff interest were found on the victim or his vehicle, Chief Supt Johnson declined to say.

This latest killing has pushed the country’s murder toll to 115, according to this newspaper’s record.

It follows a series of recent violent incidents in the country.

On Wednesday, a German man, identified as 57-year-old Torsten Hendrick, was killed and another was seriously injured in a double shooting in Kemp’s Bay, Andros.

Two days earlier, a woman in her 40s was fatally shot after receiving a phone call to come outside of her Johnson Road home.

This came after three people, including two men on bail for serious crimes, were shot dead in separate incidents over the weekend.

Anyone with information on this latest homicide or any other crime matters is asked to call police at 502-9991.

TWO HELD OVER GERMAN MAN’S KILLING

By LETRE SWEETING lsweeting@tribunemedia.net

TWO South Andros men in their 20s are in custody in New Providence in connection with the Thursday murder of a German visitor to the island.

This comes after the double shooting in Kemp’s Bay, Andros, when a German man, who police identified as Torsten Wilhelm Hendrick, was killed and another German man, understood to be related to him, was seriously injured.

Bernard K Bonamy, Jr, assistant commissioner of police for the Family Islands, said on Friday that the two accused have no previous record and are being questioned at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).

“Early this morning (Friday) they were transported to Nassau under police escort, taken to CID, where they are now being interviewed,” ACP Bonamy said.

“Two male adults were transported to New Providence under police escort and they will be assisting in the investigation. They are both residents of South Andros, early 20s and mid20s. They are not known to police, just two natives that were taken into custody, on yesterday (Thursday) morning and one last night,” he said.

According to reports, around 8pm on Thursday, three German men were outside their summer residence when they were approached by a masked man armed with a firearm.

The victims attempted to run inside the residence when the suspect opened fire on them, resulting in

two of them being shot. The suspect then fled the area.

The victims were taken to the local clinic; however, one of them died. The other was airlifted to the capital for further medical assistance.

Leon Lundy, Central, South Andros and Mangrove Cay MP, released a statement on Thursday calling the news of the killing “distressing” for the peaceful community.

“This is unprecedented for a small, close community like South Andros,” Mr Lundy, parliamentary secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, said.

“There is a reason we call them the Family Islands, where for the most part, there are peaceful, striving families living in a settlement where everyone knows everyone. The concept of borrowing sugar from your neighbour is not foreign. I am shocked, I am angered, and I am grieved.”

He expressed condolences to the family of the deceased and prayed that the surviving victim has a speedy recovery.

This shooting is the latest in a series of violent incidents in the country.

Last Monday, a woman in her 40s was fatally shot after a telephone caller asked her to go outside.

That incident came after three people, including two men on bail for serious crimes, were shot dead in separate incidents over the previous weekend.

The investigation into the country’s latest murder is continuing.

Anyone with information on these crimes is asked to contact CID at 5029991/2 or Crime Stoppers at 328-(TIPS)-8477.

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Monday, November 7, 2022, PAGE 3 PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis taking part in discussions after arriving in Egypt.

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Touchdown for climate talks

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE International Monetary Fund has joined hands with The Bahamas to work on several key issues related to climate change, such as the need for additional climate financing and the monetisation of the nation’s carbon credits as an “asset class”.

The issues were discussed at a meeting held between Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis and IMF Managing Director Ms Kristalina Georgieva in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt over the weekend.

Mr Davis is in Egypt for the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) that officially began yesterday.

He is expected to return to The Bahamas on November 13.

“The work is falling short of commitments made to those countries that are most affected by the climate crisis,” Ms Georgieva said after the high-level talks ended.

She and Mr Davis spoke in a video released by the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday.

“We have to find a way to unleash more financing for The Bahamas and all the countries like The Bahamas. Carbon offsets, carbon credits can be an asset class for The Bahamas that helps to finance adaptation to climate shocks.”

For his part, Prime Minister Davis said he was grateful for the IMF’s support of the country’s efforts to fight climate change and willingness to assist as it relates to the monetisation of the nation’s carbon credits as an asset class.

“I am very encouraged by Kristalina’s support of The Bahamas and what we’re doing and she is going to lend her voice to some of the challenges that we have had which we appreciate and we will lend our voice to some of the initiatives that they have started to create,” Mr Davis stressed.

“I’m very appreciative of the sensitivity that the IMF is showing to the challenges that small island developing states like ours have particularly this existential threat that’s upon us.

“And I’m grateful to how she is going to look into how to assist us in the monetisation of our carbon credits as an asset

class and so I’m delighted that we’re able to have this meeting this afternoon to share our views, concerns and the way forward on these things.

“One thing that comes out of this meeting is that neither of us is going to give up.”

Asked if he felt the meetings were a step in the right direction, Mr Davis replied: “Well, it is and again our conversation covered debt sustainability and she has offered to look into how they factor in lost debt (incurred) by a consequence of climate change in the debt profile and how that impacts our debt sustainability.”

Ms Georgieva then briefly spoke to IMF’s latest initiatives to help support countries like The Bahamas that are vulnerable to climate change.

“We have made one step in that direction by creating first ever long-term concessional financing capacity at the IMF exactly to support countries that are vulnerable to climate shocks,” she said.

“We currently have $40 billion available to our members for 20 years maturity and 10 and a half years grace period and it is available not just to low-income countries.

It is available to vulnerable middle-income

countries like The Bahamas.

“Everybody who follows up this topic knows that vulnerability to climate shocks has not been accepted for criteria for concessionality until now so I’m very pleased to contribute in that way.”

To which, the prime minister replied: “For that, we are grateful.”

There are 70 people representing The Bahamas at this year’s international conference.

Among them are Attorney General Ryan Pinder, Agriculture and Family Island Affairs Minister Clay Sweeting and a number of other officials from various government agencies, including a strong youth presence.

Environment and Natural Resources Minister Vaughn Miller is not attending the conference because he will be at another event in Canada.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Davis will address world leaders at COP27 Tuesday and Bahamians have been advised to stay tuned for his remarks.

It has been said that there will be a major announcement from him “on the future of climate change and construction in The Bahamas.”

2,000 GOVT STAFF OFFERED PAY RISE from page one

“Negotiations are ongoing. The government has adjusted its original proposal made on 29 June 2022 to the Bahamas Public Service Union (BPSU) to better reflect the needs of the public service. On 25 October 2022, the government finalised its new proposal, which is now being reviewed by the BPSU. “Our goal with the current proposal is to complete the rollout of the public service minimum wage increase, while also delivering additional increases at every level of the public service.

“The proposed increases represent the best possible offer that can be made at this time. We believe that public servants will be happy with this proposal. We thank the Labour Relations Unit and all union officials who were seated at the negotiation table to bring us to this point.”

The country’s minimum wage is being raised from $210 to $260.

BPSU has long called for salary increases, lump sum payments and salary reviews for members across the public sector.

BPSU president Kimsley Ferguson had previously told The Tribune that the union wants “nothing less than at least $350 per week” given the high cost of living in the country, citing the amount as a livable wage.

Yesterday, Mrs Glover-Rolle also commented on the success of National Public Service Week which was held between October 30 and November 5.

“Thanks to the enthusiastic participation of public servants, National Public Service Week 2022 was a resounding success,” she said. “Public servants all around the country celebrated in recognition of their important role as nation builders. The Ministry of Public Service looks forward to all of the great things we will accomplish together.

“National Public Service Week is a specially designated time for us to display our gratitude to public servants.

Moving forward, our goal is to show our appreciation each and every day.”

A float parade on Friday was part of the events.

FNM CRITICISES GOVT FOR ENDING SCHOOL BUS CONTRACTS

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net

FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard yesterday criticised the Davis administration for terminating transportation contracts of school bus operators on the Family Islands without just cause.

In a statement released yesterday, Mr Pintard said he was informed that the government had given bus operators a 60-day notice of the termination.

The contracts, he added, were issued for a fixed term of three years. The contracts had one full year left, he said.

“Furthermore, there was no indication given

to any of these hardworking Bahamians that they did not perform the contracted works or otherwise breached the contract,” Mr Pintard added.

“Bahamians who do business with the government of The Bahamas must have confidence in those business dealings and should trust that they will only be terminated if there is just cause.

“Contractors who rely on the issuance of a fixed term contract and act to their detriment by borrowing money for equipment needed to perform the contract should not face ruin on a whim or at the hands of vengeful politicians.”

Mr Pintard condemned the terminations which he

termed as “abrupt” and said the FNM stood with the contractors affected by the move.

He also said the party will determine its next steps after taking legal advice.

When contacted for comment yesterday, Education Minister Glenys HannaMartin explained that in light of past controversies about bussing contracts awarded under the former administration, it was decided by the government to start the process on a fresh slate.

She also noted that officials chose not to take immediate action to allow contractors the opportunity to operate for a period of time after the resumption of in person learning.

“Some of the contracts terminate naturally in December,” she said.

“Others are being terminated by reliance on the termination clause in the contracts.

“You may recall the controversies under the former administration when it was alleged that persons who in fact won bids for bussing were sidelined, in other instances contracts were terminated in reliance on similar clauses, litigation ensued in several instances.

“It was deemed appropriate by the government in light of the controversies and allegations to go at the process afresh. It was determined not to take action immediately to allow contractors to operate for

a period once face-to-face resumed.”

This is not the first time a governing party has come under fire by the opposition over its termination exercises. It is generally believed in some political circles that the move is done so new contracts could be issued to faithful party supporters.

When the Minnis administration was in office, then opposition leader Philip “Brave” Davis raised concerns in 2018 about that administration terminating contracts for dozens of Family Island school bus drivers.

Then Minister of Education Jeffrey Lloyd later explained the reasoning behind the terminations, saying it was the intention

of the Minnis-led government to rehire them and give them better terms of employment.

Similar concerns were rehashed about two years later after seven of eight school bus transportation contracts were brought to an end in Central Andros.

Progressive Liberal Party Chairman Fred Mitchell, in opposition at the time, said the terminations appeared to be politically motivated.

One affected bus driver then admitted to this newspaper that the contracts had expired because they were issued for a five-year period.

They were supposed to end months before, but were extended through the pandemic.

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PHARMACISTS: WE HAD TO CLOSE DOORS TO AVOID FINES

By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net

THE Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association’s president has sought to clarify the motive behind some pharmacies closing this week, saying it was not a slight to the government but to protect the businesses from facing penalties for failing to implement the new regulations.

“Our closing of doors wasn’t based on sticking it to the government,” Shantia McBride, the BPA president said on Friday.

Ms McBride spoke at the Rotary Club of East Nassau, where she explained that

many pharmacies were not prepared to meet the price control expansion deadline of November 1 announced by the government.

Therefore, the decision to advise private pharmacies to close their doors was to prevent them from being fined, McBride said.

“I would say to you the pharmacy is heavily inspected,” she said. “My store may get inspected twice a month sometimes, so we know inspectors come. In the event that an inspector goes to any location, the first line item is $5,000, it’s a $5,000 fine.”

She added: “So even if one location had been

inspected, then a pharmacy could have closed. It’s more or less to protect us from (that) because we were not ready for November 1. We knew that if an inspector came, we would have been fined so that was the necessity for closing that day (Tuesday).

The BPA president, on Monday, advised the group’s members that it was in their best interest to close their doors, which flowed into several private pharmacies shutting down operations.

However, on Wednesday the government and Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association were

able to come to a “winwin” agreement that not only expanded the category of medications to the price control list but set uniformed margins of 20 percent and 40 percent markups for retail and wholesale operators respectively.

The compromise was announced on Thursday, with Economic Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis saying it was “an even better outcome we believe than we originally had” in that now, medications for cancer and kidney ailments will be included.

Mr Halkitis also said the changes would come into

effect with the stroke of a pen on Thursday evening.

“Our original amendment had margins ranging from in some cases 15 percent.

Some were 18, some were 35 and some were 40 and the association expressed that it would be easier for them if they had one wholesale margin and one retail margin instead of two different margins for wholesale and two different margins for retail,” the minster said Thursday during a press conference at the Office of the Prime Minister.

Additionally, effective immediately the Public Hospitals Authority pharmacies have resumed

regular hours of operation, PHA said in a statement on Friday.

Princess Margaret Hospital is open Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm, to fill outpatient prescriptions.

Grand Bahama Health Services pharmacies have also returned to regular hours: Eight Mile Rock Clinic 8am to 4pm, Freeport Community Clinic 8am to 4pm, Hawksbill Clinic 8am to 4pm and Pearce Plaza 9am to 5pm.

Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre has resumed its regular hours Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9am to 12pm, to fill outpatient prescriptions.

‘Give us our job letters so we can get full salary and benefits’

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A NUMBER of Department of Public Health nurses are demanding to receive their job appointment letters so they can receive a full salary and the insurance benefits entitled to them.

The workers, who consist of registered nurses and trained clinical nurses, told The Tribune yesterday they have been working in public healthcare for several months, and in some cases, nearly a year, and have yet to receive the letters.

Some are waiting to be promoted as they had already been working for the government as civil servants before becoming nurses.

For the nurses, the situation is especially aggravating because some of their colleagues who are now stationed at Princess Margaret Hospital and Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre have already

received their appointment letters.

“It’s just the Department of Public Health that is not doing anything,” one worker, who asked to remain anonymous, said.

When contacted for comment yesterday, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville confirmed that he was made aware of the matter, which, he said, is now being handled by the Ministry of Public Service.

He also said he was informed by the minister responsible for that ministry that workers’ issues were being addressed “as a matter of urgency”.

Still, the workers have questioned why the process has taken so long.

“We sat the Bahamas Nursing Council exam to be licensed December 15, 2021,” another worker, who asked that her name be withheld, added.

“So, from then to now, we’re at 11 months and still no appointment and still no promotion and still no correct monies. We’re going to

work every day and we’re performing the duties.

“So, my colleagues are on the student stipend whereas I’m on the regular minimum wage salary.

I don’t get coverage. They don’t have coverage.

We don’t get the nurses’ insurance.

“We don’t have the uniform allowance. We don’t have anything so the new contract that was signed the other day - we’re not entitled to anything because my colleagues are not appointed and I’m not promoted so therefore none of that is applicable to us.”

The frustrated worker also claimed that the nurses had already submitted the necessary paperwork and done all that was required of them.

She continued; “We were asked a few months back, in March to be DPH nurses, we were asked to submit our documents as a part of the process to be hired so that will be the certificates, your licence, your police

records, everything a job would require for the vetting process.

“Once you would have turned those in, the ministry would’ve released them to public service and after public service, we understand that it’s a commission and then the Governor General signs and it goes back down those same channels.

“We just don’t know where we’re at,” she also said. “We’ve submitted these documents long before, 11 months, so from March, April, May I would

say, some of our colleagues were unsuccessful to be honest. They re-sat the Nursing Council exam for the second time in April, but still haven’t gotten their stuff.

“So, it’s like someone is holding up something and nobody is being clear with us.”

One unconfirmed worker told The Tribune the only pay some nurses in this category are receiving is a monthly $950 stipend, however she claimed even these payments are sometimes not distributed on time.

Given the current high cost of living, the nurses say it is difficult to make ends meet.

“It‘s overwhelming. We have bills. We’re frustrated.

We have school fees and we have a life like everyone else, so it’s very unfair. Our colleagues from (Sandilands), they got letters signed from June okay. Our colleagues in PMH, they got it from September,” the worker continued.

According to the workers, some 20 nurses are still waiting to receive the letters.

BY DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

in Downtown Freeport.”

“My heart is filled with joy for the downtown businesses, and the businesses operating in the surrounding areas who have remained hopeful, stayed the course with determination, and fought to keep their doors open in anticipation of what is about to come, despite the tough economic challenges GB has endured over the many years.”

Describing it as “one of the grandest days”, the Minister recalled growing up as a child and catching the bus from Eight Mile Rock to downtown to shop at Winn Dixie.

“This building is historic, said the MP for Pineridge.

It is not only located in PR, but it was also once the home of a thriving business that became the bedrock of Freeport’s commercial center and the core of our community. Like me, I am sure many residents have fond memories of coming downtown to shop at Winn Dixie Food store. Back then, the hustling and bustling energy of downtown made it a magical place filled with the diversity of people and businesses.”

Ms Moxey said when WD closed in GB, the closure not only impacted the business community, but also left a void in the community at large that have been difficult to fill.

She said WD will always be part of the story of GB. “Within the walls of this

building are embedded numerous stories of thousands of people who once walked those aisles,” Ms Moxey stated.

“To the chairman of the Board of MBI Co. Ltd, on behalf of residents of PR, GB, and the Bahamas. and on behalf of the Prime Minister Philip Davis, I Chester Cooper, and our government, I thank you for recognising the viability of GB, and for sticking with us when others did not. You hung in there and now we have this today. I look forward to The Winn becoming a fixture in our community for decades and part of GBs’ history,” Ms Moxey said.

Derek Newbold, chief investment officer at Grand Bahama Port Authority, said the renaming is a good day for Freeport and Grand Bahama.

“Today we are witnessing the return of our downtown, he said. It is important for me to be here to actually see the culmination of months and weeks and years of hard work, dedication and perseverance come to fruition,” he said.

He thanked Mr Butler, Cecile Green, and the Board of Directors and shareholders of Milo B Butler & Sons Investment Company Ltd. for the tremendous job they have done.

“Today serves as a calling card for the rest of The Bahamas that GB is rebuilding better, reemerging, and we are open for business,” he said.

RENAMING ‘A SIGN OF REVITALISATION’

THE renaming of the former Winn Dixie Food store Building to The Winn by Milo B Butler & Sons Investment Company Ltd, signals the muchanticipated revitalisation of downtown Freeport, and the opening of AML’s second Solomon’s Food store location on Grand Bahama.

Grand Bahama Minister Ginger Moxey spoke at the ceremony on Thursday.

She said it “is indeed a win for the people of Grand Bahama”.

“On this occasion, I can say with this assurance that the long-awaited revitalisation of downtown Freeport is finally here,” she said.

“Today, we can breathe a sigh of relief.”

Ms Moxey commended Damian Butler, chairman of Milo Butler Investment Company Ltd, for not giving up on Grand Bahama, despite the tough economic challenges since the closure of Winn Dixie years ago.

“Today, with the renaming of this building to The Winn, we are going to win.

And the opening of AML’s Solomon’s downtown is just days away - a brand new chapter in GB’s history will be written ushering in a new day filled with resurgence of employment and entrepreneurial opportunities and bustling economic activity

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Monday, November 7, 2022, PAGE 5

Media join police on road for close-up look

By LETRE SWEETING lsweeting@tribunemedia.net

POLICE took members of the media on a ridealong to several areas of New Providence on Friday where they investigated an armed robbery and did spot checks of suspicious vehicles.

Superintendent Ezra Maycock, officer in charge of the Wulff Road Police Station and the Northeastern Division, said shortly after 6pm on Friday, a man entered the Shirley Plaza Wash House off Shirley Street, held the cashier up and robbed her of an undetermined amount of cash and then left on foot.

“We are on the scene of an armed robbery that took place shortly after 6pm,” he said at the scene. “We have officers combing the area now with the view of trying

to see if we could come up with the suspect.”

Superintendent Maycock said this is one of many crimes he has seen in his division concerning

businesses and cautioned business owners to be alert.

“Shopbreaking is on the rise at this time and we are out there educating members of the public how to be safe and make their premises a hard target.”

The response to this armed robbery was one part of an operation targeting prolific offenders.

“This operation’s name is Operation Takedown, we’re out here to take down the prolific offenders, the wanted suspects,” Supt Maycock said.

Police also led other operations in the South Beach, Bernard Road and Fox Hill communities targeting some hotspots for

compared to last year.”

Supt Weir said during 2020 and 2021, crime was at a “standstill” as result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, he said as the economy continues to open and return to normal, an increase is expected.

“Our armed robberies are up, and we had quite a few (reports) concerning rape in the early part of the year. We have six murders; and four of those successfully closed, and two outstanding,” Supt Weir said.

Despite the reported increase in crime, the senior officer said that his department is currently experiencing an 80 percent crime solving rate.

Supt Weir said that all crime reported to the police is serious. “We treat all with urgency; we had an increase in rape and murders and we treat all with the same urgency by trying to bring resolve to all.”

In response to the uptick in high-powered weapons, he said Commissioner of Police Clayton Fernander has implemented a new Firearms Unit to address the gun issue. They are also collaborating with their US counterparts, he added.

“Firearms are the most leading cause of murders and armed robberies,” Supt Weir said.

“Persons in possession of firearms should turn them in, and if persons who know of anyone who has firearms should report them to the police so we can take them off the streets.”

When asked for an update on fugitive Kenrick Hanna, Supt Weir said police have issued a red notice on him with foreign law enforcement agencies.

Hanna is accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death in 2019. After the incident, he allegedly attempted to commit suicide after jumping from the balcony of an

apartment complex.

“As you know, we are investigating that. He was placed before the courts and remanded. He was released on bail and after that he ran away. Since then, we have put a red notice out and have reached out to our counterparts at Interpol who are on the lookout, and we hope to return him to Grand Bahama.”

He also said the murder of Omar “Punch” Penn is still actively under investigation.

“There is no statute of limitation on murder; every time we get a lead, we follow up on it,” Supt Weir said.

He also spoke about the reported cases of missing persons on Grand Bahama.

Supt Weir said police are still awaiting an update from the pathologist as to the direction of the matter regarding the discovery of a decomposed body of a man in the Tyne Beach area.

“We are currently

investigating that,” he said.

“The matter is still in the pathologist’s hands; we spoke with her, and we are waiting to get an update as to the direction of that case.”

Supt Weir said that police have not given up on the missing persons cases recently reported.

He advised that family and relatives must be very vigilant of loved ones who may have mental challenges.

“We urge the public who have persons with challenges to be more watchful,” he said.

Supt Weir said when persons are missing, relatives should report it to the police as soon as possible.

“Do not wait two or three weeks or a month or so,” he said. “If the person is missing in 24 hours, come to the police and make a report.”

Stephanie Chisholm, 56, of Eight Mile Rock, disappeared in July. She suffers

from a mental illness and has diabetes.

Supt Weir stressed that police are still looking into that matter.

“We are in contact with the family, and we are not giving up on finding her, and we appeal to the public or anybody who may have information to help us in finding her,” he said.

Shaquille Ferguson, 28, of Eight Mile Rock, went missing at sea off Lover’s Beach in Hepburn Town.

He too suffers from mental illness.

Supt Weir said: “We reached out to BASRA and everybody to see what we can find. We have not given up hope.”

He said police are still looking for Elton Wright, who also went missing at sea.

As the yuletide approaches, Supt Weir is appealing to the public to be respectful to each other and resolve conflicts without resorting to violence.

to bolster their mission to create safter communities,” he added.

Secondly, the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) is another technology that can assist the police.

Mr Cunningham said that it increases surveillance, making it easier for the police to monitor the behaviour of potential criminals.

“This is intended to deter criminals by increasing the risk of detection for criminal behaviour,” he said.

CCTV footage has proven to be highly effective in relation to criminal investigations and identifying suspects in offences committed within view of the sensors.”

Thirdly, the MARCO Alert Digital Billboard allows the public quick access to urgent police bulletins.

The MARCO Alert, which stands for Mandatory Aggressive Action for Rescuing Children Operation (MARCO), was established after the murder of Marco Archer, an 11-year-old sixth grade student who went missing near his home in September of 2011. He was found dead days later.

“The system has been patterned after the Amber Alert system in the United States of America. With successful implement of MARCO Alert Digital Billboard, GB citizens are expected to become more aware in quick time to urgent bulletin alerts,” Cunningham said.

The top police official said it is hoped that these added resources will deter criminals during the Christmas season.

“As we near the yuletide season, these are just a few strategies to reduce the fear of crime and create safer communities,” he said.

ACP Cunningham also advised the public and businesses to take precaution to ensure their safety.

“I encourage you not to travel with large bags or overload yourself with (shopping) bags because this may make you an easy target for persons seeking to rob you. This is especially important at busy shopping areas and busstops,” he said.

The police officer said people should not shop at nighttime, but if they do, shop with others.

He said people shopping alone should reach out to a security officer in the area and ask for an escort to their vehicle.

ACP Cunningham urged business operators to secure

their businesses and hire responsible security firms during busy hours.

“Do not keep large sums of cash in your registers, make frequent deposits, and when doing so, be sure

to check the surroundings thoroughly and seek the assistance of the police,” he said.

The senior police said businesses should ensure that security officers

employed at their premises are not packing groceries.

“They (security officers) should be on the alert for suspicious persons who may attempt to rob the establishment,” he said.

THE SCENE of the Shirley Street robbery. Photo: Moise Amisial

prolific offenders, and conducting road checks in an effort to make certain the neighbourhoods are safe for this upcoming holiday season.

Later that same night on Lyon Road, off Kemp Road, police conducted road checks in that “hot spot” in an effort to apprehend any wanted individuals that they can find.

“We are stopping and searching the Japanese vehicles, (they) appear to be the vehicles that culprits use on a daily basis. We are searching a vehicle and conducting a name check.

If it comes back that they are wanted for any offence, they lock up. Takedown,”

police said that night.

Police also reported a second armed robbery that took place after 6pm on Friday. Police said a gunman wearing a white shirt and black pants entered a convenience store on Soldier Road and demanded cash. The assailant allegedly robbed the establishment of an undisclosed amount of cash and cigarettes before fleeing the store on foot.

Friday’s operation came as the country experiences a surge in violent crime and murder.

Anyone with information on these crimes is asked to contact CID at 5029991/2 or Crime Stoppers at 328-(TIPS)-8477.

SERIOUS CRIMES UP ON LAST YEAR IN GRAND BAHAMA

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

SIX murders have been recorded on Grand Bahama so far this year and serious crimes are slightly up compared to last year, according to a senior police official.

Superintendent of Police Darren Weir, officer in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department in Grand Bahama, confirmed on Friday that four of those murders have been resolved, and two are still outstanding.

“The year 2022 has been a most challenging, but a successful year for us in CID,” Supt Weir said at a press briefing.

“There is a slight increase in serious crime matters reported within the Grand Bahama District, including murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, rape, and unlawful sexual intercourse matters, and fraud when

SHOTSPOTTER AND CCTV AMONG MEASURES COMING TO GB

By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

ASSISTANT Police Commissioner Theophilus Cunningham announced that three high-tech crimefighting resources, already in use in New Providence, will be implemented on Grand Bahama very soon just in time for the Christmas season.

Technical work was completed for the implementation of the ShotSpotter, CCTV, and the MARCO Alert Digital Billboard, he revealed at a press conference at Police Headquarters on Thursday.

ACP Cunningham reported that personnel from Motorola and the RBPF technical staff completed the groundwork for the second phase of the implementation of the three technical resources on October 26.

During a recent visit to Grand Bahama, Police Commissioner Clayton Fernander promised to ensure that Grand Bahama receives the same crime fighting technology that is being utilized in New Providence.

Said Mr Cunningham: “He gave his word that the technological advantages in relation to policing on the island of NP will come to GB. “The COP has brought these technological advantages to GB to ensure that there is equal opportunity with these crime-fighting resources not just in NP, but in GB as well.”

These new resources, Mr Cunningham said will help with policing and creating safer communities in GB. He explained that the ShotSpotter, a firearm discharge protection technology, uses sophisticated sensors to detect, locate, and alert law enforcement agencies of illegal firearm activities as it happens.

“The digital alert system includes a precise location on a map, with corresponding data such as the address, number of rounds fired, and the type of gunfire etc.,” he said.

ACP Cunningham said the information is key to better protecting officers by providing them increased tactical awareness.

“It will also enable police officers on the island of GB

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What lesson can we learn from pharmacist talks?

WHEN the government and pharmacists came to a “win-win” agreement last week, there were those who were quick to portray it as a success for the government.

Things came to a head after pharmacies closed for a day – leading to people expressing concern online over how they would fill their prescriptions, and queues forming outside hospital and clinic pharmacies.

Some had painted it as a malicious action by pharmacies – although in today’s Tribune, pharmacists clarify that action.

The president of the Bahamas Pharmaceutical Association said it wasn’t a decision based on “sticking it to the government”. Instead, she said it was a decision made to prevent pharmacies from being fined.

She said: “I would say to you the pharmacy is heavily inspected. My store may get inspected twice a month sometimes, so we know inspectors come. In the event that an inspector goes to any location, the first line item is $5,000, it’s a $5,000 fine.”

She said the move was to protect pharmacies from those fines, because they were not ready for a November 1 deadline.

The government agreed to talks after the pharmacies closed their doors – and the outcome was one which Economic Affairs Minister Michael Halkitis said was actually “an even better outcome we believe than we originally had”.

What is the lesson to take from that?

One would hope that it would encourage government to sit down for talks with industry representatives before imposing controls that may be unmanageable, and being open to discussion to find ways to make things work.

Sitting down with the pharmacists gave the government an “even better” result – so why wouldn’t they sit down with them at the start of the process to outline what they were trying to achieve?

Which brings us to food retailers – who are sitting down with the government tomorrow to find their

own resolution to difficulties with the announced price control changes.

They’re hoping to follow in the pharmacists’ footsteps to come up with a solution that meets the government’s needs without being too onerous on businesses.

John Bostwick, attorney for the Retail Grocers Association, said members are looking for a solution they can live with, rather than the initial government proposal which they felt meant “they could not survive”.

He said: “They felt caught between a rock and a hard place, and coming out from behind that rock will be good enough.”

He added: “I really do hope they can come to terms. I’m hoping that we can reach a consensus and a peaceful resolution.”

No one knows a business better than the people who are running it – so it makes sense if government is looking to overhaul substantial sections of how that business is controlled under the law that they should sit down for proper discussions on how to do it.

Of course, there will be many who question government’s right to interfere with running a business at all – but where consumer protections and so on have to be in place, at least work through it with the sector beforehand.

This is not just a failing of one administration – time and again, we hear after any given Budget that something has been dropped on a company overnight and they have to scramble to figure out how to deal with it.

The lesson from talking to the pharmacists is that by being open to dialogue, the government got a better result.

If it could do that across the board, imagine how much extra that would mean for such things as government revenue. Imagine what it would also mean for companies’ ability to deal with red tape, if they know it’s coming.

Will this administration learn this lesson? Well, let’s see what comes of the meeting with retailers.

A win-win-win would be welcome for all concerned.

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Photo: Wilfredo Lee/AP

Davis is a strong negotiator EDITOR The Tribune.

IT WAS written by an ancient Roman philosopher hundreds of years ago: ‘Ut Ameris Amabillis Estol’ which translates into: ‘If you wish to be loved, you must be lovable’.

This quote aptly describes our esteemed and world respected Prime Minister, the Most Hon Philip ‘Brave’ Davis, MP, KC. Some hold the bogus concept that leaders who are ‘feared’ as opposed to ‘loved’ have a better rapport with their citizens. I beg to differ.

From the earliest days of his administration, in my view, it seemed as if former Prime Minister Hubert A Minnis (FNM-Killarney) wanted to project, as he did, a stern persona and draconian character. His facial features, when admonishing or addressing the nation were not conducive to engendering love towards him. The multiple press conferences wore thin on the average Bahamian. He also adopted, again, in my view, a ‘hostile’ approach to industrial and labour matters. It was often his way or the highway.

Most Bahamians are a rare and strange breed of people. They do not like to be talked down to and they, for sure, will not long tolerate such a leader. Yes, by all means, leaders should and must ‘talk’ with the people but it an empathic manner and with respect. Communications and messaging are critical to good governance.

The Davis administration is

LETTERS letters@tribunemedia.net still relatively new so one could understand the very public antics of unions and labour associations. The PM, however. is a master negotiator who, clearly, does not wilt under pressure, public or private. He is Primus Inter Pares and as such the proverbial buck stops at his desk.

In less than one year in high office, the PM and his administration have ‘solved’ at least ten long outstanding and simmering labour and industrial agreements that were left hanging out to dry by Messrs. Minnis & Company for years. The Nurses are happy. The Teachers are happy. The Doctors are happy. The hotel industry workers are happy. The Bahamas Christian Council is being listened to and respected. The pharmacists played crazy the other day and shuttered their operations, albeit for a short period. The Bahamas Retail Grocers are almost happy and there is light at the end of the tunnel.

This PM is a listener and a skilled negotiator with a degree of empathy and compassion almost unheard of in recent years. In fact, since the hey days of the late great and deeply lamented Sir Lynden Oscar Pindling. In fact, in my considered view, PM Davis is the logical and natural successor to that iconic and legendary ‘son of the soil’,

despite the pretensions of brothers Ingraham and Christie. Minnis, with all due respect, has yet to even begin to tie the shoe or tennis laces of Sir Lynden or PM Davis.

Clearly, the PM is a master negotiator who gets the job at hand done without bombastic talk and shaving cream. We all recall the ill fated attempt by the Airport Workers Union and the good and hard working employees at the National Insurance Board.

You will also note that the Electrical Workers Union over at Bahamas Power & Light have ‘behaved’ admirably over the past eighteen months and counting.

As the national economy re-emerges and people are gainfully employed or self employed across the board.

Exciting things are happening throughout The Family Islands and even over, surprisingly, in Grand Bahama.

I predict that Our Lucaya will, finally, be sold before the end of this year. If not, I will literally eat one foot of my shoes - the large set.

Communications and messaging are key to the failure or success of any administration. Yes, a little fiasco along the way, for the PM, whom I love and respect more than a biological or lodge brother, does not, yet, walk or water. All in all, however, The Bahamas is back, locally and internationally, within one short year. Great job PM. ORTLAND H. Bodie, Jr. Nassau, November 6, 2022.

Corporal punishment EDITOR, The Tribune.

“CORPORAL punishment is not abuse”, says Bishop. The Tribune featured a story, “Corporal punishment is not abuse” says Bishop. Where is The Tribune trying to lead us?

The newspaper presents some strong statistics, such as 90% of Bahamians identify as being Christians.

From a social point of view, it seems we are truly failing as a nation. The present staggering statistics on crime; murders, rape, robbery, assault, theft, corruption, etc, are unacceptable to any sense of decency.

We are also faced with continued poor educational outcomes, which does not bode well for those of us looking for new and better leaders for this country.

Clearly, we must do much, much better on both

the political and religious front than we are doing now.

Do the statistics not support this point? Or, how about the bankruptcy of every significant national institution?

How is Bahamasair doing? Or Bank of Bahamas? I heard BPL was scraping the bottom of the barrel. NIB is in a very risky situation. Water & Sewerage is broke.

What is there in The Bahamas that the Bahamian people can have trust in? Certainly it is not the words that come from any politician or any preacher.

Perhaps the mathematically inclined would suggest that a strong correlation exists between biblical beliefs and the discrediting and discounting of reality.

To move our country into the future, it would appear that we have to come to

grips with what is really going on.

The present sad statistics in The Bahamas seem to suggest that we have embraced the most selfish and childish interpretation of Christianity. We must remember that there are thousands of different interpretations of the bible. And, every pastor in this country is sure that theirs is the right one, all others be damned. Perhaps the road to recovery for our nation is right in front of us. And, I am not sure that prayer is the first, or right, answer.

Until then, most all modern educators and psychologists are suggesting that corporal punishment go the way of the dinosaurs. Where is their pulpit?

PORCUPINE Nassau, November 4, 2022.

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‘Stop this xenophobia’ call after social media comments

By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net CONSULTANT Louby Georges has called for an end to xenophobia in the country in the wake of criticisms about the government’s hiring of Bahamians of Haitian descent as immigration officers.

Photos circulated on social media this week of the new recruits at a Department of Immigration passing out ceremony at the Royal Bahamas Police Force training college on Wednesday.

There was a strong reaction from some people on social media.

When contacted for comment on Friday, Mr Georges expressed disappointment over what he viewed as an attack against the group and said it demonstrates the growing xenophobia in the country.

He also made the case that those hired by the immigration department were Bahamian citizens and as such, should be given the same opportunities as anyone else.

He said: “We keep

talking this stuff about us being a Christian nation and it’s all about love and we don’t hate Haitians, but we just have an issue with illegals. Okay, cool. Let’s accept that if that was the issue, then how does that apply to Bahamian citizens going through training and now being graduates and now becoming a part of our armed forces?

“How do you attack them who are Bahamian citizens, but yet would say - you don’t hate Haitians? It’s xenophobia, rank xenophobia.”

Immigration and Labour Minister Keith Bell could not be reached for comment up to press time Friday.

But illegal immigration has been a persistent problem in The Bahamas for years.

Earlier this year, the country experienced an influx of Haitian migrants due to worsening economic and political conditions in Haiti.

According to immigration officials last month, the department repatriated more than 1,800 Haitian migrants so far for the year.

STEPFATHER ACCUSED OF INDECENT ASSAULT

By PAVEL BAILEY Tribune Court Reporter pbailey@tribunemedia.net

A STEPFATHER was granted bail in a Magistrate’s Court Friday after being accused of touching his stepdaughter’s hips while she was in the shower.

The 42-year-old defendant, whose name is being withheld to protect the identity of the complainant, faced Senior Magistrate Carolyn Vogt-Evans on a charge of indecent assault.

Between January 1, 2020, December 31, 2021, the accused is said to have approached his stepdaughter while she was in the

bathroom and touched her hips. At the time of the alleged incident, the minor complainant was between the ages of ten and 11 years old.

In court, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was granted $7,000 bail with one or two sureties.

Under the conditions of this bail, the accused is expected to sign in at the Grove Police Station on Sundays by 7pm. He was further warned not to interfere with any of the witnesses in this matter.

This trial is set to begin on February 24, 2023.

MAN ACCUSED OF POSSESSING FIREARM AND AMMUNITION

By LETRE SWEETING lsweeting@tribunemedia.net

A 28-YEAR-OLD man was granted bail in a Magistrate’s Court on Friday after he was allegedly found with an illegal firearm and ammunition.

Magistrate Shaka Serville granted Ridge Farquharson, 28, $7,500 bail.

He was arrested on November 1 in New Providence.

The accused pleaded not guilty to two charges of

possessing an unlicensed black 9mm Taurus Millennium G2 pistol with the serial number erased as well as possessing five unfired rounds of 9mm ammunition.

As he had no previous record or matters before the court, the accused was granted bail on condition he sign in at his nearest police station two days each week until his next court date.

The matter is set for hearing on February 27, 2023.

PRINCIPAL CHARGED WITH ATTACK ON TEACHER from page one

In court, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.

As there were no objections to bail, Daxon’s $1,000 police bail was extended and she was released on her own recognisance.

Under the conditions of her bail, the accused is expected to return to court for each adjournment.

Mrs Daxon was further warned not to interfere with the witnesses in this matter in any unlawful fashion when she returns to work.

The trial in this matter is expected to begin on December 19.

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SOME of the participants in the Immigration passing out ceremony last week.

Yesterday, Mr Georges addressed concerns about officers with Haitian origins potentially helping immigrants under the table as opposed to enforcing the law as they have been mandated to do.

He emphasised that while the concern is a legitimate one as some Bahamians have disregarded the law in the past, it is entirely wrong for people to falsely conclude that all will do so.

“I’m pretty sure that you have probably gone to the bank, you have probably gone to the hospital, or you have gone to some government institution

because the community is so small and The Bahamas is so small, and I’m pretty sure that you’ve gone somewhere before and somebody knew you and because that person knew you, they gave you a bly,” Mr Georges continued.

“I’m pretty sure that everyone has experienced this so what I’m saying is police do it. How many Bahamians go to the United States and come back with big old duffel bags through the airport and on their declaration forms say they claimed to have spent some $200 and they make up the receipts and the customs

officers say ‘cool, it’s okay to go by’?”

He added: “So yes, there is a possibility, but can we throw a blanket statement over the police force? No, we can’t. Can we throw a blanket statement over the RBDF or over customs. No, we can’t so we cannot generalise and throw a blanket over the department of immigration over those persons who are of Haitian descent.”

“They are Bahamian citizens. They are swearing to uphold the rules, the laws and the sovereignty of their country so let us judge them by their character.”

Photo: Austin Fernander He also noted that the discriminatory remarks show that that the Bahamian people “lack confidence in our institutions” and its ability to “instil within its ranks the necessary principles and ideologies to ensure that they operate with integrity.”

Nonetheless, Mr Georges called for an end to the discriminatory attitudes towards Bahamians of Haitian descent, saying “it needs to stop.”

“Overall, the xenophobia is so glaring and it’s so sad and it needs to stop, man,” he said.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2022

THE STORIES BEHIND THE NEWS THE SCENE of Friday’s shooting.

Photo: Leandra Rolle.

Murder rate soaring so what will we do?

By MALCOLM STRACHAN I’LL be honest – I don’t really understand what the government’s strategy is when it comes to tackling crime.

As I write this, the murder count stands, sadly,

at 115. The latest murder was a man shot dead in his car at Palm Breeze Drive on Friday afternoon.

Police told reporters that soon after 2pm, people in the neighbourhood heard gunshots. When they came out to investigate, there was a car in the middle of the street, with the victim

inside, bleeding from a bullet wound to his upper body.

This comes just two days after a shooting in Andros that left a German man dead and another seriously injured.

Two days before that, a woman was shot dead after receiving a phone call to

come outside of her home. “violence interrupter” And last weekend, three initiative, involving such more people were shot people as Pastor Carlos dead.

Reid and Rodney Moncur.

I have little to no faith At last report, despite being that by the time this article announced back in April, goes to press there won’t that scheme still wasn’t up have been another fatal and running – and last week shooting, or another.

Mr Munroe was quibbling Last year’s murder count over the description of Mr was 119, and with nearly Moncur as a consultant, two full months to go until saying there was only one the end of the consultant, Dr year, it looks, Reid, when it ‘Somewhere in quite simply, was the Office like things are that plan, the of the Prime getting worse, head of the police Minister who not better. called Mr So what thought that what Moncur a conare we doing we were doing sultant in the about it? first place. would keep the Back in Quibbling August, Police murder total over a name Commissioner down to 100. while Rome Clayton Fer- Whatever we’re burns seems nander invited to be a strange doing, we ridicule thing to do. I on himself expected it to do don’t care – when, with better. Whatever and I’m sure the murder most people count at 85, he we are doing, it don’t care – expected that isn’t working.’ what job title police “will anyone is be able to finish the year given, more what they have strong. Still under 100”. been doing if they’ve been He said that despite on the government payroll noting that murders at the since April and the scheme time were up 21 percent they were recruited for on last year – which as we hasn’t started yet. know finished with a total Mr Munroe also critiof 119. So with murders cised the Director of not far off the total of 100 Public Prosecutions for and the murder rate higher the management of that than the previous year, it department, saying there never seemed likely we was a lack of satisfaction would keep below that with its actions and hightally of 100. lighting the DPP’s absence Prior to that, Mr Fer- in certain murder cases. nander had announced The DPP noted that he a number of strategies has actually been on seven to tackle gun violence, months of holiday leave – including establishing an and there lies a story that anti-gang and firearms unit. needs to be probed a little If that was key to hitting the more fully. In the middle target of no more than 100 of a crime wave and the murders, then it’s not work- DPP takes a seven month ing out so far. We could do holiday? What’s going on with an update on that unit there? and its work.

Of course there might be He also said that officials problems with managing a were reviewing the intel- department if the top execligence unit to restructure utive is on holiday for seven its approach to the issue. months.

Again, results show that the Aside from that, Mr dial isn’t moving far enough Munroe criticised former the other way yet for such Prime Minister Dr Hubert measures to be judged Minnis for ending social effective. programmes targeted The commissioner does towards youth, and said not of course operate in a “the reality is that you’ve vacuum – so what about the had an uptick in crime Minister of National Secu- everywhere, after the rity, Wayne Munroe? lockdowns. The lockdown Well, one of the ini- was psychologically brutal tiatives coming out from and so all over the world, his side of things is the you’ve seen it”. Pointing

the finger to say look, it’s happening everywhere seems somewhat defeatist. Are we just to shrug and say oh well, we’ll just accept it then?

Except somewhere in that plan, the head of the police thought that what we were doing would keep the murder total down to 100.

So whatever we’re doing, we expected it to do better.

Whatever we are doing, it isn’t working.

There’s been talk of saturation patrols, but any Bahamian has heard that talk for a long time. That always seemed to be the thing police would say they were doing after any crime spike. Saturation patrols, and out they would go, and overtime would spike, and we’d still see the murder count rising.

There’s been talk of us being in the middle of a gang war, and there’s been talk of a high number of deaths being of people out on bail.

To the former, why now?

We’ve had gangs forever in The Bahamas, so why is it more deadly now?

To the latter, well, some of those out on bail are facing charges in crimes from five, six, more years ago – you couldn’t keep a potentially innocent person in jail for that length of time, so what we need is a faster justice system.

When you say someone shot while out on bail, you imagine a score being settled with someone who has just left the court on bail, but the reality is some of these people have been out on bail for years. The fact of being out on bail may be incidental to the actual reason they are being shot.

All of that still doesn’t tell us how we’re going to solve this. And neither the minister nor the commissioner seems in a rush to reassure us.

No one should want to see any administration fail when it comes to dealing with crime. Such a failure means more of our Bahamian brothers and sisters lying dead in the street.

We should all want them to succeed.

Right now, we’re not seeing that – and we don’t know how they plan to do so.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2022 PAGE 9

A Warbler in the prairie

By DR KENNETH D KEMP

FOR over a century, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas has been revered across the globe as a tropical paradise. A land of romance and glamour where the sun shines year-round on powder soft beaches, only the most fortunate call this paradise home. The archipelagic nation of 700 islands and 2,500 cays, spread across the Atlantic Ocean, boasts turquoise clear waters so stunning that astronaut Scott Kelly lauded its incredible beauty from space. In that regard, it’s hardly surprising that more than seven million tourists visited The Bahamas in 2019 alone and, much like their human counterparts, why over 33 species of birds migrate here annually.

Among these avian migrants are the notably hyperactive Warblers, a breed of perching and insect-consuming songbirds characterised by their small stature and high-pitched vocals. For the winter season, many of them migrate to the tropics by the end of October and locally are most densely located throughout the Northern Bahamas. For ornithologists and rudimentary bird-watchers alike, it is an exciting sight to behold and a welcomed testament to the start of the holiday season.

Characteristically, most species of Warblers prefer to perch under brush or high aloft in treetops for the shelter, safety and access to food that those settings provide. Very few species choose to graze far below the comfort of tall, shaded trees along the open grassland of a prairie. So, to see one in that environment is a rare sight indeed because to go against the grain and years of long held traditions is a threat to their very survival.

I volunteered for many years at a homeless shelter in Philadelphia and once had a conversation with a gentleman about how being homeless there, particularly during the winter, was like being a Warbler in a prairie. I’d completed an ornithology course a few years earlier so standing in that environment, the analogy came naturally.

Much like Warblers, the homeless migrate where and when they need to.

Being in an area where they feel uncomfortable is not something that they’re willing to compromise on and no amount of discussion will change it. And so, they thrive as a community on their own terms, outside the purview and demands of someone else’s rules, their existence largely unacknowledged except by those most empathetic to their plight.

It’s under these harsh circumstances that they truly network and coexist, ultimately seeking refuge in locations that they wouldn’t ordinarily desire but for the momentary relief that they provide. There are a multitude of reasons how and why people become homeless - financial hardships, physical and mental illness, domestic abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, gambling, fire and natural disasters (hurricanes) - but an indepth discussion on any of them falls outside the scope of this report. In any case, those who are without a hard roof over their heads and the walls protecting them from the external elements, which we routinely take for granted, live their lives entirely in the open often unseen, lining the concrete of the city and facing dangers akin to those faced by small, defenseless songbirds in an open field.

The plight of the homeless in our nation is certainly not unique and The Bahamas has admirably and consistently sought to combat this problem via social outreach programmes, public and private non-profit feeding networks, shelters and the like.

The patient highlighted in today’s report, using the alias Mario, doesn’t know anything about Warblers or prairies but admits that not having a home makes him feel like he’s flying around all day with nowhere safe to land. The concept resonates with him deeply because he can relate to singing but not being heard and fighting for food on the ground while other men and women dine in higher, loftier surroundings.

A Warbler in a prairie on face value appears wildly indecorous and almost as unique, to those unaware, as seeing a homeless person in paradise. But, the downturn of the economy and the rise in unemployment following hurricane Dorian and the Covid-19 pandemic has shed new light on this long-standing crisis. Mario is a childhood friend of an acquaintance who solicited my medical assistance on his behalf when he developed an infected ingrown toenail wearing shoes that were too tight in the most unsanitary conditions.

He claims, in an explanation riddled with expletives, that he was turned away from a public clinic when he sought medical treatment earlier that week.

The area was tender with even the lightest palpation, notably red, swollen and exuding purulent discharge.

He reported a long-standing low-grade fever and the erythema was streaking up toward his midfoot, evidence that the infection was spreading. Without

immediate intervention, Mario could have lost his toe, gone into septic shock or worse.

Mario’s toe was cleansed with alcohol, sprayed with a cold spray and local anesthesia was injected to numb the area. The infected ingrown toenail was then excised and the toe was flushed copiously with a sterile saline solution and dried before the nail matrix was cauterized with acid to prevent the incurvated nail from recurring. An antibiotic cream and dry, sterile dressing were then applied.

I prescribed oral antibiotics and fortunately he was able to have it dispensed without charge at the public hospital. Mario returned one week later for a dressing change at which point he stated that his pain had resolved entirely and his toe was almost healed. He never returned for his final dressing change the following week.

Even so, I suspect that news of his recovery became known shortly thereafter given that there exists an underground community among the homeless where word is carried on the wings of some unplugged, magical means of communication. When there is a death, a person in need or a change in the community, news spreads quickly as if someone had posted it on Facebook. Obituaries don’t need to be printed to be known. Like the song of the Warbler, what happens to the homeless fills the air around them.

The Minister of Social Services has made combating the homeless crisis a top priority but effort doesn’t guarantee outcome. His success will be entirely adjudicated by how many individuals get

Funeral Service for

SHANNA STUART, 48 of Moore’s Island, died on October 28th, 2022.

Funeral service will be held on November 19th, 2022 at 11am at Zion Baptist Church Salt Light. Officiating will be Bishop Nixion Simms. Interment will follow in The Moore’s Island Public Cemetery.

the assistance they so desperately require. Social issues don’t just fall on the shoulder of the government, however, and every citizen, as an attestation to our humanity, must collectively take part in this endeavour. All of our combined efforts will make a difference, but they will also be compounded by the reality that many who live under the bridge at Potter’s Cay or find comfort under the overhang of a storefront often don’t always want to be taken to a shelter and placed in a group situation with

others. Homelessness is not a one size fits all situation and each individual who carries his or her home in a sack has a story to tell.

The incredible migratory journey of Warblers is an exciting time for both casual and advanced birders. As a prime birding destination, The Bahamas has keenly enacted legislation and created and expanded national parks to protect their population. In this same manner, we must do everything possible to improve the lives of our most vulnerable citizens.

The greatness of a nation,

according to famed spiritual leader, Mahatma Gandhi, can be judged by how it treats its weakest member.

The goal to eradicate homelessness in The Bahamas is a needle that is not so easily threaded but it is nonetheless a trial most worthy of pursuit. Mario never explained to me how or why he ended up homeless and I never asked. I just shook his hand and wished him well and pray that wherever he is, he’s safe, healthy, in the company of loved ones, fittingly clothed and sheltered.

This is the KDK Report.

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INSIGHT

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Getting to ‘net-zero’ emissions

By SETH BLUMSACK, Penn State and LARA B FOWLER, Penn State WITH the US government promising over $360bn in clean energy incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act, energy companies are already lining up investments. It’s a huge opportunity, and analysts project that it could help slash US greenhouse gas emissions by about 40 percent within the decade.

But in conversations with energy industry leaders in recent months, we have heard that financial incentives alone aren’t enough to meet the nation’s goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.

In the view of some energy sector leaders, reaching net zero emissions will require more pressure from regulators and investors and accepting technologies that aren’t usually thought of as the best solutions to the climate crisis.

‘NET-ZERO,’ WITH NATURAL GAS

In spring 2022, we facilitated a series of conversations at Penn State University around energy and climate with leaders at several major energy companies – including Shell USA, and electric utilities American Electric Power and Xcel Energy – as well as with leaders at the Department of Energy and other public-sector agencies.

REDUCING emissions is the goal of a number of nations.

We asked them about the technologies they see the US leaning on to develop an energy system with zero net greenhouse gases by 2050.

Their answers provide some insight into how energy companies are thinking about a net-zero future that will require extraordinary changes in how the world produces and manages energy.

We heard a lot of agreement among energy leaders that getting to net-zero emissions is not a matter of finding some future magic bullet. They point out that many effective technologies are available to reduce emissions and to capture those emissions that can’t be avoided. What is not an option, in their view, is to

leave existing technologies in the rearview mirror.

They expect natural gas in particular to play a large, and possibly growing, role in the US energy sector for many years to come.

What’s behind this view, energy leaders say, is their deep degree of skepticism that renewable energy technologies alone can meet the nation’s future energy demands at a reasonable cost.

Costs for wind and solar power and for energy storage have declined rapidly in recent years. But dependence on these technologies has some grid operators worried that they can’t count on the wind blowing or sun shining at the right time – especially as more electric vehicles

and other new users connect to the power grid.

Energy companies are rightly nervous about energy grid failures – no one wants a repeat of the outages in Texas in the winter of 2021. But some energy companies, even those with lofty climate goals, also profithandsomely from traditional energy technologies and have extensive investments in fossil fuels.

Some have resisted clean energy mandates.

In the view of many of these energy companies, a net-zero energy transition is not necessarily a renewable energy transition.

Instead, they see a netzero energy transition requiring massive deployment of other technologies, including advanced nuclear power and carbon capture and sequestration technologies that capture carbon dioxide, either before it’s released or from the air, and then store it in nature or pump it underground.

So far, however, attempts to deploy some of these technologies at scale have been plagued with high costs, public opposition and serious questions about their environmental impacts.

THINK GLOBALLY, ACT REGIONALLY

Another key takeaway from our roundtable discussions with energy leaders is that how clean energy is deployed and what netzero looks like will vary by region.

What sells in Appalachia, with its natural-resourcedriven economy and manufacturing base, may not sell or even be effective in other regions. Heavy industries like steel require tremendous heat as well as chemical reactions that electricity just can’t replace.

The economic displacement from abandoning coal and natural gas production in these regions raises

questions about who bears the burden and who benefits from shifting sources of energy.

Opportunities also vary by region. Waste from Appalachian mines could boost domestic supplies of materials critical to a cleaner energy grid. Some coastal regions, on the other hand, could drive decarbonisation efforts with offshore wind power.

At a regional scale, industry leaders said, it can be easier to identify shared goals. The Midcontinent Independent System Operator, known as MISO, which manages the power grid in the upper Midwest and parts of the South, is a good example.

When its coverage area was predominantly in the upper Midwest, MISO could bring regional parties together with a shared vision of more opportunities for wind energy development and higher electric reliability. It was able to produce an effective multistate power grid plan to integrate renewables.

However, as utilities from more far-flung (and less windy) states joined MISO, they challenged these initiatives as not bringing benefits to their local grids.

The challenges were not successful but have raised questions about how widely costs and benefits can be shared.

WAITING FOR THE RIGHT KIND OF PRESSURE

Energy leaders also said that companies are not enthusiastic about taking on risks that lowcarbon energy projects will increase costs or degrade grid reliability without some kind of financial or regulatory pressure.

For example, tax credits for electric vehicles are great, but powering these

vehicles could require a lot more zero-carbon electricity, not to mention a major national transmission grid upgrade to move that clean electricity around.

That could be fixed with “smart charging” – technologies that can charge vehicles during times of surplus electricity or even use electric cars to supply some of the grid’s needs on hot days. However, state utility regulators often dissuade companies from investing in power grid upgrades to meet these needs out of fear that customers will wind up footing large bills or technologies will not work as promised.

Energy companies do not yet seem to be feeling major pressure from investors to move away from fossil fuels, either.

For all the talk about environmental, social and governance concerns that industry leaders need to prioritise – known as ESG – we heard during the roundtable that investors are not moving much money out of energy companies whose responses to ESG concerns are not satisfactory. With little pressure from investors, energy companies themselves have few good reasons to take risks on clean energy or to push for changes in regulations.

LEADERSHIP NEEDED

These conversations reinforced the need for more leadership on climate issues from lawmakers, regulators, energy companies and shareholders.

If the energy industry is stuck because of antiquated regulations, then we believe it’s up to the public and forward-looking leaders in business and government and investors to push for change.

• Originally published on www.theconversation.com

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2022 PAGE 11

PRESIDENT Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama shake hands after a campaign rally for Pennsylvania’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro and Democratic Senate candidate Lt Gov John Fetterman on Saturday in Philadelphia.

Photo: Patrick Semansky/AP

US Mid-term elections - a defining moment DEMOCRACY is at stake in the country that proclaims itself as the world’s bastion of democracy.

That is the judgement of no less a person than the President of the United States of America (US), Joseph Biden Jr. The President made this riveting statement on November 2 in the heart of the nation’s capital, Washington, DC. Biden cited several incidents as evidence for his worrying statement. These included an invasion of the home of the House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and a savage attack by an intruder on her 82-year-old husband, Paul Pelosi, who was struck in his head with a hammer.

Speaker Pelosi has been the target of far-right supporters of former President Donald Trump, who never formally conceded his overwhelming loss of the November 3, 2020 Presidential elections, and who is being investigated by a select committee of the US House of Representatives for his role in an invasion of Capitol Hill with the intention of stopping the formal acceptance of the elections result. During the invasion, the rioters declared their intention to kill or maim House Representatives, particularly Nancy Pelosi.

President Biden listed a long number of violations of democratic principles and values, including intimidation of early voters for mid-term elections to the Congress on November 8, and death threats to election officials and election workers in a number of states. The President described this situation in the following stark terms: “This violence against Democrats, Republicans, and nonpartisan officials just doing their jobs, are the consequence of lies told for power and profit. Lies of conspiracy and malice, lies repeated over and over to generate a cycle of anger, hate, vitriol and even violence”.

Former President Barack Obama was sufficiently stirred by events that he felt constrained to return to the political hustings to express grave concern about “this erosion of just basic civility and democratic norms”. He warned that “If the Republican candidates here are successful, Democracy as we know it may not survive in Arizona.” And, he added, “That’s not an exaggeration. That is a fact.”

These circumstances are being played out in the US, not in a country with an immature democracy or a record of disregard for democratic principles of freedom, the rule of law and respect for justice.

Therefore, it is terrifying.

For, if democracy is overcome in the US in favour of fascism and tyranny, it will quickly spread the

World View

By SIR RONALD SANDERS

world over with troubling consequences.

Apart from the erosion of democracy elsewhere in the world, and the encouragement that will be given to politicians with autocratic tendencies, the advent of far-right representatives taking control, or significantly influencing, policies and laws created by the US Congress, has consequences for all developing countries.

It is well known, for instance, that Donald Trump and his supporters had little time for developing countries and developed no policies to engage with their development issues.

The description of some, mostly black States as “shit hole countries”, the manipulation of several of them in the narrow pursuit of his own political agenda, and the rejection of issues and institutions of vital importance to them caused great alarm. Among the critical issues were the harmful impact of Climate Change and the withdrawal of funding from the World Health Organization. The Trump posture remains, and, if anything, has been strengthened by the Republican candidates who are vying for office on November 8.

Right now the Democratic Party has control of the Senate in the US Congress only because Vice President Kamala Harris has a casting vote. The Senate is equally divided 50-50 between the Democrats and the Republicans.

At the mid-term elections on November 8, 12 Democratic-held seats and 23 Republican-held seats are being contested.

If the Democrats lose only one of their seats to the Republicans without winning two, the Senate will pass to Republican control.

The situation is worse for the US House of Representatives, all of whose 435 seats are up for grabs.

The Democrats need to win 218 seats to maintain their majority. They now have 221 to the Republicans 211.

It is only in recent days that polls are suggesting that the Democratic party could be victorious.

Should the Democratic Party lose control of the Congress, the Republicans would not only frustrate the legislative programme of the Biden administration, but they would also advance the policies that they favour, including selling guns; approving excessive behaviour by the police force; ending a woman’s right to choose abortions; closing US borders to immigrants; introduce harsh measures for dealing with

refugees to severely reduce programmes to help the poor. Aid programmes to developing countries will also assume a transactional nature, rather than responding to developmental needs.

It is normal in every election for political parties

and candidates to hold differing positions. While it should not be acceptable, it has become par for the course that, in their attempt to win votes, parties and candidates spin the truth, exaggerate, and talk down their opponents. However, in the run-up to these midterms, candidates of the extreme Republican right wing have been found lying, defaming, and preaching a toxic level of vitriol, including encouraging voter intimidation and tearing down institutions.

President Biden has also pointed out that, “there

are candidates running for every level of office in America, for governor, congress, attorney general, secretary of state, who will not commit to accepting the results of the election that they’re running in.

This is a path to chaos in America”.

In the context of all this, there is good reason to be alarmed about the threats to democracy in the US and, as a consequence, to threats to freedom, democracy, and the rule of law everywhere.

These mid-term elections might well be a defining

event not just for the US but for the world in the struggle for supremacy between democracy and fascism.

• Responses and previous commentaries: www. sirronaldsanders.com (The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States of America and the Organization of American States. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto).

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HAITI POLICE TRY TO BREAK FUEL TERMINAL BLOCKADE

A FUEL terminal is seen from a plane in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday. Haiti’s National Police has been fighting to remove a powerful gang that surrounded the key fuel terminal in Port-au-Prince for almost two months — though it’s not immediately clear if the blockade has been fully lifted.

Photo: Ramon Espinosa/AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti with The Associated Press during the gunfire that located was quiet on Friday. gangs, which have grown sanctions on Cherizier, who Associated Press on Friday, Police Chief echoed across the capital The lack of fuel has increasingly powerful since faces a travel ban, asset Frantz Elbé congratulated on Thursday or whether the forced gas stations to shut the July 2021 assassination freeze and arms embargo.

HAITI’S National Police officers involved in an gang had been completely down and prevented hos- of President Jovenel Moïse.

In addition, the US was fighting to remove a operation to oust members cleared from the area. pitals from offering critical But foreign governments Treasury Department on powerful gang that has sur- of the G9 gang federation “We won a fight, but it is services amid a cholera out- so far have not met Henry’s Friday announced sanctions rounded a key fuel terminal led by Jimmy Cherizier, a not over,” Elbé said. break that has killed dozens October 7 call for foreign against Haiti’s Senate presiin Port-au-Prince for almost former police officer known Spokespeople for police and sickened thousands. troops. dent and a former senator two months, though it was as “Barbecue”. The gang and the office of Prime The situation alarmed Instead, the UN Secu- following allegations they not immediately clear on had refused to budge as it Minister Ariel Henry did foreign governments, which rity Council adopted a abused their positions to Friday if the economically demanded that Prime Min- not comment. have sent help for Haiti’s resolution two weeks ago traffic drugs in collaboradevastating blockade was ister Ariel Henry resign.

Local radio stations National Police in recent that demanded an immediate tion with gang networks fully lifted.

It wasn’t immediately reported that the area weeks, including armored end to violence and criminal and directed others to In a voicemail shared clear if anyone was killed where the fuel terminal is vehicles to help fight the activity in Haiti and placed engage in violence.

GOP predicts mid-term wins WASHINGTON Associated Press REPUBLICANS are eyeing major gains in tomorrow’s elections and appealing to supporters over the final weekend of the 2022 campaign to punish Democrats for high inflation and crime rates that have risen in parts of the country. Top Democrats, including President Joe Biden and his party’s two most recent White House predecessors, said the prospect of GOP victories could undermine the very future of American democracy.

More than 39 million people have already voted in an election that will decide control of Congress and key governorships.

Biden was campaigning in suburban New York yesterday evening, a day after former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton made closing cases to voters.

Rep Sean Patrick Maloney, head of the

Democrats’ House campaign arm, is in a tough contest for his seat north of New York City. But he insisted Sunday that Democrats are “going to do better than people think on Tuesday”, adding that his party is “not perfect” but “we are responsible adults who believe in this democracy”.

“I think this race is razor-close and I think everybody who cares about the extremism in this ‘MAGA’ movement — the racism, the anti-Semitism, the violence — needs to get out and vote and that’s not just Democrats, it’s independents and fair-minded Republicans,” Maloney told NBC’s “Meet the Press,” referring to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.

Florida Sen Rick Scott, who heads the Republicans’ Senate campaign arm, countered: “We have great candidates. People are showing up to vote.”

“There’s no energy on the Democrat side,” he said on NBC. “This election is

about the Biden agenda.”

Former President Donald Trump, who planned a Miami rally later Sunday, hopes a strong GOP showing on Election Day will generate momentum for the 2024 run that he is expected to launch in the days or weeks after polls close.

Scott will be at that rally.

Not invited, though, is Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, who is running for reelection against Democrat Charlie Crist and is widely considered Trump’s most formidable challenger if he also were to get into the White House race.

In Pennsylvania on Saturday night, Trump said he hoped the GOP would have “an historic victory” in the midterms. But DeSantis also was on his mind — he referred to the governor as “Ron DeSanctimonious.”

It’s a rivalry that’s been simmering for more than a year as DeSantis has taken increasingly bold steps to boost his national profile and build a deep

fundraising network.

DeSantis, who became a popular national figure among conservatives during the pandemic as he pushed back on COVID-19 restrictions, shares Trump’s pugilistic instincts. By most measures, Trump remains easily the most popular figure in the Republican Party. But many Trump supporters are eager for the prospect that DeSantis might run, seeing him as a natural successor to Trump, without Trump’s considerable political negatives.

Trump has privately groused about DeSantis for failing to say definitively that he will sit out the race.

When Joe O’Dea, the GOP candidate for Senate in Colorado, said he would prefer someone other than Trump as the 2024 nominee and cited DeSantis and others, Trump slammed O’Dea on social media: “MAGA doesn’t Vote for stupid people with big mouths,” Trump said.

Days later, DeSantis endorsed O’Dea, who had

twice voted for Trump.

For national Democrats, the focus is on the fate of their narrow control of the House and Senate.

Voters may rebuke the party controlling the White House and Congress amid surging inflation, concerns about crime and pessimism about the direction of the country. History suggests the party in power will suffer significant losses in the midterms.

First lady Jill Biden attended church services while campaigning for Democrats in Houston.

“So much is at stake in this election,” she said yesterday. “We must speak up on justice and democracy.”

Vice President Kamala Harris, campaigning in Chicago, said, “These attacks on our democracy will not only directly impact the people around our country, but arguably around the world.” She said America’s democracy “will only be as strong as our willingness to fight for it and that’s’ why we’re

all here today,” adding, “because we are prepared to fight for it”.

Trump has long falsely claimed he lost the 2020 election only because Democrats cheated and has even begun raising the possibility of election fraud this year. Federal intelligence agencies are warning of the possibility of political violence from far-right extremists.

President Biden’s midterm pitch centers on championing his administration’s major legislative achievements, while warning that abortion rights, voting rights, Social Security and Medicare are at risk should Republicans take control of Congress.

Obama, who joined Biden in Philadelphia on Saturday, noted that generations of Americans died for democracy and said, “You can’t take it for granted.” Biden himself said: “We have to reaffirm the values that have long defined us.”

FAMILY SHARES MEMORIES AS SINGER AARON CARTER DIES NEW YORK Associated Press

THE day after 34-yearold singer Aaron Carter was found dead at his home in Southern California, Nick Carter, the Backstreet Boys member, remembered his younger brother, saying that despite “a complicated relationship”, his love for him “never ever faded”.

In a posting on Instagram yesterday with photos of the two through the years, Nick Carter said his heart was broken after the death of the youngest of five Carter siblings, whom he called his “baby brother”.

“My heart has been broken today,” wrote Carter. “Even though my brother and I have had a complicated relationship, my love for him has never ever faded. I have always held onto the hope that he would somehow, someday want to walk a healthy path and eventually find the help that he so desperately needed.”

Deputies responded

around 11am on Saturday following reports of a medical emergency at Carter’s home in Lancaster, California. Authorities said a house sitter found a man in the bathtub in the home and resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful.

Carter had struggled with substance abuse and mental health. In 2017, he attended rehab and was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and marijuana charges. In 2019, Carter said on an episode of the talk show “The Doctors” that he was taking medication for acute anxiety, manic depression and multiple personality disorder.

That same year, Nick and Angel, Aaron’s twin sister, said they filed a restraining order against Aaron.

In September, Carter said he went into rehab for the fifth time in the hopes of regaining custody of his young son, Prince, with his fiancé Melanie Martin. At the time, Prince was under the court-ordered care of Martin’s mother.

“Sometimes we want to blame someone or something for a loss. But the truth is that addiction and mental illness is the real villain here,” Nick Carter wrote in the post. “I will miss my brother more than anyone will ever know. I love you Chizz, now you get a chance to finally have some peace you could never find here on earth.

God, Please take care of my baby brother.”

In 2012, their sister, Leslie Carter, died after falling in the shower in 2012 at the age of 25. Authorities said she had suffered an overdose from prescription medication. Carter once said he felt his family partly blamed him for her death.

Carter, a singer, rapper and actor, opened for the Backstreet Boys tour in 1997, the same year his gold-selling debut selftitled album was released.

He reached triple-platinum status with his sophomore album, 2000’s “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It)”, which produced hit

singles including the title song and “I Want Candy”.

Carter’s acting credits included the television show “Lizzie McGuire” and an appearance on “Dancing With the Stars”. He starred alongside his brother, Nick, and their siblings BJ, Leslie and Angel Carter on the E! unscripted series “House of Carters” in 2006.

Hilary Duff, who starred in “Lizzie McGuire,” recalled Carter as having an “effervescent” charm, and said her “teenage self” loved him deeply. “I’m deeply sorry that life was so hard for you and that you had to struggle in-front of the whole world,” she wrote on Instagram.

Angel Carter, his twin sister, also responded on social media. “My funny, sweet Aaron, I have so many memories of you and I, and I promise to cherish them,” she wrote on Instagram. “I know you’re at peace now. I will carry you with me until the day I die and get to see you again.”

SINGER Aaron Carter pictured in 2015.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2022

BAAA elections all set for December 3

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

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t’s all set now with three candidates, including two former presidents, vying for the post of president, while a sports reporter, several coaches and former athletes are among the list contesting the other positions up for grabs during the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ elections.

The election is set for Saturday, December 3 during the BAAA Annual General Meeting at the

Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, starting at 9am. Although the elections held in the past were ran on a slate of officers, it appears that the majority of persons are running as individuals as they support certain candidates running for president.

The nominations were submitted to May Miller, the chief executive officer of the BAAA, on Thursday.

• Here’s a look at who’s in the running for the various positions: Incumbent president Drumeco Archer, nominated by Robert Ayton,

will be seeking another term in office as president, but he will be challenged

by Rosamunde Carey, the immediate past president, who will be hoping to return to office after she was nominated by Dexter Bodie. Dawn Johnson rounds the list with a nomination from Ednal Rolle.

There are four candidates vying for the first vice president spot. They include former president Foster Dorsett, who was nominated by Andrew Tynes, incumbent Rupert Gardiner, nominated by Robert Ayton, Carl Oliver, nominated by Bodie and

Ednal Rolle, nominated by Rashad Patton.

And the second vice president spot will be filled by one of three nominees coming out of Grand Bahama. They are John Ingraham, nominated by Dionne Britton, Sandra Laing, nominated by Dexter Bodie and incumbent Ravanno Ferguson, nominated by Pharez Cooper.

There are four operational positions for vice presidents with an interesting list of candidates.

The list of candidates for vice president of finance include Laketah

Charlton, nominated by Dionne Britton, Philippa Willie, nominated by Rashad Patton, Shakera Demeritte, nominated by Dexter Bodie and Darius Ferguson, nominated by Ednal Rolle.

Vice president of public relations and marketing include sports reporter Sheldon Longley, nominated by Dionne Britton, Verna McIntoshBonaby, nominated by Dexter Bodie and Tanya Woodside, nominated by Ednal Rolle. Vice president of business operations

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Astros win World Series

NFL, Page 18

KNIGHTS, LIONS WIN CROSS COUNTRY TITLES

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE CR Walker Knights and the HO Nash Lions emerged as the overall high and junior school champions of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s Cross Country Championships over the weekend.

The one-day event on Saturday morning at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium attracted over 400 competitors from all of the public schools in New Providence.

According to GSSSA president Varel Davis, the event was a success, despite some hiccups.

“We had some hiccups at the beginning and that was

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QC COMETS ARE BAISS SWIMMING CHAMPIONS

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit a moon shot that sent Space City into a frenzy, and the Houston Astros to their second World Series title.

While the stain on Houston’s first championship might never completely fade, Alvarez’s majestic three-run homer helped fashion a fresh crown for the Astros -- and the first for Dusty Baker as manager -- in a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 on Saturday night.

“What happened before, it doesn’t ever pass over completely,” said Baker, the veteran manager hired by the Astros in the wake of their sign-stealing scandal. “But we have turned the page and hopefully we’ll continue this run.”

Alvarez blasted a ball over the 40-foot batter’s eye in centre field during the sixth inning immediately after Phillies starter Zack Wheeler was pulled with a 1-0 lead.

As Alvarez’s 450-foot shot sailed, Astros starter Framber Valdez jumped and wildly screamed in the

it, jumping up and down, and chanting “Dusty!

Dusty! Dusty!” in the dugout before they joined the players on the field.

Astros rookie shortstop Jeremy Peña was the World Series MVP after getting another key hit, a single to set up Alvarez’s homer.

The 25-year-old star born in the Dominican Republic also won a Gold Glove award and

THE Queen’s College Comets celebrated as champions as the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ swim championships returned to the calendar after a twoyear hiatus because of COVID-19.

At the end of the one-day meet on Friday at the Betty Kelly Kenning Swim Complex, the Comets topped the chart with a total of 467 points well ahead of their nearest rivals, St Andrew’s, who accumulated a total of 310 points for second.

St Anne’s Blue Waves came in third with 264, followed by Windsor School with 247 and Lyford Cay International with 225 to wrap up the top five.

St Augustine’s College was sixth with 141, Aquinas College got seventh with 117, St John’s College eighth with 97 and Kingsway Academy completed

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THE HOUSTON Astros celebrate their 4-1 World Series win against the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 on Saturday in Houston.

(AP Photo/David J Phillip) dugout while the crowd of 42,958 went crazy waving orange rally towels.

“When I was rounding second base, I felt the whole stadium moving,” Alvarez said through a translator.

The 73-year-old Baker finally got his first title in his 25th season as a manager. He’s spent the past three with the Astros after they hired him to help the team regain credibility after their trash can banging scheme cost manager

A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow their jobs, and made Houston the most reviled team in baseball.

“I wasn’t here in 2017, but it’s definitely a weight off of everybody’s shoulders. Ain’t nobody can say (anything) now,” said closer Ryan Pressly, who finished the Series with another scoreless inning.

Baker, who won a World Series as a player with the Los Angeles Dodgers and had been to the Fall Classic

twice before as a skipper, is the oldest championship manager in any of the four major North American sports. The win came 20 years after a near-miss, when he came within five outs of taking the title while guiding the San Francisco Giants.

“What’s next? I said if I win one, I want to win two,” Baker said afterward.

Houston’s coaching and training staffs circled around Baker after Nick Castellanos flied out to end

India tops Zimbabwe Without Giannis, at T20 WC, will face Bucks beat Thunder England in semis 108-94 for 9-0 start

By CHETAN NARULA Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Suryakumar Yadav smashed a 23-ball half-century as India topped Group 2 with a dominant 71-run win over Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup yesterday.

Yadav scored 61 not out off just 25 balls as India finished with 186-5 in 20 overs.

In reply, Zimbabwe was bowled out for 115 in 17.2 overs, with Ravichandran Ashwin returning figures of 3-22.

Hardik Pandya (2-16) and Mohammed Shami (2-14) shared four wickets.

With the super 12 stage completed, India finished as Group 2 winners to set up a semifinal clash with England in Adelaide on Thursday.

PAKISTAN’s Iftikhar Ahmed bats during the T20 World Cup cricket match against Bangladesh in Adelaide, Australia, yesterday.

(AP Photo/James Elsby) Earlier on Sunday, South Africa crashed out of the tournament following a

stunning loss to the Netherlands in Adelaide, allowing Pakistan to slip into the semifinals. Pakistan beat Bangladesh by five wickets, also at the Adelaide Oval.

New Zealand will take on Pakistan in the first semifinal at Sydney on Wednesday.

At the MCG, India had won the toss and opted to bat first. Rohit Sharma’s poor run of form continued and he was out for 15.

Lokesh Rahul scored a second consecutive halfcentury as he and Virat Kohli (26) put on 60 off 48 balls for the second wicket.

Rahul scored 51 off 35 balls, including three fours and three sixes.

India then lost its way in the middle overs, losing three wickets for 14 runs.

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brook Lopez scored 25 points and the Milwaukee Bucks extended their season-opening winning streak to a franchise record nine games with Giannis Antetokounmpo on the bench, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-94 Saturday night.

Antetokounmpo sat out for the first time this season. He was listed as “questionable” with left knee soreness after recording his first tripledouble of the season a night earlier in Minnesota. He did not go through warmups ahead of the game, and head coach Mike Budenholzer said before that game that the league’s second-leading scorer at 32.6 points

BUCKS forward Thanasis Antetokounmpo (43) dribbles downcourt against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday.

(AP Photo/Kayla Wolf) per game would get the night off. With Antetokounmpo out, Lopez led Milwaukee on 10-of-16

shooting that included four of the Bucks’ 17 3-pointers. Jevon Carter and Grayson Allen each added five 3s and finished with 18 points and 19 points, respectively.

Bobby Portis notched fifth double-double of the season with 12 points and 21 rebounds. Jrue Holiday had 10 points with 13 assists.

KINGS 126, MAGIC 123, OT ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox beat the buzzer from just inside halfcourt to give Sacramento an overtime victory against Orlando after the Kings wiped out a 20-point deficit in the third quarter.

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Bahamian players, coaches all set for NCAA Division I basketball tip-off tonight

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE NCAA Division I basketball season is set to tip off tonight with several Bahamian players on the court, and coaches on the sidelines representing their respective programmes.

Freshman big Fredrick King and the nationally no.9 ranked Creighton Bluejays begin their trek toward a return to the NCAA tournament tonight when they host St Thomas at CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska at 8:30pm.

In exhibition play, King had 10 points, six rebounds and two blocked shots in a 109-97 win over Drury.

The Bluejays were selected to finish number one overall in the Big East when the conference announced its preseason poll. They finished last season 23-12, fourth place in the Big East Conference regular-season standings, and runner-up in the league tournament.

After receiving an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament, they defeated San Diego State in the first round before they lost in the second round to eventual national champion Kansas Jayhawks.

King joins a roster that returns three double figure scorers from last season, and several players that received all-conference honours.

In the Mid-American Conference, the duo of Sammy Hunter and Garvin Clarke have their first opportunity to take the floor together as members of the Akron Zips this season.

The Zips open the season tonight at 7pm when they host the South Dakota State Jackrabbits at the James Rhodes Arena in Akron, Ohio.

The Zips were selected to finish third overall in the MAC preseason coaches’ poll.

The Zips return nine players from last season’s championship squad and adds six newcomers headlined the junior forward Hunter. After three years with the Ole Miss Rebels, the 6’9”, 225-pound Hunter entered his name into the transfer portal and the end of March and announced his decision on Akron the following week.

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AL Championship Series MVP — Peña is the first hitter to win those three awards in a career, and he did it all in his first season, per OptaSTATS. Jerseys worn by Peña and Baker during the Series were headed to the Hall of Fame.

A year after watching the Atlanta Braves clinch the World Series title at Minute Maid Park, Justin Verlander and the Astros went 11-2 in the postseason and became the first team to seal the championship at home since the 2013 Boston Red Sox. Alvarez homered for the first time since going deep in the first two games this postseason. Christian Vázquez added an RBI single later in the inning to make it 4-1.

Valdez earned his second win of this Series. He had been in the dugout only a few minutes after throwing his 93rd and final pitch while striking out nine over six innings.

But the lefty had walked off the mound with the wild-card Phillies up 1-0 on Kyle Schwarber’s homer leading off the sixth.

Schwarber, who hit his third homer in the past four games, rounded the bases waving his raised empty hand in the same motion as the fans with their towels.

But by the time Schwarber batted in the eighth, the NL’s home run leader was

FREDRICK KING

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He has two years of eligibility remaining.

Clarke and Hunter were both recently members of The Bahamas’ senior men’s national team that finished 3-0 in San Salvador, El Salvador to advance to the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Americas Qualifiers.

Hunter came to Ole Miss as a consensus three-star prospect in 2019. This past season, he played just over 10 minutes a game and averaged 2.9 points, and 1.2 rebounds per game in 29 appearances.

Clarke the 6’0” sophomore guard, averaged 3.3 points and 2.5 rebounds per game in 34 appearances off the bench.

He posted two double-digit performances, including 11 points in the 2022 MAC Championship game, and scored a careerhigh 12 points against Wheeling on November 12.

Another transfer in a new role with a new programme will be Ahmard Harvey of High Point University.

The Pilots will open their season tonight at 8pm when they host Pfeiffer at the Qubein Center in High Point, North Carolina.

HPU was picked to finish fifth overall in the preseason poll Big South Preseason poll after they finished 14-18 last season, 7-9 in the Big South.

In a 100-61 exhibition win over Bridgewater, Harvey had an immediate impact with eight points and a team high 11 rebounds.

The 67’ wing transferred from the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers of the Sun Belt Conference, where he spent the previous three seasons of his collegiate basketball career.

His tenure with the Chanticleers was marked by inconsistent playing time and a lack of opportunities on the floor.

As a true freshman, Harvey played sparingly and made 17 appearances at just over six minutes per game.

As a sophomore, he made 21 appearances and averaged 2.4 points and 2.1 rebounds per game on 55 percent shooting from the field. As a junior last season, he played in just seven games.

Lathaniel Bastian will make his transition to the Division I level with the Cal State Fullerton Titans in the Big West Conference.

Fullerton opens up the season on the road against San Diego State tonight at 10pm local time at Viejas Arena in San Diego, California.

The defending conference champion Titans came in at no.7 on the preseason men’s basketball coaches’ poll.

The Titans finished with a 21-11 overall record and an 11-4 record in conference play last season. They were the champion of the Big West Conference Tournament and earned a No. 15 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

The programme also has a Big West Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018.

In his first game as a member of the Titans, Bastian finished with four points and three rebounds in 15 minutes of his team’s 92-51 exhibition win over La Verne.

Bastian, the 6’8” forward and transfer from the Angelo State Rams, chose the Titans over Charleston, Minnesota State Moorhead, Grenville State, Fort Lewis, Benedict College, and Texas at Tyler.

In his lone season with the Rams in NCAA Division II, Bastian was a Lone Star Conference Honorable Mention selection.

He led the Rams in rebounding and blocked shots, averaging 7.8 boards and 1.4 blocks per game. He pulled down 219 rebounds, 90 on the offensive glass.

He averaged 11.3 points per game on 61 percent shooting from the field.

Four star freshman guard AJ Storr and the St John’s Red Storm will open the season tonight when they host Merrimack at 7pm at the Carnesecca Arena in Queens, New York.

The Red Storm, which went 17-15 a year ago, was predicted to finish sixth in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches Poll released last month.

Storr leads a highly touted incoming class expected to propel the Red Storm back into contention for a competitive Big East Conference.

Storr gave the Red Storm faithful a glimpse of his future impact when he came off the bench to score a team high 13 points in just 20 minutes of his team’s 85-55 exhibition win over Adelphi.

He shot 5-9 from the field, including 2-3 from three-point range.

He also averaged 6.6 points per game on the St John’s Foreign Tour in The Dominican Republic.

Deangelo Elisee will also make his debut at the Division I level with the Horizon League powerhouse, Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons.

The Mastadons will open the season at No. 22 Michigan tonight at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan at 7pm.

Purdue Fort Wayne has been tabbed as co-favourites to win the 2023 Horizon League men’s basketball championship, according to the preseason poll.

The 6’9” Elisee joined the Mastodons as a junior college transfer from Triton

College in River Grove, Illinois. He was named the Tournament MVP for the NJCAA Region 4 Tournament last season.

“We are ecstatic to get the bonus third year of eligibility for DeAngelo, who is a versatile big man from an incredibly successful junior college programme,” Purdue Fort Wayne head coach Jon Coffman said.

“Deangleo will get three years of Division I basketball after playing two at the junior college level.

He will bring size, college experience, mobility, shot blocking ability, great hands and touch around the rim combined with a winner’s mentality.”

Franco Miller Jr will enter his third season as a member of the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles.

The FGCU men’s basketball team was picked fourth in the ASUN Preseason Coaches’ Poll as well as the Preseason Media Poll.

The Eagles are set to begin the season when they take on USC in Los Angeles, California tonight at 9:30pm local time.

Miller had just 15 appearances last year with just one start.

Head Coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin and Ole Miss will open the season tonight against Kennesaw State at the SJB Pavillion in Oxford Mississippi at 5 pm.

The Rebels have improved each year under McPhee-McCuin’s tenure and after a season that produced the programme’s first NCAA Tournament berth in 15 years, that continued development, that continuous improvement was a major talking point of media day.

“We are just continuing to rebuild not as much as like at first, we were trying to rebuild completely. Now we are just trying to reconstruct,” McPhee-McCuin

reduced to bunting, trying for a hit to stir a dormant Phillies offense.

His bunt went foul with two strikes, resulting in a strikeout.

In the sixth, Houston got two runners on base against Wheeler for the first time in the game, when Martín Maldonado was hit by a pitch, Jose Altuve grounded into a forceout and Peña singled.

Phillies manager Rob Thomson went to lefthanded reliever José Alvarado to face the lefty slugger for the fourth time in the series — Alvarez had popped out twice and been hit by a pitch the first three times.

“I thought Wheels still had really good stuff. It wasn’t about that. It was just I thought the matchup was better with Alvarado on Alvarez at that time,” Thomson said.

And Alvarado had allowed only three homers to lefty hitters in his six big league seasons, until his 2-1 pitch, when Alvarez crushed the 99 mph sinker.

“It’s kind of a dirty inning and I thought, I mean, going into the series it was always kind of Alvarado on Alvarez,” Thomson said.

“It was the sixth inning and I felt like the normal back end of the bullpen guys could get through it.”

Alvarez hadn’t homered since Game 2 of the AL Division Series against Seattle, when his two-run shot in the sixth inning put them up to stay. That came

after his game-ending, three-run shot in Game 1 for an 8-7 win.

Houston won an American League-best 106 games and reached its fourth World Series during a span in which it made it to the AL Championship Series six seasons in a row.

The Astros made their only other World Series appearance in 2005, while still in the National League, and were swept in four games by the Chicago White Sox. This was their third ALCS and second consecutive World Series since former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers revealed after the 2019 season, when he had gone from Houston for two years since being part of their 2017 championship, that the team had used a camera in center field to steal signs and signal hitters on which pitches to expect by banging on a garbage can. “That will probably never go away but I think this just proves how good this team is and how good it’s been for a long time,” Astros owner Jim Crane said on the field afterward.

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LATHANIEL BASTIAN said. “I think that is the goal to expand from where we were and to where we are trying to go. Which is to be a programme that is expected to go to the NCAA tournament every year and beyond.”

The 2021-22 season came to an end for Ole Miss in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament with a loss to South Dakota.

Ole Miss concluded the season 23-9, 10-8 in the SEC to earn an at-large bid and the no.7 seed in the Witchita Region. It was their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 15 years.

Assistant coach Mikhail McLean and Lamar University will open the season against St Thomas at 7pm at St Montagne Center in Beaumont, Texas.

McLean joined the Lamar University coaching staff in April 2021, becoming head coach Alvin Brooks’ first official hire.

McLean came to LU from Houston where he spent the previous six seasons with Coach Brooks.

During his time with the Cougars, McLean served as the assistant director of player development.

McLean assisted with a programme that won the American Athletic Conference title in back-to-back seasons (2019 and 2020) and advanced to the Sweet 16 each of the past two seasons as well as the 2021 Final Four.

He was responsible for the opponent scouting for selected games, and he worked directly with the Cougars’ posts players and wings.

Assistant coach Lourawls Nairn Jr will be in his first season with the Southern Utah Thunderbirds. They open the season against New Mexico State in Albuquerque, New Mexico at 7pm.

“Coach Nairn will be an excellent addition to our staff,” said Simon.

“He brings an infectious energy and strong leadership. His experience in player development at the NBA, college, and prep school levels is going to benefit our programme.

He has been a winner everywhere he has been from playing and coaching at Sunrise Christian Academy, to playing and working for coach Izzo at Michigan State and also as a EYBL coach for Mokan Elite.”

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Danish teenager Rune stuns Djokovic to win Paris Masters

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer SHARON LOKEDI, of Kenya, crosses the finish line first in the women’s division.

(AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

CHEBET AND LOKEDI OF KENYA WIN NYC MARATHON RACES IN DEBUTS

By DOUG FEINBERG AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Evans Chebet of Kenya won the New York City Marathon men’s race and Sharon Lokedi of Kenya won the women’s race yesterday, both of them making a splash in their debuts.

Daniel Do Nascimento, who had been leading the entire men’s race, collapsed 21 miles in. Chebet finished in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 41 seconds, which was 13 seconds ahead of secondplace finisher Shura Kitata of Ethiopia.

Do Nascimento got out to a fast start on a unseasonably warm day and led by nearly 2 minutes for most of the race. The Brazilian collapsed at Mile 21, right before he got back into Manhattan, and was attended to by medical professionals. A few miles earlier, he had taken a quick 20-second bathroom break.

Chebet, 33, pulled away from the pack chasing Do Nascimento as they headed over the bridge into Manhattan for the first time.

After Do Nascimento’s collapse, Chebet took the lead and never was threatened the rest of the way. Chebet won the Boston Marathon earlier this year.

It was Lokedi’s first-ever marathon and she finished in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 23 seconds — just ahead of Lonah Chemtai Salpeter of Israel.

The 28-year-old Lokedi was in a tight race before she pulled ahead of Chemtai Salpeter in the final two miles to win by seven seconds and finish about 50 seconds off the course record.

An hour earlier, the men’s and women’s wheelchair races ended with course records being broken.

Marcel Hug of Switzerland was victorious in the men’s wheelchair race for the fifth time, tying Kurt Fearnley for most-ever victories in that event.

Hug finished the 26.2mile course that goes through all five boroughs of New York in 1 hour, 25 minutes and 26 seconds to break the previous mark of 1:29.22 set by Fearnley of Australia in 2006.

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FROM PAGE 14 Fox’s 37 points included the first six in overtime.

The Kings needed three more at the end after throwing away a pass in the backcourt with 6.6 seconds left, allowing the Magic’s Chuma Okeke to tie the game with a dunk.

Fox then dribbled the ball up and launched his shot with his feet inside the Magic logo at center court, a shot that was officially listed at 31 feet.

Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 33 points and 16 rebounds. Franz Wagner added 31 points and six assists, and Bol Bol finished with 23 points and seven rebounds.

CELTICS 133, KNICKS 118 NEW YORK (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 30 points, Jayson Tatum added 26 and Boston made a

PARIS (AP) — Unseeded Danish teenager Holger Rune staged a stunning comeback to secure the biggest victory of his career by beating Novak Djokovic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the Paris Masters yesterday.

Rune denied Djokovic a record-extending 39th Masters title.

The 19-year-old Rune, who is a friend and former junior doubles partner of top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, saved six break points when serving for the match.

Djokovic saved one match point when Rune double-faulted. But the audacious Dane took his chance on the next, whipping a forehand into Djokovic’s feet that he could only volley back into the net.

“It means everything to me, a perfect way to finish the week,” Rune said. “It’s a privilege to share the court with Novak.”

Rune, who is the same age as U.S. Open champion Alcaraz, slid on his back in disbelief after winning his first Masters title.

He got back up and looked close to tears as he sank his head in his hands, then raised both fists in the air to celebrate a remarkable week where he beat five top 10-ranked opponents in a row.

DENMARK’s Holger Rune celebrates with this trophy after defeating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, left, in their Paris Masters final at the Accor Arena yesterday. Rune won 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

(AP Photo/Thibault Camus) That run only came last game was one of the They responded with about after he saved most stressful of my tennis chants of “Holger, Holger.” three match points in the life.”

Djokovic offered his first round against threeThose victories followed first break point at 30-40 time major winner Stan a thrilling first-round win in the next game and was Wawrinka. in which he saved three broken when he hit a loose Djokovic, who missed match points against Stan forehand wide. Rune took out on a record-extending Wawrinka, control and won the second seventh Paris Masters title, Djokovic looked set to set with a love hold of his hugged him warmly at the cruise to a 91st career title. own. net.

The sixth-seeded Serb But Rune found himself “I feel exhausted. It was wrapped up the first set 0-40 down once again, this an incredible tournament,” with a love hold on serve, time in the fourth game of Rune said. then had Rune 0-40 down the decider. He saved one “I have so much respect in the opening service break point with an ace but for what (Djokovic) has game of the second set. double-faulted on his next done,” Rune said.

Rune saved three break serve as Djokovic broke “I’m so proud of myself, points and waved his arms for a 3-1 lead, again lookit hasn’t sunk in yet. The to get the crowd going. ing in command.

The match then turned when Djokovic missed a routine smash at the net on game point for a 4-1 lead, with Rune showing incredible reflexes to volley it back for a winner.

This let Rune back in the contest and he broke back with a fine cross-court forehand. Djokovic then had some massage treatment on his left thigh at the changeover and began to get agitated, remonstrating with his team.

A tired-looking Djokovic chopped a backhand long in the 11th game to trail 30-40, and Rune broke him again to serve for the match at 6-5.

It wasn’t over. Rarely is with Djokovic.

He drew on his experience as a 21-time Grand Slam singles champion to pressure Rune in a 12th game lasting nearly 20 minutes, but Rune held his nerve for his third title of the year and of his blossoming career.

Rune will enter the top 10 on Monday, where he joins Alcaraz who is the youngest man to lead the ATP computerized rankings since they began in 1973.

“I’m feeling lovely to be honest, it’s the best feeling,” Rune said. “If you told me four weeks ago, I would be top 10 … I would be like, ‘What, sorry?’ Now I’m here, and I’m super proud.”

Beijing marathon returns but China sticks to ‘zero-COVID’

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of runners took to the streets of China’s capital yesterday for the return of the Beijing marathon after a two-year COVID19 hiatus, even as another death blamed on China’s strict pandemic controls generated more public anger.

Authorities are trying to restore a sense of normalcy while sticking to a “zero-COVID” strategy that locks down neighborhoods when any virus cases are found and quarantines everyone arriving from overseas in hotels for seven to 10 days.

A simmering public frustration, which has grown as the rest of the world opens up, has been fueled by a series of tragic incidents — in several cases because people were denied timely care for non-COVID-19 medical emergencies.

An official investigation released Sunday in Hohhot, the capital of China’s Inner Mongolia region, blamed property management and community staff for not acting

franchise-record 27 3-pointers in a victory over New York.

Brown and Tatum each connected on six 3-pointers, while reserve guard Sam Hauser set career highs with 16 points and five 3-pointers.

Malcolm Brogdon chipped in 14 points.

Julius Randle scored 29 points and RJ Barrett added 27 for the Knicks, who have lost four of their last five games. Jalen Brunson had 22 points and 10 assists.

NETS 98, HORNETS 94 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 27 points and Brooklyn erased a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter to beat short-handed Charlotte, improving to 2-0 since Kyrie Irving’s suspension.

Cam Thomas added 21 points for the Nets and Nic Claxton had 11 points and nine rebounds.

IN this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a spectator waves a national flag as runners compete in the Beijing Marathon.

(Song Yanhua/Xinhua via AP) quickly enough to prevent the death of a 55-year-old woman in a sealed building after being told she had suicidal tendencies.

The woman fell from her 12th floor apartment on Friday evening, according to the report, which the Inner Mongolia Daily newspaper published on its social media account.

Public outrage over her death and her adult daughter’s frantic attempts to get help earlier and then get out of the barricaded building immediately afterward

Terry Rozier returned from a seven-game absence and led Charlotte with 25 points on six 3-pointers. P.J. Washington and Kelly Oubre Jr. each had 18 points for the Hornets, who’ve lost four straight since beating the defending champion Golden State Warriors.

HAWKS 124, PELICANS 121, OT ATLANTA (AP) — Dejounte Murray had 22 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, Trae Young added 34 points and 10 assists, and Atlanta beat New Orleans.

Clint Capela added 21 points and 19 rebounds for Atlanta, which improved to 6-3 with its second straight win.

The Pelicans dropped to 5-4 and already have three overtime losses in the first three weeks of the season.

CJ McCollum finished with 29 points, Zion Williamson scored

prompted the investigation. The building had been locked down after two COVID-19 cases were found about 10 days ago.

The woman’s death followed that of a 3-year-old boy earlier last week from a gas leak at his locked-down residential compound in the city of Lanzhou in northwestern China.

In contrast, the mood was upbeat at the Beijing marathon.

Participation was limited to city residents, apart from some invited runners. China’s

a season-high 29 and Jonas Valanciunas had 13 points and 17 rebounds for the Pelicans, who were on the second night of a back-to-back.

TIMBERWOLVES 129, ROCKETS 117 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns scored 10 of his 25 points in the third quarter and Anthony Edwards added 19 points as Minnesota cruised past Houston.

Playing without center Rudy Gobert, who was placed into the league’s health and safety protocols earlier in the day, Minnesota snapped a three-game losing streak. Kyle Anderson had 16 points while starting for Gobert.

The Rockets, who were without rookie Jabari Smith Jr. due to an illness, lost their sixth straight game.

Houston is 1-9 this season and has trailed by double-digits in nine of its 10 games. Jalen Green had 21

state media said that 30,000 people took part. They had to be vaccinated, not leave Beijing for seven days before the event and show proof of a negative virus test in the previous 24 hours.

Marathons are also planned later this month in Shanghai and Chengdu, a major city in southwestern China.

The number of new cases recorded nationwide rose to 4,200 on Saturday. About 1,400 were in southern China’s Guangdong province, where a locked-down district in Guangzhou city was testing all 1.8 million residents this weekend. Another 700 were in Inner Mongolia.

The zero-COVID strategy has kept the death toll low compared to other major countries — 5,226 by the official count — and most people can move about relatively freely within their cities with little chance of contracting COVID-19.

But lockdowns of residential complexes and even larger areas can happen anytime, with little or no warning. All the visitors to Shanghai Disney points for the Rockets, hitting 4 of 11 from 3-point territory.

SUNS 102, TRAIL BLAZERS 82 PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 24 points, Chris Paul added 15 and Phoenix cruised past Portland.

The teams were playing each other for the second straight night. The Blazers won 108-106 on Friday when Jerami Grant hit a baseline jumper at the buzzer.

There wasn’t as much drama on Saturday. The Suns pushed to a 61-40 halftime lead and had a comfortable advantage throughout the second half.

Phoenix has the best record in the Western Conference with a 7-2 mark.

Both of the losses have come to the Blazers, who fell to 6-3. The teams have already completed their three-game series in the regular season.

had to remain in the park to get tested when it was suddenly closed under antivirus regulations last week.

There is also the inconvenience of having to get a throat swab test every few days to be allowed to enter office buildings, shopping malls and other public places.

And people who leave Beijing risk not being allowed to return for a week if an outbreak occurs where they traveled to.

National health officials have repeatedly stressed that local authorities need to take targeted pandemic measures that minimize economic disruption and avoid a one-size-fits-all approach. But local officials also face possible punishment if an outbreak spirals under their watch.

“Since the outbreak of the epidemic, although we have made every effort to protect the lives, health and safety of the people, such unfortunate incidents still occurred,” concluded the investigation into the death of the woman who fell from her apartment in Inner Mongolia. “We will draw a profound lesson from this incident.”

NUGGETS 126, SPURS 101 DENVER (AP) —Bones Hyland scored 24 points, Nikola Jokic added 21 and Denver shot over 60% from the field in a win over San Antonio.

Michael Porter Jr. added 15 points and Jamal Murray chipped in 13 for the Nuggets, who shot 53 of 87 (60.9%) and remained unbeaten in four games at home this season.

“We have a very unselfish team and we did some good things tonight,” said Nuggets coach Michael Malone, taking note of Denver’s season-high 37 assists. “I’m just so happy we’re playing well at home. Last year, we were not a very good home team.

It’s early in the season, but we’re 4-0.”

Keldon Johnson scored 25 points and Devin Vassell 20 for the Spurs, who lost their third in a row, including both ends of a back-to-back set.

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GARCIA ROLLS PAST SAKKARI INTO TITLE MATCH AT WTA FINALS

US MEN WIN GOLD AT 3X3 AMERICUP

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Caroline Garcia rolled to a 6-3, 6-2 semifinal victory over Maria Sakkari yesterday, reaching the championship of the WTA Finals for the first time in her career.

Garcia will face either top-ranked Iga Swiatek or Aryna Sabalenka tonight with a chance to join Amelie Mauresmo (2005) as the only Frenchwomen to win the season-ending event.

Defending doubles champs Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova also advanced to the title match with a 7-6(5), 6-2 semifinal victory over Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko.

Just 24 hours after beating Daria Kasatkina in a tense 80-minute third set to secure the last spot in the semifinals out of group play, Garcia needed just 74 minutes total for a career-best fourth victory over a topfive opponent this season.

Garcia never trailed, dominating the fifth-ranked Sakkari in winners (21-8) and aces (6-0) on the temporary indoor hard court at Dickies Arena. “I don’t know,” Garcia said when asked where she found the energy to dominate after the quick turnaround. “Yesterday, I was a little bit tired, but it was nothing unusual after such a big match.”

Garcia has advanced out of group play in both WTA Finals appearances. The 29-year-old lost in the semifinals in the eight-player event five years ago.

“I guess I’m five years older, maybe five years wiser,” said the sixth-ranked Garcia, who was No. 74 about this time last year.

“You try to learn from everything. I’ve got a good team behind me, supporting me when I was a little bit doubting myself.”

Sakkari also was among the five players who have reached the semis their first two times since the round-robin format was reintroduced in 2003. The No. 5 player from Greece lost in the semis last year.

Garcia used a 120 mph ace to help erase a break chance for Sakkari and extend her lead to 4-0 in the second set. Garcia’s sixth and final ace — and tournament-leading 14th — answered a double fault that gave Sakkari another break point. Garcia closed out that game for a 5-1 lead on the way to a 3-0 career record against Sakkari.

MIAMI (AP) — Jimmer Fredette now knows what it’s like to win a 3x3 gold medal with USA Basketball.

He’s hoping it’s the first of many.

Fredette’s 2-pointer — that’s what beyond-the-arc shots are worth in the 3-on-3 game — with 1:07 remaining was the clinching basket in a 21-18 win over Puerto Rico in the title game of the FIBA 3x3 AmeriCup on Sunday night.

“It’s amazing,” Fredette said. “How fun is that, to be able to win gold and bring it home for the U.S. against some really good competition, some really stout teams. These guys are good.

They play well. They play hard. We had to play against some really good basketball teams. It was great to be able to come away with a victory.”

Kareem Maddox led the U.S. with nine points in the title game. Fredette and Canyon Barry — the MVP of the tournament after leading the Americans in scoring — each had five points, and Dylan Travis scored two for the U.S. Miami Hurricanes alum Guillermo Diaz, who briefly played in the NBA with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2007-08, led Puerto Rico with six points.

In 3x3, baskets are worth one point, and shots from beyond the arc was worth two. It’s a 10-minute game, and ends either when time is up or when a team reaches 21, whichever comes first.

The U.S. went 5-0 over the weekend.

The Americans have now gone 2-for-2 winning gold in the men’s event at the 3x3 AmeriCup.

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expected because we’re just coming back after two and-a-half years of inactivity,” Davis said. “But the support from the various schools was very good.

Hopefully we will be bigger and better next year.

Davis said the athletes really enjoyed themselves and she’s happy with the results.

The Knights clinched the senior high divisional title, while the Lions took home the junior high crown.

“It’s an awesome feeling to win, knowing that the children put in the hard work,” said Rashad Brice, who is now in his second year as the head coach of CR Walker’s track and field team. “They did the hard work and it paid off.

“I’m just proud of them, our administration and everybody who came out here and supported us, especially the parents for them being out here with the children. They all showed heart. I just want to congratulate them.”

Brice promised his rivals that this was just the beginning of what is to come from the Knights as they now prepare to defend their title in the GSSSA track and field championships whenever it is held next year.

CAVALIERS guard Donovan Mitchell (45) shoots over Lakers guard Max Christie (10) yesterday in Los Angeles.

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Mitchell scores 33, Garland 24, Cavs beat Lakers 114-100 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 33 points and Darius Garland added 24 in the dynamic Cleveland backcourt’s return from injury absences, and the Cavaliers rolled past LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 114-100 yesterday for their eighth consecutive victory.

Jarrett Allen added 16 points to back the Cleveland guards’ latest two-man show while the Cavs improved to 8-1, extending their longest winning streak since a 13-game run in late 2017 during James’ final season with the team.

James scored 27 points, but lost to his hometown Cavaliers for only the second time in 19 meetings during his 20-year NBA career. He took his only other loss in March 2011 while with Miami.

Anthony Davis had 19 points and 12 rebounds for the Lakers, who dropped to 2-7 with their second straight home defeat.

Russell Westbrook had 19 points and 10 assists with seven turnovers in another lively performance as a reserve.

RAPTORS 113, BULLS 104 TORONTO (AP) — Fred VanVleet returned from injury with season

“More to come,” he said.

“Stay tuned.”

The Knights celebrated as they got a 1-2 punch from Carlton Johnson and Carlos Brown, who claimed the top prizes in the under20 boys division of the race that was staged on the terrain outside of the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium and ended up on the track on the inside.

Johnson took the tape in 16 minutes and five seconds, holding off Brown, who trailed in 16:07.

Steven Joseph of the CI Gibson Rattlers fell short of pulling off the upset when he came in second in 16:08 for third.

“It was hard. I had a lot of competition, but I want to thank God, my coach (Trevor Grant) at CR Walker who pushed me,” Johnson said. “I started to push back because the race was hard, but after I let everybody up front get tired, I went for it.”

CR Walker also won the divisional title with the RM Bailey Pacers second and the CV Bethel Stingrays third.

Melvinique Gibson, a 17-year-old 12th grader at RM Bailey, was crowned the under-20 girls champion as she clocked 14:52 to out-sprint CR Walker’s Natassia Edgecombe, who got second in 15:10. Gibson’s team-mate Lauquay Kemp was third in 16:24.

“It was good. It was kind of tough, but I had to stride

T20 CLEVELAND Cavaliers guard Darius Garland, right, celebrates with forward Cedi Osman (16) as they take the lead over the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half yesterday in Los Angeles.

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) highs of 30 points and 11 assists, Scottie Barnes had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Toronto overcame the absence of leading scorer Pascal Siakam to beat Chicago. VanVleet returned after missing three games because of a sore lower back.

O.G. Anunoby scored 22 points, Gary Trent Jr had 12 and Christian Koloko added a careerhigh 11.

Nikola Vucevic had 18 points and 12 rebounds, Alex Caruso had 11 rebounds and 11 assists

through it and run through it. I believed in myself and I just put God first,” said Gibson, who is preparing for her first appearance at CARIFTA where she hopes to represent the Bahamas in either the 100, 200, 400 or 800m.

RM Bailey, however, had to settle for second fiddle in the team standings behind CR Walker. Doris Johnson came in third.

Winning the under-17 boys’ title was Raywind Winder of the Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins. His time of 11:20 was just enough to hold off a contingent from CR Walker, led by second place finisher Aden Taylor (11:29) and Ross Martin (11:30).

“It was a little okay, but it was frustrating because they told us we had to go one way and they switched it before the race,” said Winder, an 11th grader who celebrated his 16th birthday on November 2.

“I still managed to surge out front and come out in first place. I am still nursing a hamstring injury, but I was glad that I was able to battle through it and still won.

“I want to try and make the team again for CARIFTA in the 400, 800 and maybe the 1,500, if my coach (Ashland Murray) puts me in it.”

Winder also helped CV Bethel to clinch the divisional title over CR Walker and CC Sweeting.

and DeMar DeRozan scored 20 points for the Bulls, who lost their second straight.

GRIZZLIES 103, WIZARDS 97 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Desmond Bane scored 28 points, Ja Morant added 23 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and Memphis held on to beat Washington.

After Washington rallied in the third quarter, the teams exchanged leads early in the fourth. Memphis went on a 9-0 run, with Morant scoring six,

and the Grizzlies held on for their third straight win.

The Wizards were without leading scorer Bradley Beal, who was in the league’s health and safety protocols, eliminating 21.6 points and 5.7 assists from the Washington lineup.

Monte Morris had 18 points for the Wizards, while Rui Hachimura scored 15 and keyed a third-quarter Washington rally.

Kyle Kuzma and Will Barton finished with 12 points apiece.

In a photo finish in the under-17 girls division, Marquell Newbold got the win for CV Bethel over A’Karee Roberts of CR Walker as they both were timed in 13:27.

Ja’Cara Evans of the CC Sweeting Cobras was third in 14:17.

“It was a hard race for me. I’m not a distance runner, but with the support of my coach (Daron Lightbourne) and my brother (Meleeke Newbold), I was able to endure to the end,” said Newbold, a 16-year-old 12th grader.

As a sprinter/jumper, Newbold said she was surprised that they won, but it gives them an inspiration for her appearance in the GSSSA Championships as well as the National Championships and hopefully CARIFTA. CR Walker got the divisional title with CV Bethel second and the Anatol Rodgers Timberwolves third.

HO Nash’s Gabriel Johnson was the winner of the under-15 boys division in 8:46. Chanione Jones of the DW Davis Raptors was second in 9:04 and Ordney Elifaite of the LW Young Golden Eagles got third in 9:09.

“The race was fun,” said Johnson, a 14-year-old ninth grader.

“At the first beginning, everybody sped out and so I had to catch up. My coach (Ashland Murray) and

my mother (Phyllis Colebrooke) was there cheering for me.”

HO Nash won the divisional crown over LW Young and DW Davis.

Raminique McLennon of LW Young won the under15 girls title in 10:40. Zante Ferguson of HO Nash was second and Brey’Ellle Cooper of the SC McPherson Sharks was third, both in 11:30.

DW Davis won the divisional title with HO Nash second and CH Reeves third.

“It was good, but tiring because my legs were hurting and the race was long,” said McLennon, a 13-yearold ninth grader. “My friend in front of me was helping me. We was talking and pushing each other.”

The under-13 boys division saw HO Nash pick up the 1-2 spot with Patrero Sherman winning in 10:03 and Taveras Rolle as the runner up in 10:07. CH Reeves’ Denzel Clarke was third in 10:18.

HO Nash won the divisional title with CH Reeves second and SC McPerson third.

And in the under-13 girls division, Shakinah Lewis of AF Adderley won the title in 10:33 with Azaria Dean of HO Nash second in 10:34 and Esmaelia Pamiean of CH Reeves third in 10:35.

CH Reeves captured the divisional title with AF Adderley second and SC McPherson third.

FROM PAGE 14 Rahul, Kohli and Rishabh Pant (3) were all dismissed in the space of 10 deliveries, as India reached 101-4 in 13.3 overs.

Yadav then took centre stage as he smacked India’s fourth quickest half-century in T20s. He hit six fours and four sixes to accelerate the scoring.

He put on 65 runs off 35 balls with Hardik Pandya (18) for the fifth wicket.

India scored 59 runs in the last four overs.

Yadav was named player of the match for his scintillating knock.

In reply, Zimbabwe struggled to get going against India’s pacers.

It was reduced to 36-5 in 7.3 overs. Wesley Madhevere and Regis Chakabva were out for ducks while Craig Ervine and Sean Williams only managed to score 13 and 11, respectively.

Sikandar Raza put up some resistance with 34 off 24 balls, before he was out caught off Pandya.

Ryan Burl hit five fours and a six to score 35 off 22 balls.

Ashwin then struck late to picak up three wickets in 10 balls to help finish off the match.

Earlier, Shaheen Afridi had produced an inspired spell of fast bowling to restrict Bangladesh to 127-8 against Bangladesh.

Then, star opening batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan combined for a 57-run partnership — their highest of the tournament — to set up Pakistan’s third win of the Super 12 stage and pave the way for a sixth T20 World Cup semifinal appearance in eight editions of the tournament.

This was after South Africa stumbled to 145-8 in reply to the Netherland’s 159-run target, and gifted Pakistan the semifinal shot.

Colin Ackermann topscored with an unbeaten 41 from 26 balls for the Dutch who reached 158-4.

New Zealand and England qualified as the top two sides in Group 1.

The final is scheduled for Sunday Nov. 13 at the MCG.

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Jets shut down Josh Allen in 20-17 win over rival Bills EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The Jets’ defence shut down Josh Allen, Zach Wilson threw a touchdown pass and Greg Zuerlein kicked a go-ahead 28-yard field goal with 1:43 remaining to lift New York to a stunning 20-17 victory over the Buffalo Bills yesterday.

With the game tied at 17, the Jets (6-3) got the ball at their own 4 and 7:53 left — and they 6:10 off the clock on a run-heavy 13-play, 86-yard drive that ended with Zuerlein’s kick.

Allen got the ball with a chance to tie or win, but couldn’t manage much against the Jets, who ended a four-game winning streak for Buffalo (6-2).

Wilson finished 18 of 25 for 154 yards and a TD pass to James Robinson, who scored for the first time since being acquired last week from Jacksonville. Michael Carter had a 6-yard touchdown run.

But the defence did its job against Allen, intercepting him twice and sacking him five times. Allen was 18 of 34 for 205 and picks by Sauce Gardner and Jordan Whitehead. He also ran for two touchdowns.

Wilson and the Jets’ offence were marching downfield on their opening drive of the second half when a SkyCam camera whirled out of control and delayed the play on the field for 12 minutes until a camera operator was able to corral it.

BUCCANEERS 16, RAMS 13 TAMPA, Florida (AP) — Tom Brady tossed a 1-yard touchdown pass to Cade Otton with 9 seconds remaining, giving Tampa Bay the win over Los Angeles in a sloppy matchup of the past two Super Bowl champions.

Brady took over with 44 seconds left and went 5 of 6 for 60 yards on the game-winning drive, the record 55th of his career.

The seven-time Super Bowl champion avoided his first four-game losing streak in 20 years and beat the Rams for the first time in four tries since joining the Bucs (4-5) in 2020.

Cooper Kupp scored on a 69-yard reception in the second quarter and Matt Gay kicked field goals of the 26 and 35 yards after halftime for the Rams (3-5), who looked like they may be able hold on to win when they stopped Brady on downs from the Los Angeles 6 with just under two minutes to go.

But Matthew Stafford, who threw for 158 yards and one TD, was unable to run out the clock on the Rams’ final possession.

Brady finished 36 of 58 for 280 yards, becoming the first player in NFL history to throw for more than 100,000 yards in a career.

He set a couple more records late: He passed Peyton Manning for the most game-winning drives and matched Manning with his 43rd career fourth-quarter comeback.

Stafford finished 13 of 27 without an interception.

Kupp had eight catches for 127 yards.

DOLPHINS 35, BEARS 32 CHICAGO (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa threw for three touchdowns, Tyreek Hill had 143 yards receiving and Miami overcame a record-setting rushing effort by Justin Fields to beat Chicago.

In a game where neither team did much to stop the other, the Dolphins (6-3) had no trouble moving the ball against a gutted defence and made enough plays to come away with their third straight win.

Fields ran for 178 yards, the most by an NFL quarterback in a regular-season game. He had a 61-yard touchdown run and threw for three scores. He also became the first player since at least 1950 with at least 150 yards rushing and three TD passes in a game.

His performance ensured the Bears (3-6) had a chance late, but Fields threw incomplete on fourth down to seal Chicago’s fifth loss in six games.

Tagovailoa, the NFL’s top-rated passer, had all the time he needed to throw after the Bears traded pass rusher Robert Quinn and star linebacker Roquan Smith in the past two weeks. He completed 21 of 30 passes for 302 yards and posted a 135.7 rating.

Hill caught seven passes, including a 3-yard touchdown in the second quarter.

LIONS 15, PACKERS 9 DETROIT (AP) — Aaron Rodgers matched a career high with three interceptions and threw an incomplete pass on fourth down from the Detroit 17 in the final minute of Green Bay’s loss.

The Lions (2-6) ended a five-game skid.

The Packers (3-6) have lost five straight for the first time since 2008 when Rodgers, the four-time MVP, was a first-year starter.

Detroit tried to seal the victory late in the fourth when coach Dan Campbell went for it on fourth-and-3 from the Green Bay 43.

Jared Goff’s pass was incomplete.

Rodgers failed to take advantage. He threw four straight incomplete passes to end a lousy game overall. He was 23 of 42 for 291 yards with a TD and had three interceptions for the fifth time in his career.

Goff was 14 of 26 for 137 yards with touchdown passes to Shane Zylstra and James Mitchell, a pair of tight ends that took advantage of an increased role after Detroit dealt T.J. Hockenson to Minnesota.

VIKINGS 20, COMMANDERS 17 LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Kirk Cousins threw two touchdown passes, Harrison Smith picked off Taylor Heinicke to set up the tying score and Minnesota rallied to beat Washington and extend its winning streak to six.

Playing his first game at Washington as a visitor, Cousins led a 68-yard drive that ended with a go-ahead field goal by Greg Joseph with 12 seconds left.

Smith’s interception midway through the fourth quarter gave the Vikings the ball in the red zone.

Cousins connected with Dalvin Cook on a 12-yard TD pass, which was one of his best throws of the game and compensated for some earlier inaccuracies. He finished 22 of 40 for 265 yards.

Justin Jefferson caught Cousins’ first TD pass in the first quarter and came down with a 47-yard completion in the fourth. Jefferson finished with seven catches for 115 yards as the Vikings (7-1) extended their lead atop the NFC North.

Heinicke’s magic ran out on the interception after he threw two touchdown passes, including an inexplicable heave into triple coverage that Curtis Samuel came down with after a Minnesota defender ran into an official. The Commanders (4-5) had their winning streak snapped at three.

Heinicke was 14 of 27 for 139 yards passing and ran four times for 17 yards.

SEAHAWKS 31, CARDINALS 21 GLENDALE, Ariz.

(AP) — Geno Smith threw for 275 yards and two touchdowns, rookie Kenneth Walker III ran for 109 yards and two scores and Seattle won its fourth straight.

MAHOMES, CHIEFS RALLY PAST TITANS 20-17 IN OVERTIME

NEW York Jets linebacker Quincy Williams (56) celebrates after an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills yesterday in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) The NFC West-leading touchdowns as Cincinnati Seahawks (6-3) continued built a 35-0 halftime lead their unexpected rise, while and cruised past Carolina.

Arizona (3-6) has lost four Mixon, who came into of five. the game with three TDs all The Cardinals grabbed year, scored four times in the momentum and a 14-10 the first half alone, the first lead in the third quar- three on short rushes and ter when Zaven Collins the fourth on a 12-yard pass returned an interception 30 from Joe Burrow, who finyards for a touchdown. ished 22 for 28 for 206 yards But Seattle scored the before taking a seat in favor next 14 points, taking the of backup Brandon Allen lead for good late in the late in the third quarter. third quarter on Smith’s The Bengals (5-4) 9-yard touchdown pass to bounced back from a horTyler Lockett. rendous Monday night loss Seattle sacked Kyler at AFC North rival CleveMurray four times, includ- land to jump on Carolina ing two by Uchenna Nwosu, (2-7) early and dominate on and held the Cardinals to defence.

262 total yards.

Cincinnati allowed P.J. The Cardinals lost the Walker just 9 passing yards first of a three-game stretch and intercepted him twice against division opponents. in the first half, chasing the Murray threw for 175 yards former XFL quarterback and two touchdowns. to the bench in favor of CHARGERS 20, Baker Mayfield to start the FALCONS 17 second.

ATLANTA (AP) — Meanwhile, Mixon, who Cameron Dicker kicked a came in with zero 100-yard game-ending 37-yard field games this season, had 113 goal three days after being yards rushing by halftime. signed as a free agent, lift- He also caught four passes ing Los Angeles over for 58 yards.

Atlanta.

Mixon became the first Dicker, playing his NFL player with 150-plus second NFL game, also yards and four or more made a 31-yard field goal touchdowns from scrimwith 5:27 left, tying the mage in the first half of a game at 17. The rookie game since Shaun Alexanfrom Texas was signed to der did it for the Seahawks the practice squad Thurs- in Week 4 of the 2002 day and activated Sunday in season. place of the injured Dustin JAGUARS 27, Hopkins.

RAIDERS 20 The Chargers (5-3) surJACKSONVILLE, Fla. vived a bizarre fumble by (AP) — Travis Etienne ran Austin Ekeler with 34 sec- for two touchdowns and onds remaining. Ekeler’s Jacksonville finally won a fumble was recovered by close game, rallying from a Falcons defensive lineman 17-point deficit to beat Las Ta’Quon Graham, who Vegas. also fumbled while returnIt was the second-biggest ing the ball. Chargers left comeback in franchise hisguard Matt Fieler recov- tory for the Jaguars (3-6). ered Graham’s frumble at The Raiders (2-6), who the Atlanta 43. were shut out last week at Justin Herbert’s 22-yard New Orleans, dominated pass to Joshua Palmer set early. They scored on four up Dicker’s kick as time of their first five possessions expired. and led 20-7 just before The Falcons (4-5), who halftime. Davante Adams began the day in first place was unstoppable, catchin the NFC South, failed ing nine passes for 146 and to move above .500 for two scores in the first 30 the first time since 2017. minutes.

Cordarrelle Patterson ran But Jacksonville eventufor two touchdowns for ally stiffened against the Atlanta.

Rookie Tyler five-time Pro Bowler, who Allgeier set a career high had one reception for no with 99 yards rushing as the yards after the break.

Falcons ran for 201 yards.

Jacksonville’s Riley PatBENGALS 42, terson hit the right upright PANTHERS 21 with 3:03 remaining, giving CINCINNATI (AP) the Raiders a chance late.

— Joe Mixon rushed for But Derek Carr threw 153 yards and scored five high over the middle to

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes ran for the tying touchdown and 2-point conversion late in the fourth quarter, Harrison Butker atoned for two earlier misses by kicking the go-ahead field goal in overtime, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Tennessee Titans 20-17 last night.

Mahomes was 43 of 68 for 446 yards with a touchdown and an interception, and Mecole Hardman also had a TD run, as the Chiefs (6-2) rallied from a 17-9 deficit to beat the Titans for only the second time in the last seven meetings.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid improved to 21-3 coming off a bye by beating a franchise that has long been his nemesis.

He was just 2-9 against the Titans — heck, Reid has three wins against the Chiefs — including a 27-3 loss in Nashville last year.

Hunter Renfrow on fourth down. Patterson made a 48-yarder with a minute remaining, and the Raiders failed to mount much of a challenge with their final possession.

The victory ended a fivegame skid for Jacksonville, which had been 0-6 in onescore games before Sunday.

Etienne finished with 109 yards for his third consecutive 100-yard game.

Trevor Lawrence completed 25 of 31 passes for 235 yards and a touchdown.

Lawrence also scrambled for 53 yards and was charged with a fumble.

PATRIOTS 26, COLTS 3 FOXBOROUGH, Mass.

(AP) — Mac Jones threw a touchdown pass, Nick Folk kicked four field goals and New England had nine sacks in a dominant win over Indianapolis.

The Patriots (5-4) moved above .500 for the first time this season as they head into their bye week.

Linebackers Matt Judon and Josh Uche each had three sacks, leading a defence that held Indianapolis to 121 yards and 0 of 14 on third down.

Jonathan Jones returned an interception 17 yards for a touchdown. The Colts (3-5-1) have lost three straight and haven’t won since quarterback Matt Ryan was benched in favour of second-year player Sam Ehlinger. Under pressure throughout the game, Ehlinger finished 15 of 29 for 103 yards and the late pick-6.

Mac Jones was 20 of 30 for 147 yards.

ARSENAL LOOKS A GENUINE TITLE CONTENDER AFTER CHELSEA WIN

By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Mikel Arteta is making believers out of Arsenal doubters, while his predecessor Unai Emery has unfinished business in the Premier League.

It was a good day for Gunners managers past and present as Arsenal moved back to the top of the table with a 1-0 win against Chelsea yesterday and Aston Villa stunned Manchester United 3-1 in Emery’s first game in charge.

The win at Villa Park saw Emery taste triumph — at the first opportunity — with his new club, something the Spaniard hadn’t achieved in his previous seven games with Arsenal. That run ultimately saw Emery replaced

by Arteta.

Emery has returned to England three years later to see his former team transformed.

Arsenal’s win against Chelsea overcame the latest test of its title credentials.

Victory in the final round of games before the World Cup will ensure Arsenal is top of the table for Christmas, with the domestic calendar resuming Dec. 26.

The celebrations at Manchester City after a late 2-1 win against Fulham on Saturday underlined the level of threat that Arteta’s Arsenal presents to the reigning champions. And when Gabriel pounced after 63 minutes at Stamford Bridge it strengthened the growing belief that Arsenal can maintain a genuine challenge.

“Individually, collectively, that’s as good as I’ve seen an Arsenal team in years,” former defender Martin Keown told BT Sport.

“Desire, tenacity, hunger, it’s all there. They’re ready to win.”

Arsenal fans have experienced many false dawns in the past, but a run of 11 wins from 13 games at the start of the season has set a pace that even City cannot match.

Not that Arteta is ready to publicly declare his team is in contention for the title.

“Just look at the last six years, what Manchester City have done,” he said.

“With the best manager in the world, the best team in the world. “They have shown it consistently in every single competition.

We have to be very, very respectful of that.”

ARSENAL’s Bukayo Saka smiles after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London yesterday.

(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Emery will hope to earn the respect that didn’t always come his way when he was in charge at Arsenal.

A manager with nine major trophies to his name lasted just 18 months at the Emirates Stadium and was largely dismissed as a failure.

The rehabilitation of his reputation in England could not have got off to a better start, with Villa 2-0 up against United within 11 minutes.

“I think we made the first step today,” Emery said

afterward. “I am a privileged man to be here and to win against them.

“It’s only one step and we have to achieve regularity and we have to achieve being consistent in the next matches — at home and away. We have a lot of work to do.”

SALAH DOWNS SPURS Mohamed Salah made it nine goals in his last eight games in all competitions to secure Liverpool’s first away win in the league this season.

The Egyptian struck twice in the first half to set up Liverpool’s 2-1 win against Tottenham, with Harry Kane scoring for the hosts.

“I’m focused on making a difference and managed to do so today,” Salah told Sky Sports.

NEWCASTLE RUN CONTINUES It’s now six wins from seven games for thirdplace Newcastle after beating Southampton 4-1 on Sunday, but manager Eddie Howe still wasn’t satisfied.

“The overall performance was below where it has been,” Howe told BBC Sport. “Recently we’ve played at a really high level consistently and today dropped below it.

“I don’t think we were particularly good with the ball. I’m not being over dramatic or critical, the players have done brilliantly and it’s not easy to win in the Premier League at home or away. We’ve won comfortably but I think the lads know they weren’t quite there today.”

Miguel Almiron, Chris Wood, Joe Willock and Bruno Guimaraes scored for Newcastle.

TEN HAG: ‘NOT ACCEPTABLE’ Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag criticized his players after the defeat at Villa.

It is the third time United has lost away in the Premier League this season.

“Our players are experienced,” he told Sky Sports. “You have to read the game and get right the organization. Not concede two (early) goals — that’s totally unnecessary.

“It starts with the players following the rules. It looked like they (Aston Villa) were fresher. That’s not acceptable. Players have to take responsibility and be ready.”

MOYES BEMOANS GIFTS West Ham manager David Moyes said his team gifted Crystal Palace a 2-1 win.

“We scored against the run of play then we gave away a terrible goal,” he said. “We hadn’t played well, but it was still even at halftime.

“For all the things Palace did well, their good play didn’t lead to goals. Our bad play got them the first goal and the second was bad play as well.”

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MCMINNS AND TIGERS WIN 2ND STRAIGHT MOOSEHEAD CUP, X-MEN IN LONEY BOWL

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net WIDE receivers coach Eugene McMinns and his Dalhousie Tigers won their second consecutive Moosehead Cup while offensive lineman Stephen Sears Jr and his St Francis Xavier X-Men head into the Atlantic university football playoffs.

The Tigers claimed their second consecutive Atlantic Football League titles with a 27-26 come-from-behind win over the UNB Fredericton Red Bombers in the championship game, Saturday at the BMO Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

The Tigers finished the season 7-1 and won their fourth Moosehead Cup in the last six seasons. They have now moved into a tie with Holland College and UNB Fredericton as the teams with the most Moosehead Cup’s in AFL history.

McMinns returned to the Tigers’ sidelines for second season as a wide receivers coach for the vaunted conference powerhouse football programme.

It was the fourth AFL championship of McMinns’ career, twice as a player with the Holland College Hurricanes and now two as a member of the coaching staff with the Tigers.

“It has been an honour to be these young men’s wide receivers’ coach. This year’s wide receivers squad was the best in the league.

I’m so proud of these guys,” McMinns said.

“Honestly, it was even a bigger blessing to win the AFL Championship [and to have] a chance to mentor the future ballers of the next generation for the University of Dalhousie.”

Sears and the St Francis X-Men concluded the Atlantic University Sport regular season with an unblemished 8-0 record.

As the first place finishers in the league, the X-Men have earned the right to host the Subway AUS Loney Bowl Championship.

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FROM PAGE 14 the field in ninth with 16 points. The top five finishers in each age group for the high point trophies were as follows: 12 & Under Girls Christin-Alyssa Clarke, Queen’s College with 27; Dndn McKenzie, St Anne’s School with 19 50; Madyson Julien, Queen’s College with 19; Alissa Ferguson, Queen’s College and Siann Isaacs, Windsor School, Albany, both with 18.

12 & Under Boys – Dijon Simmons, St Anne’s School, 27; Damari Butler, Queen’s College, 23; Alexander Murray, Aquinas College, 21; Keron Burrows, Queen’s College and Maxwell Daniels, St Augustine’s, both with 17.

13-14 Girls – Lauren Bridgewater, Queen’s College, 25; Alanna Murray, Aquinas College and Tia Adderley, St Andrews International School, both with 22; Elina Fiaux, Lyford

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will have three candidates including Pharez Cooper, nominated by Pharez Cooper, Damarius Cash, nominated by Ednal Rolle and Cedricka Rolle, nominated by Dexter Bodie.

Vice president of technical operations include Tito Moss, nominated by Robert Ayton, Bernard Newbold, nominated by Andrew Tynes and Alexis Roberts, nominated by Ednal Rolle.

There are 18 candidates vying for 12 spots as council members. The list includes the following: Roberts (John Ingraham); Dionne Britton (John Ingraham); Fritz Grant (Clinton Smikle), Andrew Tynes (Foster Diorsett); Latesa Kemp (Rashad Patton); Stephen Murray (Rashad Patton); Jason Edwards (Clinton Smikle); Jason Larrimore (Dexter Bodie); Nikito

EUGENE McMinns The Loney Bowl championship game is slated for 2pm on November 12 at STFX Stadium.

The winner of the Loney Bowl will host the U SPORTS Uteck Bowl national semifinal game on November 19th against the winner of the Canada West conference.

The X-Men are currently ranked no.5 in Canada’s U Sports standings.

Sears, in his debut season with the programme, anchored an offensive line that gained 434 total yards in his first start at left tackle earlier this season.

Sears is the latest collegiate football prospect to follow the pipeline from The Bahamas to playing the game at the highest level in Canada. He committed to the X-Men of the Atlantic University Sport Conference following his standout tenure with the Holland College Hurricanes. He was named the Hurricanes’ 2021 Offensive Lineman of the Year when the team announced its annual athletic awards in the postseason.

He said the transition to competing at a higher level has been a welcome challenge thus far. The X-Men are the reigning 2021 AUS football champions and advanced to the national semifinal.

“It’s been great, a bit more fast-paced, a tough schedule football wise with more meetings and practices and as always learning a new system is a bit challenging. But I’m used to everything now and I love it,” he said. “A lot of talented athletes on one team going at it in practice and games.”

Cay International, 20; Taliyah Bowe, Kingsway Academy, 16.

13-14 Boys – Donald Saunders, St John’s College, 27; Malcolm Menzies, Windsor School, Albany, 21; Kaidin Storr, Queen’s College, 20; Zion Gibson and Tre Moncur, both of St Andrews International School with 15 apiece.

15 & Over Girls - Rhanishka Gibbs, Queen’s College, 27; Isabelle Zatarain, Lyford Cay International, 21; Katie Goulandris, Lyford Cay International, 21; Leylah Knowles, St Andrews International School and Layla Saidi, Lyford Cay International, both with 20.

15 & Over Boys - Richford, Adam, Windsor School, Albany, 27; Hodari Prince, Queen’s College, 24; Daniel Ferguson III, Queen’s College and Latrell Brooks, St Anne’s School, 19 each; Matthias Simms, Windsor School, Albany and Jack Barr, St Andrews International School, both with 17.

Johnson (Dexter Bodie); Daphne Saunders (Dexter Bodie); Emmitt Higgins (Dionne Britton); Kennard Mackey (James Rolle); Mikhilo Strachan (Nekeno Demeritte); Patrick Adderley (Dexter Bodie); Jacqueline Davis (Andrew Tynes); Ray Hepburn (Clinton Smikle) and Everette Fraser (Clinton Smikle).

The BAAA elections is one of several by various sporting bodies this year and next year, but comes at a very important time as the country celebrates its 50th anniversary with the hosting of the 50th celebrations of the CARIFTA Games during the Easter holiday weekend.

No dates have been set as yet for some of the other organisations like the Bahamas Olympic Committee, Bahamas Football Association, Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association, who are all due to stage their elections this year.