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By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net TWO Guaranty Bank & Trust clients have failed to prevent the Bahamian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) from obtaining their financial records despite claims of political persecution.

The Court of Appeal, in a unanimous verdict, refused to overturn an earlier Supreme Court ruling that declined to impose the injunction on the FIU sought by two Ecuadoraen citizens, Carlos Paraeja Cordero and Carlos Pareja Dassum.

The duo, claiming they had been forced to seek asylum in neighbouring Peru due to efforts by their home government to “frame” them, wanted to block the FIU’s demands for their bank records over fears that the information obtained would be used to further persecute them in Ecuador.

But Sir Michael Barnett, writing the Court of Appeal’s judgment, said

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Hotel strike vote on ‘ a slap in the face’

By NATARIO MCKENZIE and NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Reporters

HE hotel union will take a strike vote this Thursday after slamming the industry’s proposal to eliminate the automatic 15 percent gratuity and other worker benefits as “a slap in the face”.

Sheila Burrows, the Bahamas Hotel, Catering & Allied Workers Union’s (BHCAWU) general secretary, told Tribune Business that the recent offer by resort employers threatened to take the union’s 4,000-5,000 membership “back 60 years”.

Speaking after union members burnt copies of the industry’s proposal during a heated meeting at Workers House on Thursday night, she said: “We got a proposal from them but there was nothing in it.

We had actually submitted three proposals to them,

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• Union: Employers taking us ‘back 60 years’ • Want end to 15% gratuity, no certain Xmas bonus • Atlantis tells staff: ‘Manage emotions’ one under the former president, Ms Martin, and two under Mr [Darren] Woods.

“We recently went to the Labour Department and because of that they sent us a proposal. I think they just sent it to say that they sent us something.”

The most controversial proposals in the offer from the Bahamas Hotel and Restaurant Employers Association (BHREA), the employers bargaining group that negotiates industry-wide industrial agreements, are elimination of the automatic 15 percent gratuity and delaying the payment of Christmas bonuses until the second week of January.

In addition, the Christmas bonus will be tied to the

hotel’s performance, and not guaranteed. Nor will the traditional provision of Christmas ham and turkey by resorts for their staff be guaranteed, as Ms Burrows accused the industry of “taking away all the benefits” previously obtained for workers by the union.

“They want to take away the 15 percent gratuity.

They want to change the terms and conditions of an employee,” she blasted. “If you had a matter in court years ago they want to have the right to dig that up and decide if they are going to terminate you.

“The Christmas bonus issue is a very contentious one. We know that the people in the hotel get their bonuses for Christmas; the

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‘It’s the workers who are hurting’

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

second payday in December. What they propose is that they want the Christmas bonuses to be given the second pay week in January. The proposal doesn’t say that you shall receive it; it says you may receive it if the resort meets its quota.

“They are being blatantly disrespectful.

Regarding the ham and turkey, they say they may give a $50 voucher. They are trying to take away all the benefits the hotel union has negotiated. What are they trying to do to the people? They are trying to do all sorts of things to stop us from sitting down at the negotiating table. We want to sit down at the table and negotiate

A FORMER hotel union presidential candidate says industry workers are not feeling the benefits from booming tourism numbers, adding: “We are the ones hurting in this.”

Dave Beckford, who led Team Destiny in its unsuccessful 2013 election bid, told Tribune Business he found it difficult to understand why Atlantis and the major hotels were “having issues” over negotiating a new industrial agreement given that they were performing so well.

Backing the Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union’s (BHCAWU) stance over the hotel industry’s offer, he said workers had not seen a pay increase since 2012

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DPM: Deficit target in reach with $400m cut

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE deputy prime minister has signalled that the government remains on track to hit its main 2018-2019 fiscal target by touting a $400m reduction in the annual deficit since it took office.

Addressing the UHY accounting firm’s Americas confidence on Friday, K Peter Turnquest, pictured, disclosed figures ahead of this week’s 2019-2020 budget that hint the Minnis administration will bring the

fiscal deficit in within range of its $237m target for the current fiscal year.

“In just two years the government reduced the deficit by over $400m, which is significant for a small country,” Mr Turnquest said. “It was not easy to do, and it required making some difficult decisions, but our commitment to restore the country’s fiscal health and maintain the standard of living was resolute. With the growth numbers out, we are now seeing the fruits of that.”

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‘Clean up’ Immigration before new exemption

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net

THE Immigration Department must “clean up its act now” before the government imposes any further responsibilities such as the 14-day work “visa” exemption, an ex-minister is warning.

Branville McCartney, who was responsible for immigration before his resignation from the former Ingraham administration, told Tribune Business that the department was already creating

a “nightmare” and “disaster” as it struggles to cope with its existing obligations.

Citing several cases he is personally familiar with, the ex-Democratic National Alliance (DNA) leader recalled the Immigration Department’s failure to even acknowledge the six to seven letters and numerous phone calls his Halsbury Chambers law firm had made on behalf of a client who had already been waiting three years to discover the fate of his permanent residency bid.

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Monday, May 27, 2019, PAGE 3

TAXI DRIVERS READY FOR TUESDAY PROTEST

By NATARIO MCKENZIE

Tribune Business Reporter

nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net TAXI drivers say they are gearing up for another protest as the government has failed to address their outstanding concerns.

Wesley Ferguson,

president of the Bahamas Taxicab Union (BTU), told Tribune Business: “Nothing has changed, nothing. We haven’t gotten any relief from the government. We are at the end of our licensing period and taxi drivers are facing all kinds of issues.

“There are drivers can’t

get their cars inspected. You have persons who are taking taxi plates back from them.

There are a number of issues and the government hasn’t done anything for us. We are heading back downtown. We are heading there on Tuesday when they meet for Cabinet.

They have turned down the

ZEALOUS REGULATION STILL ‘DEGRADING’ EXPERIENCE

By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net FINANCIAL services customer experiences are still “too degraded” by the over-zealous application of strict Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures, the Central Bank’s governor believes.

John Rolle, pictured, speaking at Friday’s launch of The Bahamas’ chapter of Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), said such qualifications and skills were necessary to ensure this nation balances compliance with global anti-financial crime standards and the correct level of customer due diligence.

“My expectation is that as the critical mass of skills in the industry increases, The Bahamas will demonstrate more in practice, and in the experience of customers, that it is applying risk-based principles which do not undermine the quality of services on supply,” Mr Rolle said.

“I believe we still have gaps in how risk-based outcomes are being achieved.

The pressure persists for regulatory guidance to be overly prescriptive and check-list based, with the result that the retail customer experience is still too degraded.

“We will only arrest this trend through - in addition to all of our other interventions - strengthening competence around the application of AML/CFT (anti-money laundering/ counter terror financing) safeguards. I expect that we will make more progress in this regard, thanks to AML certifications of this nature.”

Mr Rolle said he was pushing for the Central Bank to adopt his own view that money laundering reporting officers (MLROs) and compliance officers undergo a regular certification process to ensure they are properly qualified to hold their posts.

“Some of the recent initiatives of the Bahamian regulators and the Government were to identify that our compliance culture was not sufficiently risk-based,” he added. “The result was

that financial inclusion and access was hindered for those on the margins of the system.

“Thanks to the provisions of the FTRA (Financial Transactions Reporting Act), the Central Bank has been able to provide guidance that streamlines KYC requirements for access to retail domestic banking services. For low-risk customers, a passport is adequate documentation in itself for account opening. In the absence of the passport, a list of other government issued identity documents are acceptable.

Verification of address by proof of a utility bill has given way to establishing proof that the client can be contacted by electronic or other means.”

Mr Rolle continued: “The Central Bank of The Bahamas has also made it clear that high-risk does not mean than an extra burden should be imposed to identify oneself. Rather more due diligence should be exerted around the other dimensions of how a relationship is established and monitored.

“Also, for low-risk retail prospects, the Central Bank has gone on record to state that the potential customer does not not have to offer proof of employment in order to open a bank account.”

volume on us. They aren’t saying anything to us. We aren’t getting any resolution or answers. Everyone is playing hardball. There has been no relief to our concerns.

All we have gotten is more sanctions.”

Mr Ferguson warned earlier this month that hundreds

of taxicab drivers could potentially be left jobless at month’s end, claiming that that existing owners of taxi cab plates were exploiting the government’s plan to clean-up the industry by seizing plates back from drivers before this can be put into effect.

Back in January, scores of

angry taxi drivers gathered in Rawson Square to protest what they considered poor treatment and working conditions as well as “unfair” competition from tour operators. Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis subsequently pledged to address their concerns.

Govt to demystify budget language

fiscal responsibility; and new borrowing.

The Ministry of Finance said its “Budget Basics” initiative is part of an enhanced communications plandesigned to increase public awareness about the Budget.

It last year introduced a Budget Magazine, which provided a non-technical summary of the budget.

This year, the Ministry of Finance is planning to introduce new resources for public education and engagement, including the Budget Basics videos and a new budget website.

THE Ministry of Finance is aiming to demystify fiscal and Budgetary terms through a collaboration with social media influencers designed to explain what they mean for ordinary Bahamians.

It announced in a statement that it is working with digital content creators, Timico Sawyer and Jaquay Adderley, commonly known as “Sawyerboy” and “DasQuay” respectively, to produce educational videos about terminology used during the budget debate.

The aim of the “Budget Basics” initiative, the Ministry of Finance said, is to increase financial literacy and inspire informed conversations about the national budget. Using their personalities and easily understood language, the video blogger duo will produce short, explanatory videos covering 20 important budget terms and concepts. The videos are intended to be engaging, entertaining and educational.

“The idea of transparency is not only about providing information to the public; it is also about making information easy to understand and therefore accessible. The enhanced communication activities at the Ministry of Finance are a core part of our commitment to transparency, and this initiative is a continuation of our work to engage the public more proactively,” said K Peter Turnquest, deputy prime minister.

“Financial literacy is something we take for granted

when the reality is discussions about the budget often include technical terms that not everyone understands. By working with these talented content creators we are able to reach new audiences using the vehicle of edutainment.”

The videos will cover budget terms such as debt; deficit; surplus; variance; fiscal; direct charge; arrears; fixed and discretionary;

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BAHAMAS COMMITS TO SUSTAINABLE TOURISM THE Bahamas reiterated its “steadfast” commitment to sustainable tourism at a regional United Nations (UN) meeting on the industry.

Joy Jibrilu, the Ministry of Tourism’s director-general, together with Michael C Pintard, minister of agriculture and marine resources, represented The Bahamas at the UN World Tourism Organisation’s (WTO) Regional Commission for the Americas and the international seminar on destination management - new challenges, new solutions. Both were held in La Antigua and Guatemala City, Guatemala.

This annual event, in its 64th year, assembled the ministers of tourism from the Americas region.

It aims to address new challenges in destination management and the role of destination management organisations

MINISTER of Agriculture and Marine Resources, Hon Michael C Pintard and Minister of Tourism And Aviation Director General Joy Jibrilu along with officials of UNWTO 64th Regional Commission for the Americas.

(DMOs), whose remit is being enlarged as part of the shift from promotion and marketing to a holistic destination management approach.

The summit looked at challenges within the tourism industry such as the “ideal” tourism governance model, maximising visitor value while ensuring

the competitiveness and sustainability of tourism destinations, and leveraging the benefits of tourism for the local economy and residents.

In his communication as Commission chair, Mr Pintard thanked all members for their attendance and spoke about the significant role tourism plays in

the global economy. He highlighted the efforts The Bahamas has taken to meet sustainable development goals.

“Our commitment to promote tourism in the most sustainable manner in order to safeguard the Caribbean for future generations is ongoing and steadfast,” said Ms Jibrilu. “We [the Ministry of Tourism and Aviation] are thrilled to have Michael Pintard join us and impressively articulate those efforts.”

The meeting was attended by representatives from Argentina, The Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peruand Uruguay.

A large number of affiliate members, regional and international organisations, and special guests attended the event.w

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FROM PAGE ONE Given that the fiscal deficit for the final year of the Christie administration, 2016-2017, was said to have been $661m, the reduction cited by Mr Turnquest indicates the “red ink” - or amount by which the government’s spending exceeds its income - will come in around the 1.8 percent of GDP target set out in the Fiscal Responsibility Act. Giving an upbeat assessment of The Bahamas’ economic prospects, Mr Turnquest focused on the 1.6 percent real GDP growth achieved in 2018 as a sign that the government’s economic and fiscal policies are starting to bear fruit.

“Over the past two years the government has worked incredibly hard to set The Bahamas on a sustainable path. Just five years ago, the country experienced negative growth at -3 percent. For several years, it struggled to arrest the decline,” he added.

The deputy prime minister described last year’s 1.6 percent real GDP expansion

as “a significant turnaround” compared to the “mild” 0.4 percent growth average achieved over the prior three years, although the performance under-shot both the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) 2.3 percent forecast and the government’s own 2.2 percent.

Still, Mr Turnquest said: “It is worth noting that private sector performance was the main driver behind the upward momentum... Household consumption also increased during this period by $140m, and exports of goods and services increased by $244m.

“In the tourism industry, a combination of healthy gains in visitor arrivals, increased room availability and expanded airlift have caused a major rebound as well. In 2018, tourism numbers were up by 16.9 percent, and that trend is projected to continue throughout 2019.”

Mr Turnquest added that The Bahamas will have “fully transitioned” to the new chart of accounts for government

financial reporting when the new fiscal year starts on July 1, 2019, bringing it into line with international standards and best practices. The new Public Financial Management Bill is due to be ready for year-end.

Pointing to the end to so-called “ring fencing” in the financial services sector, the deputy prime minister said: “For the past 50 years we have approached regulation from the standpoint of whether an individual or entity was resident or non-resident.

“This legal framework of privileges and benefits to non-residents was inherited many decades ago. It served its purpose at the time as a way to encourage the inflow of foreign exchange. However, today, it doesn’t work.

We are adopting a new approach that brings fairness to the system. We are adopting a new way that positively shifts the overall value proposition of The Bahamas’ financial sector.”

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EXUMA’S SWIMMING PIGS HOG THE CANNES LIMELIGHT EXUMA and its swimming pigs were spotlighted at last weekend’s Cannes Film Festival through a beach party title sponsored by Grand Isle Resort & Spa. Held in collaboration with the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival, the event attracted more than 650 VIPs as part of the promotional drive for the release of a new fulllength film on the pigs. Pigs of Paradise, a movie directed by Charlie Smith, of Earthbeat Films, is based on the book by TR Todd.

“This was indeed a special night to be featured in Cannes and rare opportunity for all of Exuma,” said Peter Nicholson, president and founder of GIV Bahamas, and the largest owner at Grand isle Resort.

“We are very thankful to our partners and sponsors, especially the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival, Steven Savor and Gregory von Hausch. It was a fairytale kind of night for these swimming pigs, which have done so much to open people’s eyes to the amazing beauty of Exuma.”

“The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival’s Annual Cannes Soiree was the biggest ever,” said Von Mr Hausch, the festival’s executive director.

Guests watched a special preview of Pigs of Paradise on a big screen. VIPs walked away with bags containing exclusive gifts and offers at Grand Isle Resort, as well as copies of the book Pigs of Paradise, with the author, TR Todd, on hand for a book signing.

The event was made possible by supporters including Steven Savor, a well-known philanthropist in Fort Lauderdale; Claudette Pagano of One Exuma; Laurie Gordon of the Montreal Animaze Fest; Martin Petrov of

‘It’s the workers who are hurting’ FROM PAGE ONE despite enduring VAT’s imposition and subsequent increase to 12 percent plus the associated cost of living increases.

However, Mr Beckford, who is still a hotel union member despite being second vice-president of the General Workers Union (GWU), expressed concerns with how the current administration headed by president, Darren Woods, had managed efforts to obtain a new industrial agreement with the Bahamas Hotel and Restaurant Employers Association (BHREA) and its members.

He argued that Mr Woods and his executive team should have been “more proactive” in engaging the hotel industry on a new industrial deal immediately upon taking office a year ago, and called on union leadership to fully transparent by disclosing the contents of their counter-offer.

“The workers, we are the ones hurting,” Mr Beckford told Tribune Business.

“Employers are going on as business as usual, with hotel arrivals up and at their highest for a long time. Atlantis and the hotel industry are doing pretty well, so I don’t see what the big issue is in negotiating about increases and back pay and benefits.

“There shouldn’t be anything to stop them from negotiating. We have have had two VAT increases, inflation and the cost of living has gone up, yet we are the ones hurting.”

Mr Beckford, supporting the union’s stance and saying he “never agreed with some of the things the employers wanted to do”, nevertheless said of the BHCAWU: “At the same time I have concerns about the way this administration conducts business.

“We still don’t know what’s in the union’s proposal. Even if we don’t know everything we should know what increases the union is looking for and be able to determine what back pay looks like because the last contract was in 2013.

“I feel he [Mr Woods] should have addressed it maybe earlier. He was

HIGHLIGHTS from the Grand Isle Resort’s sponsored activties during Cannes Film Festival.

World of Film International Festival of Glasgow, Scotland; Chateau Minuty of Gassin, France; Constantine Champagne, of Paris; and Nicola Torregrossa of the International OnLine Fest and Daniele Occhipinti of GOTO, both of Palermo, Sicily.

These partners were joined by sponsors from Exuma, including Grand Isle Resort and 23 North Beach Club. Other sponsors included The Milo Group; Staniel Cay Yacht Club; Makers Air; Peace and Plenty Hotel and Beach Club; Lumina Point Resort; Impulse Yacht; Chateau Minuty Estate Wines; and Philautia.

“I have enjoyed and sponsored the soirée over the years, but this one was made particularly special by our partnerships,” said Mr Savor, who is also the executive board member of Fort Lauderdale Film Festival. “We wish Pigs of Paradise much success and look forward to visiting Grand Isle and the Exumas this summer.”

Mr Nicholson, who is also the executive producer of the film, continues to hold discussions with distributors seeking distribution of the new movie in North America, Europe and beyond. general secretary and should have addressed it. I think he should have tried to deal with the negotiations earlier and been more proactive,” Mr Beckford continued.

“Both parties have to get to the table as it’s not going to work well for the workers and not work well for the industry. The minister of tourism, Dionisio D’Aguilar, is going to have to get involved; Dion Foulkes, the minister of labour, is going to have to get involved, and it will probably end up in the prime minister’s hands.”

The hotel union is planning to take a strike vote this Thursday after slamming the industry’s proposal to eliminate the automatic 15 percent gratuity and other worker benefits. The hotel employers are also proposing to push the Christmas bonus, currently payable in mid-December, back to midJanuary and link its payment to resort performance.

Mr Beckford questioned whether the Bahamas Hotel and Restaurant Employers Association was using a previous Supreme Court ruling, which found that the Melia Nassau Beach Resort was not obligated to pay a 15 percent gratuity for serving all-inclusive guests, as a “precedent” and leverage to extend this to all hotel members of its bargaining group.

The hotels also likely feel they have the upper hand due to the hotel union’s mistake in late 2012. The last industrial agreement between the two sides expired back in 2013, and its terms are being treated as if it is still in effect.

This resulted from the union missing the October 8, 2012, deadline by which it had to submit its proposal for a new industrial agreement - as it was required to do by the conditions set out in the old deal. A new industrial proposal had to be sent 90 days before the current deal expired, and the hotel union - then headed by Nicole Martin - failed to do so.

Looking ahead to Thursday’s strike vote and possible subsequent industrial action, Mr Beckford told Tribune Business: “I would encourage members not to engage in anything illegal as they could be terminated. We saw that happen before, and hopefully it will not happen again. Nobody needs lose their job.”

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Hotel strike vote on ‘a slap in the face’ FROM PAGE ONE for our members and we also want a registered agreement,” Ms Burrows added.

“We had a meeting with our membership and they told us to burn the proposal. The proposal was a slap in the face. They don’t want to give a one per cent pay increase but they want to take away the 15 percent gratuity from the workers.

Hotel workers haven’t had a pay increase since 2012.

“The workers are the ones who make the senior management at these resorts look good; they make the hotel look good, they take care of the guests.

We are at the point where the membership is fed up. The union is going to ensure that their rights are not infringed upon. The

proposal by the BHREA leaves a lot to be desired.

“It’s not right; it takes us back 60 years. We are not playing with them. If they want a war we will give them one. We have a strike vote set for Thursday and we have invited all of our membership to vote ‘yes’.

The membership asked us to burn the proposal and we did. We want to sit down and negotiate. We want a registered agreement.”

Thursday’s vote, and the possibility of subsequent industrial action, points to a sharply deteriorating industrial relations climate in The Bahamas that is now threatening to spread from the public sector into the private sector following last week’s sick-outs at the National Insurance Board (NIB) and recent strike certificates issued at the Water & Sewerage Corporation.

Any disruption in the hotel industry will be especially unwelcome, given that it represents the largest sector and mainstay of the Bahamian economy - and is the largest private sector employer. The only consolation is that should strike action occur it will take place after the peak winter season, yet it would still potentially threaten the year-over-year increases projected for the rest of 2019.

All performance indicators for major Nassau/ Paradise Island hotels increased by double digit amounts every month in the 2019 first quarter, with room revenues ending the period up 37 percent. And Dionisio D’Aguilar, minister of tourism and aviation, has said Bahamian tourism is “firing on all cylinders” with forward stopover

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bookings for the April to June period some nine percent ahead of 2018 comparatives.

Neither Mr D’Aguilar nor Dion Foulkes, minister of labour, responded to Tribune Business phone calls and messages seeking comment before press time last night. Mr D’Aguilar said he would call back but never did.

And Russell Miller, president of the employers’ negotiating body, the BHREA, in an e-mailed response to Tribune Business inquiries said simply: “There is a process for negotiations with the bargaining unit, and we intend to fully adhere to that process.”

Some observers will likely argue that the union is over-reacting, given that talks over a new industrial agreement are just beginning, but it appears that the BHREA and its members feel they have the upper hand and are now exerting the leverage that was granted to them by the hotel union’s mistake in late 2012.

The last industrial agreement between the two sides expired back in 2013, and its terms are being treated as if it is still in effect. This resulted from the union missing the October 8, 2012, deadline by which it had to submit its proposal for a new industrial agreement - as it was required to do by the conditions set out in the old deal.

With hotel union members enduring VAT’s introduction and subsequent increase, and cost of living rises, without a wage increase since 2012, pressure on the BHCAWU leadership to deliver a new industrial agreement has steadily increased. Mr Woods, current president, and his leadership team said securing such a deal was their top priority when they took office a year ago.

Employers may also have been emboldened by the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that found the Meliá Nassau Beach Resort was not obligated to pay staff a 15 percent gratuity for serving all-inclusive guests. The resort had wanted to cut it to 8 percent.

Apart from the Melia, the resorts that are members of the employer bargaining unit are Atlantis, Ocean Club, Harborside, the British Colonial Hilton, Lyford Cay Club and Towne Hotel.

Significantly, Sandals Royal Bahamian, SuperClubs Breezes and Baha Mar are not included.

While there is a belief that an automatic 15 percent gratuity has undermined hotel industry service standards, it nevertheless represents the majority of tipped employees’ incomes as they only receive a relatively small basic salary.

Atlantis, in a message to its 8,000-plus staff, called for cooler heads to prevail by urging members “to remain focused, dispel rumours and manage emotions” while focusing on delivering “on our promise to create lifelong memories for all our guests”.

Recognising the rising industrial relations temperature, Atlantis did its best to calm passions in a note seen by Tribune Business: “Negotiations for a new bargaining agreement are about to begin with the Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union,” it said.

“The Bahamas Hotel Employers Association will be negotiating on our behalf and other member hotels. As in previous negotiations, we have acted in good faith and the company will continue to do so in the best interest of all our colleagues.”

Atlantis added: “During the upcoming months updates will be provided to you. It is important to

remain focused, dispel rumours and manage emotions while our resort continues to collaborate with the union on your behalf.

“The negotiations are an important part of our journey towards continuing to strengthen the Atlantis brand, which is our ultimate commitment to you, our colleagues, our customers and shareholders.

“Our leadership team is dedicated to working as hard as we can to negotiate an agreement that benefits all key stakeholders.”

However, “managing emotions” was not on the agenda at the hotel union’s Workers House meeting on Thursday night when the employers’ proposal was burned. A social media clip seen by Tribune Business appears to show Mr Woods encouraging members to “burn that proposal”, repeating this three times.

The phrases “burn that up” and “it is garbage” were heard several times, with one union member shouting: “This is 2019. We will win this war. We will win this war.”

Another social media video, seemingly showing Atlantis staff, promised that the union and its members are “coming out strong” for the vote on Thursday.

They warn that the employers’ proposal, if it ever comes into being, will have a knock-on effect throughout the Bahamian economy with hotel staff unable to service loans and other obligations or pay for groceries.

“We see this fight; it’s not about us. It’s about what we’re leaving for our children,” one worker said.

They described industry workers as “the backbone of the country”, and warned that “without us this country can’t run” and provide the necessary experiences for visitors.

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Guaranty Bank clients lose FIU injunction bid FROM PAGE ONE

there was no legal basis to grant the Paraejas’ demands given that the FIU Act’s section four “clearly empowers the FIU to make a demand for the information sought by it”. As a result, the duo had no case - especially since the Ecuadorean authorities were not named as parties to the action.

The verdict reveals that the FIU had to contact Guaranty Bank & Trust twice in October/November 2017 to obtain the necessary information and, on the second occasion, warn that it would break the law if it failed to make the necessary disclosures.

The Bahamian financial institution, though, had already made the Paraejas aware of the FIU’s request following receipt of its first letter. This sparked the Ecuadorean duo’s hasty rapid legal action, launched just weeks later on November 9, 2017, to prevent disclosure to the Bahamian regulator of the financial records relating to their company, Dramiston Ltd. The Paraejas argued that the FIU’s request would breach its founding law, and sought to block both the demands it made of Guaranty Bank & Trust, any freezing of their assets, and any sharing of financial information obtained with its counterpart in Ecuador.

To support their case, Carlos Pareja Dassum alleged in a November 22, 2017, affidavit: “My son

and I are currently in Peru having secured refugee status as asylum seekers. We are fighting the false allegations both at home through counsel, and by bringing an action in the United States against the prosecutors for the criminal conduct and acts that they committed in an effort to frame me.”

He argued that the Ecuadorean FIU had become aware of his interest in Dramiston Ltd from records “illegally obtained” in the US, and added: “I am challenging the order for disclosure because like everything else that happened in the last year, it is premised on the basis of false and manipulated information.

“Disclosure of the information requested [by] the FIU, and thereafter to its Ecuadorean counterpart, will only act to continue my political persecution in Ecuador... If I am vindicated, as I am confident I will be, the FIU will have violated my privacy.

“And should the FIU push to proceed for disclosure despite becoming aware of the instant facts, in the event I am successful they will have knowingly disclosed private banking information to enable furtherance of a political persecution on the basis of false and misleading information that was known or suspected to be unreliable.”

Sir Michael, though, said there was nothing in the FIU’s two letters to Guaranty Bank & Trust “which suggest that the FIU was threatening to disclose the information sought to anybody”. And neither the bank nor the Ecuadorean government were a party to the case.

As a result, he backed Supreme Court justice Indra Charles, who agree with Loren Klein, acting for the Attorney General’s Office, that the Paraejas’

case was “bad in law” and did not contain any case for action against the FIU. Justice Charles also backed Mr Klein’s argument that the FIU Act’s section seven prevents any legal action being brought against the unit over its actions.

Sir Michael, though, said the Court of Appeal had not examined whether the FIU Act’s section seven completely “insulates” it from legal action from persons alleging it had wronged them, adding thar the Paraejas’ case was not an appropriate one for determining this.

He did, though, find it was “unarguable” that the FIU had the legal basis to make such demands of Guaranty Bank & Trust, and that the Paraejas’ injunction bid was premature because the information requested had not been obtained.

“There was nothing in the material before the court to show that the FIU intended to disclose the information it may receive to a foreign FIU. Indeed, no such decision could have been made unless and until the FIU received the information from the bank,” Sir Michael concluded.

“There was no basis upon which the court could have at that stage granted the declaratory relief sought or to restrain the FIU from disclosing information it had not yet received. It could not have restrained the FIU from making a decision whether or not to disclose the information to anyone, including the Ecuadorean authorities.

“The FIU would not even have had an opportunity to consider what conditions it may wish to impose in the event it was minded to disclose the information received from the bank to anyone.”

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Senior Manager, Information Technology

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EXECUTIVE MEMBERS: 1. Rosemary E. Burrows 2. Maralyn Genette Burrows 3. William Ingraham 4. Cyril Morris Jr. 5. Wayne Thompson 6. Kameisha Delique Wells 7. Judd T. Williams TRUSTEES: 1. Jacqueline Lorene Mckenzie 2. Bolinder Newbold – Munroe 3. Vernincha Louise Delcine Simmons 4. Lana Monique Williams-Smith 5. Haldane Alfred Stubbs AREA VICE PRESIDENTS: NORTHERN BAHAMAS: 1. Ann Marie Bullard 2. Eldecia Thompson GRAND BAHAMA: 1. Quintin Howard Laroda 2. George Austin Trevor Mills.

NEW PROVIDENCE: 1. Vernon Jemell Rodgers SOUTHERN BAHAMAS: 1. Ann Louise Strachan TREASURER: 1. Lorraine Knowles 2. John Musgrove ASSISTANT TREASURER: 1. Catherine Knowles-Stubbs 2. Katress Wells SECRETARY – GENERAL: 1. Helena Cartwright 2. Dion Damien Johnson 3. Tiffany M. Delancy-Laing ASSISTANT SECRETARY – GENERAL: 1. Juanita T. Gaitor 2. Cedricka Rolle PRESIDENT: 1. Joan Knowles-Turnquest 2. Belinda Wilson VICE PRESIDENT: 1. Tiffany Burrell-Roberts 2. Jason Haley From the desk of John Musgrove Secretary-General The Bahamas Union of Teachers

Reporting to the Director of IT, the Senior Manager - Information Technology, will oversee the activities of one or more major functional area(s) in the Information Technology Department inclusive of Human Resources, Administration, Budget Input and Management. The individual will also implement and facilitate the strategic direction of institutional policy for information systems and serve as a member of a management team that implements operational procedures and manages departmental budgets.

Essential Duties • Performs annual business assessments to determine business goals and objectives.

• Performs annual IT department capabilities and capacity assessments for business value.

• Develops annual IT strategic and tactical plans with performance measurements.

• Review, evaluate, and approve proposals for hardware or software acquisition.

• Coordinates new system development and improvements to existing systems with computer information services.

• Serves on committees/councils for on-going analysis of system and Information Security improvement.

• Participates in the development, implementation, and maintenance of policies, objectives, short and long range planning; develop tracking and evaluation programs to assist in accomplishment of established goals.

• Develops and establish policies and objectives consistent with those of the organization to ensure efficient operation of individual department • Develops and maintains Information Technology Architecture for innovation and planning • Ensures confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and information pertaining to the organization.

• Develops, tests and maintains department disaster recovery and IT continuity • Participates as a member of the management team in planning, problem resolution and reviewing department performance.

• Develops annual operating budget and provides fiscal direction to the unit.

• Implements appropriate educational and training programs to ensure high quality professional staff performance • Maintains knowledge of current and future technology by reading technology periodicals, evaluating new technologies and attending trade-shows/conferences, technical seminars and training sessions • Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned Qualifications • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology; a minimum of 10 years technology, security and management experience, inclusive of A+, Network+, Server+, MCSE certifications.

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business strategic plans to IT • Strong ability to set strategic plans for department with performance indicators • Knowledge of COBIT, ITIL and ISO 27002:2005 standard, skills and ability to localize to business environment • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of directors, managers, clients, and customers. Ability to perform risk/impact assessments, treatments and create controls through policies, procedures and standards with guidelines.

All interested applicants are asked to submit a resume and reply to: ATTN: Director of Human Resources RE: SR. MANAGER - IT via email to hr@bahamasair.com no later than end of business May 31, 2019.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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‘Clean up’ Immigration before new exemption FROM PAGE ONE And Mr McCartney said his businesses had typically seen work permit renewals take between eight to ten months to be approved, meaning that “by the time you get the permit it’s already time to reapply again”.

Warning that the uncertainty was damaging for both the private sector and expatriate employee, he revealed how a Filipino pharmacist employed in his family’s business had been unable to work for several days after being picked up and detained by Immigration while awaiting a response on his renewal application.

Though the pharmacist was eventually released, Mr McCartney said delayed or late work permit renewals often meant expatriate workers were unable to send money home to meet financial obligations outside The Bahamas. Such difficulties can make it hard to recruit essential foreign staff with specialist skills, holding back growth for individual companies and the wider economy.

As a result, Mr McCartney argued that the Immigration Department should not be loaded with additional obligations, such as the 14-day short-term work visa exemptions, until it shows it can handle its existing work permit and status responsibilities more efficiently.

The Immigration (Amendment) Bill 2019, recently passed by both houses of parliament, aims to further eliminate Immigration bureaucracy and red tape and occasionally unpleasant experiences at the airport - by ending the requirement for certain business executives to obtain a “short term” or any type of work visa/permit if they are in The Bahamas for 14 days or less.

While “understanding” the government’s intent to improve the ease of doing business, Mr McCartney questioned how the exemption will operate in practice,

BRANVILLE MCCARTNEY adding that the “mechanics” had not been made clear to the Bahamian people.

In particular, he queried how Immigration will monitor the exemption to ensure it is not abused and that The Bahamas does “not open the floodgates” for foreign workers to come in and “do anything they wish”.

“They put this provision there with the exemption for 14 days, but those persons who now have a right to apply and also wish to renew, it takes 14 months at a minimum,” Mr McCartney told Tribune Business. “I say that to say, for persons renewing work permits or applying for residency status, as it stands now it takes forever and a day.

“Now they’re talking about 14 days... We have a difficulty now in Immigration with the long-term work permits and renewal of permits that take months and months and months. If we can’t get that right, how will we get this right?

“We need to clean up our act now in Immigration with respect to its operation, and where we are now and the issues of permits, residency and the like prior to us moving forward with these exemptions,” he continued.

“The process we have now is not working in the sense of the efficiency of it. We need to get what we have now sorted out before we think about adding in new types of Immigration status and exempt certain persons coming in.”

Mr McCartney, whose family is involved in diverse businesses ranging from a retail pharmacy to law firm,

real estate and schools, added that it was extremely difficult to obtain from Immigration the status of work permit applications/renewals.

“When I was in Immigration, my policy was that persons seeking a work permit for the first time, that should not be lingering around for more than one month for determination,” he revealed. “For renewals, I got to the stage of no more than two weeks once those persons had everything in. I had a Board meeting every week.

Now, Jesus, it’s a nightmare.

“I’ve had applications in for eight to ten months waiting for a renewal, and by the time you get the work permit it’s time to apply again for the renewal. Last year we had a Filipino who was a pharmacist, and his renewal application had been in for some time. Immigration picked him up, and he was unable to work until he showed his application was in and they processed him to let him go.

“That caused disruption for the business. Many times persons waiting for renewals can’t send money home to their families because the bank will not allow it. It’s horrible; not only for the businesses but those persons who have financial obligations outside The Bahamas and can’t send money. It’s ridiculous, man.”

Mr McCartney also recalled the trials of a client who, before coming to his Halsbury Chambers law firm for assistance, had spent three years waiting fruitlessly for an answer to his permanent residency application. The ex-DNA leader and former Immigration minister fared no better.

“He came to me, and I sent correspondence to the director of Immigration, Clarence Russell. To-date, I haven’t received a response from him,” Mr McCartney told Tribune Business. “We’ve sent five to six letters, called, and not had a response or acknowledgement.

“Terrible, terrible. You can’t get anything out of Immigration. You can do this Act, fine, but is it going to operate in the same manner as it is now. It’s a disaster; it’s a disaster.”

The 14-day exemption

applies to persons attending Bahamas-based conferences and seminars as participants, plus trade shows and summits; or working as a non-executive director of a business “being carried on in The Bahamas” where they are not involved in daily operations.

Also exempt are senior executives and management professionals who fly in to “attend a business meeting with a local company”.

This applies to chairmen, directors, shareholders, all executives from the rank of chief financial officer up, managers, consultants, attorneys, compliance officers and accountants.

Others included under this initiative, and exempt from the short-term work visa requirement, are auditors, actuaries, medical professionals, analysts and controllers.

The private sector has been pushing for such reforms for years, both on the grounds that it will enhance The Bahamas’ ease of doing business and reputation, while avoiding embarrassing incidents that have over the years seen senior corporate executives refused entry and/or detained and given an grilling by Immigration officers at the airport.

Mr McCartney, though, said that while he understood the legislation’s intent - and “it can be beneficial” - there were questions over how it will operate in practice.” The question will be the mechanics of it, and I’m not clear how that will happen, and how it works and will be monitored,” he added.

“The foundations and groundwork are not in place because we don’t know how these people will be monitored. They have to have something to come into The Bahamas. They have to go through some Immigration process to get that. Otherwise that could open the floodgates, with people saying they’re here for a meeting and doing all sorts of work.

“I don’t know the mechanics of it. The Bill is silent on that. That has to be tightly monitored or anybody could come in. The intent of the Bill is good, but putting it into practice is a whole story as to how it works and will be monitored.”

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Monday, May 27, 2019, PAGE 9

US sanctions on Iran felt in Iraqi Shiite tourist districts

BAGHDAD Associated Press FOR years, Karar Hussein has sold sweets in his shop near the entrance to one of Shiite Islam’s holiest shrines, accepting whatever currency was offered to him by his clients, many of them religious tourists from neighboring Iran.

But lately, when Iranian pilgrims ask about prices, he tells them he can only sell if they pay in Iraqi currency. They often walk out, disappointed.

Hussein and many other shop owners in Baghdad’s northern Shiite holy neighborhood of Kadhimiya have seen sales drop sharply over the past year since President Donald Trump began re-imposing sanctions on Iran, home to the largest number of Shiite Muslims around the world.

The value of Iran’s currency, the rial, has decreased almost fourfold, pushing the price of nearly everything beyond the reach of ordinary Iranian consumers in Iran and abroad.

Standing in his shop wearing jeans and a T-shirt, 27-year-old Hussein said his sales have dropped 30% since last year, but he still prefers not to be paid in Iranian rials because the currency’s value keeps depreciating. “Their currency is crashing,” he said.

Millions of Shiites from

to Iraq, said the number of Iranian visitors has dropped because many cannot afford to travel now.

Speaking in broken Arabic, Fazeli said Iran will end up victorious no matter how long the crisis takes, adding that “Trump will go, and Iran will stay”.

Iran’s currency has been declining steadily for years but the drop has accelerated in recent months after Trump’s decision to pull out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and re-impose sanctions.

Mohammed Saadi Hadi,

STREET vendors and shop owners wait for customers outside the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Kadhimiya district in north Baghdad, Iraq. Many shop owners in the Shiite holy neighbourhood of Kadhimiya, have seen their sales drop sharply over the past year since US President Donald began reimposing sanctions on Iran, home to the largest number of Shiite Muslims around the world.

Photo: Khalid Mohammed/AP around the world come to Iraq every year to visit its many Shiite shrines and holy places, including the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala in southern Iraq and the central city of Samarra, home to the revered golden-domed al-Askari shrine. They bring large amounts of money into the country, where tourism is the second biggest source of income for state coffers after oil exports.

Since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s government in 2003, Iranians have made up the majority of religious tourists to Iraq, although tens of thousands come

from other countries.

But tensions have been rising recently in the Middle East between the United States and Iran and there have been concerns that Iraq, whose government is allied with both Tehran and Washington, would become caught in the middle, likely increasing pressures on Iraq’s tourism sector.

A favorite tourist destination is the Kadhimiya district in north Baghdad, typically bustling with Iranians shopping for clothes, sweets and trinkets. The area is home to the alKadhimayn shrine, known for its two domes and four

minarets draped with gold and contains the tombs of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim and his grandson Mohammed al-Jawad, two of Shiite Islam’s most revered figures.

On a recent afternoon in Kadhimiya, hundreds of Iranian pilgrims entered and left the shrine, passing by scores of shops on both sides of a pedestrian street leading to the holy site without buying anything.

“Money is a big problem for us. This is really hurting us,” said Iranian citizen Hussein Fazeli, as he left the shrine. Fazeli, who brings pilgrims from Iran

who inherited his tiny clothes stand outside the al-Kadhimayn shrine from his father, says sales have dropped by 70%. Prayer gowns for women now cost four times what they cost last year in Iranian currency. He used to sell 60 gowns a day but today he sells less than ten.

Thamer Jabbar, owner of a perfume store, said Iranian tourists now not only abstain from buying, but some of them bring with them items such as saffron spice and stone rings to sell in Iraq, hoping to make up for some of their trip’s cost.

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Security Administrator, Information Technology Reporting to the Senior Manager - Information Technology, the Security Administrator will manage, monitor and troubleshoot Local and Wide Area network access and will drive implementation of network security policies and procedures; while ensuring network (LAN/WAN, telecommunications, and voice) security access and protecting against unauthorized access, modification or destruction. The IT Security Administrator functions as the primary point of accountability for the Security of Information Technology throughout the company.

Essential Duties • Running reports on SQL databases and performing SQL 2014 backup and restoration process • Monitoring, managing and administrating Dark Trace Security Appliance, Blue Coat Proxy Server and Microsoft 365 platform • Import/set-up maintenance contracts associated with assets • Develops and maintains processes for managing and tracking the full IT asset, license, and maintenance life cycle from procurement to retirement.

• Maintains an understanding of vendor service agreements to ensure compliance and the most cost effective use of assets • Works closely with the IT Manager to support audit processes, defines metrics, gathers data and reports the effectiveness of IT Security processes.

• Manages the configuration documentation of IT assets and ensures proper records are kept and updated regularly.

• Investigates all asset discrepancies identified through the daily asset reconciliation process • Identifies and escalates any IT process which may negatively impact the short/long term IT Security objectives • Perform other related duties as assigned Qualifications • A two-year degree or a minimum of 5 years IT work experience.

• Skilled at running reports on SQL databases • Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 Administration and Security and Kiosks Experience Required • ITIL, ITAM and Microsoft office certifications preferred.

• 2+ years of IT Security experience • Cisco certification desirable / CCNA preferred • Security plus and or A+ plus certification required • CISA certification and CISSP certification considered a plus All interested applicants are asked to submit a resume and reply to: ATTN: Director of Human Resources RE: IT SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR via email to hr@bahamasair.com no later than end of business May 31, 2019.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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YOUNG HOMEBUYERS SCRAMBLE AS PRICES RISE FASTER THAN INCOMES SALT LAKE CITY Associated Press

FOR millennials looking to buy their first home, the hunt feels like a race against the clock.

In the seven years since the housing crash ended, home values in more than three-quarters of US metro areas have climbed faster than incomes, according to an Associated Press analysis of real estate industry data provided by CoreLogic.

That gap is driving some first-timers out of the most expensive cities as well as pressuring them to buy something before they are completely priced

out of the market.

The high cost of home ownership is also putting extreme pressure on 20and 30-somethings as they try to balance mortgage payments, student loans, child care and their careers.

“They do want all the same things that previous generations want,” said Daryl Fairweather, chief economist for the brokerage Redfin. “They just have more roadblocks, and they’re going to have to come up with more creative solutions to get the homes that they want.”

A Redfin analysis found these buyers are leaving too-hot-to-touch big-city

ANDY and Stacie Proctor stand in front of their new home in Vineyard, Utah. For some millennials looking to buy their first home, the hunt feels like a race against the clock. The Proctors ultimately made a successful offer on a three-bedroom house for $438,000 in Vineyard.

Photo: Rick Bowmer/AP

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markets — among them, San Francisco and Seattle, where the tech boom has sent housing prices into the stratosphere. The brokerage found that many millennials are instead buying in more reasonably priced neighbourhoods around places like Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City and Raleigh, North Carolina. That, in turn, is driving up housing prices in those communities.

Jake and Heather Rice, both 35, moved to Utah last year from Mountain View, California, where the biggest employers are tech giants such as Google, Symantec and Intuit and the median home price is a dizzying $1.4m or so.

The couple and their three children settled into a 4,500-square-foot house in fast-growing Farmington, just far enough away from Salt Lake City to feel rural but minutes from a major shopping centre and Heather’s sister. They did not disclose the purchase price for the sake of privacy, but they said their monthly mortgage payments will be $3,000, roughly the same as the rent for their former two-bedroom, 1,000 squarefoot apartment in Mountain View.

“We didn’t expect to stay in California because of how ludicrous the prices had become,” said Jake, a mechanical engineer who works in the medical device sector.

Nationally, home prices since 2000 have climbed at an annual average rate of 3.8%, according to the data firm CoreLogic, while average incomes have grown at an annual rate of 2.7%. And in the metro areas with the strongest income growth — for example, parts of Silicon Valley — home prices have risen even faster.

The Salt Lake City area is among the hottest spots for first-time buyers in part because of a staggering burst of home construction and a surge of high-tech jobs. The suburb of Lehi, which served as a film location for the 1984 Kevin Bacon movie “Footloose”, about a rural town that banned dancing, is in what is now known as “Silicon Slopes” because Adobe, eBay and Microsoft have opened offices there.

Of course, the influx of people from unaffordable cities is contributing to the very problem they were trying to escape: Home prices in the greater Salt Lake City area surged 10.8% in the past year, while average incomes rose only 3.9%, according to figures from CoreLogic and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Scott Robbins, president of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors, sees the price growth as having changed

the habits of first-time buyers. They are putting less money down and carrying more debt. And some first-time buyers are looking at condos and duplexes instead of houses.

There is also more pressure on families to earn two incomes, rather than letting one choose to be the stayat-home parent. This could be a particular challenge in the Salt Lake City area, where families are generally larger, mostly because of the influence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, and about 28% of the population is under 18, compared with nearly 24% nationwide.

“The one thing that really would make it even more sustainable is if wages would increase,” Robbins said. “Whereas before you could have a young couple buy a place and only one of them would work. Now, you need both of them to work.”

Andy and Stacie Proctor made a bid on a house in the Salt Lake City suburbs, only to rescind it upon learning there were 13 rival offers. At one point, they almost decided not to buy a house just yet, figuring the bubble was going to burst eventually, said Andy, a 35-year-old who hosts the podcast “More Happy Life”.

But there was also the opposite risk: “There is the question about whether it’s going to keep going up,” his 31-year-old wife said.

The couple ultimately made a successful offer on a three-bedroom house for $438,000 in Vineyard, Utah.

It includes an apartment that could be rented out to defray their mortgage payments. That will make it easier for them to afford starting a family.

Roughly one in six homes sold in the Salt Lake Valley since 2004 have been in a 4,100-acre development called Daybreak, being built on land once owned by mining giant Rio Tinto.

About 5,500 homes have been constructed, with an additional 14,500 units planned — enough in total to house roughly 65,000 people.

The homes range from $180,000 to $1m. One of the guiding principles is that homeowners can upgrade or downsize without having to move out of the neighbourhood.

But that cycle of upgrading might not continue as it did for past generations.

Home values need to rise for people to build equity that they can use to buy a new house. Yet if they rise too fast, it will become too expensive for many people to move up.

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Japan trade a problem for Trump, but not as bad as China TOKYO Associated Press WHEN President Donald Trump visits Japan, he’ll be able to point to Tokyo’s streets to drive home a sore point in trade relations between the allies: the absence of made-in-USA vehicles.

The $70bn Japanese trade surplus with the US is dwarfed by China’s $379bn surplus, and the trade tensions between Washington and Tokyo are far less contentious than the tariffs war with Beijing.

But the disputes between Japan and the US are longstanding and also intractable: the bilateral agreement with Tokyo that Trump has been seeking since pulling out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement two years ago is still far down the road,

DONALD TRUMP say analysts and politicians on both sides.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has carefully courted Trump since before he took office and their cordial,

Monday, May 27, 2019, PAGE 11 golfing-buddy relationship has helped keep relations on an even keel.

While Trump has complained repeatedly about the trade imbalance, especially in autos and auto parts — the Hondas and Toyotas on US roads are a daily reminder — friction over Japan’s exports has not reached the fever pitch it did in the late 1980s, when angry American auto workers smashed Japanese vehicles.

The Trump administration’s tough stance on China, including the tariffs on $200bn worth of Chinese goods that recently kicked in, is almost a replay of the “Japan bashing” of decades ago.

To help alleviate tensions, especially over vehicle exports, Japanese automakers have moved much of their production for America to the US, investing a cumulative $51bn and building 24 manufacturing plants, many in areas that have little else to count on to vitalise their economies. Those investments have created some 1.6 million jobs, according to the industry group Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association.

Trade remains unbalanced: In April Japan’s exports to the US jumped nearly 10%, while imports of American goods rose 2.3%.

Japan’s trade surplus surged almost 18% to 723 billion yen ($6.6bn).

Trump sees today’s

disputes as a continuation of earlier clashes, said Kristin Vekasi, professor of political science at the University of Maine.

She says current negotiations are unlikely to lead to any “miraculous” opening of Japanese markets for American products. Japanese officials have said they would draw the line at concessions made for the sake of joining the TPP, which had been championed by the administration of Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama.

“Japan already buys a lot from the United States,”

Vekasi said.

Japan’s imports from the US are dominated by food, chemicals, machinery and devices. Cars, not so much.

Detroit-based General Motors Co sold just 562 Cadillacs, 708 Chevrolets, six Buicks and a handful of its other nameplate brands in Japan in the fiscal year that ended in March. In contrast, Toyota sold 2.3 million of the roughly five million vehicles sold in the Japanese market.

Experts generally agree the imbalance reflects a lack of Japanese interest, not significant trade barriers. Trade

talks cannot dictate consumer tastes.

The Trump administration has designated auto imports as a threat to US national security, though the government has delayed a decision on raising tariffs on imported cars for six months.

Trump has suggested he will go ahead with the tariffs if US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, a trade talks veteran of the Japan-bashing days, doesn’t manage to wrest concessions from Japan and the European Union.

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NEW CANDIDATES VIE TO SUCCEED UK’S MAY WITH FOCUS ON BREXIT LONDON Associated Press THE race to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May is heating up, the field of Conservative contenders is quickly growing and the focus is squarely on how to handle Brexit.

Former House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom and former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab

joined the fray on Saturday night. Both had earlier resigned from May’s Cabinet to protest her Brexit policy.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Saturday morning he is seeking to replace May, joining several others who have announced they will run to become the Conservative party’s next leader, and by default, Britain’s new prime minister.

May announced on Friday

she plans to step down as Conservative Party leader on June 7 and remain as a caretaker prime minister while the party chooses a new leader in a contest that officially kicks off the following week.

She plans to remain as party leader through US President Donald Trump’s upcoming state visit and the 75th D-Day anniversary celebrations on June 6.

Her successor will have to try to complete Brexit — a task that May failed to deliver during her three years in office. While she succeeded in striking a divorce deal with the European Union, the plan was defeated three times in Parliament by British lawmakers from across the political spectrum.

The EU extended Britain’s departure date to Oct 31 but there still is no consensus among British lawmakers about how or even if the country should leave the bloc.

Even before a new leader is chosen, the Conservative Party is expected to fare poorly when the results of the European Parliament election in Britain are announced last night.

The best-known contestant for the Conservative leadership post is former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who has said he will take Britain out of the EU on Oct 31 even if no deal has been reached with EU leaders.

Johnson’s willingness

BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May reacts as she turns away after making a speech in the street outside 10 Downing Street in London, England on Friday. Theresa May says she’ll quit as UK Conservative leader on June 7, sparking contest for Britain’s next prime minister.

Photo: Alastair Grant/AP to back a no-deal Brexit business leaders have leader and prime minister, is already causing some warned that a no-deal depar- although the opposition ripples. ture would have a drastically Labour Party is warning of Another Conservative negative impact on Britain’s an immediate challenge to contender, International economy and also hurt its the new leader with an eye Development Secretary European neighbours. toward forcing an early genRory Stewart, said on SaturThe field is likely to grow eral election. day that he could not serve to about a dozen candidates, John McDonnell, Labour’s in a Cabinet under Johnson with a winner expected to be economic spokesman, told if Johnson wins. Stewart chosen by mid or late July. the BBC on Saturday the says he could not work for Senior Conservatives includ- party would push a no-cona leader who is comfortable ing Home Secretary Sajid fidence vote against the new with the idea of a no-deal Javid and Foreign Secretary prime minister right away.

Brexit.

Jeremy Hunt are among “We believe any incoming Stewart complained that those considering a leader- prime minister in these cirJohnson said in a private ship run. cumstances should go to the meeting several weeks ago The Conservative Party country anyway and seek a that he would not push for chooses its leaders in a two- mandate,” McDonnell said. a no-deal departure but step process. First there’s An earlier Labour Party appears to have changed a series of votes among attempt to force an early course completely. the party’s legislators to election failed in January Many economists and establish two top contend- when May’s government surers, then those names are vived a no-confidence vote. submitted to a nationwide The UK’s next general vote by about 120,000 party election will be held in 2022 members. unless a government collapse The winner becomes party speeds up the timetable.

NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that NELLIE AUGUSTE of Price Street, Nassau, Bahamas is applying to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, for Registration Naturalization as a citizen of The Bahamas, and that any person who knows any reason why registration/ naturalization should not be granted, should send a written and signed statement of the facts within twenty-eight days from the 27th day of May, 2019 to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.

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ALL SHARE INDEX: CLOSE: 2,162.95 | CHG: -0.49 | %CHG: -0.02 | YTD: 53.50 | YTD%: 2.54 BISX LISTED & TRADED SECURITIES 52WK HI 4.50 20.91 7.00 5.50 2.50 2.00 3.35 11.05 6.17 4.64 12.50 2.74 1.96 9.32 7.00 15.60 7.25 3.95 14.00

52WK LOW 3.50 19.17 4.90 3.50 1.00 0.19 2.00 8.89 6.13 3.54 10.00 2.35 1.60 7.50 6.10 11.00 6.20 3.01 12.51

PREFERENCE SHARES 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00

1.00 103.00 100.00 100.00 105.00 103.00 100.00 10.00 1.01

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SECURITY AML Foods Limited APD Limited Bahamas Property Fund Bahamas Waste Bank of Bahamas Benchmark Cable Bahamas CIBC FirstCaribbean Bank Colina Holdings Commonwealth Bank Commonwealth Brewery Consolidated Water BDRs Doctor's Hospital Emera Incorporated Famguard Fidelity Bank Finco Focol J. S. Johnson Cable Bahamas Series 6 Cable Bahamas Series 8 Cable Bahamas Series 9 Cable Bahamas Series 10 Colina Holdings Class A Commonwealth Bank Class Commonwealth Bank Class Commonwealth Bank Class Commonwealth Bank Class Commonwealth Bank Class Commonwealth Bank Class Fidelity Bank Class A Focol Class B

SYMBOL AML APD BPF BWL BOB BBL CAB CIB CHL CBL CBB CWCB DHS EMAB FAM FBB FIN FCL JSJ

E J K L M N

CORPORATE DEBT - (percentage pricing) 52WK HI 100.00

52WK LOW 100.00

115.92 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 ##########

104.79 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

CAB6 CAB8 CAB9 CAB10 CHLA CBLE CBLJ CBLK CBLL CBLM CBLN FBBA FCLB

SECURITY Fidelity Bank Note 22 (Series B) +

SYMBOL FBB22

Bahamas Note 6.95 (2029) BGS: 2015-1-3Y BGS: 2014-12-5Y BGS: 2015-1-5Y BGS: 2014-12-7Y BGS: 2015-1-7Y BGS: 2014-12-30Y BGS: 2015-1-30Y BGS: 2015-6-3Y BGS: 2015-6-5Y BGS: 2015-6-7Y BGS: 2015-6-30Y BGS: 2015-10-3Y BGS: 2015-10-5Y BGS: 2015-10-7Y

BAH29 BG0203 BG0105 BG0205 BG0107 BG0207 BG0130 BG0230 BG0303 BG0305 BG0307 BG0330 BG0403 BG0405 BG0407

BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT STOCK - (percentage pricing)

LAST CLOSE 4.18 17.43 6.00 5.40 2.50 1.98 2.22 11.05 6.16 4.48 10.00 2.74 1.85 9.40 7.00 14.15 7.25 3.49 14.00

CLOSE 4.18 17.43 6.00 5.40 2.50 1.95 2.22 11.05 6.16 4.48 10.00 2.75 1.85 9.42 7.00 14.15 7.25 3.48 14.00

CHANGE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.01 0.00

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0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

CLOSE 100.00

CHANGE 0.00

107.31 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

LAST SALE 100.00 107.31 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

VOLUME

2,250 50,410 545

1,200

30

VOLUME

100

EPS$ 0.167 0.932 -0.306 0.323 0.098 0.000 -0.431 0.708 0.480 0.154 0.627 0.102 0.209 0.000 0.636 0.834 0.950 0.205 0.631

DIV$ 0.130 1.260 0.000 0.250 0.000 0.020 0.000 0.710 0.220 0.120 0.620 0.068 0.060 0.328 0.240 0.500 0.200 0.090 0.600

P/E 25.0 18.7 N/M 16.7 N/M N/M -5.2 15.6 12.8 29.1 15.9 27.0 8.9 N/M 11.0 17.0 7.6 17.0 22.2

YIELD 3.11% 7.23% 0.00% 4.63% 0.00% 1.03% 0.00% 6.43% 3.57% 2.68% 6.20% 2.47% 3.24% 3.48% 3.43% 3.53% 2.76% 2.59% 4.29%

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0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 6.25% 6.25% 6.25% 6.25% 6.25% 6.25% 6.25% 7.00% 6.50%

INTEREST Prime + 1.75%

MATURITY 19-Oct-2022

6.95% 4.00% 4.25% 4.25% 4.50% 4.50% 6.25% 6.25% 4.00% 4.25% 4.50% 6.25% 3.50% 3.88% 4.25%

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YTD% 12 MTH% 0.32% 3.95% 0.62% 3.20% 0.69% 2.56% 2.06% 4.97% 4.52% 0.96% 1.57% 4.58% 0.99% 4.25% 1.32% 4.12% 3.22% 5.64% -1.08% 1.77% -5.96% -3.05% 1.90% 4.59% 7.24% 11.96% 2.77% 3.88% 3.94% 4.69% -0.71% 0.16% 7.40% 2.70% 10.20% 1.30%

NAV Date 31-Mar-2019 31-Mar-2019 29-Mar-2019 31-Mar-2019 31-Mar-2019 30-Apr-2019 30-Apr-2019 30-Apr-2019 30-Apr-2019 28-Feb-2019 28-Feb-2019 28-Feb-2019 28-Feb-2019 28-Feb-2019 28-Feb-2019 30-Mar-2019 30-Mar-2019 30-Mar-2019

MUTUAL FUNDS 52WK HI 2.22 4.27 2.05 188.32 158.55 1.62 1.76 1.70 1.15 6.99 8.54 6.15 10.52 11.46 10.46 10.00 8.69 11.79

52WK LOW 1.67 3.04 1.68 164.74 116.70 1.56 1.68 1.64 1.08 6.41 7.62 5.66 8.65 10.54 9.57 9.88 8.45 11.20

FUND CFAL Bond Fund CFAL Balanced Fund CFAL Money Market Fund CFAL Global Bond Fund CFAL Global Equity Fund FG Financial Preferred Income Fund FG Financial Growth Fund FG Financial Diversified Fund FG Financial Global USD Bond Fund Royal Fidelity Bahamas Opportunities Fund - Secured Balanced Fund Royal Fidelity Bahamas Opportunities Fund - Targeted Equity Fund Royal Fidelity Bahamas Opportunities Fund - Prime Income Fund Royal Fidelity Int'l Fund - Equities Sub Fund Royal Fidelity Int'l Fund - High Yield Fund Royal Fidelity Int'l Fund - Alternative Strategies Fund Colonial Bahamas Fund Class D Colonial Bahamas Fund Class E Colonial Bahamas Fund Class F

NAV 2.22 4.27 2.05 188.32 154.49 1.62 1.76 1.70 1.15 7.54 8.73 6.65 10.66 11.79 10.48 9.92 8.68 11.38

MARKET TERMS BISX ALL SHARE INDEX - 19 Dec 02 = 1,000.00 52wk-Hi - Highest closing price in last 52 weeks 52wk-Low - Lowest closing price in last 52 weeks Previous Close - Previous day's weighted price for daily volume Today's Close - Current day's weighted price for daily volume Change - Change in closing price from day to day Daily Vol. - Number of total shares traded today DIV $ - Dividends per share paid in the last 12 months P/E - Closing price divided by the last 12 month earnings

YIELD - last 12 month dividends divided by closing price Bid $ - Buying price of Colina and Fidelity Ask $ - Selling price of Colina and fidelity Last Price - Last traded over-the-counter price Weekly Vol. - Trading volume of the prior week EPS $ - A company's reported earnings per share for the last 12 mths NAV - Net Asset Value N/M - Not Meaningful

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NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that AUNSHANIQUE MARIE GILSAINT of Sunset Park, P.O. BOX N10022 Nassau, Bahamas is applying to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, for Registration Naturalization as a citizen of The Bahamas, and that any person who knows any reason why registration/ naturalization should not be granted, should send a written and signed statement of the facts within twenty-eight days from the 20th day of May, 2019 to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.

NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that DE’VONTER DESSARY LEE THOMPSON of #78 Coral Lakes, Coral Harbour, P.O.Box SS-19885 Nassau, Bahamas is applying to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, for Registration Naturalization as a citizen of The Bahamas, and that any person who knows any reason why registration/ naturalization should not be granted, should send a written and signed statement of the facts within twenty-eight days from the 27th day of May, 2019 to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.

NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that EVELYN ELIDOR of #77 Greenway Court, Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, is applying to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, for Registration Naturalization as a citizen of The Bahamas, and that any person who knows any reason why registration/ naturalization should not be granted, should send a written and signed statement of the facts within twenty-eight days from the 20th day of May, 2019 to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.

NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that JIMMY CALIXTE of Fox Hill, Nassau, Bahamas is applying to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, for Registration Naturalization as a citizen of The Bahamas, and that any person who knows any reason why registration/ naturalization should not be granted, should send a written and signed statement of the facts within twenty-eight days from the 27th day of May, 2019 to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, P.O. Box N-7147, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas.