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HIGH 82F LOW 70F M TIALOM OUDS, 4"A T-STWI OTWO The Tribune #1 PAPER IN CIRCULATION Q!he Miami Hferatb BAHAMAS EDITION HOW DO YOU DO YOUR 1/2 lb. STEAK HOUSE DO WHAT TASTES RIGHT I~ Volume: 103 No.154 FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007 OIf.lZ, i ; Legcy fII' Buti Krzner cotjinues PRICE 750 BHB~~ ciiamf riBB'Tion is Guest 'suffering from depression' falls from twentieth floor of the Royal Towers * By ALISON LOWE Tribune Staff Reporter TRAGEDY struck at the Atlantis resort yesterday when a Canadian guest fell to his death from the twentieth floor of the Royal Towers, despite his family's best efforts to talk him down from the balcony of his room. According to sources at the hotel, Sean William Steffler of Ontario, may have been dis- tressed regarding a domestic situation gone wrong back home. Chief Supt Glenn Miller con- firmed that 'the man was known to have been suffering from depression "due to some inci- dent" prior to his arrival in the country on May 19. The 22 year old, who was vis- iting the resort with his family, was found dead on the ground below his room in the East tower. His fall occurred at around 6.30am, according to police press liaison officer Wal- ter Evans. A statement released by Atlantis said that the resort is working with Bahamian authorities in their investiga- tions into the man's death. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the young man's fam- ily. "As always, the safety and well being of our guests is a priority.. We will continue to cooperate fully with the authorities, and.do all we can to assist the family," said the resort. It is believed that the young man may have been brought to the Bahamas by his parents who felt it would help him recover from stress at home. Asst Supt Evans said that police do not suspect foul play. 65-year-old wrestles weapon from gunman A 65-YEAR-OLD man put up a fight last night after he was held up by a gunman near the corner of Wulff Road and Collins Avenue, eventually wrestling the weapon from his assailant. According to police, the pensioner was walking near Colum- bus Primary School when the armed robber approached and demanded cash. After reaching for a pouch he had in his possession, accord- ing to Assistant Supt Walter Evans, the man began to hand it over to his attacker. SEE page 11 S THIS replica plane. advertising the Breitling watch range that "as recently launched in- the Bahamas. turned heads in Rawson Square yesterday. However. according to a cp~ler to ."The Tribune, the plane was later moved into the road, holding up Iraffic in the'process. - S.. (Phqto: Felipe Major/Tribun'e sta) BEC contains another oil leak at Clifton Pier * By RUPERT MISSICK Jr "Steps were taken in accor- Chief Reporter dance with our oil response plan to contain the release and com- THE Bahamas Electricity mence the clean up. The Cor- Corporation yesterday moved portion, in keeping with its quickly to identify the source plan to better protect the sur- of and contain another oil leak rounding environment, has tak- occurring at its Clifton Pier en steps to extend the contain- Power Station. ment booms in the Clifton The corporation said that the Bay," it said. source was immediately identi- For the past week officials fied and isolated and it has tak- have been trying to determine en steps to extend the contain- the source of an oil spill that ment booms in Clifton Bay to has been threatening the coast- mitigate against the spread of SEE page 11 oil in the area. SEE pa 11 Man in'court over the stabbing death of woman A 24-YEAR-OLD man accused of stabbing a woman to death outside a local restau- rant and bar was arraigned in magistrate's court yesterday on a murder charge. Decoyo Ferguson, of Ash- ley Street, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Roger Gomez at Court One, Bank Lane. Ferguson is accused of the stabbing death of 32-year-old Cleopatra Gibson, a mother of six. According to court dockets, Ferguson, between May 19 an'i 21 caused the death of Gibson. Ferguson was not repre- sented by an attorney at his arraignment. Inspector Althea Porter appeared for the pros- ecution. The victim was reportedly stabbed outside the Fountain of Youth Restaurant and Bar on East Street. SEE page 11 FNM vice chairman: all civil servants are discouraged from seeking to victimise PLPs * By ALISON LOWE Tribune Staff Reporter GOVERNMENT discourages all FNM civil servants from seeking to victimise PLP colleagues, the FNM vice chairman said yesterday. Responding to a Tribune editorial, which reported claims that a number of "mis- guided" FNM supporting civil servants had been "flexing their muscles in victory" by seeking to have certain PLP supporting col- leagues ousted, Johnley Ferguson stressed that he has heard of no such reports, but said the government opposes such behav- iour. "Mr Ingraham made it clear when we came into office that the government is for everybody," said Mr Ferguson. "He also made it clear that there are persons who may have to be moved for whatever rea- son." As to whether he knew for certain that incidents of that kind were not occurring, Mr Ferguson said: "I would not say yes, I wouldn't say no." He said he is aware that a number of known FNMs in the civil service were fed up, having had a "rough" time in the run up to the election. "There were areas I believe where there were FNMs who were pushed before the last election, they were told certain things by the PLP and some of them may now feel like it's their time to retaliate but I'm saying we all have to discourage not only the SEE page 11 Sget everything you need to build&beautify , 20-50% OFF 1' STOREWIDEI cclsh ori'v s.'le' onds May 26th * 4v~ a I PRICE 75 -~-~aal~ I pi ge r. G FRIDAYMAY 25 2007 THE TRIBUNE Et c, rnI L i I, -) -Iv- r___--- LOCALN Legacy of Butch Kerzner continues in new swimming pool for St Anne's perform ST Anne's School choir *I^^_______________________ performs * THE widow of Butch Kerzner Vanessa Kerzner, along with their two children Kailin and Tai, broke ground yesterday at St Anne's School for a new swimming pool * ST Anne's principal Cynthia Wells * By ASHLEY THOMPSON THE groundbreaking cere- mony for a new swimming pool was held by Kerzner Interna- tional and St. Anne's School yesterday. The ceremony was also a tribute to the late Howard 'Butch' Kerzner, former CEO of Kerzner International, who died in a helicopter accident last October. A few months before his death during his last official visit to the school, Mr Kerzner generously donated a quarter t AUA i t 'il : IAI&IA^N * VANESSA Kerzner speaks to the kids at Saint Anne's School for there new Pool. of a million dollars for the con- struction of a new state-of-the- art swimming pool. He believed that the school deserved their own pool, as the swim team managed to place second in the Anglican Schools' swim competition even without one on the grounds to use for their prac- tices. Students expressed their enthusiasm with an loud round of applause when this announcement was made the At this last visit, Mr Kerzner also expressed the need to "dream big and aspire to great- ness" to the students. He want- ed the students to remember that money and wealth would be attained after they achieved their goals, so not to seek mate- rial possessions. The pool. project is now expected to cost about $600,000. The remainder of the funds will be taken out of the Butch Kerzner Memorial Fund. Gunite Pools is responsible for the project. The ceremony was attended by various persons, including Mr Kerzner's widow Vanessa hoto: Felipe Major/Tribune staff) and their children; Archbish- op Drexel Gomez; Laish Boyd, Bishop Coadjutor, Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas; Bar- rie Farrington, senior vice-pres- ident of administration; George Markantonis, president and managing director, Kerzner International; Nan Palmer, chief operating officer, Kerzn- er International; Ed Fields, senior vice president public affairs; other executives from Kerzner; and St. Anne's school principal Cynthia Wells, along with other school representa- tives. Smart is Tough THE ALL NEW 2007 FORD RANGER Save NOW on your Choice of New 2007 Ford vehicles 2007 Ford "RANGER" Crew Cab 2.5L common rail turbo diesel, automatic transmission, power windows locks & mirrors, dual air bags, alloy wheels, bedliner. Available at 1 FRIENDLY MOTORS CO. LTD THOMPSON BOULEVARD TEL.: 356-7100 FAX: 328-6094 anart'hok EMAIL: firstname.lastname@example.com WEBSITE: friendlymotorsbahamas.com Health official attends WHO executive meet * By ALISON LOWE Tribune Staff Reporter A SENIOR Bahamian health official is in Geneva, Switzer- land, today representing the Bahamas at the 121st session of the executive board of the World Health Organisation. Bahamian chief medical offi- cer Dr Merceline Dahl-Regis flew to Europe earlier this week to take part in the session, which began on Wednesday and ends tomorrow. The board is made up of 34 people, each technically quali- fied in the field of health, who have all been designated by their respective elected nations. TRn ;OPICL[.ln Its primary functions are to advise the World Health Assembly the supreme deci- sion-making body of the World Health Organisation to effect its decisions and generally facil- itate its work. The Bahamas was elected by the World Health Assembly to serve on the executive board during the 60th session of the Assembly, which took place between May 14-23. Each elected country has a three-year term on the board, and designates a health official to represent their country. During the 60th session, the assembly discussed a number of key health issues facing the global community today. The assembly approved the largest-ever budget for the organisaton and adopted a record number of resolutions on public health issues and on the technical and administra- tive work of WHO. Other discussions and reso- lutions passed centred on con- cern about the number of deaths still caused by malaria, the need for increased invest- ment and efforts towards health promotion and the harmful effects of alcohol. Dr Dahl Regis has previously served on the Strategic Advi- sory Group of Experts (SAGE) of the WHO Department of immunisation, vaccines and bio- logicals, being the first Bahami- an to have been invited to do so. She also serves as a member of the WHO steering committee on immunisation safety and on the independent review panel for the Global Alliance for Vac- cines and Immunisation (GAVI), at UNICEF in Gene- va, Switzerland. She was appointed chief med- ical officer in the Bahamas Min- istry of Health in 1997. ,2,3,,5,6,7,8,9,12 ..................... 11 ....... PAGES .......... Pi FI, .......... .4 .....;-.........P1-12. ,,:,- :;,. ,. ,,.* ,--. P 18 -2 . gN ,..'., ...... ....""" 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According to court dockets, Jeffrey Johnson, 44, of Potter's Cay, on Monday, May 21, was found in possession of a hand- gun with intent to endanger the life of Sergeant 684 Hanna. It is further alleged that, on the same day, Johnson resisted law- ful arrest by the officer. Johnson was arraigned before Magistrate Susan Sylvester at Court 11, Nassau Street. He was remanded to Her Majesty's, Prison and will return to court on May 31 as prosecutors check his antecedents. Baptist society stalwarts to be honoured STALWARTS of St John Native Baptist Society of Churches are to be honoured at a special banquet this week- end. Former Prime Minister Perry Christie, now opposition leader, will be guest speaker. The banquet is to be held tomorrow at Sandals under the auspices of Bishop Michael Symonette, the general super- intendent, and the Rev Hilda Symonette. St John Native Baptist Soci- ety of Churches has been estab- lished since 1835. It currently comprises 65 churches through- out the Bahamas. Bishop Symonette has him- self been pastor of St James Native Baptist Church for 42 years, during which time he has also been leader of the society. Couple are charged with defrauding immigrants * DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Santo Domingo. DOMINICAN authorities have charged a couple with defrauding would-be US immi- grants in a scam run out of their Santo Domingo home, prose- cutors said Wednesday, accord- ing to Associated Press. Carlos Mena Perdomo, 58, and Dulce Disla Frias, 51, are accused of swindling US$36,000 from an ex-Lebanese soldier on promises to get him a U.S. visa. Prosecutors said the man seek- ing the visa was acting in good faith and will not be charged. Police searching the couple's house found passports from 20 different countries and stamps from the Guatemalan and Cuban embassies, said Luisa Matos, a spokeswoman for the Santo Domingo prosecutor's office. Mena Perdomo was sen- tenced to three months in prison awaiting trial. Disla Frias was ordered to pay a guaran- tee that she would report regu- larly to the court and was barred from traveling abroad. PetCoto NODxemntp PM pledges to modernise law enforcement * By BRENT DEAN Tribune Staff Reporter PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham yesterday pledged to modernise the penal and correction systems in the Bahamas and help reduce the country's recidivism rate. His remarks came during the official opening of the 22nd annual meeting and confer- ence of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police, held at the Wyndham Nassau Resort, Cable Beach. "The fear of crime contin- ues to dominate too much of the lives of Caribbean people," the prime minister declared. "If we are to preserve our way of life and if we are to continue to thrive as premier tourism destinations, preferred jurisdictions for the delivery of international financial ser- vices, and as the host for other economic activity, then law enforcement agencies must at all times have the essential tools to do an effective job," Mr Ingraham added. In the Bahamas the escalat- ing murder rate, which now stands at 33 for the year, and is on track to reach an all-time high of more than 80 homi- cides, is a local example of Mr Ingraham's assertion. Though pledging to provide police with resources needed to fight crime, the prime min- ister acknowledged the resource limitations many regional law enforcement agencies face. "All of you are faced with * JOSEPH Carter, president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police * AN officer bears the Bahamian flag at the start of the ceremony (Photos: BIS/Patrick Hanna) * HUBERT Ingraham addresses the delegates the fact that the Caribbean region is characterized by far- flung, small populations and limited financial resources. This alone presents a special challenge for law enforcement: a fact forcefully brought home to us in the Bahamas an archipelago," he said. Threat "The threat to our countries posed by illicit drug traffick- ers and the associated smug- gling of guns and other con- traband, and the increase in traffic in undocumented immi- grants, stretches the resources of law enforcement to their limits," Mr Ingraham added. Well-funded criminal groups required Caribbean law enforcement agencies "to recognize the imperative of collaboration and co-opera- tion." The week-long conference, which began last Tuesday, brings together police chiefs from around the Caribbean. The 20-year-old organisation has 24 members and Police Commissioner Paul Farquhar- son is the current president., The organisation has as its main aims collaboration and co-operation in the develop- ment and implementation of policing strategies, systems and procedures in the region; the professional and technical skills development of police officers throughout the region: and proactive measures to pre- vent crime and improve police community relations. BTC spends $353m on installing GSM technology in Family islands M BY DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter FREEPORT The Bahamas Telecommunication Company has invested $353 million in capital telecommu- nication development in the past five years, according to BTC president Leon Williams. Mr Williams said that it is vital that the country remains on the cutting edge of technology. "BTC certainly has its chal- lenges, and we are doing everything possible within our means to be able to meet those challenges," he said on Tues- day in Freeport. Mr Williams said deploy- ment of the new GSM cellu- lar network in the Bahamas has been very challenging for the company in terms of cost, especially in the Family Islands. The company has spent $114 million in the last two and a half years on GSM deployment. He added that the cost of deployment of a single dial tone on the GSM network for the company in the Family Islands ranges from $960 in Grand Bahama to $4,200 per line in Mayaguana. However, BTC rates remain the same throughout the coun- try, at $15 a month. Mr Williams said that more than $35 million was spent in New Providence alone for GSM, while $14.1 million was spent in Abaco, $1.1 million in Bimini and $6.1 million in Exu- ma. He said that BTC is man- dated and committed to its obligation to provide the same service offered in New Provi- denc and Grand Bahama to the rest of the Family Islands. "While others can cherry pick and find profit sectors in the Bahamas where they deploy their technology, we are expected to go across this country to provide service at an affordable rate." Mr Williams said it is cru- cial that BTC is in a position to make the Bahamas competi- tive with other countries in the region. "It is important for us to recognize in a competitive environment, where today, particularly in the Caribbean, tourism and financial services are commoditised, that the Bahamas must stay on the cut- ting edge of technology." he said. He said it is also important that businesses in the Bahamas are kept up-to-date on new technology, and encourage Bahamians to learn about new services and products at the Grand Bahama Technology Trade Show on May 26 to 29 at Our Lucaya Resort in Freeport. 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THE TRIBUNE P E 4 FRIDAY MAY 25 2007 EITORIALETE S T HEEITOR ON MONDAY, May 21, The Tribune pub- lished an aerial photograph of an oil spill off Clifton. Apparently a member of the public had brought the matter to the attention of the Port Authority a week earlier, but when it appeared that nothing had been done to con- tain it, The Tribune was notified. As our information came on a weekend we could get no details about the spill, but we could and did get a photograph. No one likes an oil slick in their back- yard, but such a contaminant becomes even more threatening when as a tourist resort the country's livelihood depends on visitors who are attracted to our islands because of the clear waters and beautiful beaches. Not only did the oil slick threaten the reefs in the area, but it was also in the vicinity of a dive resort that is an important asset to our tourist industry. But the apparent indifference with which it was treated by government employees was alarming. There are emergencies that demand immediate solution. Questions can be asked later. Here in the Bahamas our government agencies operate in reverse. It seems that they must investigate and ask questions first to determine where to pin the blame, then they hold a conference to convince the culprit of his responsibility to take action. Our photograph showed that a consider- able amount of oil had spread hundreds of feet out from the coast along the Clifton pier area in the location of the BEC power plant. When The Tribune called a BEC official on Monday morning he told our reporter that the first he knew of the spill was when he opened that morning's Tribune. This means that, despite the problems that BEC has had with oil leaks in the past, there is no routine monitoring of what is escaping from their plant or tankers. The official told our reporter that an immediate investigation had been started to determine the source of the spill not, mind you, to contain the oil and clean it up imme- diately, but rather to discover which of the several private companies in the area could be blamed. In today's Tribune it is reported that BEC has moved quickly to identify the source of the spill and is now taking steps to extend the containment booms in the Clifton Bay area to stop the spread. Almost a week has been wasted in determining the source of the spill, only now is something being done to contain it. BEC then issued a press release that was ASTRO CLUB Summer Camp for Astronomy Open House Saturday May 26 7 pm See Computer Lab at Genesis Academy Lover's Lane and Dowdswell Street 8pm See Cosmos Observatory Dean's Lane, Ft. Charlotte For details phone 323-8879, 363-3565. e-mail: sands dcigmail.com Come prepared to register. Sponsors .Cosmos Observatory "It's Out of this World!" *Genesis Academy "Where Great Minds Begin" .Medical Arts Institute A^^cademy '*PJKT?'???;; '1'' ..* , .Mr. and Mrs. J. Perham Stanley almost laughable in the circumstances. "Steps were taken in accordance with our oil response plan to contain the release and commence the clean up," the press statement said, adding: "The Corporation, in keeping with its plan to better protect the surrounding environment, has taken steps to extend the containment booms in Clifton Bay." If they really had a plan to "better protect the surrounding environment" they would have been the first to have been aware of their problem because obviously BEC is the culprit and would have had it under control a week ago. And then there is the case of a mother who claims that her three-year-old daughter is ill because of a generator that Water and Sewerage has located in her back yard. In other words her family is daily breathing tox- ic fumes. Despite her complaints nothing can be done about it, because two government departments are too busy finger-pointing. And the fact that this foreign object plant- ed in her backyard is threatening the health of her small child, seems to concern no one. The mother was shocked when on com- plaining to an official at the Department of Environmental Health she was told that if she is making a complaint against another government ministry she "couldn't say any- thing about that." Apparently, the generator located less than 15 feet from the family's home was meant to be temporary. The mother was told that the generator, which powers a water pumping facility, would not be necessary if BEC had completed the electrical infra- structure in the area. However, according to Water and Sewerage's general manager, the developer of the private subdivision did not deposit the necessary funds to pay BEC for its work. The mother said that she took her child's serious health problems to three ministers in the PLP government. Each promised action, but not one did anything. Meanwhile while two government depart- ments and a developer squabble over who is going to pay the bill, a Bahamian mother is condemned to watch the slow death of her child. This is really shocking. This country is in urgent need to an inde- pendent Ombudsman, with the power to light a fire under the chairs of some of these indif- ferent government managers. If it were the child of anyone of them, this subdivision would have been electrified and the noxious fumes from the "temporary" gen- erator would have been history. SitE ( f-C burc U 289 Market St. South P.O. Box N-7984 Nassau, Bahamas "Praise Is The Voice of Faith," SUNDAY SERVICES 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:15am PASTOR EARLE FRANCIS J.P.,D.D. Marriage Officer, Counsellor, Intercessor Phone: 323-6452 393-5798 Fax: 326-4488/394-4819 The Tribune Limited NULLIUS ADDICTS JURARE IN VERBA MAGISTRI Being Bound to Swear to The Dogmas of No Master LEONE. H. DUPUCH, Publisher/Editor 1903-1914 SIR ETIENNE DUPUCH, Kt., O.B.E., K.M., K.C.S.G., (Hon.) LL.D., D.Litt. Publisher/Editor 1919-1972 Contributing Editor 1972-1991 EILEEN DUPUCH CARRON, C.M.G., M.S., B.A., LL.B. Publisher/Editor 1972- Published Daily Monday to Saturday Shirley Street, P.O. Box N-3207, Nassau, Bahamas Insurance Management Building., P.O. F-485, Freeport, Grand Bahama TELEPHONES Switchboard (News, Circulation and Advertising) 322-1986 Advertising Manager (242) 502-2352 Circulation Department (242) 502-2387 Nassau Fax: (242) 328-2398 Freeport, Grand Bahama: 1-(242)-352-6608 Freeport fax: (242) 352-9348 Indifference of gov't departments and a series of awards however suddenly we the PM and his gang know better and down- grade this, why? If the police are in the community they can provide extraordinary intelli- gence and recognition of who lives where and what illegal activities are going-on? So we move the Police from Commu- nity Policing. Those who break the Law are laughing, Tommy, and saying thanks? Yes we are also going to move the Police from the schools so we have sold out to the druggies who have already taken over our six-sev- en-eight-nine year olds selling them grass and other things at the schools. 17-days in and we ain't got a clue what are the portfolios of the Ministers! I voted red for rational, think- ing governance not shooting from the hip irrationally and without any sense. CYNTHIA WILLIAMS Nassau, May 19, 2007. EDITOR, The Tribune. 17-DAYS into the FNM Government and many of us who voted Red are already see- ing Red and are a little anxious as it seems those who sit in Cab- inet are talking irrationally and irresponsibly just 17-days in. Didn't Mr Ingrahan, say that a lot of the contracts would have to be cancelled as the Treasury could not honour them? Implying no money? Surely Tommy 'T' heard that and also the ridiculous state- ment that he, Mr Ingraham as Minister of Finance had to sign- off on a special $45 million Bond issue to meet Bills....The laugh is on him as that was Gazetted pre-May 2nd. You see Editor talk is easy facts don't lie! Now Tommy went on a pho- to-op to show he was doing something rather than sitting in his office, and finding out pre- cisely what is going on in this considerable area of responsi- bility National Security and Immigration. Mr Tommy the way to start is to prosecute all of us who employ illegal workers that will simply break the market and no more illegals will come our way. No we will continue on our merry way rounding the illegals up on their pay days and allegedly taking their monies and then releasing them. Well Minister Tommy: what will the promised pay raises for the Police Defence Force The Prison and to come next week when he visits Immigration cost the tax-payers? Mr Ingraham when back in 1996-97 purchased those two 60 metre Patrol Craft stopped the deepening of Coral Harbour's harbour as the cost was over $10,000,000 but suddenly he says we are going to do that! Minister of Tourism is fan- tastic...the new Minister is rush- ing everywhere with a solution of everything seemingly with- out even meeting for a second with our US-Marketing Con- sultants. Great the next we will hear that we have switched the marketing and Public Relations Consultants and are going back to 'hopping and shipping in the Islands' (Hon Brent's idea of marketing) but he forgot the obvious...no airline from the US 'hips and hops' our islands except for Bahamasair! 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Some years ago there was an effort by the Government to raise funds to build a Concert Hall or modem Performing Arts Centre in Nassau to allow Society's like ours to showcase both Bahamian and for- eign artists at their best, but nothing happened. The Government then bought the old Shirley Street cinema and it was thought that this was going to be either rebuilt or upgraded to a world class standard as a concert hall, but so far no action. This issue has been worrying the Nassau Music Society for sometime as although we use Government House Ballroom, St Paul's Church Hall at Lyford Cay and other venues none of them is ideal. However last Saturday when I listened to the Bahamas Concert Orchestra playing a concert at the Rainforest Theatre, Cable Beach Casino that it really hit home that Nassau has no suitable venue for them. Jo Ann Connaughton has put together an orchestra of 60 play- ers of Bahamian musicians both young and old and a sprinkling of expa- triates quite remarkable who played very well. The Rainforest Theatre is probably the only stage that could accommodate a group that size. The seating arrangement is poor, the acoustics are poor and the noise of the slot machines in the background is disturbing. Please, Mr Minister, consider the building of an appropriate Hall either by building a new building, renovating the National Centre for the Performing Arts or rebuilding the Dundas Centre for the Per- forming Arts as a very crucial project for your Government during the next five years. There are a lot of very talented Bahamian musicians and artists and they do not get a fair chance to show off their brilliance with the facilities we have today. PATRICK THOMSON, President, Nassau Music Society Nassau, May 2007. It's a Family Affair A little anxious 17 days into the new government I I ~ r the obvious rational decision but then we won and that was what I wanted and 68,542 others wanted. Mr Ingraham: protocol requires a Cabinet decision to be countered by a Cabinet deci- sion not a proclamation from you at a press conference. Have you cancelled the already Gazetted Compulsory Purchase Orders on the land running par- allel with the BEC transmission cables? The Steve McKinney issue had egg all over the PM's face...surely PM knew that under the FNM before 2002 Mr McKinney was under contract to ZNS? Community Policing well I have to ask; Who is in-charge? The PM? Tommy 'T'? Ken Russell? Surely it is obvious that the RBPF/Police must be part of this...this programme has received acclamation worldwide THE ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ OA TRBNNREAWMYS5 07,PG SIn brief Dominican Republic builds first subway Three stadiums and possible schools announced for GB DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Santo Domingo YOU want some New York in your Caribbean? Try the jackhammering, traffic- snarling mess that will some- day be the Dominican Republic's first subway, according to Associated Press. The streets of Santo Domingo are being ripped up because President Leonel 'Fernandez, who was raised in Manhattan, dreams of turning this city into a "little New York." The subway pro- ject itself is pure New York: Loud, controversial and over budget. Fernandez has promised the first 9 miles of the ' Caribbean's first subway sys- tem will be built before his re-election bid next May. Critics say he is wasting a for- tune better spent on address- ing poverty, hunger and elec- trical shortages in this nation of 9.2 million. For the son of a single mother who worked two jobs to support her children on the Upper West Side, Fer- nandez aims to fulfill an Immigrant's dream: To bring the prosperity of the land his mother migrated to back to the country she loved. Some 600,000 Dominicans live in and around the Big Apple the heart of a dias- pora that sends home billions of dollars (euros) in remit- tences each year. * Fernandez was brought to New York when he was a boy, part of the wave of Dominicans seeking oppor- tunity during a turbulent time under dictator Rafael Trujil- lo, his 1961 assassination and a subsequent US invasion. Share your news The Tribune wants to hear fiom people who are making news in their neighborhoods. Perhaps you are raising funds for a good cause, campaigning for improvements in the area or have won an award. If so, call us on 322-1986 and share your story. FRIDAY, MAY 24TH 6:30 Bahamas @ Sunrise 1:00 ZNS News Update 1:30 Legends 2:00 One Cubed 2:30 Turning Point 3:00 Fellowship of Christians & Jews 3:30 Walter Thomas 4:00 Video Gospel 4:30 Fast Forward 5:00 ZNS News Update 5:05 The Fun Farm 6:00 Caribbean Passport 6:30 News Night 13 7:00 The Bahamas Tonight 8:00 55 Degrees North 9:00 The Envy Life 9:30 #D Funk Studio 10:00 Caribbean Newslir,. 10:30 News Night 13 11:00 The Bahamas Tonight 11:30 Late Night Movie: See Jane Run 1:30 Community Page 1540 am SATURDAY, MAY 25TH 6:30am 9:00 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 noon Community Page 1540AM Bahamas @ Sunrise Int'l Fit Dance Dennis The Menace Carmen San Diego Little Robots Underdog NOE:ZS .-T13rsveth rigt oSmae astmiut PLANS are underway to build three softball stadiums in Freeport and the government is also considering building two additional schools on Grand Bahama. Carl Bethel made this announcement yesterday dur- ing a whirlwind tour of the schools in Freeport. The new Minister of Educa- tion, Youth, Sports and Culture said that one of his first priori- ties was the "prompt and expe- ditious completion of the New Junior High School in the Her- itage Subdivision in Freeport". In the longer term, he said that the construction of two additional schools will be con- sidered, one of which would be another junior high school, the other a smaller scale high school in the eastern end of Grand Bahama to avoid the long com- mute of students from Sweet- * By ASHLEY THOMPSON DISGRUNTLED former Buena Vista Restaurant employees have yet to receive compensation after being let go last year, they claim. In September, 2006, employ- ees of the restaurant were asked to take a month's vacation dur- ing renovations. When they returned in Octo- ber, they say they were told to take another week off as repairs to the freezers and generator had not been completed. This week, the employees say they were called and asked to come in to a meeting with their employers, where they were informed that the building was in the process of being sold and their services would no longer be required. Owner Darrell Rolle, and general manager Stan Bocas, assured them that they would be compensated for their years employed, according to the ing's Cay. The day began with a meet- ing with the bereaved families of the three primary school stu- dents who recently passed away at the very beginning of Mr employees. A group of employees say they approached the Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union, expecting the union to represent them while Buena Vista was being sold to ensure they received compensation. The union acknowledged that negotiations had been taking place for the sale of the build- ing, but denied any knowledge of the building actually being sold and could not give them any other information. The employees say they were paying union dues up until this time and are upset that the sale went through without the union knowing about it. The employees asked a,wyer Obie Ferguson for consultation. He helped create a propqsial for compensation for the workers, which was later submitted to Mr Rolle. As far as the employ- ees are aware, Mr Rolle has not responded to their request. Mr Ferguson then took the Bethel's term in office. Following this, Mr Bethel gave brief remarks to students participating,in the Primary School General Knowledge Competition, offering advice on * MINISTER of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture, Carl Bethel and a contingent from the Ministry of Education view plans for the new junior high school in the Heritage Division of Freeport, Grand Bahama. They are joined by Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly, Kwasi Thompson. issue to the Labour Board. Over the past seven months, three separate meetings were set up between Buena Vista's former employees, the Labour Board, Mr Rolle and Mr Bocas to dis- cuss compensation for employ- ees for their years of service. Mr Rolle called the day before each of the first two meetings and cancelled. The third meeting was to be held yesterday, and again he did not show up. The ex-employees are frus- trated, as some of them have been employed by Buena Vista for 35 years and are upset at not being able to receive com- pensation they say was promised. Now they must wait for another date, when a fourth meeting can be set up with the Labour Board, Mr Rolle and Mr Bocas, to discuss the situa- tion. Mr Rolle was not available for comment. Jazz Under The Stars line-up named The College of the Bahamas has announced the line-up for its Jazz Under the Stars Festival. The College held the Jazz Under The Stars concert last year and, due to its success, is planning another concert pro- gramme for June 15-16 this year. Performers for June 15, Fri- day JAMZ, include Nikki Gonzales, who brings her Brazilian rhythms to the event and the 30-member New Washington Orchestra of the famed Duke of Ellington School of the Arts. Saturday's gala concert fea- tures Bahamian Tino Richard- son and the Bahamas Jazz Pro- ject; Tenth World and renowned percussionist 'Bujo' Kevin Jones; vocalist Alyson Williams; saxophonist Philip Martin and keyboard player Marcus Johnson. Each of these artists brings a range of music for their audiences. 'Bujo' Kevin Jones and Tenth World captivates audiences using a mixture of African and Latin rhythms with R and B and cool jazz. The music consists of improvisation and emphasises percussive beats. Alyson Williams, a native New Yorker, brings her R and B and gospel singing to the scene. She and Marcus John- son, a smooth jazz pianist, pro- duced her latest album, It's About Time. Philip Martin is a known musical prodigy. His use of smooth jazz along with other genres of music show listeners his unique talent. Marcus Johnson will be a repeat performer at the concert after appearing at last year's con- cert and the first Bahamas Jazz Festival. His music is a mesh of jazz, hip-hop and R and B. This variety of artists and their different musical styles promise great entertainment. UMIMDALE TUVVIN t..CENIRK IVALL 9am-6pm 10am-7pm Mon-Thurs Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm Fri-Sat 326-5556 356-3205 25 21 Off with card Off with ou iout card Those with platinum and gold tickets will also be able to expe- rience the culinary skills of local caterer, Alexandra and Com- pany. The first group will have an African-inspired smorgas- bord and for the second group there will be an assortment of hors d'oeuvres. For those with general admis- sion tickets there will be a cash food bar. Throughout the night there also will be a cash bar available. how to answer questions and sharing store about his person- al experience as a former debater. Later, Mr Bethel met with the staff of the Freeport divi- sion of the Ministry of Educa- tion, Youth, Sports and Culture at the Hilton Outten Conven- tion Centre. During his address, Mr Bethel said: "The purpose of education is to equip students with the tools to become pro- ductive members of society". He said that in order to do this effectively, the efforts of the four portfolios under his care must work in tandem, and vowed to harmonise the approach to Education, Youth, Sports and Culture to ensure that there is no duplication of efforts or wastage of resources. I I. 50% off All Clothing 50% off Selected Fabric & Shoes 20% off Infant Furniture & Potties No Sale on Net Items. THE Giving You the Best Prices for Over 70 Years Collins Ave and Fifth Terrace Tel: 326-6859 9am-6pm Mon-Sat NEW CONDOS FOR SALE Resarfo West St. Alban's Dr. New 2 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, 3 storey Townhouses. Gated property. Modern kitchens & well appointed interiors. Pre- construction price $ 199,000 with only $5,000 reservation deposit required. 454-2098 or 422-4489. Te: 2 -0 812Op. :o .-r. 8. .-50 pm Buena Vista staff say they have still not been paid wommi FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007, PAGE 5 THE TRIBUNE THE TRIBUNE PAGE 6. FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007 F LOALNEW Defence Force team goes on training with US forces in Belize A 32-MEMBER team from the Royal Bahamas Defence Force led by 22-year veteran Senior Lieutenant Freddie Brown, Contingent Comman- der, and Platoon Commander Sub Lieutenant D. Small, returned from Belize following an intense 12-day Tradewinds 2007 training programme. This year it was hosted by the Belize National Coast Guard, who also assisted the United States Coast Guard with admin- istrating the training events. A total of 545 marines and sol- diers from 14 Caribbean coun- tries, and over 400 US service members were involved this year. They benefited from training focused on disaster relief, marksmanship training, crowd and riot control, martial arts (a first for the programme), civil affairs and maritime operations vital to the transnational inter- operability and co-operation between civil, military and police organizations involved. Six instructors were provid- ed by the RBDF, including Senior Lt F Brown (Civil Affairs), Petty Officer Geoffrey Miller (Civil Affairs), Leading Seaman Perry Colebrooke (Marksmanship), Leading Sea- man Steven Farquharson (Marksmanship), Leading Sea- man Ricardo Stuart (Martial Arts), and Leading Seaman Anthony Rolle (Martial Arts). Stuart and Rolle both returned home with a gray and green belt respectively for martial arts. Most of the RBDF troops took part in ground phase training held at Price Barracks * ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force team in Belize, along with US Armel Forces. The 32-member team was part of Tradewinds 2007, hosted by Belize. (Photo: RBDF) and Hattieville Gun Range. The maritime phase took place at the Princess Hotel and the Coast Guard Station in Ladyville, and included train- ing in areas such as small boat handling, engineering and the handling of hazardous material. The overall goal of Tradewinds 2007 is to allow the United States Coast Guard and partnering Coast Guard nations to have standardised operating procedures in areas such as boarding which will make it possible for the USCG, which exercises significant presence in the Caribbean, and other Caribbean nations to be able to work together. Tradewinds rotates annually among the regional participat- ing nations. Last year it was held in The Bahamas. Now Ragged Island draws the youth * By TRIBUNE STAFF MORE and more young Bahamians are considering Family Island life as an escape from crime and congestion in Nassau, it was claimed yester- day. The noise and dirt of the cap- ital are encouraging growing numbers to rethink their prior- ities, said Ragged Islander Myron Lockhart-Bain. And with the "good life" pos- sible on some islands on an income as low as $200 a week, it's bound to become more alluring as Nassau becomes increasingly overcrowded, he said. For Mr Lockhart-Bain and his wife, Charlene, island life is much to be preferred over the stresses and strains of urban liv- ing. And they feel more Bahamians would be attracted to it if the government ensured the basics were in place. "Whenever I find myself in Nassau for a few days, I get stressed," said Mr Lockhart- Bain, "Nassau is so congested and people develop wrong atti- tudes there. "The problem is that capital- ism is all about taking advan- tage of any given situation. On the island, you have to adapt to island ways and develop a dif- ferent outlook." On Ragged Island, he said, people have time to think. And, of course, there are fewer threats to people's well-being. "In Nassau, you have to be self-preserving," said Mr Lock- hart-Bain, "You have to watch all the time what's going on around you. If you don't, you are in trouble." The way he tells it, there's certainly much to be said for the simple life, especially if you are the kind of resourceful per- son who is creative and at ease in your own company. On Ragged Island, people have to be mutually supportive. But they also get a chance to live life their way, with none of the pressures of high-flying careers and keeping up with the neighbours. For instance, Mr Lockhart- Bain is now tilling a plot of land next to his home to grow okra. tomatoes, bananas and other foodstuffs which will keep his larder stocked for part of the year. And he goes out fishing at least twice a week, not only to feed his LARGE SHIPMENT OF USED CARS IN STOCK COME CHECK US OUT NEW SHIPMENTS ARRIVING MONTHLY For Easy Financing Bank A Ind hsurance On Premises Check Our Price Before buying Bahamas Bus & Truck Call: family, but also to send fresh fish to his mother in Nassau. Apart from the weekly mail- boat, and the occasional passing yacht, Ragged Island is pretty much cut off from the rest of the Bahamas. But its tiny population likes the peace and quiet and cares little for the materialistic life. With only five or six utility vehicles and four trucks on the island, there is nothing resem- bling the morning traffic jam on the Eastern Road. And the nearest they get to bright lights in Duncan Town, the island capital, are flashes from occa- sional electrical storms. If there is one ongoing annoy- ance in Ragged Island, it's water. Most of its rain falls in May, and residents try to catch and conserve as much of it as they can. "Otherwise, we're in a state of droughtt" said Mr Lockhart- Bain. But he said island life had much to commend it once peo- ple were able to make adjust- ments and get used to it. He pre- dicted that more young Bahami- ans would begin to appreciate the advantages as city life became more intolerable. "There's no doubt this is the future of the Bahamas," he said. In a world full of turbulence, there's much to be said for enduring peace. Ragged Island offers peace and quiet in abun- dance, he added. INSIGHT For the stories behind the news, read Insight on Monday OIn brief Profiles needed for : Tribune supplement THE Tribune will be pub- lishing its annual 'Back to School' supplement in August/September. In prepa- ration for the supplement, which will feature all gradu- ating seniors who will ibe attending university/college, whether locally or abroad, we invite all parents, guardians and graduating seniors to submit a profile on the grad- uating seniors, along with a photograph and contact information. The profile should include: Name of student Age Name of parents A list of exams already taken and the results e.g. - Bahamas Junior Certificate (BCs) exams and Pitman exams A list of exams expected to be taken Bahamas Gen- eral Certificate of Secondary Education (BGCSE) exams The college/university they expect to attend e.g. - College of the Bahamas, Har- vard University, University of Miami Name of degree expected to be sought e.g .- Bache- lors degree in English, Bach- elors degree in Biology What career they expect to enter once their educatioO is completed a doctor, Math teacher, engineer All extracurricular activi- ties club memberships, teaxi sports/frack and field, church activities A list of honours] awards/recognition student has received Please forward all infor, mation to Yolanda Dele- veaux, Tribune Features Edil tor at email ybdele- firstname.lastname@example.com ; please note 'Back To School' in the subject line. The infor- mation may also be hand delivered or mailed to: Back To School The Tribune . Shirley and Deveaux Streets PO Box N-3207 Nassau, Bahamas. Guyana declares flood alert after rains GUYANA Georgetown GUYANA declared a flood alert following two days of heavy rains that inundat- ed coastal areas and parts ot the capital, according to Asso-, ciated Press. Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said the gov-: ernment is closely monitor- ing flood control gates and has purchased more pumps to help drain floodwaters. "The ministry is making every effort to ensure that all. pumps are operable and floodgates are opened on time," Persaud said. There were no initial, reports of damages or injuries. ' Most of this South Ameri- can nation's coastline lies. nearly 6 feet below the Atlantic Ocean and flash floods are a constant threat during rainy seasons. 6I 1--`- 322-2188/9 l^^^^ n^^^ maiiii^^^^ ;-THE TRIBUNE A -SL .*! "*r ^ : ' -. *- -* 'i *S ,, L. . FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007, PAGE 7 r * < . i -.-- iS1 ,, - 77; . "V.ia ..... ..... SE' 20 K '-.~% -I C- - ~sr~ inrn^I j "t~iI~?'^-4 .-U.q pr~r slE J1 -.4. S':6 . CrstlCorta Alats -OrLc ,FeprG andBhm MashHgborAbaoHabu 'Iln Eeal a, xm BREITLING 1884 INSTRUMENTS FOR PROFESSIONALS' .. .. .i "- **-.. V. '. op-e V *L. 1/A - IA '5-.---. ~- W "L' .,, ,,f I t*r THE TRIBUNE SPAGE 8. FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007 wv I -3oIn brief -Judge seeks more facts Jon slavery lawsuit MIAMI .. A FEDERAL judge said .,,,Thursday he needs more ,, ,facts before deciding whether ,US courts have jurisdiction over a lawsuit from three J uban men, who say %',Havana's communist gov- ..--.ernment forced them into virtual slavery to pay off a debt to a Curacao shipbuild- ing company, according to Associated Press. Among the key issues is whether the arrangement was intended to circumvent the US economic embargo by allow- 4 -ng Cuba to profit from work ..done in Curacao on Ameri- ~ia,,,n cruise and merchant ves- _.,,,els, Senior US District Judge James Lawrence King said. King postponed ruling on a motion to dismiss the law- uit filed by Curacao Dry- .,jdock Co. to give lawyers for t"4he three Cuban men time .,,- collect more evidence. -0,,, Curacao is a self-govern- ,,,ing Dutch island in th. Less- er Antilles off Venezuela's coast. .. The three Cuban men, --.-who all now live in Florida ;:- Alberto Justo Rodriguez, F,jFernando Alonso Hernan- ,,,4)ez and Luis Alberto Casanova claim they were ... among hundreds of men I "forced by Cuba to work at L"'ACuracao Drydock and threatenedd with prison or :ivworse if they refused. They say they worked 112- hour weeks at hard labor, "-were watched by armed '""Cuban guards and were ''rced to watch videotapes "'8f long speeches by Cuban SPresident Fidel Castro. The arrangement was 7-Tuba's way of paying off a debt for a drydock installa- .tion the company had built "wIsome years earlier near Havana, lawyers said. The Cuban Interests Sec- tion, which represents the Castro government in Wash- iggton, did not return a tele- phiore,call seeking comment. -a * By TRIBUNE STAFF PIRATES of the Caribbean III opens in theatres today, two years after Disney filmed por- tions of sequels II and III on Grand Bahama. During their stay the "Cast and Crew Charity Golf Classic" raised money towards items for the Grand Bahama Children's Home, and the purchase of ten computers for the youth of Grand Bahama. David Croucher led the event and worked in the costume department of Pirates alongside Academy Award winner Pen- ny Rose. David was also a repeat crew member on most of the James Bond films and became known for organising special charity events to raise funds for whichever community they hap- pened to be working in through- out the world. He usually did this by means of a golf tournament, since golf was one of his loves. While he was not able to work on the last James Bond film, Casino Royale, which was filmed in Nassau at the same time that Pirates of the Caribbean II/III was being shot on Grand Bahama, he still ran the event he is now famous for. Many came together on one of the coldest days of that year to sponsor, play and enjoy a day of golf, and an evening of fun. Unfortunately, David Croucher died suddenly in Sep- tember, 2006, less than a year after leaving Grand Bahama. He was a kind, warm, bubbly man and would often hug peo- ple and say "I love ya" quite freely, even with persons he had only met a few times. He had a way of making people feel at ease, and shone with his spirit of giving. David never got to find out where the computers ended up. They were earmarked for a hur- ricane-ravaged area of Grand Bahama, but no facility was ever in good enough repair for * Pirates of the Caribbean II/IH costumer David Croucher holding a safety pin, one of the tools of his trade. the computers until this year. In January the Mt Zion Bap- tist Church in Eight Mile Rock asked for a few computers for their Christian Education Cen- tre. Since this centre is open to the community, as well as a nearby school, caretakers of the computers felt this would be a suitable place for them. Then on May 14 the rest of the computers finally found their home at the only YMCA in The Bahamas. A few local crew members and event vol-, unteers came out for the pre- sentation, as well as a visiting crew member from California, Mr Robert George. Seven new Dell computers, along with a few printers, were given to the YMCA to enhance afterschool programmes as well as generate support for the upkeep of the computers by way of a Cyber Caf6, which will be open to the public. Use of the Internet and the computers will be charged at a nominal fee. Word from David's col- leagues is that the James Bond Golf Society in the UK has commissioned a silver cup to be competed for annually as part of a fun-filled "Dave Croucher Day", the sort of event David would have enjoyed so much. As David's friend and close colleague Kenny Crouch says: "His laughter and his compas- sion are sadly missed." GH...........................ns investigatehospitality industry GHS interns investigate hospitality industry EIGHT seniors from Gov- ernment High School took part in a five-week work study at Sandals Royal Bahamian Spa Resort and Offshore Island learning the inner workings of the hospitality industry. Twelfth-grade students Crys- tal Bell, Ashley Miller, Tehellia Ferguson, Kevin Lewis, Appolonia Greene, Lavonia Cartwright, Elijah Hanna, Deshawn Sturrup and Rashad Miller were placed in areas such as the butler's pantry, the kitchen, restaurant, laundry, housekeeping and entertain- ment departments. For five consecutive Satur- days, the students worked directly with managers, super- visors and team members in their respective areas, where they were able to see the details that go into satisfying the needs of guests. Ashley and Crystal, who worked in Spices restaurant, said they were amazed at how knowledgeable a waitress had to be, not only about the restau- rant but also about the resort. Rashad, who worked in the entertainment department, said guests would ask him about the island. "Social studies paid off for me," said the student, who added that he was able to con- fidently answer questions posed to him by guests. Sandals' public relations man- ager, Stacy Mackey, applauded the students on a great job. "As they will be graduating soon, the work experience demonstrated to the students that they must be well-versed in not only the area or field that they work in but also areas out- side the one in which you work. "While the company trains team members in skills pertain- ing to their work responsibili- ties, we also provide training that would place them in a posi- tion of empowerment when answering questions or giving information." Ms Mackey noted that, before the work study began, she encouraged the students to read the newspapers, watch and listen to the local and interna- tional news, as well as converse with peers and persons not familiar to them. This, she said, would build the students' confidence and help them to shed some of their shyness. "They must have taken my suggestion seriously because they all performed well and got * FRONT row: Deshawn Sturrup, Tehillah Ferguson, Ashley Miller, Elijah Hanna, back row: Jeremiah Nixon, Stacy Mackey, public relations manager, and Crystal Bell. 5 Colina Imperial. Increases Operating Hours For Your Convenience Effective May 26th, 2007 CIIL clients will be able to make payments for PREMIUM and MORTGAGE accounts on Saturday from 9 am to 12:30 pm at the CIIL Building at 21 Collins Ave Tel: 356-8300 TENDER NO. 638/07 TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF THE CONSTRUCTION TWO (2) TRANSFORMER FOUNDATIONS FOR THE NORTH FEEDER AT ROCK SOUND POWER STATION, ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS The Bahamas Electncity Corporation invites tenders from , eligible bidders for the construction of , two (2)transformer foundations at Rock Sound Power Station in Eleuthera, Bahamas Bidders are required to collect packages from \ Mrs. Delmeta Seymour at the Administration Office Blue Hill and Tucker Road or BEC Office Rock Sound, Eleuthera Tenders are to be hand delivered on or before Wednesday, May 30th by 4pm and addressed as follows: The General Manager Bahamas Electricity Corporation P.O. Box N-7509 -.- Nassau, Bahamas Marked: Tender No. 638/07 "Construction of Two (2) TRANSFORMER FOUNDATIONS FOR , THE NORTH FEEDER AT ROCK SOUND POWER STATION, ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS" For all inquires regarding this Tender, contact Melpert Dean at 302-1413. NOTE: ROCK SOUND POWER STATION SITE VISIT WILL BE ON FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007. a New computers for YMCA after charity golf tourney THE RIBUE FID~yMAY 5, 007,PAG 9 Time for the PLP to accept defeat T HE FPLP's plin to chal- lenIge tih election results in court, as questions continue to w\hirl about their conduct during the election, is noi only preposterous but proves that many PLPs are sore losers. Indeed, that party's inability to accept their thrashing at the -,' polls is indicative of their per- .'F-ception that they are divinely ordained to govern the Bahamas. SFollowing the election, instead of conceding to obvious defeat, former Prime Minister Perry Christie shuffled around for 24 hours as rumours that the "' official results were flawed gripped the country and almost Ignited riots. For the entire day (May 3), citizens of the Bahamas were left speculating, assuming and guessing who actually won the -election because of baseless rumours that the FNM had lost. Further, Mr Christie and top ' brass of the PLP idly sat around , while hordes of rowdy PLP sup- porters swarmed Gambier House and other PLP premises to celebrate a victory that they (Christie and company) knew they had failed to secure. Last Sunday, while hosting an internet chat, Mr Christie declared that the PLP would vigorously contest certain con- stituencies in election court. The leader of (he opposition and his party secln incapable of accept- ing the reality: that they were given the heave-ho by the Bahamian people. It appears that they are still so traumatised that they were sacked that they would prefer to continue to beat a dead horse, instead of gracefully accepting defeat and analysing why they became the first one- term government in Bahamian history. As it relates to Senate appointments, in accordance with article 39 (4) of the Con- stitution, the Upper House must be fairly constituted to reflect the balance in the House of Assembly. While the PLP's YOUNG MAN'S VIEW ADR I A N G IBSON argument that political balance must be established, that is, a set the election date and con- trolled when and where the FNM would be able to hold and air rallies. The ball was entirely in their court, so to legally con- test the election results after an electoral spanking is a fruitless, pricey misadventure and stalling tactic that will only appeal to diehard PLP hopefuls who must again brace themselves for the sequel to their election night- mare. According to news reports, the PLP is set to contest five seats: Pinewood, Blue Hills, Golden Isles, Sea Breeze and Marco City. While each of these seats was won by fewer than 70 votes, which, according to PLP strategist Valentine Grimes is "too close for comfort", we must bear in mind that the FNM could launch a similar 9-7 divide in the Senate (in favour of the FNM), the Oppo- sition leader can only single- handedly appoint four senators and the other three can only be appointed after consultation with the prime minister. Essentially, the three unfilled senatorial posts can be filled by independent senators, who are not necessarily associated with the PLP or FNM. However, this is not likely to happen. I admit that one or two seats lost by the PLP.(eg Blue Hills) could be challenged. However, the spectacle arising from the PLP's proposal to dis- pute the election results in elec- tion court is astounding. Before the election, the PLP was the governing party and, in truth, they commanded the government's election machin- ery, seemingly gerrymandered to fix the boundaries in their favour. They divided constituencies, challenge for the MICAL and Fox Hill seats. Mr Grimes, who himself was at the centre of Election Day controversy, claimed: "The Pro- gressive Liberal Party is of the view that there were persons who were not allowed to vote in areas that they should not have. So, based on the information we have, we believe that there is a reasonably high chance of suc- cess." C considering that the PLP was the govern- ment at the time, Mr Grimes' remarks are nothing short of farcical. Before the election, the PLP was accused of wrongdoing and of using bully tactics to intimi- date people. Further, allegations that the PLP used fake ballots and added illegitimate ballots to the count of some con- stituencies continue to raise questions about the number of seats that they did win. Considering the blatant elec- toral infractions, the new PM should immediately mount investigations and set about prosecuting all offenders! It is bizarre that the PLP would now flip the script and contend that voting irregulari- ties occurred in certain con- stituencies-when they were the government of the day! By fil- ing motions in the courts, Mr Christie is giving PLP support- ers false hope. And, while the PLP is rushing to election court, why won't they explain why 41,000 "sam- pie" ballots were ordered a week before the election for what they say were training pur- poses'? The PLP may merely be wasting time and mon- ey on an expensive legal team that they seem to have assem- bled on a wing and a prayer and with the hope of forcing Mr It appears that the PLP are still so traumatised that they were sacked that they would prefer to continue to beat a dead horse, instead of gracefully accepting defeat and analysing why they became the first one-term government in Bahamian history. 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THE FNM SHOULD: SIGN THE UN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CONVENTION he five-year tenute of the former government was riddled by scandal, fights and serious allegations of-vic- timisation and corruption.'- At a mass rally on November 21, 2006, Prime Minister Hilbert Ingraham told a crowd thi.t he found it "very revealing" that the Bahamas had not signed or ratified the United Nations Convention Against Corrup- tion, which was entered into force in December, 2005. Mr Ingraham promised to deepen democracy and further bolster the Bahamas' demdcra- tic institutions. Corruption undermines democracy and retards economic development! Now that the FNM is in pow- er, it is hoped that they will move with haste in signing and ratifying this important con- vention and, in turn, make ro- visions of the convention law in the Bahamas. 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However, The Tribite's inves- tigations have revealed that the mother's difficulties could be due to the law relating to private developers not being enforced. Ms Rolle's daughter was recently diagnosed with asthma, and suffers from headaches and a constant cough. according to her mother. From birth, despite her moth- er's pleas and best efforts, the child has been exposed for years to fumes from what was sup- posed to be a temporary genera- tor located less than 15 feet from her home. And Ms Rolle claims she has been informed by a Water and Sewerage official that the gener- ator, which powers a water- pumping facility, would be unnecessary if the Bahamas Elec- tricity Corporation had complet- ed electrical infrastructure in the area. Problem Godfrey Sherman, general manager at Water and Sewage, claims the problem runs deeper. Mr Sherman said that, in this area, the developer did not leave the necessary funds in place, as stipulated by law, in case of unfulfilled obligations -- as turned out to be the case in this instance. "BEC has a proposal to elec- trify it, but we're trying to figure out who will pay for it." said Mr. BEC contains oil leak FROM page one line around Clifton. To date no update on the source of the oil leak has been issued by any government agency or private company. D'wayne Curtis, chief public analyst with the environmental monitoring and risk assessment division and member of the oil spill committee, said he is concerned that the spill was not brought to the attention of his division which is mandated to investigate any sig- nifi ant oil spill until the aerial photographs of the large oil slick in frnt of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation compound were published by The Tribune. generally, whenever there is a spill of any significance, the infor- mation would be referred to that committee and an investigation carried out and a report would be generated. Mr Curtis said that the Port Department should be the first department to be notified, and added that, according to news reports, "this appears to have been done." BtC deputy general manager Anthony Forbes said Monday that-the corporation had started an investigation into the source of the pill, which was first brought to the attention of The Tribune last week. This followed a statement noting that the corporation was not necessarily responsible. However, yesterday BEC promised to increase its effort to avoid releases and, if they should occur, to immediately take the neces- saryaction to mitigate them. . She rman, in light of the devel- oper allegedly defaulting on his legal obligations. He said the corporation, hav- ing taken residents of the area on as customers, may have to "pick up the slack." Mr Sherman noted that under the Private Roads and Sub-divi- sions Act. "developers are oblig- ed to do certain things but whether they actually do them is another story." He added that the generator was necessary as the only alter- native was to deal with the pump- ing system by tanker trucking - or. as he called it. "the old days of dumping your slop bucket out- side." Slowever, questions are raised as to whether the Ministry of Works in fact demanded such nionyev prior to allowing devel- opment to get underway. Meanwhile, Fontella Rolle's daughter has been to the doctor six limes this year, and having tested negative for allergies, her doctor indicated some other fac- tor may have been instrumental in inducing the illness. Ms Rolle blames the genera- tor. which was put in place short- Iv a after she moved into her Lake ('unningham home. She is forced to keep her win- dows and doors closed in an attempt to block out the heavy diesel fumes. but even with these measures taken, she finds the emissions enter her home through her air-conditioning units. Now the mother is in despair at various government entities' per- ceived disregard towards her family's plight -- and the fact that a lawyer recently advised her she would need to drum up $20.()00 to take legal action over the matter. "Nobodv seems to care," she said. Various former ministers, including Shane Gibson. Neville Wisdom and Bradley Roberts, allegedly promised action, but none was forthcoming. Consequently, Ms Rolle's des- peration has reached such a peak that she has even switched off the' enerator on a number of occasions, causing problems with the sewerage system, in the hope that this will inspire the commu- nity to come together to address the need for proper infrastruc- ture. For this, Ms Rolle has alleged- ly been threatened by an official at Water and Sewerage that she could face arrest. However, the mother says that such action does not concern her, if only it would cause the problem to be addressed. "My daughter is getting sick," she said, pointing out that med- ical bills are mounting. "I feel helpless that my child is dying...that's what's happen- ing...it's poisoning her system," she said. The mother said she feels she has nowhere to go. "I wanted to move, to rent the place, but no- one wanted to rent it because of the generator. I thought about selling it but I can't sell it to any- one with that there. First it has devalued our property, second we'll just be killing that family - doing to them what it's doing to us." Commitment In the meantime, Mr Sherman said that between Water and Sewerage and BEC a commit- ment has been made to install the necessary infrastructure. "We're trying to get a co-ordi- nation between a number of util- ities and ministries to get some things done but at the same time some of these developers who made obligations have not done what they're supposed to have done." Yesterday, Charles Christie - the individual named both by Ms Rolle and Mr Sherman as the site's developer claimed only to have been involved with the real estate side of the deal, with no responsibilities for any infra- structural development. He gave the name of another company that he claimed were behind developing the area, but no listing was found under its name in the phone book. Director of Environmental Health Services Mellany McKen- zie said she was "certain" that no-one from her department would have brushed Ms Rolle off in such a way as was claimed. She said she believed she was familiar with Ms Rolle's situa- tion and was checking to find out if her department carried out an investigation into the matter. Director of Public Works, Melanie Roach, and permanent secretary in the Ministry of Works did not return phone calls. BEC general manager Kevin Basden was unavailable, and deputy general manager Antho- ny Forbes declined to speakon the matter. Attempts to contact Minister of State for Public Utilities in the Ministry of Works, Phenton Ney- mour, were unsuccessful. FROM page one 65-year-old However, a struggle broke out as the pouch was handed over and, in the process, the pensioner got possession of the weapon. His attacker fled the scene with the pouch. Asst Supt Evans could not say how much, if any cash it contained. The man later turned in the weapon to a local police sta- tion, and it was found to be a .22 handgun. No one was injured during the struggle. Police investigations are continuing. Man in court over stabbing death FROM page one The incident reportedly took place between 11.30pm on Saturday, May 19, and lam on Sunday, May 20. Ferguson was told by the chief magistrate that he was not required to plead to the FROM page one murder charge and that a pre- liminary inquiry would be held into the matter. The case was adjourned to Monday, June 18, and trans- ferred to Court 11 Nassau Street. The accused was remanded to Her Majesty's Prison. FNM vice chairman FNM but also the press and other media that kind of activity wherever we hear it or see it," he said. The editorial also addressed the question of whether there were civil servants who may have due to their party affiliation been "trying to make his or her minister look bad." It read: "Civil servants should understand that they are there to implement the policies of the government in power," noting that "too often" it has been claimed that partisan affiliations have affected the functioning of a government employee. To this, Mr Ferguson responded that the government has "no facts, no established information, that there are persons who are try- ing to sabotage the programme of the government," but added that where this type of behaviour is in evidence, "the government will deal with it through the normal procedure of the general orders", speedily and effectively. Under the previous PLP administration, several former ministers complained that they felt that some senior civil servants were working against them. t /I S,.66 .. I -T THE TRIBUNE DIR AY MAY 25 2007 JA L 1 IIL- I ,I*' -- *I I St Matthew's Anglican Church prepares for 250th anniversary MEMBERS of the 205th anniversary committee of St Matthew's Anglican Church did a site inspec- tion of the Eastern Parade as they gear up to host the Great Fair to be held on Saturday, June 23. Kim Outten-Stubbs, chairperson for the 205th anniversary of Christian witness in the Bahamas, made the appeal to the wider Bahamas to join in the celebration as St Matthew's moves into celebration mode for the anniversary. The Great Fair promises to be a spectacular event as it will offer food dishes and treats from around The Bahamas, marching bands, community choirs, plus a pet and antique car show. Junkanoo groups will descend on to Eastern Parade and compete for a grand prize presenting their best banners depict- ing the church along with great civic and religious leaders born in the parish. Xavier "Dei Dei" Fisher Love your family I 'I i1101P RL I 1 q i ' MINIV 00UVA R CAR a.X5 I O A ICW I I 'V I 7 I IAW uI ok I I&W RETA I"t AN IEUMC D WW COPYOF RNTALAGREMEN Tourismtoday Starring Host Michelle Malcolm and Correspondents Kendal I. Major and Raquel Horton Showcasing what's new in tourism every Monday at 8:30pm 9mbah('ii562 and Tuesday at 6:00pm " onZNSTV ' BAHAMAS O 7A th Oirt ----- I Bahamas out to create 4 buzz at spelling bee THE Bahamas is expected to take part in the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee begin- ning on Wednesday, May 30, in Washington DC. The bee will feature top spellers from across the US, as well as competitors from Europe, Guam, Jamaica, Puer- to Rico, the US Virgin Islands, The Bahamas, American Samoa, Canada and New Zealand. The 286 champion spellers, ranging in age from 10 to 15, will be competing for the Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship, to be deter- mined during the semi-final and championship rounds of the competition on Thursday, May 31. The national competition will be held in the Independence Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Washington. The purpose of the National Spelling Bee is to help students improve spelling, increase -vocabularies, learn concepts and develop correct English usage that will help them all of their lives. The programme is open to students who have not reached their 16th birthday on or before the date of the national finals and who have not advanced beyond the eighth grade by February 1, 2007. The spellers have qualified to compete in the national competition by winning locally sponsored spelling bees in their home communities. The Scripps National Spelling Bee is the nation's largest and longest-running educational promotion. The competition is administered on a not-for- profit basis by The E. W. Scripps Company in Cincin- nati and 280 local sponsors. The majority of these local sponsors are daily and weekly newspapers. The spelling bee is primarily an oral competition conducted in rounds until only one speller remains. Preliminary and quar- * terfinal rounds including a 25- word multiple-choice test will be held on Wednesday, May 30. The semi-final and champi- onship rounds will be held on Thursday, May 31. The National Spelling Bee word panel has compiled a list consisting of more than 1,000 " words that will be used in the national competition. Cash prizes for competitors range from $50 to $20,000 for the national champion. All spellers receive a commemora- tive watch; the Samuel Louis Sugarman Award, which con- sists of a $100 EE US Savings bond; Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, on CD-ROM from Merriam-Webster; a $20 gift certificate from Franklin Electronic Publishers; and an iQuest handheld from LeapFrog. The national champion also receives an engraved loving - cup, a $5,000 cash award from' Franklin Electronic Publishers, a $5,000 cash award from LeapFrog Enterprises Inc., a $5,000 scholarship from Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foun-. dation; a $2,500 US Savings Bond, a reference library, a $5,000 cash award and 50 refer- ence works to the school or library of the champion's choice from Merriam-Webster; and reference materials valued at more than $3,800 from Ency- clopedia Britannica. Live coverage of the cham- pionship rounds will be provid- ed by the ABC Television Net- work from 8pm to 10pm EDT,, on Thursday, May 31. Good Morning America anchor, Robin Roberts, will host the ABC broadcast. Semi-final rounds of the bee will air live earlier in the day on ESPN from 10am to 1pm EDT. SportsCenter anchor, Chris McKendry, will host the ESPN broadcast. -~ *. ii, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007 SECTION email@example.com Miami Herald Business, Stocks, Analysis, Wall Street GUAR Li6 Insurance & Investments to Build a Better Life Telephone 242-393-1023 Potential Esso sale to French oil giant is 'rumour going around' * By CARA BRENNEN- BETHEL Tribune Business Reporter top official for Esso Standard oil in the Bahamas said yester- day that he had no ,.knowledge of a potential sale involving local service stations to a French oil conglomer- ate. Keith Glinton, country manager for Esso Standard Oil in the Bahamas, told The Tribune that, while he was aware of stories surIfacing on the Internet that 'Total SA, the fourth largest oil company in the world, sub- mitted a bid to acqui re Esso's Caribbean operations, he had not been informed of such a deal and was unaware of any sale. "I know that there is that rumour going around, and I can't speak to where that would have originated from, but what I can sav is that no-one from Total SA or Esso has approached me and informed nme of that, so I am unaware of such a sale or deal." According to Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday online edition, the French integrated energy giant Total SA, the fourth largest oil company in the world, is bidding to buy Esso's Caribbean operations in a $400 mil- lion deal which would see the com- pany buying some 200 service stations throughout the Caribbean and the Bahamas. The article quoted "a leading Jamaican pump retailer," who said: "As far as I understand, Total will be picking up some 200 gas stations in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Haiti, the East- ern Caribbean and the Bahamas for US$400M. "A player like Simpson Oil may partner with one of the larger opera- tors and throw in a bid, but there is no doubt that Total is seeing something in the Caribbean that other opera- tors are not." Total's business includes the entire oil and gas chain from crude oil and natural gas exploration and produc- tion to power generation, transporta- tion, refining, petroleum refining, petroleum product, marketing and international crude oil and product trading. The company is also a large- scale chemicals manufacturer. The Tribune attempted to reach Total SA officials in France and the United States, but did not receive an answer up to press time. This comes on the heels of whis- perings that, following the FOCAL deal in 2005/2006, other oil compa- nies might consider splitting their wholesale and retail divisions. Employment generated by travel, tourism projected to grow at 3.8 per cent a year over the next 10 years * By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor EMPLOYMENT generated by the Bahamian travel and tourism industry will grow at an annualized rate of 3.8 per cent over the next decade to 2017, the 18th fastest rate in the world, with the industry responsible for creating 80 per cent or one in every 1.3 jobs in the Bahamas by that time. The statistical projections. produced by the World Travel and ToLurismi Council (WTTI'C), show how important it is for the Bahamas to maintain its tourism sector competitiveness given that this nation will become ever-increasingly reliant on it. The WTTC projected that travel and tourism, directly and indirectly, will gen- erate 100,000 jobs or 67.9 per cent of total employment in the Bahamian economy in 2007, or one in 1.5 jobs. This made the Bahamas the sixth most-reliant nation in the world on tourism to produce the bulk of its employment, just behind Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba and Anguilla. The total number of jobs produced by SEE page 2 h ink your health plan wil cover yoLu for the rest of your life? Reality Check. With most plans you're on your own after 70! But with BahamaHealth, once you're a member you can be covered for life. Call for information on individual and group coverage, or log on to www.familyguardian.com today! x1l I i; I I ;nhIalth FMILY ^*",, l ij.] ' N S I N S URANCE COMPANY I F.POF:ATE ElJTRE E4'.T B" STREETT NASSAU P.O. 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Karen Rolle, an executive with the Central Bank of the Bahamas' bank supervision department, told a Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) seminar that the banking industry reg- ulator adjusted its BCP guide- lines so that external, as well as internal, auditors were able to test these plans. "The Central Bank is rec- ommending that an industry partner, such as an internal or external auditor, test the suit- ability of a licencee's Business Continuity Plan," Ms Rolle said....... "Many of our smaller licencees, there main concern had to do with who would be actually responsible for test- ing. Many of our smaller licencees don't have a dedi- cated internal audit function, so we made it possible that the testing function be given to the external auditor for testing of the Business Con- tinuity Plan." With hurricanes becoming more frequent and severe in SEE page 12 :~ THE TRIBUNE PAGE 2B FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007 Want to sell your 3 or 4 digit License plate number? 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Avoid Incomplete Infor- mation make sure you pro- vide stock availability and delivery costs at the beginning of the checkout process and not at the end, as nobody likes nasty surprises. Avoid Lack of Flexibility - Make it easy for your customer to change quantities, amend orders, delete and add prod- ucts and go back to shopping. Avoid Confusion Make sure visitors know what you want them to do next. Have "Next Step" buttons and advise your visitors at which stage of the checkout process they are at. 5. The fifth major mistake concerns Customer Service - You would be surprised how poor customer service is on the web. Once a site has your mon- ey, many do not respond in a timely manner and many do not at all. Avoid Lack of Contact - Ensure you have an address, telephone numbers, and peo- ple for visitors to talk to. Avoid Lack of Feeback - Try to respond promptly (with- in 24 hours) to e-mail enquiries. When people order, make sure you confirm orders immediately by e-mail and if possible give them a tracking system to follow the progress of their orders. Offer money back guarantees to remove risk of purchase. Avoid Late Delivery - Make sure your delivery times are realistic and this will remove a lot of irate customer service calls. 6. The sixth major mistake concerns security Issues Fail- ure to address security could lead to a lack of confidence in your site if it goes down and becomes unavailable to your customers. Avoid Poor Security. Make sure you use software products to stop hackers get- ting into your system such as firewalls, anti-virus software and password protection. Avoid Lack of Contin- gency Planning. Make sure you back up your data off site in case things go wrong, so that you have business continuity. 7. The final major mistake concerns Marketing No mat- ter how good your site, or your product, if visitors don't visit, then you have failed in your primary aim to sell your prod- uct. Avoid Poor Marketing Planning Make sure you pre- pare a marketing plan that utilises the correct marketing techniques for your circum- stances. What is appropriate for someone selling a $99 health product may not be rel- evant to somebody selling a $15 snoring aid. Be realistic with your budgets and allow sufficient funds to generate the sales you need. Avoid Inappropriate Mar- keting Techniques Don't spam your customers as this will get you in trouble with your ISP or hosting service and could cause your site to be tak- en down. And finally, make sure you measure your marketing efforts. There are many useful tools on the Internet that will help you track your visitors, your advertising returns and analyse where your visitors are coming from, how long they spend on the site and what pages they visit. Google Ana- lytics is a free service and you should spend time on their website getting to know how it works. eCommerce is a tricky area - to get right. Don't be an 'antiprenetiir' and ignore these seven pitfalls, which often trap the unwary. There is much you will need to get right to suc- ceed. So, in order to avoid the trap of 'antipreneurship', make sure that you spend sufficient time on this area, as it will pay large dividends for your future business success. NB: This column is avail- able as an eBook at www.antipreneurship. com Mark draws on 20 years of top level business, marketing and communications experi- ence in London and The Bahamas. He is Chief Oper- ating Officer of www.ezpze- mail.com, currently lives in Nassau, and can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com Mark Palmer. All rights reserved I L1/ 11eSll -Vey JANH--iH, 00 Ba Employment generated by tourism projected to grow at 3.8 per cent a year over the next 10 years FROM page 1 $6.763 million by 2017. tourism, directly and indirectly, Capital was projected to rise to 144,000 by 2017, while over the same Projected capital investment time 10-year period the num- in the Bahamian tourism ber of direct jobs produced by industry during 2007, as a per- tourism is slated to rise from centage of total investment in 28,000 (25.9 per cent of total the Bahamian economy, was employment) to 55,000 jobs or 39.8 per cent, enough to tank 30.8 per cent of total employ- this nation 10th in the world ment. under the WTTC. The total figure-was $791.4 million, and Visitors by 2017 was forecast to reach $1.44 billion some 43.9 per Spending by visitors to the cent of total capital investment Bahamas in 2007 was projected in the Bahamian economy. to account for 69 per cent of And when it came to gov- total exports by this nation's ernment spending on the trav- economy in 2007, making the el and tourism industry, as a country the fourth most reliant percentage of total govern- on the world on tourism to ment expenditure, the generate exports. Bahamas again was ranked And when it came to the 17th, the sector attracting 13.9 Bahamian economy's gross per cent of public funds or domestic product (GDP), in some $133 million. 2007 tourism was projected to By 2017, this is forecast to account for 53.6 per cent or increase to $228.3 million or $3.499 billion, figures that 14.4 per cent of total Bahami- would rise to 62.8 per cent or an government spending. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that GIANCARLO MAZZONI OF DEBDEN DRIVE, P.O. BOX F-40091, 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 25TH day of May, 2007 to the Minister responsible for Nationality and Citizenship, P.O.Box N-7147, Freeport, Bahamas. r ,I I __ BUSINESS Fopthlop 7 beind i'the ews m I I I? "FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007 INTERNATIONAL EDITION MiamiHerald.com I THE MIAMI HERALD S&P 500 NV-14.77 NASDAQ -3913 DOW -84.52 6-MO T-BILLS -.0 30-YR T-BONDS ... 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What must Mexico do to achieve an annual growth rate of at least 5%? What is the government doing to minimise risks and improve the investment climate? These are the issues we will address at Economist Conferences' Business Roundtablte with the Government of Mexico: Building consensus and promoting growth. PaneWsts ocd. Sm SeirViePesdn ntrq Guillermo Ortiz, Governor, Central Bank of Mexico Francisco Javier Ramfrez Acurna, Secretary of the Interior Eduardo Sojo, Secretary of Economy Scott Blacklin, Vice-President Emerging Markets, Public Sector, Cisco Roberto Salinas Leon, President, Mexico Business Forum Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, Attorney General Jorge Zermefio Infante, President, Mexican Chamber of Deputies Carlos Navarrete Ruiz, Senator and Coordinator, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) Mexican Senate 3osd Natividad Gonzilez Paris, Governor, Nuevo Le6n Lazaro Cardenas Batel, Governor, Michoacin Anna Szterenfeld, Latin America Editor, Economist Intelligence Unit Lead sponsors: FecEx MetLife Express Supporting sponsors: C*Is'co 0 Supporting PR agency: ( ; Supporting media sponsor: ShM Miamni HerTalt INTERNATIONAL EDITION THE TRIBUNE FOCOL Shell 0 paying overseas two cents per US gallon Must have 3 years Sales experience Must be well spoken and confident Must be 25 years Or Older Must be a quick learner Must have good writing skills A base salary and commission Resume Two references Police record NO PHONE CALLS Apply in person at Bahama Divers, Nassau Yacht Haven, East Bay Street between the hours of 10am 12noon. * By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor F OCOL Holdings is paying Shell Over- seas Holdings $0.02 of every US gallon sold from all its New Provi- dence Shell-branded gas sta- tions as part of the deal that saw it acquire the latter's Bahamian retail subsidiary for a total consideration of $53.96 million. The details of the $0.02 per US gallon payments, which are passed on to Shell every quarter, were part of the trademark licence agreement made when FOCOL Hold- ings acquired Shell Bahamas in mid-2006, and revealed in the company's annual report. To acquire the Shell trade- mark and non-exclusive right to continue using it at the gas stations it took over as part of the deal, FOCOL Hold- ings paid Shell Overseas Holdings an initial $4.08 mil- lion fee upfront, in addition to the per gallon payment. The initial trademark licence agreement expires on January 15, 2010, but both Shell and FOCOL Holdings can agree to extend it beyond this date. FOCOL Holdings also dis- closed that part of the agree- ment to purchase Shell Bahamas involved it entering into a fuel supply agreement with Shell, which will see the BISX-listed firm purchase minimum quantities of 350,000 gallons of 91 octane index motor gasoline; 300,000 gallons of gas oil, 450,000 gal- lons of light diesel oil and 138,000 gallons of commer- cial propane for the first five years after the deal again expiring on January 15, 2010. FOCOL Holdings said the Shell Bahamas purchase involved it paying a headline price of $28.67 million, the equivalent of the working capital balance during early negotiations, plus net non- monetary assets. The deal was financed by $18.96 million in FOCOL's own cash from operations and retained earnings, a $10 million Royal Bank of Cana- da loan and a $25 million preference share issue. FOCOL's annual report confirmed what The Tribune had heard at the time, name- ly that the $25 million prefer- ence share issue was under- subscribed, concerns having been expressed that the inter- est rate coupon attached to it - Bahamian Prime plus 1.75 per cent was at least 1 per cent too low to make it really attractive compared to other investment options at the time. With the issue only raising $20.76 million, the $4.24 mil- lion balance had to be picked up' by Colinalmperial Insur- ance Company with a higher rate bank loan. This was because the insurance firm's financial advisory affiliate, CFAL, the former Colina Financial Advisors, acted as placement agent for the pref- erence share issue and agreed to underwrite any difference. FOCOL Holdings is now working to revive Shell's brand reputation and posi- tioning in the Bahamian mar- ket through its Sun Oil sub- sidiary, as it has long been recognized that it was run- ning a distant third to Texaco and Esso. Sir Albert Miller, FOCOL Holdings chairman, said suc- cinctly in the annual report: "Shell's brand has not reflect- ed its global stature in the Bahamas since the 1970s. Much faith is being put on the more local decision-mak- ing ability and faster response that FOCOL Hold- ings brings to the table to effect a turnaround. A well established Media Company is looking for a hard working male to work as a Pressroom Assistant. Qualified applicants should be able to work nights between the hours of 8p.m. to 5a.m. and be prepared to submit job references and clean police record. Interested persons should send resume to: c/o DA 18973P P.O. Box N-3207 or Fax: 328-2398 S TOYOTA I moving forward YARIS * Mayl Special $19,495 Elm l The superbly balanced proportions of the Toyota Yaris reflect the inherent intelligence of its design and the spacious comfort that it offers. Features include: 1.3 litre engine, automatic transmission, ABS brakes, power steering, power windows, power locks, air conditioning, driver's side airbag, and CD player. ! TOYOTA YAwS Backed by a 3-year/60,000 mile factory warranty EXECU TIVE Auto Mall, Shirley Street (opp St. Matthew's Church) Open MNon to Fri 8am- 5:30prn MOTORS LTDS 8aim 12noon MO S! LT D Tel: 322-6705/6 or 397-1700 , E-mail: execmo,,roibatelnct hs ALITHORISED TOYOTA DEALER Parts and service guaranteed Available in Grand Bahama at Quality Auto Sales (Fieeport) Queens Hwy, 352-6122 Abaco Motor Mall, Don MacKay Blvd, 367-2916 To our Valued Customers Please be advised that all our offices in Nassau will be closed on Friday, May 25th 2007 between the hours of 9:00am-1:00pm for the Company's annual Awards Ceremony. Our offices in Freeport, Exuma & Abaco will be closed for the entire day. We apologize for any inconvenience caused Totally Yours, Totally Yaris Nassau 242-461-1000 Freeport242-352-7209 Exuma 242-336-3035 Abaco 242.367-5601 www.babflnanclal.com "Financial Solutions for Lifel" FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007, PAGE 5B I I Frte stores behind I w ,ra I t on. Mondays'I3 1L PAGE 6B FRIDAYMAY 25, 2007 I r'6%,L THE TRIBUNE Tired of living on tips, low-paid workers turn to the courts * By DAVID B CARUSO Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) Dan- ger and exhaustion came with the job in the decade Chen Tianyun spent as a restaurant delivery man in Manhattan. Traffic threatened to squash his scooter like a dumpling. He survived an armed rob- bery. Most weeks, he toiled 70 hours so he could send money to his family in China. And for his effort, he said he was paid a salary of $550 per month about $1.81 per hour. Live on your tips, his bosses told.him. Stories like Chen's are a dime a dozen in New York City, where immigrants make up nearly half the work force and employers who ignore labour laws have long been able to count on a complicit silence from labourers thank- ful for a job. But lately, many of those arrangements have been threatened by a simmering ser- vice-industry rebellion. In recent years, low-paid workers around the country have filed a growing number of lawsuits seeking thousands of dollars in back wages from bosses they say failed to pay the minimum wage or over- time. The complaints cover a wide range of industries and work- ers, from landscapers and warehouse labourers, to shop clerks and construction con- tractors, but most share a com- mon trait: They involve immi- grants who have become bold- er about going to court to demand their proper pay, regardless of their legal status. Some of the business owners being sued insist they treated workers well, and are them- selves being taken advantage of by savvy activists and attor- neys. Federal lawsuits alleging vio- lations of the Fair Labour Standards Act have more than doubled nationwide in recent years, rising from 1,854 cases in 2000 to 4,389 in 2006, according to the Administra- tive Office of the United States Courts. In New York, many of those complaints have come from workers who say that, for years, they worked mostly for tips. Chen and fellow delivery workers at the Saigon Grill, ad small chain of Vietnamese cafes, filed a lawsuit seeking. back pay in March. More than a dozen New York restaurants have seen similar claims in the past few months. Grocery baggers at super- markets in low-income neigh- bourhoods have filed lawsuits and complaints with state labour officials over the past year, claiming their only pay were handfuls of coins offered by customers that sometimes added up to as little as $250 a week. In the South, the Southern Poverty Law Center has filed suits on behalf of Mexican and Guatemalan forestry workers - in the US legally on guest worker visas who claim to have been denied overtime and effectively paid less than minimum wage. On the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, the SPLC and the National Immigration Law Center have brought similar suits on behalf of foreign-born workers who took construc- tion and cleanup jobs, only to find that they paid far less than promised or, in some cases, not at all. Busboys who cleared tables at Chinese buffets across New Jersey have sued claiming their daily wages consisted entirely of tips minus kickbacks to managers of as much as $20 per shift. One of those workers, Tony Tsai, 30, of Jersey City, said the last straw for the staff at his restaurant in Wayne, N.J., came when the boss threat- ened to fine every worker $30 for not washing plates thor- oughly. "We couldn't take it any- more," he said. Other lawsuits have come from workers at nail salons and small retail stores, who say they were never paid overtime. "There will be more cases in the next few weeks," promised Josephine Lee, a waitress and organiser for a union-backed campaign called "Justice Will Be Served" that has coordinated litigation around New York. "What we are saying is that there have been rampant abus- es, and they need to stop," she said. Attorney Michael S Weis- berg, who represents the Saigon Grill, said every work- er at the company was paid at least minimum wage, which in New York is now $4.60 per hour for tipped foodservice, workers. "They make a fortune!" Weisberg said of the delivery men, all of whom were fired after filing their lawsuit, and now picket the restaurant sev- eral times a week. He accused the workers, many of whom are Chinese nationals in the US illegally, of lying about how many hours they worked, and of unfairly turning on a boss who offered jobs without' asking too many questions about a worker's immigration status. "Let them justify one salary that is short!" Weisberg said. Managers at some of the grocery stores being sued over their treatment of baggers have said the Workers weren't employees at all, and were offering their services to cus- tomers on their own time. Still, more scrutiny could be on the way. This month, New York's state labor commissioner, M Patricia Smith, announced the creation of a new Bureau of Immigrant Workers' Rights. The office will help coordi- nate enforcement efforts, and make sure bilingual investiga- tors are dispatched to inspect potentially unscrupulous employers, said its new chief, Deputy Labour Commissioner Terri Gerstein. "This administration is strongly dedicated to protect- ing all workers, regardless of their immigration status, and we will be taking a strong approach to enforcement," she said. It's not clear that the surge in litigation means there are more violations taking place. The US Labour Department said the number of wage and hours complaints it received last year actually fell for the second straight year, to 26,256 compared to 31,786 in 2004. Some of the biggest states also reported a decline in wage violation investigations. Cali- fornia opened 38,873 such cas- es last year, compared to 50,127 in 2002. Texas looked into 15,301 labour violation claims last year, down from 20,138 in 2001. So why the increase in law- suits? Labour attorneys said there has been a proliferation over the past six or seven years in the number of lawyers who specialize in wage and over- time disputes, meaning more cases can be handled without government intervention. "A few years ago there were very few people were toiling in this field," said David Bor- gen, a labour attorney in Oak- land, Calif. A second could be a grow- ing realisation, in some immi- grant-rich cities, that workers can go to court over a pay dis- pute, regardless of whether they are here legally or not. Courts across the country have, in fact, repeatedly barred employers from trying to kill suits by arguing that their immigrant employees weren't eligible to work in the US in the first place. In New York, attorney Justin M Swartz's firm, Out- ten & Golden LLP, was involved in a $3.2 million set- tlement with the Gristedes supermarket chain in 2003 over pay for West African delivery workers. "I think workers, in general, are becoming more and more aware of their rights to be paid properly," he said. 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'a b-i '4 a I .4 DELTEC BANK & TRUST LIMITED Invites applications for the position of COMPLIANCE MANAGER Responsibilities will include (but are not limited to): Maintaining and developing a robust compliance and control regime in Deltec to ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, guidelines and internal policies and procedures Developing, administering and implementing a stringent compliance program that monitors and reports on key risk indicators Implementing a comprehensive self-testing program that is derived from risk assessment Reviewing KYC documentation for all new and existing clients Advising and assisting with the training of staffTin regulatory and internal policy compliance requirements Reporting to Executive Management, Board of Directors and Group Compliance Ability to work independently and under pressure to meet deadlines The successful candidate should have the following qualifications: ' A thorough knowledge of all applicable legislation, regulations and guidelines Minimum Bachelors degree in banking or finance along with either CPA, ABIFS (formerly ACIB), or International Diploma in Anti Money Laundering and Compliance (BACO) Legal background would be an advantage Minimum 3-5 years relevant experience in the Compliance field Excellent written, oral and presentation skills Salary will be commensurate with experience. Interested persons may submit resumes as follows: Human Resources Manager Deltec Bank & Trust Limited P. 0. Box N.3229 Nassau, Bahamas Resumes may also be faxed c/o 362-4623 or emailed to email@example.com. ABSOLUTELY NO TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED V ,I I I I THE TRIBUNE * LiNSOLD) 2007 XL7 sports-utility vehicles sit outside a Suzuki dealership in the northwest Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The Commerce Department said that orders to United States fac- tories for big-ticket manu- factured goods posted a moderate 0.6 per cent increase in April, helped by a continued rebound in business investment. (AP Photo: David Zalubowski) INSIGHT For the stories behind the news, read Insight on Monday FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007, PAGE 7B COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS IN THE SUPREME COURT Common Law and Equity Division 2006 CLE/qui/No.825 IN THE MATTER OF ALL THAT piece parcel or tract of land containing approximately Seven acres and Seventy-seven hundredths of an acre situate in the Island or Cay known as Frazer's Hog Cay one of the Berry Islands group in the said Bahama Islands being Lot Numbers Fifty-five, Fifty-seven and Fifty-nine in the plan of a Subdivision of a portion of the said Frazer's Hog Cay. AND IN THE MATTER OF the Quieting Titles Act, 1959 AND IN THE MATTER OF the Petition of Allan Lightboum NOTICE THE PETITION OF ALLAN LIGHTBOURNE in respect of:- ALL THAT piece parcel or tract of land containing approximately Seven acres and seventy-severr hundredths of an acre situate in the Island or Cay known as Frazer's Hog Cay one of the Berry Islands group in the said Bphama Islands being Lot Numbers Fifty-five, Fifty-seven and Fifty-nine in the plan of a Subdivision of a portion of the Frazer's Hog Cay bounded Northwestwardly by a road Thirty-five feet wide and running thereon Six hundred and Nineteen feet and Eight- six hundredths of a foot Northeastwardly by Lot Number sixty-one in the said plan and running thereon Five hundred and ninety-seven feet more or less to the High Water Mark Southeastwardly by the sea and running thereon Five Hundred and eighty feet and Seventy hundredths of a foot and Southwestwardly by Lot Number Fifty-three in the said plan and running thereon Five Hundred and Thirty-five more or less to the High Water Mark. ALLAN LIGHTBOURNE claims to be the owner in fee simple in possession of the following land and has made application to the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas under Section Three (3) of the Quieting Titles Act, 1959 to have his title to the said land investigated and the nature and extent thereof determined and declared in a Certificate of Title to be granted by the Court in accordance with the provisions of the said Act. Copies of the Petition and Plan of the said land may be inspected during normal office hours in the following places: 1. The Registry of the Supreme Court, East Street, North, in the City of Nassau, Bahamas; 2. The Chambers of Lockhart & Munroe, #35 Buen Retiro Road, off Shirley Street, Nassau, The Bahamas; and 3. The Office of the Commissioner/Administrator, Justice of the Peace or the Local Constable at The Berry Islands, The Bahamas. NOTICE is hereby given that any person having dower or right to dower or an Adverse Claim or a claim not recognized in the Petition shall on or before the 16th day of July, A.D., 2007 file in the Supreme Court and Serve on the Petitioner or the undersigned a Statemenroftis Claim in the prescribed for verified by an Affidavit to be filed therewith. Failure of any such person to file and served a Statement of his Claim on or before the 16th day of July, A.D., 2007 will operate as a bar to such claim. LOCKHART & MUNROE CHAMBERS 35 BUEN RETIRO ROAD NASSAU, BAHAMAS Attorneys for the Petitioner Get your own bowl. vt U I Sheraton Cable Beach RESORT Sheraton will create a 700 room hotel with meeting space at Baha Mar. The hotel will feature easy access to shopping, gaming and the beach Director of Rooms The new, soon-to-be open, Sheraton Cable Beach Resort, Nassau, The Bahamas is looking for a Director of Rooms. This is a highly visible position within the hotel's management team. The qualified candidate must possess at least 6 years hotel experience in Front Office, Housekeeping and Guest Services with a minimum 4 years of management level experience in these areas. The major areas of responsibility and management will include: Front Office, Guest Services, Housekeeping, Security, Gift Shop, Health Club, Recreation and Tennis. This position is responsible for short and long term planning and day-to-day operations of the above listed areas. The ideal candidate must be highly skilled in budget and expense management, recruitment, training, customer service and has a superior ability to supervise, motivate and develop staff. The potential candidate should have excellent working knowledge of Hotel Property management systems, Opera and must be a detailed oriented team player, possess strong organizational skills, computer literate (Excel a must), and possess excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills. A Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required. All qualified applicants should forward a copy of their resume' to the Director of Human Resources at email@example.com or forward to fax # 327-3037. All resumes will be held in the strictest of confidence. THE TRIBUNE B FRIDAYMAY 25 2007 IrrAG o I ",' I I -5' -, _ COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS 2007 IN THE SUPREME COURT No. 317 Equity Side IN THE MATTER OF ALL THAT piece parcel or lot of land being the western most moiety of Lot Number Eleven (11) in the Coral Harbour Subdivision situate in the Western District of the Island of New Providence one of the Islands of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas AND IN THE MATTER OF the Quieting Titles Act, 1959 (Chapter 393) Statute Law of The Bahamas revised edition 2001 AND IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Emmanuel Van Johnson NOTICE EMMANUEL VAN JOHNSON, The Petitioner, claims to be the owner in fee simple in possession of all that piece parcel or lot of land hereinbefore described and has made application to the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas under Section 3 of the Quieting Titles Act to have the title to the said piece parcel or lot of land investigated and the nature and extent thereof determined and declared in a Certificate of Title to be granted by the SCourt in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Copies of a diagram or plan showing the position 'boundaries shape marks and dimensions of the said ;piece parcel or lot of land may be inspected during ;normal working hours at the following places: (a) The Registry of the Supreme Court Ansbacher Building, East Street in the City of Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas. (b) The Chambers of Messrs. Davis & Co., British Colonial Hilton, Centre of Commerce, 4th Floor Suite 400, #1 Bay Street, Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas, Attorneys for the Petitioner. NOTICE is hereby given that any person or persons having a right of Dower or an adverse claim or a claim not recognized in the Petition shall within thirty (30) days after the appearance of the Notice herein file in the Registry of the Supreme Court in the City of Nassau aforesaid and serve on the Petitioners or the undersigned a statement of his claim in the prescribed form, verified by an Affidavit to be filed therewith. Failure of any such person to file and serve a statement of claim within thirty (30) days herein will operate as a bar to such claim. Dated this 24th day of April, A.D. 2007 DAVIS & CO. Chambers British Colonial Hilton Centre of Commerce 4th Floor Suite 400 #1 Bay Street Nassau, Bahamas Attorneys for the Petitioner M HIGH-definition TVs on display at a Best Buy store in Mountain View, California. (APPhoto:PaulSakuma) (AP Photo: Paul Sakuma) Lawsuit against Best Buy Nation's largest consumer electronics retailer accused of denying deals found at company's Web site CLOSED FOR STOCKTAKING Nassau Motor Company's Parts Department will be closed for stocktaking... MAY 2007 JUNE 2007 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Monday, May 28 and Friday June 1 are holidays We will be closed from 5:00pm Tuesday, May 29 through Saturday, June 2. We will re-open on Monday, June 4. We regret any inconvenience to our valued customers. @NMc WASSAU MOTOR CO L * By STEPHANIE REITZ Associated Press Writer HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) Connecticut's attorney general has announced a law- suit against Best Buy Compa- ny Incorporated, accusing the nation's largest consumer elec- tronics retailer of deceiving cus- tomers with in-store computer kiosks and overcharging them. The lawsuit, which will be filed in Hartford Superior Court, accuses Best Buy of denying deals found at the com- pany's Web site, www.Best- Buy.com. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said store employees charged customers higher prices found on a looka- like internal Web site. "Best Buy gave consumers the worst deal a bait-and- switch-plus scheme luring con- sumers into stores with promised online discounts, only to charge higher in-store prices," Bhlmenthal said. Calls seeking comment were placed to the company. Blumenthal opened an inveS- tigation into the Richfield, Minn.-based retailer in March. About 20 customers com- plained to his office after a columnist for Tae Hartford Courant reported the experi- ence of one Connecticut man who found a lapto, computer advertised for $72999 on Best- Buy.com, then wert to a Best Buy store where ar employee who seemed to check the same Web site told him th; price was actually $879.99. Previously, the company confirmed that store employees have access to an internal Web site hat looks nearly identical to 'he public BestBuy.com site, bit the com- pany's policy is always to offer customers the lowest quoted price unless it's specifically iden- tified as a deal avaihble only to online shoppers. International Offshore Bank is seeking a TRADING BACK OFFICE ASSISTANT. Familiar with back office duties, trading confirmation, SWIFT. Spanish spoken would be a plus. Proven knowledge of MS Office products, Please submit your resume to: HR Manager P.O. Box CB- 11903 Nassau, NP. NOTICE IN THE ESTATE OF NORMA LOUISE PEARCE late of Coral Lakes, New Providence, The Bahamas deceased NOTICE is hereby given that all persons having any claim or demand against or interest in the above Estate should send same duly certified in writing to the undersigned on or before 22nd June, 2007 after which date the Executor will proceed to distribute the assets of the Estate having regard only to the claims, demands or interests of which he shall then have had notice AND all persons indebted to the above Estate are asked to settle such debts on or before 22nd June, 2007. FITZGERALD & FITZGERALD Attorneys for the Executor P.O. Box CB-11173 Suite 212, Lagoon Court Building Olde Towne Mall at Sandyport West Bay Street Nassau, Bahamas C F A. L" Pricing Information As Of: Thursday, 24 May 200 7 WNW''.''-t g c. .'1/od3'i 00.00 f YTD 98 .23 / YTD % 05.86 .2ws -H, .2wk.Loaw Securat Previous Close Today's Close Cnanre Da.i. ol ES IF_ I. i P Y.ela I .5 0 54 Abaco MarKets t 18 1 1 8 C,00' 5,,J -': I82 0 600C N r.1 000u-. 12.05 11.00 Bahamas Property Fund 11.60 11.60 0.00 1.548 0.400 7.5 3.45% 9.;30 7.10 Bank of Bahamas 9.30 9.30 0.00 0.737 0.260 12.6 2.80% 0.65 0.70 Benchmark 0.85 0.85 0.00 0.129 0.020 6.6 2.35% 2.77 1.30 Bahamas Waste 2.77 2.77 0.00 0.243 0.060 11.1 2.22% 1.49 1.20 Fidelity Bank 1.30 1.30 0.00 0.067 0.020 19.4 1.54% 10.42 9.00 Cable Bahamas 10.42 10.42 0.00 0.949 0.240 11.0 2.30% 2.'10 1.67 Colina Holdings 2.10 2.10 0.00 1,400 0.245 0.080 8.6 3.81% 14.40 10.60 Commonwealth Bank 14.40 14.40 0.00 1.152 0.680 12.5 4.72% 6.26 4.22 Consolidated Water BDRs 5.24 5.04 -0.20 0.112 0.049 46 8 0.94% 2.76 2.40 Doctor's Hospital 2.40 2.40 0.00 3.500 0.234 0.000 10.3 0.00% 6s.21 5.54 Famguard 5.96 5.96 0.00 0.694 0.240 8.6 4.03% 12.49 11.25 Finco 12.50 12.50 0.00 0.779 0.570 16.0 4.56% 14.70 12.22 FirstCaribbean 14.37 14.37 0.00 0 977 0.500 14.7 3.48% 17.18 10.50 Focol 17.18 17.18 0.00 1.657 0.520 10.4 3.03% 1.05 0.54 Freeport Concrete 0.54 0.54 0.00 -0.432 0.000 N/M 0.00% 1(4.20 7.10 ICD Utilities 7.20 7.20 0.00 0.532 0.100 13.5 1.39% 9.110 8.52 J. 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'R' __ _~~ I PAGE 10B, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007 IE TRIBUNE BUSINESS COISPG Dennis "'JUST1 1tK,JoEy, IFV WE R W EIH W51TLESS, W WOULPN T HAVE TO NEAR SHOFS O WIPE OUR FT1'." Contract Bridge By steve Becker Sylvia Hits the Jackpot West dealer. Both sides vulnerable. NORTH *Q7 VKQ62 +A106 42 WEST *AKJ 1062 V 109 *964 *K3 EAST +853 VJ874 *72 +7875 SOUTH +94 VA53 +AKQJ 103 +Q9 The bidding: West North East South 1 + Pass Pass 5 + Opening lead king of spades. Sylvia had only the foggiest notion of what constituted a finesse when she started to play at the club. Of course, there were other areas of the gamp in which she was equally ignorant, to put it mildly, but that did not stop her from playing in the expert game. It would, of course, have made more sense for Sylvia to play with the less-competent players in the club. But, regrettably, she was driven from the start to master the game by playing with only the best players, regardless of cost. You can judge how Sylvia (South) played in those days by examining the bidding and play of this hand. Her five-diamond bid was clearly correct in her view, since she felt she had an excellent hand and saw no reason to bid less than game. She. considered the marvelous dummy that came down to be no more than her due. West cashed two spades and shifted to the ten of hearts. Sylvia took the ten with the ace and, dimly remembering something called a finesse, led the queen of clubs. She reasoned that if West had the king, her queen would win the trick, since she planned to play low from dummy. However, West covered the queen with the king, forcing Sylvia to win with the ace. Undaunted by this set- back, she next cashed all her trumps, retaining only the K-Q-6 of hearts in dummy. On the last trump lead, East, who at this point held the J-8-7 of hearts and jack of clubs, had to make a discard. He could not spare a heart, so he discarded the jack of clubs. Sylvia was not absolutely sure her nine was the high club, but she was sure enough to lead it next, and when it held the trick, she wound up making five diamonds. Consciously or unconsciously, Sylvia had executed one of the rarest plays in bridge a transfer squeeze! I T~ARE R C M G A A The Target uses words in the main body of Chambers 21st Century Dictionary (1999 edition). _o HOW many words of four letters or more can you make from the letters shown here? In making a word, each letter may C'be used once only. Each must contain the centre letter and there must be at least one I "nine-letter word. No plurals. i a u TODAY'S TARGET s ,. ,,,.- "Good 11; very good 18; excellent 26 (or more). Solution tomorrow. T R E T 0 I N 0 N E U CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS DOWN 9 A beginner in it, I take to table- 1 Learned it had got better (6,2) turning (9) 2 Having done something he shouldn't turning (9) the boy is upset(6) 10 Given the odd tip, are providing 3 The big one, child, is to accommo- drink (8) date the horse (8) 12 Not a strict disciplinarian in class (4) 4 Call on, on finding a decrease in the 13 Raking less work in, isn't flush (6) numbers of (4,2) 14 Potentially there accommodation 5 Not so bad you can't offer it around? (8) for many in the refuge (7) 6 Makes it understood the gate's to be 15 The inference is, it's a discount (9) repaired, furious (4,6) 17 Faces up to and withdraws? (5,4) 7 When I'd see staggering about, from 18 Customary behaviour of a man with the sickness (7) a bird (7) 8 Turning "The Globe" first into a restaurant (6) 20 Travels by, as it happens (4,2) 11 As directed, I get off about 21 A stake would help (4) a stone (7) 24 Jeers at "private residence" (8) 16 Thanks for the toast (6) 26 Only after money and stuff (8) 19 Mere suspicion, you find (5) 28 Restrain from turning to look(4) 20 Jaw thawill drop when taken 29 Not going downhill to the building (6) 22 The turn of speed gets applause (5) 31 How the buoyant company was put 23 Meaning it's non-domestic (6) on the market? (7) 25 Bypassing a process in the making 34 As a party, how it's going with peo- of clothes (7,3) ple (9) 26 Speaking the line, as a prompt (3) pIe (9) 27 Carries it off, with humour (7) 36 After blending, stir roughly in: it's 30 Is joking about making the flight very good (5-4) safer (8) 38 Going along with the provision of 31 The roof's to be repaired the identification (7) housetop it's old, indeed (8) 39 A good address (6) 32 Fearing I'd be out in the garden, SA working (8) 40 What's getting the dog excited a 33 The oil ran out and made pointer (4) a mess of (7) 41 I, having seen unleashing the dog in, 35 Telling the dope to get into bed (6) become anxious (8) 36 A commotion when the four escape again (6) 42 Kept talking, to disconcert the 37 Edits the announcements fellow (7,2) people put in (6) aESTrIEA'rsCHYRTCSOLUmONS YESERDAY'SEASY StLUlONS ACROSS: 1, Glass 6, Match 9,WI- shful 10, Asp-lc 11, S-pasm 12,0 D- arts 13, Wipe out 15, Pod 17, Hell 18, Creamy 19, Sells(cells) 20, T.- Hanks 22, Puc-E 24, Eat 25, Du-lla- R-d 26, Sprat 27, Strap 28, Faith 29, Lentils 30, Order 31, Y-E.im DOWN: 2, Lass-i-e 3, Swlve-I 4, Sic 5, Wheat 6, Must-ers 7, Alps 8, Cust. OM 12, D-UK-es 13, White 14, Pleat 15, Padua 16,Dy-fed 18,CL-out 19, Skipper 21, Ha-TT-er 22, Please 23, Crater 25, Dante 26, Sale 28, Fly ACROSS: 1, Shame 6, Count 9, Angular 10, Scald 11, Range 12, Total 13, Discern 15,Ale 17, Acne 18, Merged 19, Carol 20, Eluded 22, Else 24, Dot 25, Contend 26, Altar 27, Panda 28, Visor 29, Archaic 30, Teems 31, Aster DOWN: 2, Hectic 3, Malice 4, End 5, Huron 6, Caramel 7, Oral 8, Negate 12, Tread 13, Dated 14, Snout 15, Agilb 16, Edged 18, Motor 19, Cellars 21, Locate 22, Ethics 23, Snooze 25, Cache 26, Adam 20, Via ACROSS 9 Building designer (9) 10 Foolish talk (8) 12 Group of footballers (4) 13 Cause to remember (6) 14 Latent, inoperative (7) 15 Lucky (9) 17 Unwilling (9) 18 Paying guests (7) 20 Walk sotly (6) 21 Rescue (4) 24 Set free (8) 26 At the very moment that (2,4,2) 28 Unlock (4) 29 Heavy starchy food (6) 31 Slim (7) 34 Religious building (9) 36 Old maids (9) 38 Treasure (7) 39 The state of being rich (6) 40 Object of worship (4) 41 Pistol type (8) 42 Indirect costs (9) DOWN 1 Remaining true or loyalty (8) 2 Chocolate finger cake (6) 3 Old soldiers (8) 4 Try very hard (6) 5 Boiled sweet (4,4) 6 Wild plants (10) 7 Draw towards (7) 8 Fruit (6) 11 Stammer (7) 16 Irregular (6) 19 Am ition (5) 20 Definite article (3) 22 Prize (5) 23 Hangs in the air (6) 25 Lotion for men (10) 26 Top card (3) 27 To make up (7) 30 American slate (8) 31 Ninepins (8) 32 Fidgety (8) 33 Book ol words (7) 35 Move unsteadily, wobble (6) 36 Summer, say (6) 37 Make beloved (6) ' Tribune Horoscope By LINDA BLACK FRIDAY, MAY 25 ARIES March 21/April 20 When it comes to a business decision' early in the week, Aries, you have to be patient. You're not the one in control here, and pressuring the person who is in will make you look desperate. TAURUS April 21/May 21 Your stubbornness can be your downfall when it comes to dealing with loved ones this week. While you should go after what you want, don't ignore those close to you. GEMINI May 22/June 21 You have an easy week ahead of you, Gemini. So, enjoy yourself. Try to relax, and have a good time. You cer- tainly deserve it. Go out with a close friend and have a lot of fun. CANCER June 22/July 22 You become the center of atten- tion when you share good news with those closest to you early in the week, Cancer. Don't be embar- rassed, you deserve the spotlight. A loved one asks for advice. LEO July 23/August 23 Keep your opinions to yourself when talking with co-workers early in the week, Leo. These people won't appre- ciate your point of view. Let them say what they want. VIRGO Aug 24/Sept 22 You're on pins and needles as you wait for an important package this week. Don't get yourself all worked up over this. No matter what the outcome, you're going to be okay. LIBRA Sept 23/Oct 23 Try to help close friends when they get into an argument early in the week, Libra. It will take some effort on your part to get these two talking again, but you certainly are up to it. SCORPIO Oct 24/Nov 22 Don't let your ego get the best of you when you receive accolades this week, Scorpio. You deserve the praise. But don't let the attention go directly to your head. SAGITARIUS Nov 23/Dec 21 You have quite a lot of work to do this week, Sagittarius, so don't get distracted by those around you. You need to stay focused if you hope to accomplish anything. Set your priorities, and work diligently. CAPRICORN Dec 22/Jan 20 Don't back down when an acquaintance challenges your authority. You are in con- trol of this situation and you know that you're doing the right thing. Your roman- tic interest calls it quits, but you'll survive. AQUARIUS-Jan 21/Feb 18 , Be careful when a friend offers you an interesting opportunity this week, Aquarius. This person isn't telling you everything that you need to know. Get all of the facts. PISCES Feb 19/March 20. Don't turn your back on a friend-who is in trouble early in the week. While you have a lot to do, this person really needs you. So take the time to help him or her. oCHoSosbyL o rd . lan Nepomniacnicni v teiidn Brynell, Corus Wijk C 2007. The white player is aged 16 and Russia's best teenage talent, though his name provides a challenge to chess journalists. He looked sure to take first prize at Corus C after a series of fine wins, but a final round defeat enabled his Polish rival to pass him. The teenager makes his moves fast, blitzing his opponents as his attacking instincts put him en route to the opposing king. Today's position is on th e that bishops of opposite colour (WB on dark squares, BB on light), which are a strong drawing factor in the endgame, aid the attacking side in the middle game. Here at first glance Black's position is not bad, as material is level and he 7j a I I 4 aizi ~fiiaia r ~ threatens both Rxc7 and Qxc4. But it took just two turns for White to demonstrate the opposite bishop's theme and force resignation. What happened? LEONARD BARDEN Chess solution 8367:1 Rd6 Qxc4 2 e6! Resigns. If fxe6 and White can mate by the crude 3 Qe7* or the elegant 3 Qxh6+! 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I ) ?; ? 0 0 Kl -0 01 W, ,T -, -, "C -, r, -C O ;-N?.i C 0 n v, THE TRIBUNE PAGE 12B, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007 Internal or external auditor should 'test the suita of a Business Continuity Plan FROM page 1 nature, and the Bahamas sit- ting squarely in the middle of the storm zone, Ms Rolle said the ability of licencees to pro- vide key services in the after- math of a major disaster was "not an option or a luxury, it's an absolute requirement" for maintaining public confidence in the integrity of the Bahami- an financial system and avoid- ing systemic risk. Business Continuity Plan- ning was not just an issue for individual licencees, "but the reputation of this jurisdiction as well", given that eight of the world's largest 10 financial institutions had established operations in the Bahamas. Ms Rolle added that Business Continuity should rank along- side all the other risks that financial institutions sought to manage on a daily basis, such as liquidity risk, market risk, credit risk and interest rate risk, being one of the top issues considered under the opera- tional risk heading. Where Bahamas-based bank and trust company licencees we're branches of a foreign company, the firm's head office Business Continuity Plan would beoadequate for it, pro- vided its provisions were in line with the Central Bank's own guidelines on Business Conti- nuity. Where a bank and trust company licencee was a sub- sidiary of a foreign institution, subject to consolidated super- vision, again the head office plan was adequate if it was in* line with the Central Bank guidelines. Testing Testing a Business Continu- ity Plan, to assess whether an institution could recover criti- cal services and data in the event of a disaster,,was vital, Ms Rolle said, because "having an inadequate Business Conti- nuity Plan is probably as bad as not having one at all". Those testing it needed to be the team that would operate the Business Continuity Plan in the event of a major disaster. The Central Bank would review the Business Continuity Plan in its on-site examinations of licencees, Ms Rolle said, and that ultimate responsibility for it lay with the licencee's management and Board. If Bahamas-based banks and trust companies selected their primary disaster recovery site as a foreign country, Ms Rolle warned them to ensure that the operations of their Bahamian staff did not breach local laws in those nations. "The Central Bank must be in position to continue regula- tion and supervision of tem- porarily relocated firms out- side the Bahamas," she added. All agency agreements that Bahamian banks entered into with third parties, which might require the disclosure of infor- mation, had to be approved by the Central Bank first. "Based on the feedback the Central Bank has received from the industry, Business Continuity Planning is not a new concept for licencees. It may be a case of ensuring Busi- ness Continuity Plans are appropriately aligned with the guidelines and the Central Bank has given approval to the plan," Ms Rolle said. "The costs of not preparing for operational disasters and disruptions could be far-reach- ing. It is often said that a busi- ness that does not plan, plans to fail." W econvienent and gpes me a u i'ad sart on mday, The For delivery of the leading Sahamlan newspaper, call The Tlrbunes Circulation Department at 502.2383 or viett our offices on Shirley Street to sign up today 3 monhs (13 weeks) $ 4 month 426 weeks $ 1 ysar 152 weks) $ 45," 84,9 160,00 TribuneU i my nawsyae" . 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