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Volume:116 No.186, SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2019
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THE EXTENSIVE damage and destruction to The Mudd from Hurricane Dorian.
Photo: Gonzalo Gaudenzi/AP
Smith warns govt cannot use Dorian to take away people’s property rights HAITI ‘IN NO POSITION TO HELP’ DISPLACED RESIDENTS
MAN SHOT DEAD AS HE SITS IN HIS CAR
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
ATTORNEY Fred Smith says the property rights of residents from The Mudd and Pigeon Peas survived Hurricane Dorian’s destruction of buildings in their communities. Mr Smith, pictured, suggested that though the government has issued a prohibition order against residential and commercial construction in the areas,
the legal fight over the future of the property is not complete. “The government couldn’t take away their property rights before Dorian and so the government cannot legally use the disaster of Dorian to now take away the same property rights that existed before Dorian,” he said. “Just like every other community, they have a right to rebuild.” SEE PAGE FIVE
By KHRISNA RUSSELL Deputy Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
MANY displaced residents of The Mudd and Pigeon Peas shanty towns are wedged between a rock and a hard place because Haiti is in no position to accept them and their homes in Abaco have been completely wiped out. Haiti has no functioning government; its parliament is not in session and it doesn’t have a
national budget. This was the opinion of Haitian Chargé d'Affaires Dorval Darlier yesterday, who said while he agrees with the government’s sixmonth construction ban in unregulated communities in Abaco, it highlights the uncertainty and fears of people who once called these places home. On Sunday, the government issued a ban ordering no new construction in those communities. The ban will be enforced
for six months or longer if government sees the need. But with Haiti’s government remaining in turmoil, Mr Darlier was noncommittal on advising people to return there. “You know we are in a situation of crisis right now,” Mr Darlier told The Tribune yesterday. “We don’t have no legitimate government in place as you know. On both sides, there’s a lot of pressure. There are a lot of problems SEE PAGE FIVE
By RIEL MAJOR Tribune Staff Reporter rmajor@tribunemedia.net A MAN died in hospital after he was shot while sitting in his car on Wednesday night, police said. The incident is the sixth killing police reported this week. It pushed the murder count to 76 for the year, according to this newspaper’s records. Police said shortly SEE PAGE NINE
SURVIVORS PICKING UP THE PIECES By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
FOR many Hurricane Dorian victims who were lucky to survive the monster storm, the uncertain process of picking up the pieces of their lives now begins. One of those victims,
Edward Reckley, is not troubled by much. He evacuated Abaco, but his home is intact. While he saw dead bodies in the Marsh Harbour clinic, he is not emotionally scarred. Though the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium is crowded, he is comfortable with its accommodations.
“My only complaint is my wife,” he told The Tribune outside the gym. “She want carry my six children and run to the States.” Deciding what to do can be fraught with problems for those displaced by Hurricane Dorian. For families, it can be worryingly contentious. SEE PAGE SIX
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THE PEOPLE WHO LEFT HOME TO COME AND HELP
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