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VOLUME:115 No.215, OCTOBER 2ND, 2018
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âą 4Câs home-built boat never inspected âą First mate in disaster was ownerâs 12-year-old son âą Questions raised over safety of other Exuma vessels By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
to a recognised standard, or to naval architectural or technical drawings; and the craftâs construction and THE Exuma tour com- equipment materials were pany involved in a deadly not verified for suitability of boat explosion that killed useâ. a woman and injured ten Investigators also others in June broke the concluded that the law by operating a boat that Port Department of was neither registered Exuma has not been nor ever inspected by the âadequately resourced Port Authority, the Baha- to control and regulate mas Maritime Authority commercial water crafts revealed yesteroperating on the day. islandâ, noting The verin their report dict about 4Câs that a âsignifiAdventures was cant number in the BMAâs of commercial report on the crafts operating Exuma inciwithin the waters dent, which was of Exuma are released during not registered a press conferwith the Port ence yesterday. Department âUnder no despite having MINISTER Renward circumstancesâ submitted valid should 4Câs have Wells said a cease and applications. operated the desist order is still in The mechanical, âcraft on a com- place on 4Câs. structural, and mercial basisâ, safety standards investigators wrote in their required to be met cannot report. be verifiedâ. Among the findings were The exact cause of the that the home-built boatâs boatâs explosion could not âfuel-fill and vent hose be determined because the did not appear to meet the damage the vessel sustained required specification for its was too great. intended purpose; the craft SEE PAGE THREE had not been constructed
THE BLAZE in June which ripped through the 4Câs boat, leaving one woman dead and ten other people injured.
WATER BOARD STARTS CRUISE LINER CALL-UP TURN-OFF OFFENSIVE DEALS GB NEW BLOW By RICARDO WELLS Tribune Staff Reporter rwells@tribunemedia.net THE Water and Sewerage Corporation yesterday commenced a mass disconnection of delinquent accounts across the country, with thousands expected to be affected. The corporationâs executive chairman, Adrian Gibson, in an interview with The Tribune yesterday confirmed that planned disconnections were underway across the New Providence.
Last week, Mr Gibson said in a bid to collect ânearly halfâ the $45m owed to the corporation, officials would begin disconnections at some point this week. When contacted yesterday for an update on the status of that exercise and when it was expected to get underway, Mr Gibson responded: âToday.â When asked which groups were being targeted and how many people SEE PAGE SEVEN
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE Grand Celebration cruise ship has been called upon to provide housing for workers in Massachusetts after a series of gas explosions there last month - bringing fresh concerns for the economy of Grand Bahama. Residents were last night hoping that the blow of losing the Grand Celebration for a second consecutive year will be âcushionedâ by
continued service from its sister cruise ship. Government ministers and senior private sector executives said the Grand Classicaâs presence should minimise the fall-out from losing the Celebration for the next two months. Kwasi Thompson, minister of state for Grand Bahama, last night said the cruise line had pledged to âdo what they can to mitigate the lossâ of the Celebration. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
WEâRE GOING TO NEED A BIG DUSTPAN By MORGAN ADDERLEY Tribune Staff Reporter madderley@tribunemedia.net âTHE end of an eraâ was how some onlookers described yesterdayâs structural demolition of the former Crystal Palace Resort and Casino. The blasts began precisely at 7.30am, with the three towers and old casino structures coming down in quick succession. The last major demolition
CRYSTAL Palace Resort and Casino comes tumbling down in yesterdayâs demolition. in New Providence occurred 25 years ago, when the Montagu Beach
Hotel was demolished on April 23, 1993. Yesterday morning, crowds gathered at vantage points including Go Slow Bend on West Bay Street and the Baha Mar Grand Hyatt parking lot to beyond to watch the iconic hotel fall. Cheers and shouts erupted at the end, with some onlookers exclaiming, âIt gone! It gone!â
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