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Volume: 121 No. 227, October 21, 2024
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SARKIS’ $1.6BN WIN IN BAHA MAR BATTLE
s *UDGE SAYS FRAUD CLAIM PROVEN @BEYOND DOUBT s "EIJING MEETING BRANDED @SHAM AND SHAKEDOWN s 3IR "ALTRON "ETHEL CRITICISED IN COURT RULING By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net BAHA Mar’s main contractor perpetrated “an absolute sham and shakedown” on Sarkis Izmirlian while providing “phony” completion dates that ultimately cost his family $845m and ousted them from the project. In a scathing judgment
OSCAR SPURS EVACUATION BUT DAMAGES MINIMAL By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
released by the New York State Supreme Court on Friday, comprehensively demolished China Construction America’s (CCA) defence in awarding Baha Mar’s original developer the full value of his lost investment plus more than a decade’s worth of pre-judgment interest. BAHA Mar Resort on West Bay Street. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
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SILENCE OVER PROGRESS OF American tourist dies after rental IMMIGRATION COMMISSION vehicle overturns near Arawak Cay By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net A YEAR after Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis set up a commission to review discretionary decisions at the Department of Immigration, prompted by a controversy involving
Keith Bell, no updates on the commission’s work have been disclosed. Immigration Minister Alfred Sears declined to comment when asked about it on Saturday. Office of the Prime Minister communications officials did not SEE PAGE SEVEN
By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A TOURIST was killed yesterday when a rental 4x4 overturned at Arawak Cay. The man, who is a 21-year-old American, was a passenger in the vehicle. His death again placed the spotlight on deadly traffic accidents days after the Ministry of Energy and Transport raised concerns. After the latest incident, police urged all
drivers and passengers to ensure they wore seat belts. Assistant Superintendent Demetria Capron said around 11am yesterday, a green rental Ranger 4x4 ATR was at the back of Arawak Cay near the port when the driver began reversing. The vehicle overturned onto its side, injuring a frontseat passenger who was thrown from the vehicle. Emergency Medical Services responded, but the passenger died at the SEE PAGE SEVEN
TWO MEN DEAD OVER WEEKEND IN SEPARATE SHOOTINGS By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net TWO fatal shootings over the weekend brought the country’s murder count to 97. Shortly before 9pm on Saturday, an adult man was killed, and another was hospitalised. Police responded to gunshots reported on Martin Close off Cowpen Road, where
they discovered the two men with gunshot injuries. One of the victims was transported to the hospital by private vehicle, while the other succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The victims were reportedly standing outside a residence when two masked men exited a silver Japanese vehicle and opened fire. The suspects fled north SEE PAGE FIVE
THE SCENE in Yellow Elder on Graham Drive where a man was shot and killed Saturday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
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HURRICANE Oscar, a category one storm, caused minimal damage across the south-eastern Bahamas, but many families in Inagua faced fear and uncertainty as they were forced to evacuate their homes to escape the storm’s winds and rain. A hurricane warning was issued for Mayaguana, Crooked Island, Acklins, Long Cay, Ragged Island, and Inagua after Oscar rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to SEE PAGE THREE
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