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ROAD TRAFFIC TO EXTEND HOURS TO BEAT CHAOS
By KHRISNA VIRGIL Deputy Chief Reporter kvirgil@tribunemedia.net  THE Road Traffic Department, beginning today, will roll out several measures aimed at combating the chaos and long lines created by the recent implementation of a new $8m system, beginning with extended operating hours. SEE PAGE SIX
Izmirlian hits BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW out at transfer to Perfect Luck By SANCHESKA DORSETT Tribune Staff Reporter sdorsett@tribunemedia.net  SARKIS Izmirlian criticised the transfer of Baha Mar’s assets to Perfect Luck Holdings Ltd yesterday, calling the sale to the special purpose vehicle created by the Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM) an “intricate fabrication�. And nearly two weeks after making a “bona fide� offer to buy Baha Mar, Mr Izmirlian, CEO of BMD Holdings Ltd, said he found it “bizarre� that he has received no response to the “superior proposal�. In fact, in a letter addressed to Liu Liange, vicechairman and president of CEXIM, Mr Izmirlian
said not only has the bank not acknowledged receipt of the proposal, but “nor has anyone associated with either the bank, the receivers, or Perfect Luck,� made contact with him. Mr Izmirlian is the original developer of Baha Mar. In a letter dated October 10, Mr Izmirlian made an offer to purchase the stalled $3.5 billion resort “at a price in excess� of the current undisclosed bid. Mr Izmirlian said BMD Holdings is prepared to pay 100 per cent of all “substantiated� Bahamian claims and all money owed to Bahamians and foreign employees. SEE PAGE SIX
SLOW RESPONSE BY BUSINESSES TO CLAIM ON DEBTS FROM RESORT By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
BAHA Mar’s Claims Committee Chairman James Smith said Bahamian businesses owed money by the resort are responding slower than expected to the call to submit necessary documents in order to receive ex-gratia payments made available by the Export-Import Bank of China. This comes as the Claims Committee has completed one goal, paying the 2,000 or so former Bahamian employees of Baha Mar
who were terminated last year, giving the workers the salaries, severance pay, accrued vacation pay and notice payments due to termination that was owed to them. “We had very minimum complaints and even within the range of complaints the differences weren’t much,� Mr Smith said about the payments to employees. But while the committee’s deadline for processing and dealing with the claims of Bahamian businesses expires in late SEE PAGE SIX
GOVERNMENT school students were back in class yesterday throughout New Providence after schools sustained damage from Hurricane Matthew. See page 12 for more photographs. Photo: TIm Clarke/Tribune Staff
MINNIS SAYS PREFERENCE PINDER’S POINT RESIDENT GIVEN BY NEMA TO PLPS SAYS NO RELIEF FROM GOVT By SANCHESKA DORSETT Tribune Staff Reporter sdorsett@tribunemedia.net  FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday accused the National Emergency Management Agency of giving “preferential treatment� to Progressive Liberal Party supporters and leaving everyone else “out in the cold� in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Speaking with The Tribune after completing a walkabout in Lowe Sound, Andros, Dr Minnis said residents claimed that NEMA is only buying food
and supplies from stores where the owners support the government. He also said that there are no construction supplies in Andros and residents are “anxious� to begin repairs on their homes. North Andros was one of the islands hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew earlier this month. The island suffered severe flooding, damage to nearly 100 homes while 35 others were destroyed. “My team and I came down to Andros to see the progress and to ensure that SEE PAGE THREE
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
RUTH Russell, 75, of Pinder’s Point/Lewis Yard, has not received relief assistance from any government agency, and has had to depend on the kindness of the church and others for food, a hot meal, and help to repair her damaged house. The elderly woman said representatives from Social Services had been by to conduct an assessment. A large portion of her home’s roof is missing and covered with tarpaulin, and all of the furnishings were dam-
aged inside. Ms Russell and her son were finally able to scrape up some money for a generator on Friday. “I got my generator and my nephew hooked it up in the back, and that’s how we had light for the first time since hurricane – we did not get any generator from NEMA, we got it ourselves and we had to scrap to get money to buy it- it cost us $500,� she said. “Social Services and everybody came here say they taking assessment and gone. They ain’t bring nothing yet,� she said on Monday. SEE PAGE TWO
ACTIVIST SAYS PINDER COMMENTS INAPPROPRIATE By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net
LOCAL LGBT activist Erin Green criticised Deputy Registrar Ron Pinder yesterday for language he
used when stressing earlier this week that he is heterosexual, saying someone who uses such language should not be a representative of the government. Uproar erupted on social media recently after photos
of a wedding between Alfred and Rickia Pratt were posted online, with many mistaking the couple as lesbians. Mr Pinder officiated at the ceremony. Mr Pinder called a press conference Monday to refute the erroneous as-
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sertions, and also insisted that he is “not a sissy� or “a punk,� but is instead “a man.� He said some people had also speculated that he was a homosexual. SEE PAGE FIVE