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Volume: 112 No.224
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2016
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Baha Mar bidder is Hong Kong firm Chow Tai Fook Enterprises named as being in talks By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net AFTER months of speculation and intense national interest, the identity of the company in negotiations to acquire Baha Mar has been disclosed as Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited (CTFE). The Hong-Kong based company said in a statement on Thursday that it “has entered into negotiations in connection with the ownership of Baha Mar.” The conglomerate also said it will work with the government to conduct a phased opening of the beleaguered resort. The press release suggests that Baha Mar’s hotels will be managed by separate brands as originally
PRIME Minister Perry Christie fell ill with a “stomach virus” prompting the Progressive Liberal Party to postpone the ratification of businessman Chester Cooper last night as its standard bearer for the Exuma and Ragged Island constituency, party Chairman Bradley Roberts confirmed. “We put it (the event) off because he (Mr Chris-
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PLP DELAYS CONVENTION UNTIL EARLY NEXT YEAR
By TANEKA THOMPSON Tribune News Editor tmthompson@tribunemedia.net THE Progressive Liberal Party has postponed its national convention for the third time, pushing the anticipated event to early next year. SEE PAGE SIX
FORMER SENATOR LANISHA ROLLE AND BUSINESSMAN D’AGUILAR RATIFIED BY FNM
planned, and not by a signal hotel operator. The company, however, did not disclose details about the terms of the transaction for acquiring Baha Mar or the ongoing negotiations, citing a nondisclosure agreement. “CTFE, a world-class developer with immense experience in global hospitality and mixed-use development, has applied to the government of the Bahamas for approval as a proposed investor and acquirer of the Baha Mar resort, by way of acquisition of Perfect Luck Assets Limited (Perfect Luck), the company to which certain assets of the Baha Mar Resort have been transferred,” the company’s statement said. SEE PAGE FIVE
RATIFICATION DELAYED AS PM SUFFERS ILLNESS By TANEKA THOMPSON Tribune News Editor tmthompson@tribunemedia.net
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tie) wanted to be here and the DPM is away from The Bahamas,” Mr Roberts said, adding that the ratification will likely be held in the next seven to ten days. When asked about Mr Christie’s illness, Mr Roberts said: “He has a stomach virus.” He said the prime minister felt ill after a trip to Eleuthera on Wednesday. “He is hanging in there,” he added. SEE PAGE TWO
THE NEWLY ratified candidates for the FNM are, from left, Carlton Gomez, candidate for North Andros; Travis Robinson, candidate for Bain and Grants Town; Raymond Rolle, candidate for Englerston; Lanisha Rolle, candidate for Sea Breeze; Reese Chipman, candidate for Centerville; and Dionisio D’Aguilar, candidate for Montague. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Free National Movement ratified six candidates for the next general election during a Central Council meeting last night, including businessman Dionisio d’Aguilar and former Senator Lanisha Rolle. Most of the six constituencies the candidates will represent are some of the most historically challenging areas for the FNM, including Centreville, Bain and Grants Town, North
Andros and the Berry Islands and Englerston. Mr d’Aguilar, a fierce critic of the Christie administration, will represent the FNM in Montagu while Mrs Rolle will represent the party in Sea Breeze. Travis Robinson, a 21-year-old College of the Bahamas student, will represent the party in the Bain and Grants Town constituency, where he hopes to become the youngest parliamentarian in this country’s history. Earlier this year, Mr Robinson announced that
he planned to run as an independent candidate in the area. He delivered a fiery and well received speech to a packed crowd of more than 100 people at the FNM’s headquarters last night, declaring his nomination proof of his party’s commitment to youth. Meanwhile, accountant Reece Chipman was ratified for Centreville, lawyer Raymond Rolle for Englerston and customs officer Carlton Bowleg for North Andros and the Berry Islands. “I’m excited by the pros-
pects of our many talented candidates who are seeking to represent constituencies under the FNM banner, including our six new candidates,” FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis said in a statement. “It is time for all Bahamians to unite behind the FNM and its candidates to rid this country of the PLP and their empty rhetoric and broken promises. The FNM and our great candidates will fight for the Bahamian people each and every day.” SEE PAGE TWO
TEENAGE WOMAN SHOT $20M CONTRACT SIGNED IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD FOR FOUR NEW RADARS By SANCHESKA DORSETT Tribune Staff Reporter sdorsett@tribunemedia.net AN 18-year-old woman was shot in the back of the head and killed early yesterday morning in front of a home in Jubilee Gardens. The murder happened shortly after 6am off Fire Trail Road and brought the country’s murder count to 83 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records. Officer-in-Charge of the Central Detective Unit,
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Superintendent Ashton Greenslade said police had little details on the homicide but he expected a break in the case “very soon” as officers were canvassing the area and going door to door. “Officers got a call shortly after 6am that shots were heard in the Fire Trail Road area,” Supt Greenslade said. “When officers arrived on the scene they met the SEE PAGE SIX
By NICO SCAVELLA Tribune Staff Reporter nscavella@tribunemedia.net
THE government yesterday signed a contract for nearly $20m with a Finnish company for the acquisition of four new Doppler radars, something local meteorologists said will give the Department of Meteorology “no excuse” for not being more accurate with weather forecasts and tracking weather systems. Transport and Aviation
Minister Glenys Hanna Martin, during a contract signing ceremony, said the purchase of the four radars from Finnish company Vaisala signifies a “technological injection” that will arm the Met Department with the necessary tools for its work. In addition to acquiring the four new radars, Mrs Hanna Martin said new “airport weather observation systems” will be SEE PAGE SIX
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