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SAFETY FIRST FOR JUNKANOO
Police out in force, says minister, as tickets in demand By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
YOUTH, Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg is pledging that the upcoming Junkanoo parades will be safe, with police and Defence Force officers set to be out in full force. This comes as demand for tickets to the parades after a nearly three-year hiatus is said to be high, with more than 1,600 already sold for Boxing Day. Asked about safety measures at the upcoming events, Mr Bowleg
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told this newspaper: “My technical team is in charge of that but as it relates to safety protocol, definitely we are increasing the security measures where we are going to have a large number of police and defence force officers on all routes. “I spoke to the commissioner, he’s going to ensure that the Bahamian people can come out and be safe. If any of those young men want to come out to Junkanoo to cause hazards, we hope they don’t want to do that.” SEE PAGE THREE
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville announced yesterday an agreement that allows the transfer of Princess Margaret Hospital patients to Doctors Hospital West. Effective today, some
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
BAHA Mar’s main contractor was “overfunded” by up to $112.7m during the project’s race to completion, it has been alleged, while at the same time diverting “emergency” financing to pay for its British Colonial Hilton acquisition. Evidence filed in the New York State Supreme Court by original developer Sarkis Izmirlian asserts China Construction America was overpaid compared to the value of the work it actually delivered prior to the project’s collapse into Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, followed by provisional liquidation and receivership. A report by Paul Pocalyko, a certified financial forensics and fraud examiner with the HKA advisory firm, said the contractor’s own records also showed it received almost $85m more than the value of work performed when Mr Izmirlian filed for Chapter 11 protection in 2015. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
MAN FOUND SHOT DEAD IN GOVT VEHICLE
By LETRE SWEETING lsweeting@tribunemedia.net
$2M PRICE TAG AS PATIENTS WILL BE HOUSED AT DOCTORS HOSPITAL By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
BAHA MAR’S CONTRACTOR ‘OVERFUNDED’ BY UP TO $112M
patients will be moved to the facility on Blake Road for approximately 14 weeks. It is estimated this will cost the government between $2m to $2.5m. “This is not the first time Doctors Hospital has come to the public facility’s aid,” Dr Darville said at a press conference. SEE PAGE FOUR PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis throwing out a pitch at the Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium. Photo: Austin Fernander By LETRE SWEETING lsweeting@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said he anticipates that the country will become the nexus in regional baseball with the opening of the Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium. His comments came during the opening ceremony for the stadium and simultaneous launch of the 4th annual Caribbean
Baseball Cup, which is being held in The Bahamas for the first time. The stadium was filled with hundreds of people for the event, including government officials, family of the deceased Andre Rodgers and many baseball fans and players. A feature game at 7.30pm against the US Virgin Islands kicked off the Caribbean Baseball Cup week-long tournament.
Mr Davis said yesterday that the new stadium has upgraded The Bahamas to be the hub for baseball regionally and internationally. “Now that we have upgraded our facilities to world class standards I anticipate that The Bahamas will become a nexus in the regional baseball arena. The stadium has now positioned The SEE PAGE SEVEN
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A 43-YEAR-OLD man is dead following a shooting incident over the weekend, prompting police to appeal for the public’s assistance in their investigation. Around 7.30 am on Saturday, a man was found unresponsive with an apparent gunshot injury inside a government-issued vehicle on Crocus Avenue, Gardens Hills #3, police reported. Police did not release further details, but did say the man was a resident of the community. SEE PAGE FIVE
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