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THE DNA has now joinedthe PLP in the race to securethe “Haitian vote” – justweeks after blasting the FNMgovernment over the sameaccusation, it was claimed yes-terday.

Well-placed sources saidparty officers held a series ofmeetings with members of theHaitian-Bahamian communi-ty in an effort to “gather vot-ers”.

Robertson Dieudonne, ofthe United Association ofHaitians in the Bahamas, con-firmed a meeting with DNAleader Branville McCartneytook place on February 16 atMetropolitan Church of theNazarene on East Street.

But rather than an attemptby the DNA to attract voters,he said, the meeting was heldto “discuss immigration poli-cy”.

The meeting came a littlemore than a week after Hait-

ian President Michel Martel-ly’s heavily-criticised visit anda week before PLP leaderPerry Christie also met withthe association at anotherchurch.

According to MrDieudonne, Mr McCartney“came to discuss his immigra-tion policy and any misun-derstandings regarding it”.

The former immigrationminister also spoke on “com-ments he would have madein regards to Haitians” to acrowd of around 60, MrDieudonne said.

“Most persons were sur-prised he was there and somepersons were a little bothered,but it was a very respectfulmeeting and I think he leftwith a lot more informationthat he came with. We wereable to enlighten him with alot of things he professed notto know.”

The conversation was kept“centered” around Bahami-

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KFC Nassau announcedlast night that it would reopenits nine locations today.

The company made theannouncement on its Face-book page shortly after 8pmafter the franchise had beenlocked in negotiations withthe Bahamas Hotel Cateringand Allied Workers Union

Earlier yesterday, unionofficials said they were pre-pared to fight the fast-foodchain in court if it refuses topay workers scheduled towork during the shutdown.

By SANCHESKA BROWNTribune Staff Reportersbrown@tribunemedia.net

THE only suspect in thedisappearance of 22-year-oldAnya Wilmott has beenreleased from custody, policeconfirmed yesterday.

Anya was last seen onTuesday, November 22, 2011at Little Feet Academy drop-ping her daughters off toschool before heading tocourt.

Last Friday, the CentralDetective Unit (CDU)announced they had a 30-

By LAMECH JOHNSONTribune Staff Reporterljohnson@tribunemedia.net

A POLICEMAN acquittedof abetting a colleague in thealleged attack on a prisonerwho died months later told ajury he was not present whenthe incident occurred.

Constable Tavares Bowleg,who was cleared of being con-nected with the death of 28-year-old Desmond Key,returned to Supreme Courtyesterday and told the nine

member jury that he was notpresent in the cell when Cor-poral Donovan Gardinerreportedly carried out theattack.

Bowleg was exonerated ofhis abetment charge on Mon-day afternoon when JusticeVera Watkins directed thejury to deliver a not guilty ver-dict.

It is alleged that Gardinerbeat father-of-six Mr Keywith a baseball bat at theGrove police station on June17, 2007, while Bowleg

watched. Mr Key died of his injuries

seven months later.Defence counsel Ian

Cargill, Wayne Munroe andprosecutor Linda Evans helddiscussions with JusticeWatkins last Thursday in theabsence of the jury.

Justice Watkins returnedwith a decision based on herconsideration of the submis-sions made by the three attor-neys.

INSPECTOR Valentino Armaly rescues a dog on Monday. A number of dogs were found dumped in a derelict waterreserve. Turn to page 2 for the full story. Photo: Felipé Major/Tribune Staff

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REPORTS were comingin last night of the latestmurder in the Bahamas.

The Tribune heardreports of a murder in theKemp Road area, just off StJames Road.

Witnesses say that theman was killed after shotswere fired at a passing van.A passenger in the van wasalso injured.

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LOCAL NEWS

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By KHRISNA VIRGILkvirgil@tribunemedia.net

BAHAMAS Humane Soci-ety president Kim Aranhaspoke out over the state ofanimal rights in the Bahamasafter a number of dogs werediscovered dumped in aderelict water reserve.

Mrs Aranha said she haswritten to key persons in allthree political parties to tellthem how severe animalabuse and neglect havebecome, and how urgently theBHS needs support.

So far, no one hasanswered.

Yesterday, Mrs Aranhaasked what sort of peoplewould abandon innocent ani-mals to die, when a humanealternative is available.

“How easy it would be tojust bring the animals to theHumane Society? We don’tmake you pay, there is noneed to throw them away,”she said.

“What kind of monsterwould do that – put the ani-mals where you believe theywill starve to death? How canyou truly love anything elseand do something like that?”Mrs Aranha asked.

On Monday, a concernedGarden Hill Estates residentcalled The Tribune to reportthat dogs were being aban-

doned in what look like threehuge pools.

She can see the pools fromher balcony, and said they arefilled with dirty water,garbage, and mangroves.

She and her husband havefought through brush and ani-mal remains to rescue dogsleft to starve and die on sev-eral occasions before.

“Many nights I am layingin bed and I can hear the dogsand puppies cry because theycannot get out. These peoplejust dump them there andleave.

“Just last week, we rescuedsome puppies.

“I’ve also seen childrenwhile I am on the balcony ofmy house hailing me as theyplay down there. Its obviousto see it is not safe,” thewoman said.

BHS Animal CrueltyInspector Valentino Armalysaid the woman has calledhim more than 10 times tocome and rescue dogs.

Those calls have led to therescue of four adult dogs andeight puppies.

“A few of them, I believe,were once well taken care ofbecause we found that afterwe took them in, they hadbeen neutered,” he said as herescued the latest round ofabandoned puppies on Mon-day.

THE Bahamas KennelClub will be holding its annu-al All Breed Dog Show andObedience Trials on March17 and 18 at the old Chalk’sAirline site on ParadiseIsland.

The show will feature class-es in confirmation, obedienceand agility.

In particular, the BKCwould like to encourageentries for competition in theJunior Showmanship Class foryoung people six to 18 yearsold.

Participants will learn aboutdeveloping their handlingskills, good sportsmanship,

dogs and dog shows.The Bahamas Kennel Club

will be offering handling class-es on Sunday March 4 andSunday March 11 at theRetreat on Village Road at3pm.

Club members will be onhand to give handling tips andregister people and dogs forthe upcoming show.

For more informationabout the handling classes call393-5743. Entry forms can bedownloaded atwww.Bahamaskennelclub.orgor collected from the Fox HillNursery and local veterinarianoffices.

INSPECTOR VALENTINO ARMALY rescues a dog on Monday out of the old water reserv e, Photos: Felipé Major/Tribune Staff

THE ABANDONED water reserve where the dogs were surviving.

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these dogs?

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- but whocould haveabandoned

these dogs?

By LAMECH JOHNSONTribune Staff Reporterljohnson@tribunemedia.net

BISHOP Randy Fraser’sappeal against his unlawfulsex conviction continuestoday in the Court of Appeal.

The hearing will resumewith attorney Jiaram Mangracomparing the victim’saccount of the number oftimes sex took place with thedetails of a doctor’s examina-tion.

Fraser, convicted lastNovember of having sex with

a dependent between July2005 and February 2006, sat incourt as his attorney Mr Man-gra said the conviction was“unjust and unreasonable”given the evidence.

Prosecutors argued that theminister abused his positionof trust by having sexual rela-tions with a 16-year-old girlwho he had agreed to counsel.

During yesterday’s hearing,Mr Mangra argued there werea number of inconsistenciesin the testimony of the vic-tim, who told the court sheand Fraser had sexual rela-

tions as many as 48 times.He pointed out that in an

earlier trial, she said they onlyhad sex 15 times.

However, Justice StanleyJohn questioned if the num-ber of occasions matter, asthere is “ample evidence thatsexual encounters tookplace”.

“What she is consistentwith is that several incidentsof sexual intercourse betweenthe appellant and herself tookplace between July and Feb-ruary,” the justice said.

Appellate Court president

Justice Anita Allen and Jus-tice Abdulai Conteh agreed.

Mr Mangra retorted thatthe allegations should beproven, which he contendswas not the case.

“You really want us tobelieve a 16-year-old girlwould come out in public andmake up all of this?” JusticeJohn asked.

Mr Mangra complimentedthe victim’s intelligence, butsaid “she is no innocent babe”and based on the testimonyof her mother, “is very cun-ning and full of guile.”

The case resumes today at10am.

By LAMECH JOHNSONTribune Staff Reporterljohnson@tribunemedia.net

THE legal feud betweentwo wealthy Israeli brothersover $100 million could cometo an end on March 16.

Rami Weisfisch and AmirWeissfisch have until this dateto come up with a settlementagreement proposal, and willreturn to the Court of Appealon April 25 to say whetherthey were successful.

Nicholas Lavender QC, andBrian Moree QC, the attor-neys for Rami and Amirrespectively, informed Jus-tices Christopher Blackman,Stanley John and AbdulaiConteh of the brothers’ deci-

sion to work out a settlement.The brothers were joint

owners of one of the mostprominent metal trading firmsin London – MetalsResources Group (MRG).

Mr Weisfisch (the brothersspell their surname different-ly) ran MRG, which became adominant force in the globalcobalt market in 1999 andclosed in 2000. His brotherAmir was his partner.

Amir took legal action inEngland in 2006, claimingRami refused to account tohis brother for their partner-ship profits over an eight-yearperiod.

Last October, JusticeStephen Isaacs – the fourthSupreme Court judge to have

presided over the case, eachof the others having recusedthemselves for various reasons– described the brothers asbeing "locked in what beganas an accounting exercise, butevolved into a pitched battleover the proceeds of a metaltrading business accumulatedbetween 1992 and 2000".

Justice Isaacs, who dis-missed a recusal applicationby elder brother Rami, saidthere appeared to be "manymillions of dollars earned bythe business over that period,which is to be divided equal-ly" between the two brothers.

Mr Weisfisch appealed thatruling, but has now agreedwith his brother to movetowards resolution.

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By LAMECH JOHNSONTribune Staff Reporterljohnson@tribunemedia.net

MURDER convict MaxoTido dismissed his attorneyRoger Gomez II during hisresentencing in SupremeCourt yesterday morning.

The remand prisoner saidhis decision to relieve theattorney of his duties cameas a result of Mr Gomez hav-

ing visited him only oncesince the matter wasadjourned on Friday, Febru-ary 10.

Tido told Senior JusticeJon Isaacs he was upset withthe attorney’s lack of inter-est in the case.

On February 10, MrGomez appeared beforeSenior Justice Isaacs andinformed the court he did nothave the trial transcripts and

would need them to preparesubmissions on sentencing.

Jerone Roberts, anotherattorney who is following thecase, offered to give him thedocuments.

However, Mr Gomez saidyesterday he never got thetranscripts and so was not in aposition to move the matterforward.

Tido, who was sentencedto die in 2006, saw this deci-

sion overturned by the Lon-don-based Privy Council inJune of 2011.

On March 20, 2006, a juryconvicted Tido of murdering16-year-old Donnell Conoverin 2002. Her body was foundoff Cowpen Road batteredand bruised, her skullcrushed.

Evidence also revealed thatparts of Ms Conover's bodywere burned after her death.

A month after his convic-tion, then Senior Justice Ani-ta Allen (now Court ofAppeal President) ruled thatthe crime committed by Tidowarranted the death penalty.

The decision came daysafter the Privy Council ruledthat the mandatory deathsentence in place up until thatpoint in the Bahamas was notconstitutional.

In 2009, the Committee for

the Prerogative of Mercydecided the law should takeit's course, as Tido's case wasnot one that warranted mercy.

However, Tido appealed tothe Privy Council, the highestcourt of appeal recognised inthe Bahamas, which ruledthat the killing of Conoverdid not warrant execution.

Senior Justice Isaacsadjourned the matter March13.

A COMMITTEE has beenformed to investigate claimsof courterfeit pharmaceuticaldrug sales.

In partnership with theBahamas Pharmacy Council,the Ministry of Health haslaunched a probe into alle-gations that the drugs arebeing imported and distrib-uted by at least one localpharmacy.

Chief Medical OfficerMerceline Dahl-Regis willchair the committee, whichwill be assisted in its investi-gation by the Pan AmericanHealth Organisation(PAHO).

A MOH press statementreleased yesterday read: “Theministry advises that the com-mittee which has been man-dated to expedite its work,will conduct investigations,make an assessment, andreport to the Minister ofHealth with appropriate rec-ommendations for action toaddress any and all adversefindings.”

MURDER CONVICT DISMISSES ATTORNEY DURING RESENTENCING

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Court hears bishop’s sex conviction appeal

BISHOP RANDY FRASER pictured at the time of his conviction for having sex with a dependent. Photo: Felipé Major/Tribune Staff

EDITOR, The Tribune.

THE STATEMENT, thereis more of us than them seemsto be taking deep roots in thepsychic of a number of per-sons within the Bahamiansociety.

This statement was report-edly made at a gathering onFort Charlotte, where a loudcrowd of our Creole speak-ing brothers and sisters werein attendance. The influentialBahamian speaker got up andmade the remark, to the con-sternation of the Bahamianswho heard it and are still puz-zled to this very day as what itmeant.

Amidst the untimelyremarks made by HaitianPresident Michel Martelly,during his recent unan-nounced (to the Bahamianpublic) visit to New Provi-dence, confusion reigned asto the implications of his mes-sage to the crowd at Joe Far-rington Auditorium. From themany flags that were waving itwas evident, all were of thenation of Haiti; not a singleone was raised in honour ofThe Bahamas. It is obviousthat many present were per-sons who were granted citi-zenship, according to the mes-sage delivered to them on thatoccasion.

The apparent lack of alle-giance to The Bahamasshould not surprise any of us.It is due in part to the processor lack thereof, in how we inthis country grant citizenship.The process should be a trans-parent one with clear anddeliberate instructions to beundertaken by the applicant.

They should know and beable to answer some basic his-torical facts about the countryand they should be able to acertain degree speak somebasic (at least conversation-al) English.

There are a number of per-sons who owe no allegianceto this country and today or

tomorrow the economychanges for the worst or theyget an opportunity to go tothe United States and that iswhere their being Bahamianstatus will come to a suddenhalt.

Many of the talk show hostswere inundated with callsfrom persons questioning andexpressing very passionately,what rights the president ofHaiti had in making theremarks which he made.

These questions and com-ments went on for approxi-mately a full week. Onefemale caller in particularwith a Creole sounding accentcalled one of the radio hostsand said that she did not seeanything wrong with what thepresident had said, because itis more of us than it is of youall.

That is the second timewithin a short period of timesuch remarks were made. Itcauses one to wonder, justhow widespread is this trendof thinking in the country.

With this entire episodewhat really ticked a lot ofBahamians off was the seem-ingly sneaky and mysteriousway the president came intothe country. In the past manyleaders of other countriescame to The Bahamas as pri-vate citizens, in most instancesthey came and left withoutany fanfare, most Bahamiansnever even knew that theywere in the country. On theother hand whenever they aremaking state visits it wouldusually be broadcast for alland sundry to know.

Personally the first time Iheard about his coming I wasat the traffic light at the junc-tion of Wulff Road and EastStreet. A long-time Haitianresident was pushing an oldshopping cart and he paused

by my car window and madethe comment: “Bahamiansreally want to know howmany Haitians are in theBahamas?” You just waituntil the president comesfrom Haiti. I drove off pon-dering whether I had missedthe news of an upcoming vis-it by the Haitian President. Afew days later I learnt that Iwas not alone, but the major-ity of the Bahamian populouswas also unaware of the visit.

Lest we forget, it was about25 to 30 years now since mostBahamian couples generally,and women in particular,started conscientiously prac-tising family planning. On theother hand, the Haitianwomen have been havingmultiple births in comparisonto the Bahamian women. Ithas long been speculated thatthis strategy is a diabolicalplot to over-populate thecountry with their offspring.What would be of interest isthe number of births to Hait-ian vs Bahamian women forthe past five years. We wouldlike to see the actual num-bers, not the ratio.

It may be advisable for theremainder of The Bahamas,inclusive of New Providence,Grand Bahama, Abaco andExuma to implement some,if not all, of the strategies cur-rently practised by LongIslanders.

The statement it is more ofus than it is of them cannotand should not now or in theimmediately foreseeablefuture be taken lightly. Wakeup Bahamians before theymake it mandatory for you tospeak Creole to obtain cer-tain jobs and other positionsin The Bahamas.

Thank you for graciouslyallowing me to share mythought with the country atlarge.

MICHAEL E TURNERNassau, February 20, 2012.

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AMERICANS’ belief in global warm-ing is on the rise, along with temperaturesand surprising weather changes, accordingto a new university poll.

The survey by the University of Michi-gan and Muhlenberg College says 62 percent of those asked last December thinkthe Earth is getting warmer.

That’s up from 55 per cent in the springof that year and 58 per cent in December2010. It is the highest proportion in twoyears.

Nearly half the people who say theybelieve in global warming base that onpersonal observations of the weather. Cli-mate researchers say that's reaching thecorrect conclusion for reasons that aren’tquite right.

When asked an open-ended questionabout why they thought the Earth waswarming, one-quarter of those surveyedpointed to temperatures they experienceand another quarter cited other weatherchanges.

One in seven mentioned melting glaci-ers and polar sea ice, and one in eightnoted media coverage.

Only eight per cent mentioned scien-tific research.

“It seems to be driven by an increasedconnection that the public is makingbetween what they see in terms of weath-er conditions and climate change,” saidChris Borick, the director MuhlenbergCollege Institute of Public Opinion.

The poll was conducted from Dec. 4 toDec 21, after the US experienced a record14 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2011,including killer tornadoes, an unusualnortheastern hurricane, a devastatingsouthwestern drought and floods alongmajor rivers.

At the same time, this poll was donebefore the official start of winter, so peo-ple were not yet affected by what has beena mild season for many regions.

Borick said that after the previous twowinters, which were quite snowy, beliefin global warming dropped dramatically.So he says the findings from a fresh poll tobe conducted in upcoming weeks may

again reflect views based on the latestweather trend.

Climate scientists say daily local weath-er is not evidence of climate change. Butthey also say long-term climate change isso dramatic that people recognise andexperience it.

“I’m pleased that Americans believe inthermometers,” said University of Victo-ria climate scientist Andrew Weaver.“People feel confident about what theypersonally experience.

“They mix up the difference betweenweather and climate. It’s not unexpected.It’s human nature.”

While it is a misconception to think thatevery short-term extreme weather event— like a flood or drought — is caused byclimate change, a warming world doesmake such events more frequent, Weaversaid.

NASA climate scientist Gavin Schmidtcalled strange daily weather “the visceralexperience of climate” for people.

Earlier versions of the Michigan andMuhlenberg survey showed that Ameri-cans' belief in global warming peaked inDecember 2008 with 72 per cent.

In the most recent survey, 78 per cent ofDemocrats, 55 per cent of independentsand 47 per cent of Republicans said theythought there was “solid evidence” of cli-mate change.

Of those who did not believe climatechange was occurring, 81 per cent thoughtthat scientists were overstating the evi-dence for their own interest.

The survey of 887 people has a marginof error of plus or minus 3.5 percentagepoints.

The findings are similar to other recentpolls, including a 2010 AP-Stanford Uni-versity Poll showing three out of fourAmericans thought global temperatureswere going up, said Stanford poll chiefJon Krosnick.

That survey, too, indicated local weath-er affected people's views about climatechange.

This article is by Seth Borenstein of theAssociated Press

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“The desire of power inexcess caused angels to fall;the desire of knowledge inexcess caused man to fall” -

Francis Bacon

I EXPECT to be ridiculedfor what I am about to say;however I am no stranger toridicule.

My attitude has alwaysbeen and shall thus remain“they can all go to hell” col-lectively and individually.

In my view, what transpiredat the opening of the ThomasA Robinson stadium was atthe least a travesty.

I come from a different eraand therefore am totallyunaligned with the fiascowhich was presented as enter-tainment. Primarily maleswho jumped and screamedand made little sense in whatwas passed on as songs. Everyone of them mouthing linesover and over that should bestbe forgotten. Of course, thenaysayers will differ with myviews at the crass attempts atentertainment. What a cruelmess!

The purpose of this is not toridicule the entertainers.

I was shocked that the manTommy Robinson was totallyleft out of the proceedings.Of course there wereannouncers extolling the

virtues of Tommy Robinsonover the years. What aboutTommy Robinson the man.The man who is yet alive,vibrant and very much alive.One would get the impressionfrom the programme, hadpassed on to some greaterreward.

How is it possible that thisgreat living man was writtentotally out of the programme?

Why good lord was he notallowed to voice his apprecia-tion to the Bahamian people?

Why? The least that onewould have expected to makethe evening complete was tosee this great Bahamian whohas contributed so much andcontinues to give unselfishlyof himself being allowed tovoice his appreciation andthanks to the Bahamian peo-ple. Alas that was orchestrat-ed not to be.

In this era when there areall kinds of knighthoods beingpassed around to the likes ofBill Allen, Arlington Butler,Arthur Foulkes, Sol Kerznerand others, why has this iconof Bahamian class, a philan-thropy been overlooked, nayexcluded? Why? I see him asthe “Last Buccaneer” whomouthed these words; “OEngland is a pleasant placefor them that’s rich and high,But England is a cruel placefor such poor folk as I.”

Thus it is with Tommy

Robinson. I know he will con-tinue to press on for as long ashe shall live to give of his bestto the Bahamas and Bahami-ans.

Personally, I feel sick atheart not to see anotherBahamian such as Mr HaroldMunnings being totallyneglected, he has given muchof himself for the good of thisunforgiving country by mis-guided politicians who havegiven nothing and truly havenothing to give of themselves.

I therefore urge ThomasAugustus Robinson my friendand brother over the last six-ty-five years to personallythank the Bahamian peoplefor sharing their love and sup-port over these many, manyyears.

Your mother and fatherwill be smiling all over heavenand telling anyone that willlisten;

“That’s my Boy.”“When revealed truth has

given aim and directions toknowledge, knowledge of allkinds will minister to revealedtruth.” - John Henry Newman.

“T’is a sad day in this land.The intellectual pygmies arenow in charge of the univer-sity.”

GEORGE A CAPRONNassau,February 27, 2012.

Stadium opening was a travesty

LOCAL NEWS

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THE FNM hit out the PLPyesterday, branding it a partythat does nothing but “criti-cise what they can’t do.”

The governing party wasresponding to comments madeby the opposition in relationto the opening of the ThomasA Robinson Stadium. A state-ment from the FNM said thenew stadium is a source ofpride for all Bahamians.

“While PLP oppositionpoliticians like to sit on the side-lines, denigrate every projectthey were incapable of pro-ducing and engage in divisivepoliticking, this FNM govern-ment has completed and deliv-ered a state-of-the-art sportsfacility that also creates jobopportunities for Bahamians.

“Our youth and athleteshave now access to superiorconditions to train and com-pete. Sports-related tourism, aswell as contractors and vendorsassociated with the facility willbenefit, as will all Bahamians,”the statement said.

“The upward trend intourism, with an estimatedincrease of 11 per cent arrivalsfor the first quarter of thisyear, goes to show that ourefforts have been paying offfor the benefit of the people.”

By DENISE MAYCOCKTribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

FREEPORT – The DemocraticNational Alliance has launched anUnemployment Registration and FoodAssistance Drive on Grand Bahama toassist those struggling to find work andfeed their families.

Over 100 persons have already regis-tered for assistance in the last two days,according to Ewurabena Appiah, pub-lic relations officer for the DNA.

Registration is being held at the DNAHeadquarters in Freeport in the Millen-nium Building between 9am and 4pmuntil Friday, March 2.

Persons wishing to register should tobring along a passport, police record,resume and voter’s card.

Ms Appiah said unemployment, under-employment and an overall lack ofopportunities on Grand Bahama have

left many unable to provide even themost basic necessities for their families.

“The Democratic National Alliancehas a comprehensive economic policyfocusing on job creation and trainingopportunities in some of the premierindustries; although the party under-stands that in the interim there is a realneed to provide tangible assistance toresidents on Grand Bahama Island, whohave struggled to keep their heads abovewater,” she said.

She said the drive is going well andpersons with various skills are coming into the register for assistance.

“Persons seem very pleased to havean opportunity like this being afforded tothem and they have been very co-opera-tive as far as bringing documents andproviding us the relevant informationthat we need,” she said.

“It all boils down to the fact that peo-ple need to get back to work, and theywant to work and they are willing to take

advantage of any opportunity available tothem.

“We have various persons coming toregister; we are seeking a lot of personswho are proficient in office work andskilled workers with construction train-ing,” she said.

Ms Appiah said the DNA will create adatabase and liaise with employers look-ing to place qualified, unemployed poten-tial employees in positions as theybecome available.

She noted that they are also offeringcare packages to residents in need.

“Based on the ‘Thy Brothers Keeper’programme founded by DNA leaderBranville McCartney in the BambooTown constituency, the concept allowsother Bahamians to support their fellowman at a time that we need it the most,”Ms Appiah said.

She said the DNA will hand delivercare packages to each person that regis-ters with them.

AFTER spending almost $1,000 inprocessing fees, a Bahamian inventorclaims he was ripped off by Americanpatent attorneys.

Anthony Collie, a taxi driver andbuilder, said his patents for a hurricaneand tornado roof tie should have neverbeen issued in their error-laden state.

The device, for which he obtainedthree patents, aims to prevent the roofsof buildings and homes from being tornoff in high winds. Mr Collie said hispatent woes date back to 2002, when hefirst came up with the idea.

He said: “I built one and sketched itout, the others were more complicated soI could not build them on my own.”

He took all of his sketches to a lawfirm in Baltimore, Maryland, where

attorneys assured him they would com-pile everything needed for the patentsand ensure the documents were in order.

“I told them that my drawings werenot the best so they needed to be sent toa professional to make them clearer andsharper,” he said.

Almost three years later, he received hisfirst official patent from the United StatesPatent and Trademark Office dated Jan-uary 4, 2005. After amending the inventiontwice, Mr Collie was sent two other patents.However, he now claims none of the infor-mation contained in any of the patents iscorrect – and that including travel costs, hespent $45,000 on the documents.

He said: “The summary of the inven-tion, its background, the description, eventhe detailed description is wrong. The

drawings are also missing numbers andsufficient labelling to let people knowwhat is going on.”

Because of the costs, Mr Collie saidhe even had to ask his mother to finishpaying for his taxi.

Mr Collie also submitted an idea andsigned a contract worth $13,000 for around window with a firm that advertis-es on numerous cable TV channels.

The company, based in PittsburghPennsylvania, boasts of being America'slargest inventor service firm, he said.

Almost 10 years after his patent woesbegan, he wants permission from thepolice to protest outside the USEmbassy, after his numerous appeals tothe Maryland law office and a letter toPresident Obama fell on deaf ears.

TWO SHOTTWO men are in hospital

after separate shooting inci-dents on Monday. Accord-ing to police, a phone cardvendor was robbed and shotin the abdomen by anotherman armed with a handgunshortly after 7pm. The vic-tim was selling phone cardsin the area of East Streetand Ridgeland Park East,according to police, whosaid the gunman escapedwith an undeterminedamount of cash and phonecards.

The vendor was taken tohospital by ambulance and isin serious condition.

The second shootingoccurred less than two hourslater in the area of MarketStreet and Wulff Road.

A 25-year-old man wasshot in the arm while walk-ing on Wulff Road, accord-ing to police, who said theBlack Village resident is nowin stable condition at hospi-tal.

MURDER PROBEPOLICE are questioning

seven Abaco men in connec-tion with a recent murder onthe island.

Investigators have identi-fied the 22-year-old Abacoman whose body was foundriddled with bullets as StanleyMcIntosh of East Bay Street,Marsh Harbour.

According to reports, MrMcIntosh was found near theSolid Gold Bar on Don McK-ay Boulevard shortly before5am on Sunday. Investiga-tions continue.

‘The Bahamas’ own street philosopher’

Food drive and voting drive by DNA

INVENTOR: ‘ATTORNEYS RIPPED ME OFF’

FNM HITS OUT AT‘CAN’T DO’ PLP

By LARRY SMITH

Here’s to the bootleggers ofthe Bahamas,

Who sit on rye kegs, restingfeet on beer kegs,

Singing ‘yes, we want nobananas’.

– bootlegger's toast

Ever heard of the BahamaQueen?

Not a mailboat, but a fleshand blood woman who, for afew years during the “RoaringTwenties”, became an inter-national celebrity as a boot-legger in Nassau.

Gertrude Lythgoe was theonly woman to hold a whole-sale liquor license here – at atime when women were to beseen and not heard.

Her autobiography has justbeen republished – along withthe memoirs of several otherrum-runners – by Flat Ham-mock Press, which says itsmission is to is “to salvagemany of the maritime classicsof the past and introducethem and the authors totoday’s readers”.

Most of these accountshave long been out of print.But now they have beenupdated for modern readerswith added insight, informa-tion and photographs. Forexample, Lythgoe’s briefmemoir (available in localbookstores or from MediaEnterprises) includes the fullseries of newspaper articlesthat made her famous.

In those days, the Bahamaswas considered a “land of ras-cals, rogues and peddlers” (nocomments from the peanutgallery, please). And accord-ing to the London DailyNews, Bay Street was littlemore than a row of “crazy oldliquor stores, unpainted anddilapidated, (that) have giv-en it the nickname of booze

avenue”.As you might imagine,

liquor smuggling was big busi-ness back then – and it attract-ed a variety of adventurers,renegades and entrepeneursto little old Nassau. GertrudeLythgoe, the newspaperswrote, “stands alone andfearless – a women whowould grace any Londondrawing room...she has com-manded the respect andhomage of this motley anddubious throng, (and) isknown in the trade as ‘thequeen of the bootleggers’.”

Buying and selling liquorwas never a crime in theBritish Empire, but the tem-perance movement in Amer-ica managed to pass legisla-tion in 1919, over a presiden-tial veto, banning the sale andconsumption of alcohol.

So for 13 long years, theFBI and the US Coast Guardfought a rough and tumblewar to stem the flow of illegalliquor from Canada, Mexico,Cuba and the Bahamas.

According to an officialCoast Guard history, “Enor-mous profits were to be made,with stories of 700 per cent ormore for the more popularScotch or Cognac. Probablythe only reliable clue to theextent of the trade were thestatistics on liquor passingthrough Nassau en route tothe US: 50,000 quarts in 1917to 10,000,000 in 1922.”

Perhaps an even bettermeasure of the demand foralcohol was the fact thatAmerican doctors earned $40

million in 1928 by writingwhiskey prescriptions. Andthe legal exception for sacra-mental wine was equallyabused.

Publisher Robert McKen-na says the Prohibition periodwas “so unbelievable thatmost Americans do notunderstand what happened.It was brought about by awell-organised movement andled to a polarised politicaland social climate. The firstheroes of this era were therum-runners, lawbreakerswho were viewed as RobinHood-like figures”.

One was a Florida boat-builder named Bill McCoy,whose liquor could always berelied upon to be the best, or“the real McCoy”. A non-drinker himself, McCoy start-ed out by hauling rum fromBimini to Miami. And ToughCall’s grandfather – a strictMethodist teetotaller – wason Bimini at the time as anagent for “Pop” Symonette’sliquor business. He tasted theliquid that arrived in barrelsto make sure it was rum – andthen spat it out.

But as the Coast Guardbecame more effective, therum runners changed theirtactics – stationing theirBritish-registered ships justoutside the US three-mile lim-it, waiting for the well-informed to come to them.McCoy was the popularlyaccepted “founder” of RumRow, which was a regularsight all along the easternseaboard until the US extend-

ed its territorial waters to 12miles in the mid-1920s.

McCoy’s bootleggingexploits were immortalised byRobert Ripley, in his hugelypopular syndicated newspa-per column “Believe It OrNot”, during the 1940s . Andfrom her autobiography, it isclear that Gertrude Lythgoecarried a big torch for him.

She was the daughter ofBritish immigrants to the USand began her career as a sec-retary in California. Later, shelanded a job with a Londonimport-export firm and –when Prohibition wasdeclared – went to Nassau torepresent whiskey suppliers.From a rented warehouse onMarket Street and a room atthe old Lucerne Hotel onFrederick Street she built athriving business.

The Lucerne was openedin 1913 by Ron Lightbourn’sgrandfather, Roger MooreLightbourn. And during the1920s, it was known as thebootleggers HQ: “All typesand nationalities conversedon the front verandah wait-ing for the ringing of the din-ner bell,” Gertrude recalledin her memoir. “Many news-paper reporters and featurewriters sat by the hour gath-ering rich material to bewoven into fiction.”

The characters she knewincluded champion beerdrinker Big Dutch; a repre-sentative of an English tobac-co firm “who passes directlyto his room with a very impor-tant and upstage attitude”;Tony, the scion of a wealthyPhiladelphia family whospoke seven languages butwas rarely sober; a PalmBeach society parasite knownas the count; a pompousBritish army major; and acowboy called Tex with aweakness for wine, womenand song.

At the time – and perhapsappropriately – the Lucernewas run by an Americannurse named Dorothy Don-

nelle, whosep r e v i o u sengagementhad been atan insaneasylum inIndiana. Heraffectionaten i c k n a m ewas “moth-er”.

In herb o o k ,Gertrudedescribes atypical cart r i pa r o u n dN e wP r o v i -d e n c es h o r t l yafter her arrival: “We startedfrom Bay Street, with its rowof little shops, on past the sitefor the 300-room (Old Colo-nial) hotel, by the esplanade,Fort Charlotte, past beautifulwhite beaches until we cameto the caves...we then passed astretch of scrub palm trees,sisal and a few houses...Wereturned by way of theQueen’s Staircase...andpassed a prison constructedof native stone containing 101cells...then we passed thequite modern Bahama Gen-eral Hospital...(arriving) backat the hotel ready for moredaiquiri cocktails and dinner.”

Perhaps Gertrude’s biggestclaim to fame was the jour-ney she undertook with thereal McCoy to Rum Row,supervising her own whiskeyconsignment. It was on theArethusa, a Gloucester-builtschooner that McCoy hadbought for $21,000 but whichtook in $100,000 per voyage.

Off the New Jersey coast,as many as 60 ships could beseen at one time on RumRow.

This floating communitywas completely lawless, andmany crews armed them-selves against both govern-ment enforcers and fellowsmugglers, who would some

times sink a ship and hijackits cargo rather than make therun for fresh supplies. Butaccording to Gertrude,McCoy was ever the perfectgentleman – a man “of thesuperior business type, he hadnot time for dissipating or forcelebrating when in port”, shewrote approvingly.

McCoy retired in the mid-1920s to live on his fortunefollowing a brief prison term,and died in 1948. Gertrudemoved to Miami and alsolived in New York andDetroit, where she became apioneer in the car rental busi-ness. The Wall Street Journalestimated her worth at mil-lions, but no-one really knew.She died in 1974 at the age of86.

Meanwhile, the decrepitLucerne Hotel – site of manya drinking party and “orgy”(as Sir Etienne Dupuchdescribed the goings on there)– was pulled down soon afterits owner, Roger Lightbourn,died in 1956. It was replacedby a boring building calledNorfolk House.

Nassau as we know it todayis largely a creation of the rev-enue earned from bootleg-ging. The harbour wasdredged in 1923, with thespoil used to create CliffordPark; water was piped fromthe western well fields to anew tower on Fort Fincastlehill; electricity supply wasexpanded; roads were tarredand the first sewerage systemwas installed in 1930.

A nine-hole golf courseopened near Fort Charlotteand the new Hotel Colonialwas the centre of Nassau'ssocial life. Nearby ParadiseIsland beach became a majorattraction for tourists, manyof whom arrived on the firstair passenger services fromMiami.

But – just as we are experi-encing today – there was aseamier side to the prosperity.A government inquiry foundthat juvenile vagrancy andcrime were rampant, accom-panied by drinking, bad lan-guage and vandalism, leadingto the establishment of theBoy’s Industrial School in1928.

When Prohibition ended in1933, most of the vagabondsand entrepeneurs vanished.But some, like Pop Symon-ette and George Murphy, par-layed their profits into hugebusiness and political empires.And my grandfather? Well,he stayed on to become a dis-trict commissioner at Bimini,and despite meeting a lot ofhard drinkers along the way(including Ernest Heming-way), he never touched adrop until the day he died in1979.

• What do you think? Sendcomments to larry@tribune-media.net or visitwww.bahamapundit.com.

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Here’s to the bootleggersof the Bahamas

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THE Bahamas Agricultur-al and Industrial Corporationdonated a tractor and ancil-lary farm equipment to Exu-ma farmers.

“Being able to feed our-selves is a must,” said BAICexecutive chairman EdisonKey. “No longer can wedepend on some outsidesource for our sustenance.

“We fed ourselves before,and at a time when farmingwas back-breaking.

“Surely we can do it evenbetter now that modern tech-nology has made food pro-

duction so much easier.”Last Thursday, BAIC host-

ed a meeting between Exu-ma farmers and top NewProvidence buyers.

Mr Key commended theExuma Farmers Association,headed by former policedeputy chief John Rolle, “fordemonstrating the kind ofinterest that we need to makeExuma great again in foodproduction.”

BAIC is represented inExuma by domestic invest-ment manager Everette Hart,a former Family Island

administrator.Also participating were rep-

resentatives from Super Val-ue food stores, ContinentalFoods, and the SandalsResort at Emerald Bay.

Mr Key vowed to do “thebest we can, within ourmeans, to assist Exuma farm-ers and food producers gain aniche in the national and eveninternational markets.

“Exumians have shown usthat they are serious aboutplaying a leading role in thenational cause towards foodsecurity.”

Exuma farmers receive tractor donation from BAIC

THANKS TO BAIC, Exuma farmers have a tractor and equipment. Pictured above (at right), ExumaFarmers Association president John Rolle accepts the keys from BAIC executive chairman Edison Key.

Photo: Derek Smith/BIS

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The union will meet withstaff to give an update onnegotiations today, accordingto vice president DarrenWoods, who said the openingof stores is dependent uponmanagement, and notemployees.

Mr Woods said: “The storesdidn’t close because the uniondidn’t negotiate. The storesclosed because KFC wantedto play hardball. The unionhas always maintained thatthe stores should haveremained open.

“The staff that have showedup to work on those daysshould be paid. The union hasdemanded this and we are

prepared to take this matterto court.”

Labour relations deterio-rated between the two sidesfollowing the franchise’s can-cellation of the company'svoluntary recognition of theunion.

The nine KFC locationson New Providence havebeen closed since February20 when staff were given anultimatum to accept newterms and conditions ofemployment or face termi-nation.

Employees continue toreport to work each day,according to Mr Woods.

KFC Nassau has stated thenine locations will remainclosed until an industrial

agreement is reached, and it isunwilling to pay any employ-ees during the closure period.

The company claims theshutdown was a result of the“illegal strike action” orderedby union bosses on Monday.

The union has maintainedthe sit-out on Monday wasnot a strike, and came inresponse to the abrupt can-cellation of union recogni-tion and the subsequentultimatum placed on staff.

Assistance has been madeavailable to workers throughthe Department of Social Ser-vices, according to Ministerof Labour Dion Foulkes, whosaid that some 300 familieshave been directly affectedby the mass closures.

year-old Garden Hills man incustody in connection withher disappearance.

However, Supt Paul Rolle,Head of CDU, confirmed thesuspect has since beenreleased.

“We arrested him onThursday but had to releasehim because we could onlyhold him for 48 hours. We didnot have sufficient evidenceto hold him. We are followingsome leads that seem to bedeveloping. We are still inves-tigating and taking anothercourse of action,” he said.

“We are mostly concernedwith finding her. If she is alive,we need to talk to her. If sheis dead, we need to find herbody. We have had some tips

but nothing substantial. Weare not giving up until we findher.”

Anya's mother, AntoinetteNewton, said she thinks thepolice have given up.

“Right now the case is stag-nant. The told us they arrest-ed someone but we haven’theard anything official yet.We just don’t know what todo anymore. I guess, like us,they are getting discouragedas time goes on,” she said.

“We are still hoping she isOK but we are prepared forthe worst. Her kids are hold-ing on but most days they arenot OK. They miss theirmom.

“They constantly watchthe door like they are wait-ing for their mother to comehome. They are not sleeping

and it is so hard to explain tothem what is going onbecause they are so youngand they just don't under-stand.”

Anya was last seen wear-ing khaki-coloured slacks, awhite button down shirt andblack shoes. She was also dri-ving a right-hand HondaCivic.

She is described as beingabout 5ft 8ins tall, of slimbuild with shoulder lengthblack hair.

Anyone with informationon Anya's whereaboutsshould contact the police at911 or 919, the Central Detec-tive Unit at 502, 9991 orCrime Stoppers anonymouslyat 328-TIPS. Her family canbe contacted at 467-7533, 464-9221 or 436-8952.

She ruled there was not suf-ficient evidence for a caseagainst Bowleg aiding or abet-ting the co-accused in assaultingMr Key and directed the jury todeliver a not guilty verdict.

At yesterday’s proceedings,Bowleg swore on the Bibleand gave his account of thenight in question.

He told the jury he andConstable Kevin Robertswere on patrol when theycame upon two cars parkedin the road at Robinson offBaillou Hill Road. Afterinquiring from the drivers - aman and a woman - why theywere there, he inspected theman’s car and found thelicence disc was forged.

He said he went to arrestKey, but Key had ran awaybut turned around just as hehad opened the door of thepatrol car to give chase.

The constable said Key wasswearing and resisting arrestso violently that it took him-self, officer Roberts andanother off duty policemanto subdue him and place himin the patrol car.

When they arrived to thestation, where Corporal Gar-diner was the only other offi-

cer present, Roberts was“booking Key in”.

“Corporal Gardiner wentto the car and came back withsome information in the formof a passport.”

The officer ran a namecheck in their database whereit was revealed that Key hadseveral outstanding warrantsagainst him, “three were war-rants of committal”.

“I informed Key of this andhe tried to run away. I pur-sued him, jumped on him andhe struggled to get free.”

Constable Bowleg said pri-or to the attempt escape, hehad instructed his fellow con-stable to retrieve the fraudu-lent licence disc.

After getting Key into thecell, which had been preparedby Gardiner, he went upstairsto prepare a report for his4pm-12am shift, which he toldMr Munroe was completedby the time of the next incom-ing guard.

He claimed he was notmade aware of the allegedassault on Key until he wasinterviewed by Insp KenroyFerguson in August.

In cross-examination, pros-ecutor Evans suggested to theofficer his testimony was nottrue and questioned how a

man of his stature, 6ft 2in and280lbs had struggled with amuch shorter and muchlighter 120lb man, consider-ing that he had “jumped” Key.

He disagreed and said hehad tackled the prisoner’s legsbefore he could get out of thestation but had been kickedin the face three times.

He contended there was astruggle between the two tothe point that Gardiner hadto help subdue Key.

Ms Evans asked the police-man if he recalled his conver-sation with Constable Robertsafter Key was carried back tocell. He replied that the onlyconversation he rememberedconcerned the licence disc.However, the prosecutor sug-gested he was not telling thetruth and was being evasivewith his “selective memory”.

He disagreed saying “it’sbeen five years, I can’t recallhaving a conversation.”

Prosecutor Evans queriedwhy counsel Munroe did notquery Robert’s testimony thatthe two had a conversationthat did not concern thelicence disc.

Bowleg responded that hecould not recall this being saidby Constable Roberts.

The trial resumes tomorrow.

ans of Haitian descent anddiscussed were the “negativeramifications” of policies con-cerning Haitians and Bahami-ans of Haitian descent and“what (Mr McCartney)intends to do if he wins nextelection,” Mr Dieudonne said.

He said Mr McCartneyshould “focus on key issues”such as children born in theBahamas to Haitian parentshaving difficulty getting “enti-tled documents” such as citi-zenship and school scholar-ships.

Earlier this month, theDNA publicly condemned

President Martelly’s advice toBahamians of Haitian descentto band together and support apolitical party they feel wouldbest protect their interests.

“I told them to organisethemselves and identify in thisupcoming elections who is ontheir side,” Mr Martelly said.

“By being determinate inthe elections they may havepeople taking care of them,this is the democratic way.”

The DNA, as well as thePLP, expressed concern overMr Martelly’s comments,claiming they were the resultof a “political ploy” by thegoverning party.

Haitian Ambassador Anto-

nio Rodrigue denied thoseclaims, stating the presidentwas misunderstood and didnot intend to interfere inBahamian politics.

Mr McCartney, as well asrepresentatives for Metropol-itan Church, could not bereached for comment.

The FNM has repeatedlydenied it invited Mr Martellyto the Bahamas, or encour-aged him to tell Haitian-Bahamians who to support.

The PLP has remainedsilent on the nature of itsmeeting with the Haitian-Bahamian community sinceit was uncovered by The Tri-bune last week.

TEACHERS and Students from Grand Bahama's SisterMary Patricia Russell Jr High School are pictured withGovernor-General Sir Arthur Foulkes (standing, centre,front row), during a courtesy call, on Saturday, April25, at Government House.

Photo: Derek Smith/BIS

Students meet governor-general

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