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The Bahamas continues to pay a heavy price for the sins of François ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier Dear Editor, As I read Public Works Minister Desmond Bannister’s statement regarding the government’s sting operation on The Farm Haitian shantytown in Abaco, my mind immediately went on the largest shantytown in the Western Hemisphere, which is Cité Soleil. Located in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti, Cité Soleil is home to approximately 270,000 Haitians, most of...

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Ruling on oil drilling expected ‘ASAP’ Stena Drilling’s Stena IceMAX drillship. After hearing both sides on the matter involving whether Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC) should be allowed to proceed with its exploratory oil drilling yesterday, a Supreme Court justice is set to deliver a ruling “as soon as possible.” Justice Petra Hanna-Adderley heard from the lead attorneys representing Waterkeeper Bahamas Ltd and Coalition to Save Clifton Bay, the government as well as BPC yesterda...

rrolle@tribunemedia.net LAWYERS representing environmental activists, the government and Bahamas Petroleum Company tussled over applications seeking judicial review of BPC’s exploratory oil drilling during a Supreme Court hearing yesterday. Justice Petra Hanna-Weekes said she will consider their submissions today and return a judgment as soon as possible. BPC’s drilling of Perseverance #1 began on Sunday, December 20, about 90 miles west of Andros and is expected to be completed within 45 t...

nhartnell@tribunemedia.net An oil explorer and its opponents have given sharply different versions of the Christmas Eve legal battle that set up today’s hearing on the Judicial Review challenge to halt its exploratory drilling. Fred Smith QC, the Callender’s & Co attorney and partner, yesterday argued that Bahamas Petroleum Company’s (BPC) description of the December 24, 2020, hearing before Justice Petra Hanna-Adderley was “deceptive and misleading” because his clients’ case was ...

nhartnell@tribunemedia.net Oil exploration opponents yesterday sought the Supreme Courts approval to add the Town Planning Committee as a "fourth respondent" in their challenge to Bahamas Petroleum Companys (BPC) drilling. Waterkeepers Bahamas and the Coalition to Protect Clifton Bay, in moving to amend their initial Judicial Review action, argued that the planning regulator should be added because it has failed to order BPC to cease it activities in waters 90 miles west of Andros given the see...

nhartnell@tribunemedia.net Environmental activists yesterday accused the Government of "jumping the gun" after it filed legal papers opposing their bid to halt oil exploration in Bahamian waters. Rashema Ingraham, executive director of Waterkeeper Bahamas, told Tribune Business "it goes against normal legal process for Judicial Reviews" for the Attorney Generals Office to file a "notice of objection" prior to Justice Hanna-Weekes determining whether the activists case should proceed. The Suprem...