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THe Governor GeneraL HoSTS THe offIcIaL oPPoSITIon annuaL cHrISTmaS LuncHeon

4 Governor-General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling hosted the Official Opposition to an Annual Christmas Luncheon at Government Houseon Monday, December 17, 2018. The Governor General is pictured seated centre, with Leader of the Opposition the Hon. Philip Davis, centre left; Deputy Leader ofthe Opposition, Chester Cooper, centre right; and from left: Picewell Forbes, Senator the Hon. Jobeth Coleby-Davis, Glenys Hanna-Martin, Senator the Hon. Frederick

Mitchell, Senator the Hon. Michael Darville, and Senator the Hon. Clay Sweeting. (BIS Photos/Letisha Henderson)

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Bahamian FugitiveTo Be Extradited

A Bahamian man whois wanted in the UnitedStates for alleged sexualrelated crimes against a13-year-old, was arrestedat the Lynden PindlingInternational Airportattempting to leave thecountry.

The fugitive, DonCyprian Martin, 45 ofMartin Town, GrandBahama, is wanted in theUS State of Atlanta.

Martin, according toAtlanta Press, went miss-ing during his trial andjust before his sentencewas to be handed down.

According to a FultonCounty DistrictAttorney’s Office state-ment issued last Tuesday,in US media, Martin leftthe courthouse after fivedays of testimony anddidn’t return for closingarguments. His where-abouts were stated as“unknown”.

Investigations on

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Twelve MigrantsArrested In South BiminiBahamian Boat Captain In Custody

Twelve illegal migrantsare in the custody ofImmigration authoritiesafter a joint operationbetween officers fromthe Bimini Division ofthe Royal BahamasPolice Force and RoyalBahamas Defence Forceofficers. They appre-hended the men while ina vessel was moored at aresort in South Bimini.

A s s i s t a n tSuperintendent of Policein Grand Bahama,Tericita Pinder, reportedthat shortly after 11:00Sunday morning - thejoint team- acting onintelligence, went to alocal resort on South

Bimini where they board-ed a 36ft. vessel and dis-covered the 12 illegalimmigrants. In the groupwere three females andnine males.

A further search of thevessel was conducted,and officers discovered aquantity of suspectedmarijuana.

The illegal immigrantsone Dominican, aVenezuelan, threeEcuadorians and sevenChinese, were all handedover to Immigration.

According to ASPPinder, the captain of thatvessel, a resident of NewProvidence was alsoarrested and taken intopolice custody.

Investigations contin-ue in the matter.

Exuma police areinvestigating an allegeddrowning of an adultmale, that occurred onSunday in waters ofExuma Cay.

Reports from policeindicate that, shortlybefore 11:00am, a groupof persons were on a div-ing excursion in theExuma Cays, betweenHighbourne Cay andAllan Cay, when one ofthe divers, an adult male,was discovered unre-sponsive in the water.

The man was pulledfrom the waters, CPRwas administered, but itwas unsuccessful. He wastransported to a hospitalon New Providence,where he was pro-nounced dead.

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SEVEN MOREDOMINICANSAPPREHENDEDJust days after sevenDominican poachers werepicked up off Inagua andsubsequently charged onseveral counts, DefenseForce Officers apprehend-ed another seven of them

yesterday morning forallegedly fishing illegal-ly.

From all reports, offi-cers were on routinepatrol when they spottedthe two Dominican smallgo-fast type boats just off

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U R B A N R E N E W A L DONATES $5,000 TO BFN

The Ministry of SocialServices leaves a specialholiday treat for TheBahamas FeedingNetwork (BFN), donating

$5,000 towards the “Feed5,000 Families”Campaign.

Minister FrankieCampbell said he isgrateful for the opportuni-

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Graduating Fire Squad inGrand Bahama Makes History

FREEPORT, GrandBahama - The first fullFire Squad to pass outfrom the Royal BahamasPolice Force in over adecade graduated onThursday, December 13,2018, in a special ceremo-ny at the Gerald BartlettPolice Headquarters inFreeport, Grand Bahama.

D Squad, 2018 com-prised of 34 graduates willbe stationed within theFire Branch of the Force.

This milestone, accord-ing to Minister ofNational Security, theHon. Marvin Dames,marks a very special day,not only in the lives of the

34 young Bahamian menand women recruits, butalso for the distinguishedresidents of the entireisland of Grand Bahama.

“I remind you that youare entering a career thatoftentimes becomes dan-gerous,” Minister Damestold the police graduates.

“Firefighters don’t justrun into burning build-ings, they are often firstresponders on the scene ofexplosions, natural disas-ters, wildfires, traffic acci-dents and other catastro-phes. The demanding jobcan take both a physicaland mental toll on thosewho perform it.”

The National SecurityMinister, who was thekeynote speaker duringthe graduation ceremony,noted that as with allagencies under thepurview of the Ministryof National Security, theRoyal Bahamas PoliceForce has been calledupon to embrace theadoption of sound man-agement, that will allowfor the effective executionof anti-crime and lawenforcement strategies inthe short, medium andlong terms.

“Earlier this year, theMinistry of NationalSecurity completed a

c o m p r e h e n s i v eManpower Audit to deter-mine the most effectiveestablishment of theRoyal Bahamas PoliceForce,” said MinisterDames.

“We needed to deter-mine, as a matter ofurgency, what wasrequired in the way ofhuman resources to effec-tively operate stations anddivisions throughout thenation, including GrandBahama.”

Key among the Audit’sfindings, according toMinister Dames, was thatthe Force’s recruitmentrate was not keeping pacewith its attrition rate. Thenumber of officers leav-ing the Force (whether byretirement, resignation,death or otherwise) wasconsistently higher thanthe number of officersbeing recruited.Minister Dames notedthat this imbalance result-ed in a manpower gap of1,020 police officersthroughout the ranks,inclusive of 71 fire offi-cers. He added that theAudit suggested that inorder to operate at appro-priate levels, the PoliceForce needed 791Constables.

“The Audit furtherrevealed that whileapproximately 500 or18% of the Force is sta-tioned here in Grand

Bahama, the island stillneeded 261 officers inorder to operate at suit-able levels, inclusive of25 fire officers.

“Using these findingsas our impetus, theGovernment began to laythe fiscal framework tobegin correcting the man-power shortages in theForce. This fiscal year,funding was approved forthe first 134 Recruits, 100of whom will be complet-ing their training in NewProvidence next Thursdayand the other 34 officersof this Fire Squad.

“This is just the firststep, and I am happy toreport that Cabinet hasalso approved funding foranother 130 recruits, 30of whom will be trainedright here in GrandBahama.”

Minister Dames addedthat based on the recom-mendations from theManpower Audit, theGovernment’s ultimategoal has been to facilitatethe rebranding of theRoyal Bahamas PoliceForce, with a strategicfocus on developing “alean and purposefulagency” that is able toeffectively police in arobust society driven bytechnological advance-ments.

Minister Dames saidthat the contextual andstructural rebranding of

the Police Force is direct-ly linked to the futuregrowth and developmentof the Bahamas.“Therefore, my Ministryis committed to usheringthe police force into the21st Century law enforce-ment, so as to ensure thedelivery of professionaland uninterrupted polic-ing services throughoutour nation,” said MinisterDames.

“ C o m m i s s i o n e rFerguson has assured methat the Force hasengaged in the strategicdeployment of officers inan effort to ensure suffi-cient manpower is avail-able to provide policingservices throughout allislands of The Bahamas.For this reason, a numberof these new officers willbe deployed to GrandBahama.“I admonish you toalways do your job withintegrity and in accor-dance with the law. Thepeople of the Bahamasare depending on each ofyou to perform yourduties with fairness,impartiality and profes-sionalism.

“I want you to knowthat this Governmentsupports your selflessservice to our nation andno effort will be spared toprovide you with the nec-essary tools to be suc-cessful.”

4 Minister of National Security, the Hon. Marvin Dames, was the keynotespeaker during graduation ceremonies for D Squad 2018, at the Gerald Bartlett

Police Complex. (BIS Photos/andrew miller)

4 National Security Minister, Hon. Marvin Dames (center), along with Commissioner of Police, Anthony Ferguson; Assistant Commissioner of Police, Samuel Butler andother top brass of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, joined D Squad (2018) for an official photograph following graduation ceremonies on Thursday, December 13,

2018. Thirty-four officers graduated. (BIS Photos/andrew miller)

SEVEN MORE DOMINICANS APPREHENDEDNorth East Point, Inagua.

After a search of thevessels, officers found

several air compressorsand containers of gaso-line.

The Dominicans wereall taken into custody andhanded over to police and

immigration officials atGreat Inagua to bebrought to the capital,where they are expectedto be charged with vari-ous fishing offenses.

Meantime, both skiffsand the fishing apparatuswere confiscated andhanded over to the policefor further processing.

URBAN RENEWAL DONATES $5,000 TO BFNty to help add quality to thelives of the people of TheBahamas, whom he proud-ly serves.

He said, “I’m satisfiedthat no amount of gov-ernment programs willcatch everybody. So, we

rely on our partners togive us that extra boost aswe attempt to put in placesafety nets for variousaspects of vulnerable per-sons within our commu-nity.”

The Bahamas FeedingNetwork is a non-profitgroup of 13 separateorganizations formed in

December 2013 to tacklethe hunger rate in thecountry.

BFN aims to performas a hub for collectingand distributing foodthroughout the archipela-go.

Minister Campbellshared why his Ministrychose to team up with the

organization.He said, “I had the

privilege, a few monthsago, to go on a Sundayafternoon to the buildingon Fox Hill Road, justnext to the police station.I was privileged to be onthe line taking up foodand making up parcels.”

He added, “I think

3,000 persons or thereabout were served and Isaw first-hand the impactthat the feeding networkhad.”

Mr. Campbell said theministry has pumpedabout 12 million dollarsinto food assistance, andthe $5,000 cheque camefrom the Urban Renewal

Commission. This is the “Feed

5,000 Families” thirdannual campaign, andthis initiative is in col-laboration with AMLFoods Limited, TheBahamas FeedingNetwork, The BahamasRed Cross, and TheSalvation Army.

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In what is believed to be afirst, a Bahamian surgeonhas been named to join thefaculty of the ClevelandClinic's GlickmanUrological & KidneyInstitute in the UnitedStates, a facility that is

part of the award-winningCleveland Clinic inCleveland, Ohio. The honour is beingbestowed on DariusUnwala, M.D., who willtake leave from ThePrincess Margaret

Hospital and Doctors’Hospital, where he hasserved as a consultanturologist since 2011. Hespecializes in treating kid-ney and urology-relatedconditions, includingsophisticated, minimallyinvasive laparoscopic andendoscopic procedures. "We are pleased to wel-come Dr. Unwala to theworld-class faculty of theGlickman Urological andKidney Institute atCleveland Clinic, whichhas been ranked as the No.1 or No. 2 urology pro-gram in the nation by U.S.News and World Reportevery year since 2000,"said Eric A. Klein, MD,Chairman of theGlickman Urological andKidney Institute atCleveland Clinic. Dr. Unwala has beensought after by some ofthe most prestigious hos-pitals in the United Statesover the past severalyears. In his post atCleveland Clinic’sGlickman Institute, hewill spend part of his timeat the main campus andpart of his time develop-ing and enhancing the

urological programme ofa regional hospital of theCleveland Clinic.In addition to his expert-ise in urological proce-dures, Dr. Unwala is con-sidered among the pre-mier reviewers of the aca-demic medical literature.He has written numerouseditorials on a wide rangeof subjects in urology andwas recently named a TopReviewer for the UrologyGold Journal, a designa-tion reserved for a selectfew. According to a sourceclose to Dr. Unwala, thedecision to take leavewas a difficult one.“Darius has dedicated hisacademic career, hisknowledge, his medicallife to trying to find betterways to treat those whosuffer from kidney andurology-related condi-tions,” the source said.“Given the extraordinaryrate of diabetes in thiscountry, the expense andnature of dialysis, he hasalways searched for akinder, gentler way andperhaps his exposure to afacility that can afford thekind of equipment that is

not available in a commu-nity as small as TheBahamas will strengthenhis ability even more andallow him to return homewith greater knowledgeand some of the answerswe all seek to deal withthe scourge of kidney-related diseases.” A graduate of theUniversity of ManchesterMedical School in theU.K., Dr. Unwala gradu-ated with Honours in allsubject areas. He is aboard-certified urologistin the United States, aFellow of the RoyalCollege of Surgeons inCanada, a Fellow of theAmerican College ofSurgeons, a member ofthe Royal College ofSurgeons of England, amember of the MedicalAssociation of TheBahamas and TheBahamas MedicalCouncil. Dr. Unwala wasrecognised in TheBahamas ‘40 under 40’awards in 2013 and hewas awarded theBahamian Icon Award forhis outstanding contribu-tions to health in 2016.He serves on the

Executive Board ofDirectors of the CancerSociety of the Bahamasand is a Director andTreasurer of the BrighterBahamas Foundation, anon-profit dedicated toimproving life, health andwell-being through read-ing and wider availabilityof books for all. Dr. Unwala is married toRashmi Unwala, MD,FAAD, ConsultantDermatologist andAssistant Professor,Mayo Clinic. She haspracticed at both PrincessMargaret Hospital andDoctors Hospital for sev-eral years. Dr. RashmiUnwala will be taking upthe post of AssistantProfessor ofDermatology at theCleveland Clinic.Both Drs. Unwala willsee their last patients atthe end of this month andencourage all seekingrecords to contact theiroffices prior to December31. They will take up res-idence in Ohio – in themidst of January andsnow – with their threechildren, Nikhil, Yasminand Cyrus.

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Minister Thompson: ‘S ignif icantprogress has taken place in GB in 2018’FREEPORT, GrandBahama -- One of thevisions of the FreeNational MovementGovernment for GrandBahama in 2018 was tohelp place the island on apath of economic recov-ery, and then move ittowards financial growth,“that was the goal of thisgovernment in GrandBahama and we believethat significant progresshas taken place – althoughthere remains much morework to be done.

“For the most part, webelieve this governmenthas begun to move GrandBahama to the placewhere we would like tosee it in the future,” saidMinister of State forGrand Bahama, SenatorKwasi Thompson.

The Minister’s remarkscame during a year inreview by the Office ofthe Prime Minister inGrand Bahama to mem-bers of the local media onSunday. MinisterThompson said the year inreview was a glimpse of afull year for the FNMGovernment, and thus itwas necessary to point outsome of the accomplish-ments for Grand Bahamain 2018.

Minister Thompsonnoted that Grand Bahamahas played, and will con-tinue to play a pivotal rolein the overall economicresurgence of TheBahamas, and said thatsignificance explainedwhy the Prime Ministerhas taken a very personaland keen interest in GrandBahama.

“It’s important to notethat this year the tourismnumbers for GrandBahama are up,” saidMinister Thompson.“According to theMinistry of Tourism andas reported by the CentralBank’s latest report,

tourism stopover visitorsin Grand Bahama haveincreased, year-over-yearby 3.5 percent.

“The reason why this issignificant is because lastyear’s numbers were aplunge of over 30 percent.What’s even more impor-tant is the Airbnb informa-tion and report, which hassuggested that those num-bers for the country over-all has increased. But inparticular for GrandBahama, the bookings forAirbnb has increased thisyear for Grand Bahama by44 percent.

“This represents thelargest increase in thatsector for the entire coun-try.”

Also, this year, MinisterThompson noted that therehas been a significantincrease in revenue atCustoms – an increase of$15 million with respect toCustoms revenue in GrandBahama.

Minister Thompsonnoted that the offering offree registration atBahamas Technical andVocational Institute(BTVI) for all qualifyingBahamians across thecounty has been signifi-cant. For Grand Bahama,in particular, MinisterThompson said there hasbeen an overall increase inenrollment by 70 percentas a result of this initiativeby the government.

In the technologycourses and degrees atBTVI, there has been a 97percent increase in theInstitute’s enrollment.

“So, we see that therehas been a significantimpact by the BTVI initia-tive [on the part of] thegovernment and next year,the Prime Minister hascommitted that he willmake the University ofThe Bahamas free forqualifying Bahamians aswell,” added Minister

Thompson.The Minister pointed

out that throughout 2018,a number of new business-es have opened in GrandBahama by both local andforeign investors helpingto stimulate the island’seconomy. Those compa-nies include GIBC (a digi-tal company); BahamasZipline at Pirates Cove (a$1.4 million investment);Eco-Oil broke ground forits new offices in GrandBahama in June 2018 (a$10 million investment);Home Fabrics of Nassau,opened a branch inFreeport (a $2 millioninvestment); FowlcoMarine LogisticsCompany (a $1.4 millioninvestment); GoombayLand Skating Rink andentertainment Centre (a$500,000 investment) wasrenovated and reopened;Elnet Maritime Companybroke ground to constructtheir new offices, (a $2.5million investment); CoralVita broke ground for itsfirst land-based commer-cial Coral Farm; andPharmachem began workon their $180 millionexpansion project.

As a result of these newbusinesses, employmenton Grand Bahama hasgone up as well, as GrandBahamians were hired towork at these new andexpanding businesses.Labor on the blocks,which was a huge successin Nassau, came to GrandBahama and saw the samesuccess. Some 1,500Grand Bahamians turnedout and registered andthere were a number ofpeople who were able toobtain employment on thespot, and many morereceived appointments forjob interviews, as a resultof the Labor on the Blocksprogram.

“We held a Job Fair andsome seventy Grand

Bahamians were hired byQuality Services and areemployed at the expansionproject at Pharmachem,”said Minister Thompson.“Itelbpo’s expansion hasopened the door for moreGrand Bahamians to behired, as the companymoves towards its goal ofhiring an additional 100Bahamians.

“The OPM’s summerprogram was launched inJune, which gave 500young people job opportu-nities for the summer. Thegovernment’s new ICTSummer program alsotook effect in 2018. Thisprogram not only allowedstudents an opportunity tobe trained at BTVI inI n f o r m a t i o n ,Communications andTechnology courses, but aunique aspect of the pro-gram was that these stu-dents were paid a stipendto participate in the pro-gram. The program isexpected to be expandedto New Providence.”

Minister Thompsonpointed out that the SmallBusiness Grant Program,which was launched bythe Office of the PrimeMinister, allowed 197people to go through theSmall Business GrantProgram, where theyobtained better businessdevelopment skills. Out ofthat number 87 peoplewere given SmallBusiness Grants, to thetune of over $370,000.

Perhaps one of thebiggest events to takeplace in Grand Bahamaduring 2018 was the gov-ernment’s decision to pur-chase the Grand LucayanResort.

“This was an invest-ment to preserve the jobsof the employees workingat the Resort, but also as astep to continue the rede-velopment of GrandBahama’s tourism mar-

ket,” said MinisterThompson.

“The government hasput in place an independ-ent board that is now man-aging the resort. As aresult, that board hasoffered voluntary separa-tion packages now inprocess, and negotiationsbetween the two unionswith respect to those vol-untary separation pack-ages.

“The government hasapproved a three milliondollar renovation for theResort. Bids are out andthe Board is evaluatingthose bids. The govern-ment has received over 20interests and potentialoffers for the purchase ofthe resort and we willbegin to narrow that listdown shortly.

“Let me stress that thegovernment does notintend to continue to runthe resort, but what wewant to do is sell the resortto a qualified buyer assoon as possible.”

In November of 2018,Grand Bahama held itsSecond AnnualTechnology Summit,which brought togetherlocal, national and interna-tional experts and compa-nies in the field of technol-ogy to exchange ideasabout advancing technolo-gy around the world.

It was during thatSummit that theGovernment of TheBahamas signed an MOUwith Cisco Systems toprovide further education-al opportunities forBahamians to be trained inthe technology sector.

“One of the uniquethings that came out of thisyear’s Summit was theannouncement by theGrand Bahama PowerCompany, who will beoffering a GB Tech Hubspecial power rate particu-larly for those tech busi-

nesses who intend to openoffices in Grand Bahama,”said Minister Thompson.

“It will also be offeredto existing tech businesseswho are expanding andhiring more employees.They will also be able totake advantage of this spe-cial tech hub electricityrate.”

Minister Thompsonsaid that there were a num-ber of other events, proj-ects and programs thathave taken place in GrandBahama to help stimulateand move the economyforward, including thecontinuation of projectslike the building of thejunior high school inHolmes’ Rock, the build-ing of the Seawall inSmith’s Point, and thebuilding of the bridge atthe Fishing Hole Road.

He said he is excitedabout the possibilities thatlie ahead for GrandBahama in 2019 and looksforward to even more newbusinesses, particularly inthe technology sector, tobe opened in GrandBahama.

Minister Thompsonsaid that it is his belief thatthe special church service,which was held on WatchNight before the start of2018 had very positiveeffects on the island. Theevent, which gathered pas-tors, preachers and believ-ers from throughout theisland, was held at theIndependence Park, wherethe New Year for GrandBahama was ushered in.

“We believe that all ofthe achievements and suc-cess for Grand Bahama in2018, is as a result of whatGod is doing in GrandBahama. And there is nodoubt that the churchservice that was held tostart off the New Year hada lot to do with that suc-cess,” said MinisterThompson.

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SDA Church Caribbean Union AdministratorsPay Courtesy Call on the Governor General

4 Governor General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling received the Executive membership of the Caribbean Union Administrators of the SeventhDay Adventist Church during a Courtesy Call, December 14, 2018. (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna)

AAAWU Signs Industrial Agreement with Nassau Flight Services

Executives of the AirportAirline and AlliedWorkers Union(AAAWU) and the man-agement of Nassau FlightServices signed an indus-trial agreement on Friday,December 14, 2018 at theDepartment of Labour’s,City Corporate Office onRosetta Street.

he signing of the indus-trial agreement was wit-nessed by Nassau FlightServices executives andAAAWU officials.Among those witnessingthe signing was Mrs.Yolantha Yallop, LegalCounsel in theDepartment of Labourand Ms. Veronique Evans,Notary Public withNassau Flight Services.

s. Jewel Fountain,President of the AAAWUsaid that today, “bringsclosure to a long awaitedcontract negotiations. Ourmembers will certainly behappy that after negotiat-ing for some time theywill be able to have aMerry Christmas as wesign this document andregister the document.”

s. Fountain continued,“I would like to thankNassau Flight ServicesManagement team. Eventhough we may havefought sometimes, at theend of the day we left thetable on mutual grounds.”Ms. Fountain also thankedher officers and counselmembers.

r. Ricardo Adderley,

Deputy Chairman of theBoard of Directors ofNassau Flight Servicesapologized for theChairman of NassauFlight Services, Mr. RickyMackey who was unableto attend the signing. Mr.Adderley commented,“…We would like tothank Mr. (Huedley) Mossour consultant for FlightServices and as themadam president wouldhave said, these negotia-tions was going on from2015, so indeed this is agreat day that we are hereto have these documentssigned with all of thenegotiations going onfrom 2015 to now. So thisis a great day for theAAAWU…

4 The Airport Airline and Allied Workers Union (AAAWU) signed an industrialagreement with the management of Nassau Flight Services on Friday,

December 14, 2018 at the Department of Labour, City Corporate Center onRosetta Street. Pictured from left to right are Mr. Ricardo Rolle, General

Manager of Nassau Flight Services; Mr. Ricardo Adderley, Deputy Chairman ofthe Board of Directors of Nassau Flight Services; Ms. Jewel Fountain, Presidentof the Airport Airline and Allied Workers Union and Mr. Huedley Moss, Labour

Consultant with Nassau Flight Services. (BIS Photo/raymond a. Bethel, Sr.)

Bahamian Fugitive To Be Extradited

Martin dates back to2011. That’s when policewere contacted about thealleged inappropriatetouching of the younggirl who Martin hadallegedly abused for sixyears.

“Martin was arrestedin 2014, held on a$15,000 bond and initial-ly was required to wearan ankle monitor follow-

ing his arrest. He wasindicted in 2015, but twoyears later, a judgeremoved that condition”according to US mediareport.

He has since beenfound guilty of rape,aggravated sexual bat-tery, child molestation,and cruelty to children inthe first degree.

According to theAtlanta Press, sentencingfor Martin is currently on

hold because the victimhas requested to addressMartin during the sen-tencing testimony pro-ceedings.

According to policehere in the capital,Martin was attempting toleave the country shortlyafter 5:00pm Saturday,when they were called tothe international terminalat LPIA.

He is expected to beextradited to the US.

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