730PM OUR NEWS OCTOBER 4TH 2021

[Music] our news is brought to you by alive tonight on our news the country's dismal financial state the prison chief fires back are the days of parading suspects in front of cameras over and meet rev and alive's first director of speed and connection [Music] welcome to our news and thanks for joining us i'm christina dragovich topping news tonight days after he was placed on administrative leave prison commissioner charles murphy has retained legal counsel his attorney ramona ferguson seymour says her client maintains he did nothing wrong and this ordeal is taking a toll on his family berthie mcdermott reports and we're told that no no it's nothing political well if it's not political then what is it after being abruptly placed on administrative leave commissioner of corrections charles murphy's attorney is suggesting that the move was political they're hoping both sides can sit and resolve the matter failing that it will proceed to court ramona farkasan seymour said on september 27 murphy showed up to what he thought was a briefing with newly appointed national security minister wayne monroe as he was debriefing and speaking with the minister as to what is happening at the department he was then abruptly he says informed mr murphy let me be honest with you the government is not prepared to work with you she said her client then asked why and the answer he got was that he ran the department of corrections illegally he was then informed she said that he contravened a supreme court order mandating the release of prescott smith her client insisted that wasn't the case farkas and seymour claimed smith's attorney showed up at the prison after the hours of release without the proper documents it was not a release certificate it was a court order she said at no point was the prison commissioner given a chance to respond to any of the claims she took issue with the manner in which it was handled as well as this letter advising murphy of his leave you can see from this letter which advises him of administrative leave immediately there are no grounds listed here no reasons for this type of action the duration of the leave is not there when would he be given an opportunity to speak for due process likewise again nothing then there's the question of a conflict of interest while the national security minister denies that claim farkas and seymour says the evidence is clear how is it that you hold or that you would assume the very office that you're suing outside and again i say to the people do you consider that to be a conflict reporting for our news i'm bertini mcdermott meanwhile three weeks after taking office prime minister philip davis says the country's financial state is dismal minister of economic affairs michael halkidis explained that financial reports indicate certain policy responses by the previous administration added to the strain caused by the pandemic kyle joaquin reports yes and it's dismal and we are trying to get get some questions and answers with the bahamas already at junk bond status following a recent downgrade from credit ratings agency moody's prime minister philip davis says after meeting with the financial secretary and getting a look at where the country is financially it's not good but when asked for more detail i don't want to say no more than that right now while he wouldn't say much more economic affairs minister michael alchitas told our news davis statement was the result of an initial assessment conducted by the government's finance team we've been hard hit and what we're doing right now is having an assessment completed we've done the assessment so we got some initial information we're having a complete assessment done of the state of the finances what our liabilities are what our obligations are the timing of those things and you know we have to get down to work alkita said while the response of the previous minutes administration to certain situations is to blame there was also code 19. most of it and you know certain policy responses that we thought might have gone overboard and impacted the economy we're happy to be able to begin to loosen the strings on on the economy while in opposition the pop promised to reduce vat at a rate of 10 percent for one year in light of the findings of these financial assessments we ask alkitus if that is still the plan we made that commitment to reduce fat and we want to do that very early and part of our strategy is to make up any potential shortfall is to um just refocus on revenue enhancement meaning uh collecting what's out there that's not being collected i'm not implementing any new taxes but just making sure that those who owe and can afford to pay are given an opportunity to pay as there are no plans for new taxes al-kita said the government will do what it must to help the business community to rebound now again davis says his team is going through the findings and will release information as soon as possible for our news i'm kyle joaquin prime minister davis defending the appointment of former education minister jerome fitzgerald as senior policy advisor opm came under fire last week after it released a photo on social media announcing fitzgerald's appointment that post was deleted and a vague statement was released three days later davis says he's looking for the best and questioned what scandals people are talking about for the best and brightest amongst us to help me carry through the big things that i have for this country each one person has a confidence and to be able to help me to deliver that [Music] well eight government senators elect received their instruments of appointment today tyrell young barry griffin jr randy roll ronald duncan lachelle adderley quinton lightbourne daryn pickstock and dr erica hepburn received their appointment letters at the office of the governor general the group will take their official oath on wednesday it's indeed an honor and a privilege to be able to be selected by the prime minister to serve as a senator you know it sounds true to the outage of instant new day not just in the country but from a political standpoint where as a progressive party has now put in place from young professionals to be able to serve as senators i think it's profound and i think given opportunity i'm honored and i'm privileged griffin a 33 year old attorney says he's grateful for the opportunity to serve his country to give vigorous debate on the bills that are proposed and to ensure that all facets of bohemian society are absolutely represented by what the plp passes in the in the house and the senate it was exciting like i said that the prime minister would have such confidence in young people so it shows that it's absolutely a new day and that young people will have a seat at the table and so my plan is just to make sure that the views of millennials generation z that we do have our views at the table shifting gears now the prime minister says he doesn't regret penning a letter to a u.s judge to end federal authorities pursuit of island lux co-founder adrian fox in a letter dated august 10 2021 davis said i strongly advocate for the termination of proceedings against mr adrian fox davis says he has seen his former client change his life for the better he has so reordered his life that and his philanthropy and what he's been doing and helping his community i thought it only city for me to say to the court what i thought of him those times fox's plea deal with u.s authorities which omits mention of human smuggling charges resulted in him agreeing to plead guilty to one count of helping to operate a vessel in u.s waters in a grossly negligent manner he's scheduled to be sentenced on october 15th his attorneys are hoping for justifying probation and 100 hours of community service in the bahamas there's no regrets now that you're the prime minister no no no no okay [Music] well the rev and alive group announcing its first director of speed and connection today but what's different about this position is who is filling the role top company executives traveling to florida today in preparation for the announcement jerome sawyer reports when two-time olympic 400-meter gold medalist shawnee milo weibo starts a race there's almost always victory involved and a multi-year deal as brand ambassador for the rev alive group is expected to be no less of a win as the director thank you guys so much for having me a gleeful milo weibo got her first interaction with company executives monday at her training facility in claremont florida welcome to the company it's so great for you to be a part of the team it also gave alive's chief executive officer john gomez a chance to formally welcome this bohemian superstar into the family of an all bahamian telecommunications giant when you talk about the brands in terms of the resilience the reliability the performance of the network the innovation and when you look at what shawnee has accomplished in terms of her gold medals and not just that but her whole entire journey along the way it's a great partnership in terms of the the excellence that she portrays the excellence of what we portray as a group that we can be able to join as partners to be able to to leverage both of these the deal will give the 400 meter champ a chance to earn compensation as the director of speed and connection and face of a well-known local brand being the new director of speed and connection i'm very excited with the title um but yeah you know overall i'm just really excited to to work with alive and rough tv and i think we're going to do a lot in our time together and yeah hopefully bring out the best on both sides and both sides are looking for back-to-back wins it's always great to have a part of home with you and to help the endorsement with rev tv and alive it's a great feeling like i said one word that sums it all up excellence and this is something that she has driven and she has shown and continuously demonstrates with her particular brand over the next four years when she's not training at the facility here in clermont shawnee is going to be pretty busy she's going to be the face of rev and alive ad campaigns now along with a lot of virtual and in-person appearances and quite a bit of planned charity work all of this as company officials couldn't be more excited to get this deal started from clermont florida for our news i'm jerome sawyer thanks jerome partly cloudy conditions in the capitol greg thompson is in the weather center with our first look thanks christina welcome everybody for your first look at weather brought to you tonight by ports international trusted medical supplies for a better quality of life warm outside our studios right now temperatures are in the mid 80s 84 is our current temperature with a few clouds most of those are high your wind's out of the east at seven knots in your fields like temperature in the mid to upper 80s satellite view around the area we have a very nice conditions across most of the bahamas but down near the southeast islands broad area of low pressure with uh some showers and thunderstorms and nash hurricane center watching that giving that about a 10 chance for formation over the next couple of days that's your first liquor brother your extended forecast is still to come thanks christina welcome everybody for your first look at weather brought to you tonight by ports international trusted medical supply still to come on our news the bus driver in last week's high-speed chase gets jail time and new covet protocols at the prison find out more after this a new prime minister we have the right vision the right policies and the right team to take this country forward a new government and cabinet and now a new legislative agenda we will be very very aggressive and make them extremely accountable join the rtv team as we give you full coverage of the opening of parliament october 6 9 am [Music] national security minister wayne monroe says he has no issue with a decision made by the royal bahamas police force to no longer parade suspects into court to be charged the magistrates court building was designed with a cell block that you drove the prisoners into there are corridors behind the court so that prisoners are not exposed to views it has always been my view that it is not right and proper to display people the police force says the move was part of new safety protocols i'm very happy to see that the police anticipate what would be some of my concerns and the driver of that omnibus carrying 3 million dollars of marijuana pled guilty today theodore james ferguson was charged with one count of conspiracy to possess dangerous drugs with intent to supply and one count of possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply according to court dockets officers tried to stop a purple bus with its headlights off last friday a high-speed chase ensued and the bus crashed into bushes a search of the bus revealed more than 3 thousand pounds of marijuana when officers caught up with ferguson he admitted to being the driver magistrate darren's role sentenced the 54-year-old father of eight to three years in prison and fined him ten thousand dollars and national security minister wayne monroe announcing the department of corrections will introduce a number of covet 19 mitigation measures including rapid antigen testing for incoming inmates in a bid to prevent a catastrophic situation at the prison jasmine brown reports the national security minister made the comments as he toured two other law enforcement agencies that fall under his ministry now when it comes to the department of corrections he says the safety protocols there will be overhauled i saw health and safety issues that have directed the two deputy commissioners to address all of our institutions must be safe for the public servants public officers who must use them and for the other stakeholders like the inmates the national security minister citing several health and safety concerns at the bahamas department of corrections saying they must be addressed monroe said some of the briefings he received did not line up with what he saw during his tour of the facility he added the prison doctor recommended several changes to prevent the spread of covet 19 but says many of them were not implemented i'm happy to say that we will now have disinfecting of the prison every day as opposed to when somebody supposedly is infected which was a freestanding recommendation by dr johnson we'll have to see how we can get at least rapid antigen testing of new persons coming into the prison to have some sort of risk analysis something that was not instituted even though rapid antigen chest kits aren't very expensive what they prevent is something that can be catastrophic on october 5 2020 then minister of national security marvin dame said 31 coveted 19 cases had been reported at b docks between march and september monroe said the prison is investigating one new case we are now moving in the direction as this government is committed to to follow the science and to listen to what the medical people say and we have dr johnson up there who is very capable last week commissioner of corrections charles murphy was placed on immediately pending an investigation into several matters at the prison murphy fired back by telling the tribune that the accusations were baseless reporting for our news i'm jasmine brown well the royal bahamas defense force and its u.s counterparts intercepted another two illegal vessels in route to the bahamas over the weekend immigration minister keith bell says those individuals have already been turned around they have they descended to other boats in the atlantic and they've turned them around and so they're doing a human shop in terms of blocking the panel the passage and so in terms of a thicker we can because we anticipate we hope that none gets through but we know that more on the way and we're trying to stop them and turn them back around in excess of 500 haitian migrants were repatriated last week and 400 more are set to return home this week bell says government is moving fast with arraignments and repatriations as more illegal migrants are said to be on their way to the bahamas the chief monster and the team are down there and as i'm made to understand they've started the car triumphs once those trials are completed uh we are we will send a note to diplomatic note to haiti uh working with the embassy and to ensure that the infatuation is swift as well it's now time for tonight's financial market minute brought to you by rf your local investment bank [Music] this has been your financial market minute to explore the best performing mutual funds in the bahamas visit our website at www.rfgroup.com up next the world's third largest cryptocurrency exchange makes its mark on the bahamas and the wnba playoffs heat up the details when our news returns a new prime minister we have the right vision the right policies and the right team to take this country forward a new government and cabinet and now a new legislative agenda we will be very very aggressive and make them extremely accountable join the rtv team as we give you full coverage of the opening of parliament october 6 9 am [Music] this is our news welcome back the world's third largest cryptocurrency exchange cut the ribbons on its new lyford key office this morning fdx digital markets is now the first company registered with the securities commission of the bahamas as a digital asset exchange the company is set to achieve just under a billion dollars in revenue this year founder sam bankman-freed says he's excited to establish a presence in the bahamas i'm really proud of what we've done so far in the bahamas to support local schools and local initiatives but hopefully that's not being compared to what we will do as we seek to collaborate in matters around immigration financial services tourism broadcast and other areas we hope that the presence of ftx in the bahamas symbolizes that this is indeed a space and verification that we remain the clear choice ftx has already begun investing in local charitable efforts this technology has the potential to drive and drive advancements in financial services health the arts and culture to bring new opportunities for local professionals and improve the equality for the quality of life for many well john cole jones and the sun feeling the heat in the wnba playoff series marcellus hall has that tonight in sports all right thanks and welcome to our sports everybody i'm marcellus hall the thing about sports is that there's no such thing as a foregone conclusion no matter how much of a heavy favorite you are the other team still has a chance that's why you play the game that's the hard lesson the connecticut center learning to this point because they find themselves down 2-1 in this best of five against chicago scott take a look at last game chunkwell jones and the connecticut son finding that being the number one seed does not mean an automatic chance to get into the championship and as a matter of fact they're finally going kind of difficult against the chicago sky game three of their semi-final series and let's just say this one did not go quite as planned for connecticut uh playing in chicago looking to take a 2-1 series lead chicago though had different ideas they go on to win this one 86-83 taking a 2-1 lead now in this pass of five and putting connecticut's back up against the wall they'll need to win when the series shifts on wednesday if they want to stay alive otherwise elimination staring them in the face which would be a disappointing end of the season after coming in with the best record and being the number one seed overall how about our girl brittany uh john quail jones finished up with 10 points 10 rebounds three assists another slow night offensively after having such a stellar early campaign but looking to turn around as a series against four game four which will take place as you mentioned again in chicago a win or go home situation for the sun last game of the regular season on the baseball side for josh chisholm and the miami marlins jazz going one for four in his final contest and the marlins end the year on a good note they get a victory to finish off the year final score ends up being five to four they still end up with a low record 67-95 fourth in the national league east and there it is you check on sports for you here on this monday full details tonight's monday night football game as well as a little preview of what's ahead for jonquil and the sun that's all coming up for you tomorrow meanwhile back to you thanks marcellus up next a family-based business cooks up sprigs of parsley stay with us a new prime minister we have the right vision the right policies and the right thing to take this country forward a new government and cabinet and now a new legislative agenda we would be very very aggressive and make them extremely accountable join the rtv team as we give you full coverage of the opening of parliament october 6 9 a.m [Music] welcome back to our news a sunny start to the week but will it last greg is back in the weather center with the extended outlook thanks again christine and welcome back everybody for your second look of weather we are still in the tropics as we're watching two systems out there victor is no longer with us anymore last advisory issued early this morning it's fallen apart sam still a very potent storm across the extreme north atlantic continuing to pull towards you know i should move into some cooler weather and weaken waters pardon me and weaken over the next couple of days national hurricane center now watching an area near the southeast bombers broad trough with some showers and thunderstorms associated with that should move towards north 10 chance for formation over the next couple of days but we expect it to merge with the frontal boundary by mid to the end of the week bleaching and boating forecasts for the northwest and central bombers knights of tomorrow your winds will be out of the east to south east at to 15 north seas 2-4 with some slight swells out there while the southeast bomb is a caution flag for you guys down there southeast winds 15 to 20 knots sea is running four to six feet over the ocean here's a look now at your national forecast i look now to extended forecast through saturday that's a look at our weather back to you christina thanks greg a family-based restaurant is hoping to help food lovers meet their health goals giorgio baine got a taste of sprigs of parsley feeding the mind body and spirit is the motto here at sprigs of parsley we wanted to show people there are so many ways that you can enjoy a vegan meal you can make this vegan meal for non-vegan sinjoy as well where when you're eating it it tastes just like a meat dish which started out in 2017 as a home-based takeaway preparing sunday dinners has blossomed into springs of parsley a full-fledged family business named after the owner's favorite herb we wanted to offer delicious vegan food because you had persons who were interested in transitioning over to a meatless lifestyle but their complaint was boredom in terms of not knowing what to fix not knowing how to spice up their dishes spriggs of parsley serves up something for the foodie in all of us don't let the name fool you the plant-based menu is far from limited to leafy greens we have some crowd favorites such as our black rice that is a signature starch here at sprigs of parsley and it is very high in antioxidants similar to blueberries it is it started as the forbidden rice years ago and so it's very delicious and we turn it into a black veggie fried rice we also have our juicy lucy burger or our clucker classic reporting for our news i'm giorgio baine thanks giorgio and thank you for joining us for our news tonight on behalf of the entire team i'm kristina dragovich we'll see you right back here tomorrow night have a beautiful evening bahamas

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