Nassau, Bahamas - On Wednesday March 17, 2010 I was alerted to the lead story on the front page
of The Tribune. The story which headlined: $500,000 Govt contract probe, sought
to report that the Office of the Auditor General is investigating the payment
of funds to a Bahamian company - SABL (Bahamas) Ltd., for the training of workers in the
operational and technical aspects of solid waste management. I wish to state
emphatically that I do not have and never have had any connection or
affiliation with SABL (Bahamas) Ltd.
What I find perplexing is
the fact that I am mentioned in the fourth paragraph of that front-page
article. This is despite the fact that SABL (Bahamas) Limited nor its
shareholders Judson Wilmott and Prince Wallace, have absolutely no beneficial
ownership in BK Holdings Ltd. or any private company in which I have an
interest. The obvious inference contained in the text links SABL with BK
Holdings of which I am a beneficial owner. The factual reality is that these
companies are not linked in any way, shape or form.
I can only deduce that the
association of my name to this story is clearly designed to link me to a
company whose conduct is now being held in question. I interpret it as
deliberate mischievousness and an attempt to sully my name. I would hope that
this is not the work of those who would seek to detract from the message I am
sending about the destruction of our environment, in particular what is
happening at Saunders Beach. However they can rest assured that I do not intend to loosen the
reins on the Saunders Beach and the Arawak Cay Port Re-development issue. Nor will I become
silenced on any issue that negatively impacts my country and its people.
I remain committed to the cause
for a better Bahamas.
