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WORLD NEWSThursday 23 July 2015
Fire on Royal Caribbean cruise ship; 1 worker burned
DAVID McFADDEN
Associated Press
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP)
— A fire broke out on a
Royal Caribbean cruise
ship Wednesday as it ap-
proached Jamaica,
burning one crew member
and causing passengers to
be sent to evacuation sta-
tions with life jackets.
Royal Caribbean Interna-
tional said fire suppression
equipment quickly doused
Bahamas: Developer’s US bankruptcy won’t be recognized
DAVID McFADDEN
Associated Press
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP)
— A judge in the Bahamas
ruled Wednesday that a
U.S. bankruptcy filing by
the developer of an unfin-
ished $2.5 billion megar-
esort in Nassau will not be
recognized in the Carib-
bean archipelago.
The islands’ attorney gen-
eral strongly objected to
the Chapter 11 filing in U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in Dela-
ware, arguing that having
a U.S. court decide major
economic matters in the
Bahamas would have “far-
reaching implications.” The
US serves 105 warrants in Puerto Rico drug ring crackdown
DANICA COTO
Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP)
— A group of 105 people in
Puerto Rico face murder,
drug and weapon charges
in one of the largest rack-
eteering cases in the his-
tory of the U.S. Department
of Justice, authorities said
Wednesday.
The suspects are suspected
of running a drug-trafficking Puerto Rico makes history.
organization in the U.S. ter- Unfortunately, negative his-
ritory for nearly a decade
that generated an estimat-
the blaze in a mechanical lowing from a section of the By early afternoon, the known and no other de-
area of the Freedom of towering 15-deck ship as it passengers were able to tails about the investigation
the Seas as it arrived at the arrived at the $220 million “leave the ship to enjoy Fal- were available.
Miami-based company’s port that opened in 2011. mouth,” the company said The ship is expected to
cruise ship port in the north- The company said all pas- on Twitter. continue with its regular
ern town of Falmouth. sengers were accounted The Associated Press was itinerary,
“The fire was not very big for and none were injured. not immediately able to with the next port call on
and none of the visitors had One crew member was contact any of the passen- Thursday in the Cayman Is-
to be evacuated,” Jamai- treated for a “minor, first- gers. lands.
ca Tourism Minister Wyke- degree burn” and he Royal Caribbean said all The 1,112-foot Freedom of
ham McNeill said. was treated in the ship’s systems were operating the Seas is on a seven-night
Video taken from the Fal- medical facility, company normally on the docked cruise that departed from
mouth pier showed a spokeswoman Cynthia ship. The cause of the Port Canaveral, Florida, on
plume of gray smoke bil- Martinez said. fire was not immediately Sunday.q
In this 2011 photo, Baha Mar Resorts CEO Sarkis Izmirlian, center, Baha Mar hotel-and-ca- The Baha Mar group of
participates in the groundbreaking ceremony for a Baha Mar sino project in the islands’ companies said it was dis-
resort in Nassau, Bahamas. In 2015, a Bahamas judge ruled capital has been touted as appointed in the ruling, but
that a U.S. bankruptcy filing by the developer of its unfinished the most expensive project it is “even more disappoint-
megaresort will not be recognized in the archipelago, meaning ever undertaken in the Ba- ed in the way the govern-
the developer won’t get a new loan to pay for daily operations. hamas.Justice Ian Winder ment has responded to our
sided with the islands’ gov- Chapter 11 filing over the
(AP Photo/Tim Aylen) ernment in a Wednesday past several weeks.”
decision, ruling that devel- The Bahamas has peti-
oper Baha Mar’s recent tioned the islands’ Supreme
U.S. Chapter 11 filing will Court to wind up Baha Mar
not be extended to the Ba- and appoint a provisional
hamas. His full written de- liquidator to oversee the
cision will be issued in the restructuring and opening
coming days. of the repeatedly delayed
The decision means Baha resort if an out-of-court
Mar won’t get a new loan agreement can’t be nego-
to pay for daily operations tiated. A liquidator could
or receive U.S. bankruptcy be appointed as soon as
protection for its assets in July 31, when a hearing is
the Bahamas. scheduled.q

ed $82 million in profit, said charged with selling crack, day. The suspects arrested went
U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia The Bureau of Alcohol, To- by names including “Fat
Rodriguez. The group also cocaine, heroin and mari- bacco, Firearms and Explo- Boy,” ‘’Bimbo” and “Mas-
is suspected of committing sives and Puerto Rico po- sacre,” and were part
at least 28 killings in recent juana in public housing lice were in charge of the of a group known as the
years, with 18 of the sus- investigation, which began “Rompe ONU.” It broke
pects eligible for the death complexes in the capital of in 2011, said Felix Rios, Puer- away in 2007 from a local
penalty. to Rico-based ATF resident drug-trafficking alliance
“It is one of the most vio- San Juan and other near- agent in charge. known as the “ONU,” the
lent, if not the most violent, “This has been a very im- Spanish acronym for Unit-
group in Puerto Rico,” Ro- by areas. Three of the 34 portant investigation for ed Nations. The ONU was
driguez said. “Once again, ATF,” he said. “Puerto Rico formed in 2004 to resolve
suspects arrested by early can feel a little safer be- conflicts among rival Puer-
cause we have gotten 105 to Rico drug gangs and
tory.” Wednesday afternoon extremely violent criminals protect drug sales amid a
Members of the group are off the street.” federal crackdown. q
were detained in Tampa,
Florida, and another 32
were already in jail on other
charges, authorities said.
Some 700 federal and lo-
cal agents were involved
in the arrests, which began
around dawn on Wednes-