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PM: Don’t Turn an Incident into a Controversy

There’s been widespread discussion following the collapse of an under-construction pavilion at the R.M. Bailey Senior High School earlier this month.

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9 months ago

August 21, 2023

Joshua Williams

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – There’s been widespread discussion following the collapse of an under-construction pavilion at the R.M. Bailey Senior High School earlier this month.

The Ministry of Works released a statement on Friday acknowledging that the “lunch pavilion roof” at the school collapsed on August 9.

The statement said employees of the general contractor “either in an effort to take down some of the members or adjust the members, removed some of the bracing making the system unstable and causing a collapse of the trusses”.

It also noted that the contractor did not have all risk and liability insurance, and get this… There was also no formal written contract.

Prime Minister Philip Davis had this to say: “He had a contract. The question is whether it was a written contract or an oral contract.”

Davis also blasting the press for what he describes as turning an “incident into a controversy”.

This contractor is Anthony Roker CEO of A&M construction.

He had very little to say after being questioned by the press at the site on Sunday. However, he says the company takes the blame.