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1. 1. The Nassau Guardian - News - Business - oecd

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   Published on: 3/2/2002   Last Visited: 3/2/2002

   Recently, Attorney General, Carl Bethel, pledged the government's commitment to continue to work as partners with the OECD and the financial institutions.Thus far the government has said it would be interested in working with the OECD if there is a level playing field.Vanuatu, an offshore financial centre in the Pacific has rejected the OECD's position on the ground that "significant OECD members (Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and Portugal) have not committed to the standards being demanded of non-OECD states."The government of Vanuatu has insisted that it has "demonstrated commitment to the principles of effective international cooperation and transparency."In essence the government of Vanuatu does not see the level playing field as a viable option and has opted to reject the OECD's interference.
   
   Despite the OECD's claim that being blacklisted will adversely affect countries such as Vanuatu, there is no evidence that persons wishing to flee the high tax regimes of OECD countries will in fact heed the OECD's self-serving blacklist.

2. 2. www.bahamapundit.com

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   Last Visited: 7/30/2008

   Carl Bethel, Newport Harbour's Nassau lawyer, takes a sanguine view of such matters: "Whenever development takes place on virgin land in the Bahamas there is enormous litigation.
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   But former attorney-general Carl Bethel, one of the principal lawyers involved in the Rum Cay conflicts, said that land reform would be "an urgent priority for me" if the Free National Movement should win the next election, an undertaking that drew laughter from some residents of Port Nelson.
   
   "We need an impartial land commission to register title, frame the terms of conflict and make final judgements.The situation we have now is antiquated and it is crippling our economy.Land is one of the main factors of production and we need to deal with this problem once and for all," he said.

3. 3. The Nassau Guardian - News - National News - Chief Justice Ruling set aside

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   Published on: 5/2/2002   Last Visited: 5/2/2002

   "The Court of Appeal's ruling was a meritorious one in our view," said Attorney General Carl Bethel who was on hand for the ruling.
   
   "We think that it will be a judgment that will stand and that the ballot is a secret ballot for all practical purposes."
   
   He said, "the only basis on which the secrecy of the vote can be brought into question is where there is a substantial allegation of fraud that is proven before a judge at the Supreme Court, who then gives permission for an Election Court to be convened and the scrutiny would be ordered."
   
   He said the ballot remains secret and voters could be satisfied that their vote is secret.
   
   Bethel said the ruling was "about the prevention of fraud and the prevention of opening the electoral process to abuse."
   
   "This is not only about having free elections but fair elections," he said.