Bethel: Minister’s comments fly in the face of decency
SOCIAL Services Minister Lanisha Rolle’s comments on marital rape “flies in the face of commonsense and human decency” and she needs to be more “informed and aware” of the issues she speaks about before speaking “utter nonsense,” according to attorney and United Nations expert Marion Bethel.
Copper thieves hit Grand Bahama
COPPER thieves who targeted a BTC substation in Grand Bahama damaged the company’s fibre network and caused service disruption to scores of customers.
Police hunt suspect after man is shot
POLICE have launched an island-wide manhunt for the suspect responsible for a shooting that left a man in hospital on Tuesday.
Rules changes on foreign money in Bahamian bank accounts
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis yesterday announced the relaxation of exchange controls on capital and current trade account transactions allowing Bahamian owned businesses to maintain operating deposit accounts up to $100,000 in foreign currency at domestic commercial banks.
Pastor ‘cannot yet support’ criminalisation of sexual abuse of spouses
WHILE rejecting the ideology that a man has the right to force his wife to have sex with him and can “get some” whenever he wants it, Bahamas Harvest Church Pastor Mario Moxey said yesterday he cannot yet support the criminalisation of sexual spousal abuse before an in-depth discussion about the contentious issue takes place.
Rolle rape stand sparks backlash
SOCIAL Services Minister Lanisha Rolle is not upholding the mandate of a ministry that has long been the government’s gateway to pushing women’s issues, two prominent Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) women said yesterday after her controversial comments on marital rape.
Minnis: I don’t have a personal view
PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis has said he has no personal view when it comes to marital rape, saying the government will ultimately allow the people’s voices to be heard on the controversial issue of whether it should be outlawed.
Bahamas born - but five flown to Haiti
RIGHTS Bahamas (RB) yesterday condemned the deportation of people born in The Bahamas and reiterated its call for the Department of Immigration to end the practice.
Sicknote stalls Smith trial
FORMER Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Senator Frank’s Smith bribery and extortion trial was yesterday adjourned for almost two months after revelations the virtual complainant would be unavailable to give testimony for several weeks.
Police recruitment down
ROYAL Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) recruitment numbers are down, according to Minister of National Security Marvin Dames, who said he is concerned the “numbers in the organisation have been declining as opposed to remaining constant or increasing.”
Court orders 11 bailed yet no sign of Jean Rony
THE attorney for detainee Jean Rony Jean-Charles yesterday called for the government to be found in contempt of court for failing to honour a Supreme Court judge’s order to produce his client and bring evidence to justify his arrest and detention earlier this month.
28 deaths - but still no inquests
ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel said yesterday the lack of inquests into police-involved killings and in-custody deaths over a number of years is “distressing” and “unacceptable” and his administration will deal with the matter aggressively.
Migrants ‘packing up and ready to leave’
ILLEGAL immigrants preparing to leave the country on January 1 or shortly thereafter may need additional time to “wind up their affairs”, according to activist Louby Georges.
Rolle: We should not rush over rape issue
SOCIAL Services and Urban Development Minister Lanisha Rolle, the only woman in Cabinet, yesterday shied away from taking a firm position on whether marital rape should be criminalised in The Bahamas, but insisted marriage is private and its sanctity should be protected.
Davis: PLP didn’t sign off Dillet project
WORK on the multi-million-dollar project to renovate the Stephen Dillet Primary School did not start under the former Christie administration, but in the first few months of the new Free National Movement (FNM) government, according to a tender report obtained by The Tribune.
