Photo detail

ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel.

Stories this photo appears in:

Tease photo

AG’s office seeks stay on citizenship ruling

THE Office of the Attorney General on Friday filed documents asking the Court of Appeal to stay Supreme Court Justice Ian Winder’s consequential ruling on citizenship rights and to grant leave for the ruling to be appealed to the Privy Council.

Tease photo

BIRTH RIGHT: Judges uphold landmark ruling over citizenship for Bahamian men’s children

THE Court of Appeal has affirmed a landmark Supreme Court ruling allowing Bahamian men to automatically pass citizenship to their children, regardless of whether their child is born out of wedlock to non-Bahamian mothers.

Tease photo

PM ‘talking to medics’ over orders

WITH the state of emergency and current emergency order set to expire at the end of this month, Attorney General Carl Bethel said Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis is now consulting with the medical community to decide the way forward.

Tease photo

AG: Equal opportunity for purchase of plots of land

ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel has said there will be equal opportunity for the purchase of plots of land to Bahamians and residents, including those of Haitian descent awaiting confirmation of immigration status.

Tease photo

Senate to debate home ownership resolution

WHEN the Senate next meets it will debate a resolution recently tabled in the House of Assembly which is designed to bring home ownership to young Bahamians.

Smith blasts AG for claim of ignorance on detainees

LAWYER Fred Smith, QC, said it is “astounding” that the government’s top attorney has claimed “ignorance” over the alleged illegal “appalling” detainment of several Cameroonians at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre.

Tease photo

Govt may pay squatters for land acquisition

ATTORNEY General Carl Bethel says squatters may be entitled to compensation when the government compulsorily acquires land that once housed Abaco’s shanty towns if they satisfy the law’s stringent requirements.

Comments

Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.

Sign in to comment