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‘NO LAW TO SAVE WIFE FROM RAPE’: Judge makes ruling as woman says husband forced her to have sex
WHILE ruling that a husband was cruel for forcing his wife to have sex against her will on numerous occasions, a Supreme Court justice has found that “there is no rape in marriage” under Bahamian law.
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Tourism office to boost Cat Island
CAT Island businesses yesterday voiced optimism that their newly-opened tourism office will help drive increased visitor numbers and economic activity to the island.
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BPL ‘not aware’ of major outage
AMID complaints from some residents in western New Providence this week about recent continued power outages, Shevonn Cambridge, Bahamas Power and Light chief executive officer said power cuts were not intentional or caused by BPL.
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Demarco pleased with Team Bahamas’ effort
DESPITE losing by 18 points to Argentina, head coach Chris DeMarco said he was still pleased with how the Bahamas national basketball team performed during their FIBA Americas 2023 World Cup Qualifying match on Monday night.
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Wilson is WNBA defensive player of the year
WITH the season-ending awards shared out, Bahamian Jonquel Jones fell short of winning her first Defensive Player of the Year Award in the Women’s National Basketball Association.
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PETER YOUNG: Boris’ last hurrah – or is it?
FOLLOWING last week’s column about the Conservative Party’s leadership contest in Britain, I should like to offer further comment today on the situation facing the winner that includes an immediate predecessor who remains very much on the scene.
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Man tells of ‘cool brother’ lost in dog attack
THE brother of a 61-year-old man who police suspect was mauled to death by several dogs remembered him as a promising young basketball player who lost his way due to drugs and mental illness.
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Union claims teachers reassigned in breach of industrial agreement
BAHAMAS Union of Teachers president Belinda Wilson claimed a handful of teachers at public schools were reassigned in breach of the union’s industrial agreement.
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Minister agrees a long way to go in education
EDUCATION Minister Glenys Hanna Martin admitted she agrees with observers who feel that “we have a long way to go in education” after the recent release of the BJC and BGCSE statistics.
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‘Second class citizens’ in the financial system
A Bahamian crowdfunding platform was yesterday moving aggressively to solve the challenges faced by small retail investors “cut out of the financial system”, adding: “We’ve treated these people like second class citizens.”
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Bahamas urged to ‘get serious on education fix’
The Bahamas was yesterday urged “to get serious about fixing” its long-standing education crisis amid private sector fears that it will continue to undermine workforce productivity and economic competitiveness.
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Inflation jumps five-fold to back PM’s warning
The Central Bank yesterday revealed that annual inflation for the year to June 2022 increased almost five-fold compared to the previous 12 months to give a stark indication of the cost of living crisis facing many Bahamian families.
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Bahamas’ arrivals at 3m, just 16% off pre-COVID
The Bahamas received almost three million tourist arrivals during the 2022 first half, it was revealed yesterday, with June’s numbers just 16 percent down on the record-breaking pre-COVID pace set in 2019.
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Event held to discuss gender equality strategy
DOZENS of Bahamians visited SuperClubs Breezes yesterday to take part in consultations and give recommendations on the draft CARICOM Regional Gender Equality Strategy (CRGES), which aims to strengthen gender equality and women empowerment in the Caribbean.
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Work has started on 50th Independence celebrations
PLANS for the country’s 50th Independence Day celebrations are already underway with special activities planned for the Family Islands, according to Seabreeze MP Leslia Miller-Brice.
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$50m project eyes ‘Bali in beautiful Bahamas’
A North Eleuthera developer plans to create “a Bali in beautiful Bahamas” through a mixed-use project forecast to generate up to 200 full-time jobs via a $50m investment in the resort component alone.
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Obie Wilchcombe: More will need help due to inflation
DESPITE the reduction in Bahamians applying for some assistance services, Social Services and Urban Development Minister Obie Wilchcombe says he expects to see that change due to recent predictions of increased and continued inflation for the rest of the year.
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‘Govt must tackle issue of aggressive animals’
AN animal advocate believes successive governments have failed to deal with aggressive animals, and owners of dogs that attack people should be held accountable.
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‘Startling’ rise in rape attacks
LATEST statistics released by police continue to show an increase in reported rapes, with 51 matters reported so far for the year when compared to 48 incidents that were recorded in 2021 - with police calling the figures for sexual violence “startling”.
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Gov’t’s ‘precarious finances’ rule out tax offset to inflation
TAX and duty cuts to counter surging inflation are ruled out given the Government’s “precarious finances” and $12b-plus national debt, a governance reformer warned last night.
