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MINNIS: PM ‘NO CLUE ON CRIME’ Former leader says Davis focusing on US gun makers and not on tackling crime By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net FORMER Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis accused his successor of putting the United States at the centre of this country’s crime problems rather than focusing on local sources of violence and dysfunction. Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis has made urging the US to help
reduce gun trafficking in the region a core part of his crime-reduction message. During a CARICOM meeting in Trinidad and Tobago, Mr Davis shared statistics showing how many recovered weapons in some Caribbean countries can be traced to the United States. Last month, the country also joined a $10bn lawsuit to hold US gun
Bullet-riddled body of woman found in canal
YOUTH, Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg suggested he is conflicted on whether marital rape should be criminalised. He said he is still investigating the issue. “I wouldn’t say whether I support it or not, it’s still something that is being looked at,“ he said
By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party and Free National Movement parliamentarians offered measured responses to the severe allegations involving one of their colleagues yesterday –– acknowledging the severity of the claims while stressing the MP is entitled to due process. Elected officials were careful not to defend nor condemn their colleague as the House of Assembly met for the first time yesterday since a woman claimed she was raped and assaulted by a sitting MP,
Woman claims assault by male nurse on cruise ship
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yesterday. “You have to truly look at it from all aspects, the holistic approach of it, biblically and all other means of it. So, for me, I’m still debating and investigating the information so that when I truly decide to make a decision, it would be based on facts and what I think it should be. “But I don’t believe that
measured responses on MP Rape Allegations
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By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
Bowleg still ‘investigating’ position on Marital Rape Law By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net
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POLICE are investigating allegations that a nurse sexually assaulted a 43-yearold American woman on a cruise ship. A 34-year-old suspect has been arrested. Police said the female passenger from Cleveland, Ohio, was allegedly assaulted on Tuesday while on board a cruise ship. The woman visited the infirmary for medical attention. THE bullet-riddled body of a 30 to 40-year-old woman was found submerged in waters near the South Beach canals yesterday. Police are seeking information on her identity. Full Story - PAGE SEVEN. Photo: Austin Fernander
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GB residents ‘up in arms’ on water rate hike By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net The Government “must act now” and directly intervene to prevent the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) “regulating itself” over imminent water rate hikes, the Opposition’s finance spokesman charged yesterday. Kwasi Thompson, the east Grand Bahama MP,
Kwasi Thompson, East Grand Bahama MP told Tribune Business his constituents are “up in arms” over the Grand
Bahama Utility Company’s proposed increases and view the approval process as “ridiculous”. This is because the GBPA, as the regulator which will make the final decision, enjoys the same ownership as GB Utility - the very entity it is supposed to be providing independent oversight for - via the Hayward and St George families. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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