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US: BAHAMAS NOT EQUAL FOR WOMEN Report noted failures in procurement policy and nationality laws By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE latest United States human rights report says the Bahamian government is contributing to statelessness “through discrimination against women in nationality laws” and is failing to effectively implement laws related to
contracts and procurement. The citizenship criticism comes amid uncertainty about when the Davis administration will amend the Bahamas Nationality Act to equalise citizenship access between men and women. The US report, released yesterday, said: “Married
Launch day - but no US SAYS LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY IN more investor offering SEE PAGE FIVE
BAHAMAS IS DISENFRANCHISED By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE United States wrote extensively about how the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex community in The Bahamas is disenfranchised or treated differently from heterosexuals in its latest human rights report.
The report includes a claim by non-governmental agencies that “self-identifying LGBTQI+ children were remanded to juvenile correctional facilities after their guardians deemed the children ‘uncontrollable’ based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.” SEE PAGE FIVE
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis, Royal Caribbean International President & CEO Michael Bayley and Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Royal Beach Club on western Paradise Island yesterday. See PAGE TWO and BUSINESS for stories. Photo: Dante Carrer
Ex-minister backs government CLEARE SWORN over BPL private partnership deal IN AS DEPT OF CORRECTIONS COMMISSIONER By FAY SIMMONS Tribune Business Reporter jsimmons@tribunemedia.net
A FORMER Cabinet minister yesterday backed the Davis administration’s efforts to secure outside
investor capital and expertise for Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) via a publicprivate partnership (PPP) model. Dionisio D’Aguilar, now back as Superwash’s principal, and an ex-minister of
tourism and aviation, said the state-owned energy monopoly would “absolutely” benefit from private sector management given it’s various troubles. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis
was not a priority listed in his administration’s pre-election manifesto, Blueprint for Change. He confirmed the government had not gotten around to dealing with a draft amendment to the Sexual Offences Act that would remove language indicating that rape cannot be committed against one’s spouse.
DOAN Cleare was sworn in as prison commissioner yesterday –– one day before a court case scrutinising his ascendency is expected to heat up. National Security Minister Wayne Munroe, who attended yesterday’s installation ceremony at the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services (BDOCS), is expected to testify after former prison Commissioner Charles Murphy brought a lawsuit
criminalising marital rape
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PM SAYS DIVORCE IS A SOLUTION FOR MARITAL RAPE By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net GIVING no firm indication that his administration will criminalise marital rape, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis suggested yesterday that divorce is the solution for women who believe their spouse has raped them. Mr Davis also noted that
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