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Volume: 121 No.121, May 16, 2024
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MARIJUANA BILLS TABLED Medical and religious use to be legalised and small amounts decriminalised By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas moved closer to legalising cannabis for medical and religious use while decriminalising possession of small amounts of marijuana yesterday when the Davis administration tabled a long-awaited
compendium of bills in the House of Assembly. The 11 bills were mainly identical to the ones the administration released for consultation last year. However, notable changes have been made to the religious use of cannabis and the role of pharmacists. SEE PAGE THREE
MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr. Michael Darville speaks during a sitting of the House of Assembly yesterday where he tabled 11 bills related to proposed marijuana legislation. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
‘PALESTINIAN STATE RECOGNITION Are ‘naysayers’ aware of the state SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED‘ of healthcare in Nassau, asks Davis By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net ST ANNE’S MP Adrian White criticised the Davis administration’s approach to recognising Palestine as a sovereign state, saying a national discussion should
have preceded its decision. “I was blindsided when we simply issued a statement without ministerial communication on the recognition of Palestine as a state,” he said in the House of Assembly yesterday. SEE PAGE FIVE
By KEILE CAMPBELL kcampbell@tribunemedia.net AFTER many residents packed a town hall on Tuesday to oppose the Davis administration’s plans for a new hospital, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis asked yesterday if
“naysayers” are aware of the struggling state of healthcare infrastructure in New Providence. Mr Davis said “everyone is up in arms” about the construction of a new hospital even though the Princess Margaret Hospital was built “70 years ago”
and became “inadequate” as the population grew and “ills continued to plague our country”. “I know that they are confused,” he said, “and they are baffled because the things that we’re able to do SEE PAGE THREE
MAN’S BODY FOUND IN UNFINISHED BUILDING IN GB By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net GRAND Bahama recorded its second murder for the year when the body of a man wearing an ankle bracelet was found in a remote area of a Lucaya Subdivision on Wednesday morning. Police said the body was found shortly after 9am in
an unfinished building on Bronze Drive, off Midshipman Road. Chief Superintendent of Police Darrel Weir, Sr, the officer in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department, reported police were alerted to a body found inside a house that was under construction. CSP Weir said officers SEE PAGE TWO
MURDER victim being taken from the scene. Photo: Vandyke Hepburn
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BAHAMIANS DEFEND LOCAL FTX’S FORMER PRINCIPAL By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net MULTIPLE Bahamians have praised the good character of FTX’s former local head in supporting his plea that he receive a jail term “of no more than 18 months” for violating US law. An ex-attorney general, local aviation entrepreneur and former Bahamian staff have all supplied glowing testimonies on Ryan Salame, the ex-FTX Digital Markets chief, who is due to be sentenced by the southern New York federal court for breaches of US campaign finance laws and operating an unlicensed money transmission business. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS