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PASTOR ON RAPE - PEOPLE DOES LIE FLYING THE FLAG ON DA ROAD
Major says that some women would use claims to end marriage By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net AS Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis, cabinet ministers and other senior government officials looked on, a prominent pastor lamented efforts to criminalise marital rape during a national ecumenical church service yesterday, declaring: “People does lie!” Evangelist Rex Major questioned how spouses would prove marital rape and said some women would use rape
claims only to end their marriage. His comments came less than a week after Attorney General Ryan Pinder revealed that the failure to criminalise marital rape was other countries’ number one human rights concern with The Bahamas during the recent United Nations Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review. “I’m not supposed to say this, but I’m troubled by the concept of the rape in the house because people could SEE PAGE THREE
THE Office of the Prime Minister and Free National Movement leader Michael Pintard traded volleys yesterday after the government released its green paper on corporate income tax options. The paper results from the government previously signing on to the G-20/ Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s (OECD) drive
for a minimum 15 per cent global corporate tax. Mr Pintard criticised the Davis administration for releasing the paper on the government’s website rather than tabling it in the House of Assembly following a communication from the Prime Minister. “This approach would have signalled to the country and the world the policy commitment of the government to this most critical matter,” he said in a statement. SEE PAGE THREE
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
MAJOR figures in last year’s protest march to the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) have reiterated their opposition to its acquisition by the government for fear Freeport will be dragged into “a political cesspool”. Both Rev Frederick McAlpine, the former Pineridge MP, and businessman Darren Cooper, told this newspaper they remain resolutely opposed to a Nassau takeover amid growing suggestions that the Government is supporting Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) as a potential contender to purchase the GBPA from the Hayward and St George families. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
SUPER VALUE STILL WAITING FOR A TAX CERTIFICATE
PINTARD SLAMS PLP ON TAX - BUT GOVT SAYS FNM SIGNED UP TO IT By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net
‘DON’T DRAG FREEPORT INTO A POLITICAL CESSPOOL’
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
A CARNIVAL dancer on the road on Saturday flying the Bahamian flag during the parade. See PAGE TWO for more photographs from the parade. Photo: Austin Fernander/Tribune Staff
FARQUHARSON: ‘NOT THE FIRST’ ATLANTIS PROBE By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net
LABOUR Director Robert Farquharson insisted yesterday that his department’s investigation involving Atlantis is “nothing new”. “This is not the first time. We’ve conducted investigations into Atlantis before,” he said yesterday. Labour representatives recently visited Atlantis and submitted survey cards
ROBERT FARQUHARSON, Director Of Labour. asking staff if they feel intimidated or obligated to lobby against the RCI project. The Labour department
investigated Atlantis after some employees allegedly complained that they felt “pressured and intimidated” to stand against Royal Caribbean International’s proposed Paradise Island Beach Club project. Atlantis president and managing director Audrey Oswell had urged staff in a letter to take a position concerning the $100m project. Mr Farquharson said the department would
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SUPER Value’s president says that, while profit-based taxation “would be favourable” for food retailers, the Government must first prioritise the ease of doing business because “things aren’t flowing like they should”. Debra Symonette, although welcoming the potential switch from the turnover-based Business Licence fee to a corporate income tax, told Tribune Business the 13-store supermarket chain had recently experienced “hold ups” and delays in getting produce to its stores because it had not received its Tax Compliance Certificate. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
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