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Judges uphold landmark ruling over citizenship for Bahamian men’s children By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune Senior Reporter rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE Court of Appeal has affirmed a landmark Supreme Court ruling allowing Bahamian men to automatically pass citizenship to their children, regardless of whether their child is born out of wedlock to non-Bahamian mothers. However, Attorney General Carl Bethel said yesterday that the ruling will be appealed to the Privy Council, citing the division among the five Court of Appeal judges who heard the case. Justices Maureen
Crane-Scott, Jon Isaacs and Roy Jones affirmed Justice Ian Winder’s ruling while Court of Appeal President Sir Michael Barnett and Justice Milton Evans dissented from their view. Mr Bethel said yesterday that the ability of all Bahamian men to automatically pass citizenship to their children “remains an open question” despite the new ruling. “The Court of Appeal was clearly divided on the matter,” he said. “The order now demands a full appeal to the Privy Council so it can be fully and authoritatively decided.” SEE PAGE TWO
TOP fisheries processors, boat owners and foreign workers have lost their bid to block the Fisheries Act’s implementation despite arguing it would cause the “possible collapse or bankruptcy of their businesses”. Justice Indra Charles, in her ruling yesterday, said that granting the group’s request for an injunction to halt the Act’s enforcement would “cripple” Parliament and the Government’s
ability to make and pass laws for “the ‘peace, order and good government of the country’”. Her verdict thus gives the go-ahead to today implement an Act that bars foreigners from working in the Bahamian fisheries sector. However, Justice Charles said the way remains clear for the exporters, boat owners and others behind the action to challenge the new law on constitutional grounds now it has been enforced on June 22, 2021. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net SEVERAL men were arraigned yesterday in connection with five separate homicides. Philip Taylor, Zevargo Gaitor, Marvin Augustin, Romero Rolle, Justin Curtis and Allen McKinney all faced court accused of a number of different murders. SEE PAGE TWO
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FISHING INDUSTRY BAN ON FOREIGNERS BEGINS By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
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CUR-PHEW: PM EASES BACK PRIME Minister Dr Hubert Minnis shows off a Roc with Doc T-shirt he had for PLP deputy leader Chester Cooper during his contribution to the Budget debate today. Dr Minnis also announced a relaxation of the curfew. See PAGE THREE for the full story. Photo: Donovan McIntosh/Tribune Staff
$350M INVESTMENT FOR GB SHIPYARD By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
CARNIVAL and Royal Caribbean cruise lines are planning to invest some $350m in the Grand Bahama Shipyard that will allow for the rebuilding of two new and bigger docks “capable of handling and servicing the largest ships in the world,” Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis revealed in the House of Assembly yesterday.
GRAND BAHAMA SHIPYARD Calling the project “one of the biggest investments” in the island’s history, Dr Minnis said
the multimillion-dollar development will provide a much-needed economic boost for Grand Bahama’s ailing economy. The announcement will likely come as welcoming news for Grand Bahamians given the many setbacks the shipyard has suffered in recent years. In 2019, a crane collapsed in the Grand Bahama Shipyard, causing SEE PAGE FIVE
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HANK Johnson, Free National Movement’s candidate for Central and South Eleuthera, along with his constituency association chairman have dismissed calls for him to be recalled as the party’s candidate for the area, citing it as someone’s “personal beef”. The Tribune spoke with an FNM executive member who said members of the Central and South Eleuthera SEE PAGE FIVE
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