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Volume: 120 No.157, August 18, 2023
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‘WE OPPOSE ABORTION EVEN IN CASE OF RAPE’ Pastors say they support ‘sanctity of life’ after case involving 11-year-old girl By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net AFTER an 11-year-old girl allegedly impregnated by her mother’s boyfriend aborted the baby with pills procured by her mother, two prominent religious leaders said yesterday that many churchgoers still oppose abortion in such circumstances. National Security
time runninG out to make freeport a ‘boom town’
Minister Wayne Munroe told The Tribune he expects police to investigate the alleged statutory rape of the 11-year-old girl and the abortion she received, which he said was illegal. Asked if the case shows why abortion should be legal in some cases, he noted the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) did
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net THE Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce’s president is seeking a legal opinion on whether corporate income tax can be lawfully imposed in Freeport as he yesterday warned that time is running out to make the city a “boom town”. James Carey told Tribune Business that The Bahamas cannot afford to “wait until the 11th hour” to ensure Freeport finally fulfills its potential with the city’s founding treaty, the Hawksbill Creek Agreement, set to expire in just over 31 years from now.
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munroe Gives public warninG of habitual sex offender’s release By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net A MAN convicted of 20 sexual assault offences over nearly 20 years will be released from prison today. National Security Minister Wayne Munroe said Sidney Cooper, 47, poses a significant risk to the public’s safety, issuing an advisory related to the
man’s release during a press conference yesterday. The Registration of Sex Offenders Regulations allow authorities to notify the public about offenders leaving prison when doing so could heighten the public’s awareness of their presence in an area. Mr Munroe said when he told Cooper he planned to SEE PAGE TWO
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MINISTER of National Security Wayne Munroe shows a photo of a sex offender to be released from prison today. Photo: Moise Amisial
‘Genetic tests needed for paternity proof’ By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net FORMER Immigration Minister Brent Symonette believes genetic tests should be required for people affected by a landmark citizenship ruling even if their father is identified on their birth certificate. In May, the Privy Council ruled that children
FORMER Immgration Minister Brent Symonette born to Bahamian men are automatically citizens
court quashes Gun sentence of 81year-old Grandmother By JADE RUSSELL Tribune staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net
regardless of their mother’s nationality. Since then, the Davis administration has said such people with their Bahamian father on their birth certificate can get their passports. Those without their father on their certificate must have genetic testing done in a process the administration has yet to settle.
THE Court of Appeal ordered the release of an 81-year-old great-grandmother yesterday, citing her age and medical condition while releasing her from a one-year prison sentence. Freda Hart was convicted of trying to hide her grandson’s unlicensed firearm in December 2020 when police showed up with a search warrant. Ms Hard
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