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‘NO LAW TO SAVE WIFE FROM RAPE’
Judge makes ruling as woman says husband forced her to have sex By TANEKA THOMPSON Tribune News Editor tmthompson@tribunemedia.net WHILE ruling that a husband was cruel for forcing his wife to have sex against her will on numerous occasions, a Supreme Court justice has found that “there is no rape in marriage” under Bahamian law. Justice J Denise LewisJohnson’s ruling was handed down on August 29 and involves a divorce case in which a woman claimed her husband would force intercourse and made her feel like a “rape victim”
throughout their marriage. The ruling will no doubt add more fuel to public discourse on the controversial issue. The case centres around a woman’s divorce petition in which she sought to end her marriage on the grounds of cruel treatment. The couple was married for more than 15 years and have one child. According to Justice Lewis-Johnson’s ruling, the woman claimed her husband subjected her to emotional and mental abuse throughout the marriage.
A BAHAMIAN private island, which is among the most valuable assets owned by an accused $40m securities fraudster, was yesterday rescued from becoming “destroyed and a complete loss” via a US court-approved deal. Judge Chad Kennedy, sitting in the eastern Pennsylvania district court,
By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net
THE anniversary of Hurricane Dorian has stirred mixed emotions for many, especially some survivors who still deal with the mental trauma caused by the catastrophic storm. The Tribune yesterday contacted some of the survivors as to how they are coping post-Dorian. Amanda Sawyer, a resident of Treasure Cay, Abaco, said for months she experienced post traumatic stress disorder due to her frightening experience of Hurricane Dorian. SEE PAGE THREE
SEE PAGE FOUR OMAR ARCHER
COURT DEAL FOR ISLAND TO LET OWNER BUY INSURANCE By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
SURVIVORS TELL OF DORIAN TRAUMA
oversaw an agreement between Joseph Cammarata and the Securities & Exchange Commission that will allow the former to unfreeze $38,000 in a lastditch bid to insure Sandy Cay just days before the Atlantic hurricane season hits its traditional peak. Mr Cammarata is facing charges that he stole monies intended to compensate victims of earlier securities frauds. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
WANTED: POLICE WANT TO QUIZ OMAR ARCHER By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
HAIRCUT AT THE RIDETHROUGH A FREE haircut during an event for children in the Englerston community on Sunday to mark the start of the school year. See PAGE TWO for more. Photo: Moise Amisial
‘IF INFLATION IS SO BAD, STOP SPENDING MONEY’ By JADE RUSSELL jrussell@tribunemedia.net
FREE National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands said yesterday that it is difficult to take the prime minister seriously on inflation warnings when his administration is spending so much money. Dr Sands’ comments came after Prime Minister Phillip “Brave” Davis recently urged Bahamians to be frugal with their spending habits due to the
DR DUANE SANDS rising inflation and cost of living in the country. Earlier this month, John Rolle, the Central Bank’s governor, warned locals to brace for higher inflation rates, saying the cost
of living crisis facing many Bahamian families has yet “to peak.” In an interview with The Tribune, Dr Sands said the Davis administration has not been “frugal” in its spending and has abused the tax dollars of Bahamians. “The government of The Bahamas has been extracting tax dollars, every dollar they could get out of the pockets of struggling
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POLICE released a wanted poster yesterday for former contractor’s registrar Omar Archer, who they want to speak with about an investigation regarding an assault at a Free National Movement meeting last week. According to the flyer, his last known address was Lewis Street, Nassau Village. SEE PAGE FIVE
ALICIA WALLACE: SYSTEMS DON’T MEET OUR NEEDS
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