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EXTRA PAY IN YOUR POCKET • $260 minimum wage from January • Extra items added to price controls • PM pledges on crime and healthcare By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis has announced an increase in the country’s minimum wage from $210 to $260 per week. The higher wage will be retroactive in the public service going back to July of this year and for those in the private sector, the change will begin in January 2023. The timeline,
he said, is to give employers time to prepare for the increased expense. Additionally, as Bahamians continue to grapple with the high cost of living compounded by inflation, Mr Davis revealed that 38 new items will be subject to price controls. According to Mr Davis this means that the government will limit the wholesale and retail markup on items like diapers, and food,
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis during his national address yesterday. Photo: BIS
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‘ONE IN 12’ WOMEN RAPED BY HUSBANDS By KHRISNA RUSSELL Tribune Chief Reporter krussell@tribunemedia.net
A NEW University of The Bahamas study has found that one in 12 or an estimated 4,000 married women have been raped by their husbands. The study suggested that around 6,000 wives claimed being victims of sexual abuse. This would be any sexual activity that occurs without consent and
refers to a sexual assault or sexual violence, including unwanted sexual touching, forced oral sex, and rape, among other sexual acts. Overall, married women were more likely to be sexually abused than a single woman by an intimate partner, researchers found. Between mid-September and mid-October of this year, some students at the university collected data from 1,700 women. Of this number, 455 were married
and were asked about their experiences of rape and sexual abuse in their current relationships. The study sought to quantify the extent of the issue against the backdrop that there has been increased outcry for the criminalisation of rape within marriage since the offence does not exist in Bahamian law. “The results indicate that around eight percent, or one in 12 married women, SEE PAGE FOUR
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