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MARIJUANA LAWS PLAN UP IN SMOKE
Promised legislation by end of year now ‘not likely’, says AG By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS lmunnings@tribunemedia.net DESPITE promises from the Davis administration to present the marijuana legalisation to Parliament before the end of the year, Attorney General Ryan Pinder said yesterday that this is “not likely”. Mr Pinder said the government is still working on the proposed legislation, however, he was unable to give a definite timeline. “It is coming along well. Just some technical aspects we have to work through,”
he told The Tribune yesterday. In July, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said by the end of the year Bahamians will know the direction his administration intends to take when it comes to cannabis legalisation. “The issue of marijuana and the legalisation of marijuana, what aspect of it is going to be legalised, is under active consideration by my administration,” Mr Davis said.
FREE National Movement leader Michael Pintard said far too many women and girls are being abused in domestic situations and that “chauvinistic” laws must be changed. “That has to be addressed,” he said. “And contrary to what many
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OCCUPANCY AT ATLANTIS IS SOARING
ATLANTIS continues to beat its revenue targets and is predicting a strong 2023 first half, a senior executive has revealed, with the wider resort industry bracing for 90 percent-plus occupancies over the Christmas and New Year period. FULL STORY - SEE BUSINESS
GET YOUR SHOTS AS FLU CASES ARE ON THE RISE
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people may think, rape could occur in marriage. “So, it cannot be right that a woman can press charges for being brutalised, punched, kicked, slapped in the marital situation, but she cannot press charges when she feels she is being violated because her life is at risk.” Mr Pintard was speaking at the Grand Bahama FNM Women’s Association SEE PAGE FOUR
PROTESTS IN CHINA - A RARE SIGHT
By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
PINTARD: CHANGE LAWS AND PROTECT WOMEN By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
PETER YOUNG:
SAILING FOR SCIENCE YOUNGSTERS on board the world’s largest cruise ship yesterday as part of a programme that sees Royal Caribbean International partner with the Pan American Devellpment Foundation and the Global Conversations Development Centre to bring 80 Bahamian students on board the Wonder of the Seas ship to learn about science, maths, technology and engineering. See PAGE TWO for the full story. Photo: Moise Amisial
TRIBUNE MANAGING EDITOR EUGENE DUFFY DIES THE managing editor of The Tribune newspaper, Eugene Duffy, has died aged 60 after a period of illness. Mr Duffy joined The Tribune in 2017. He was a former editor of The Mirror newspaper and group managing editor of the Trinity Mirror group in the UK, bringing with him a wealth of experience. He oversaw The Tribune through a period of two great disasters for The Bahamas – Hurricane
EUGENE DUFFY Dorian in 2019, and the COVID pandemic. Regular Tribune columnist Diane Phillips said of
him: “Eugene Duffy was the kind of driven editor who could smell a story a mile away. He was relentless in his pursuit of the truth, obstinate once he drew a conclusion, always urging his reporters to dig deeper and treat every story as if it mattered. “Sadly, they don’t make editors like Eugene Duffy any more and now we have lost a great one, as tough as he was wise, as humorous as he was serious. He will SEE PAGE THREE
Nassau & Bahama Islands’ Leading Newspaper
LOCAL health officials have seen a rise in the number of reported flu cases in the country, with one expert warning Bahamians to stay alert and up to date with their influenza vaccinations before heading into the holiday season. Dr Felicia Greenslade, head of the Ministry of Health’s National Surveillance Unit, told The Tribune yesterday that officials started seeing an increase in flu-like cases, particularly Influenza A, in early November. SEE PAGE FOUR
FACE TO FACE:
A HUMBLE START AND A STEADY CLIMB
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