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January 25, 2024
Religious Leaders In Haiti Denounce Kidnapping of Nuns
HAITI - The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince making an urgent appeal for the release of six nuns kidnapped in Haiti.
National Women's Week begins with religious service
November 27, 2023
National Women's Week begins with religious service
The Ministry of Social Services, Information and Broadcasting's Department of Gender and Family Affairs participated in a church service at Bethel Baptist Church, Meeting Street, on Sunday, November 26, 2023 in observance of National Women's Week.
October 02, 2023
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Preserve religious and cultural values
Dear Editor, I was deeply taken aback, as were many others, upon learning about an upcoming event scheduled to be hosted this Thursday by a local academic institution in celebration of the Annual Pride Week. As a concerned citizen of The Bahamas, I feel compelled to exercise my right to freedom of speech and address [...]
'CANNABIS DRAFT BILL INADEQUATE': Rastafarian community dissatisfied with location limit for religious use
August 28, 2023
'CANNABIS DRAFT BILL INADEQUATE': Rastafarian community dissatisfied with location limit for religious use
THE Rastafarian community is not satisfied with the Davis administration's proposal for legalising cannabis for religious purposes, calling the draft bills inadequate.
Government unveils legislation to decriminalise cannabis for medical, research and religious use
August 25, 2023
Government unveils legislation to decriminalise cannabis for medical, research and religious use
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Government yesterday unveiled a compendium of legislation that seeks to decriminalize cannabis for medical, research and religious use. The legislative suite comprises 11 bills, with the central component being the Cannabis Bill of 2023. This bill establishes a framework for local cannabis production to meet medical needs, create economic opportunities, and regulate [...
August 03, 2023
Rastafarian leader wants appeal of Supreme Court ruling on religious use of cannabis
A LOCAL Rastafarian leader said the community would support an appeal of a Supreme Court judge's ruling that laws prohibiting the possession and use of marijuana do not breach their constitutional rights to freedom of religion.
Challenge on religious use of cannabis fails
August 02, 2023
Challenge on religious use of cannabis fails
A SUPREME Court judge rejected a challenge from the Rastafarian community on the constitutionality of laws prohibiting the possession and use of marijuana, even for religious purposes.
August 02, 2023
Judge: Marijuana religious exemption for Parliament to decide
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The decision on whether an exemption is made for marijuana use for religious purposes should be left to Parliament a Supreme Court judge has ruled. The August 1 decision came as a result of a constitutional motion filed by Lorenzo Stubbs, a practicing Rastafarian who was arrested in late December 2020 for [...]
July 20, 2023
Religious leaders urged to use their pulpits to plead the cause of the poor
Minister for Grand Bahama, the Hon. Ginger Moxey offered words of encouragement to the 250-plus delegates of the Church of God of Prophecy Caribbean Leadership Convention, and to its church leaders, to use the pulpits of their individual churches as public platforms to plead the cause of the poor and those who are disadvantaged.
She encouraged them to be a pillar of strength for the weak and a ...
May 03, 2023
Rastafarians frustrated on constitutional challenge for religious use of marijuana
THE Rastafarian community is frustrated waiting for the Supreme Court's ruling on the constitutionality of laws prohibiting their possession and use of marijuana.
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