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Rulings delayed in Gibson's case
May 12, 2023
Rulings delayed in Gibson's case
A judge has postponed the delivery of two important rulings in the Adrian Gibson corruption trial.
Woman claims MP brutally attacked her
May 11, 2023
Woman claims MP brutally attacked her
Long Island MP Adrian Gibson's former fiancée Alexandria Mackey, who wishes to testify via videolink in his corruption trial, alleges that he "choked her, suffocated her and tried to gouge her eyes out" in December 2021, Acting Director of Public Prosecutions Cordell Frazier told the court yesterday. As such, Frazier said that Mackey could be considered a ...
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May 11, 2023
DNA testing may be required to prove paternity in citizenship matters, Bell says
Minister of Labour and Immigration Keith Bell said yesterday the government may have to consider introducing DNA testing to confirm a child's paternity to mitigate against fraud given a recent Privy Council ruling on citizenship. The Privy Council has ruled that all children born in The Bahamas out of wedlock to foreign women and Bahamian ...
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Bell: DNA testing may need to be considered following Privy Council ruling on citizenship
May 10, 2023
Bell: DNA testing may need to be considered following Privy Council ruling on citizenship
Minister of Labor and Immigration Keith Bell said today that the government may have to consider introducing DNA testing to confirm a child's paternity to mitigate against fraud given the Privy Council's recent ruling on citizenship. The Privy Council has ruled that all children born out of wedlock to foreign women and Bahamian men are ...
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Privy Council vindicated view of 2013 commission
May 08, 2023
Privy Council vindicated view of 2013 commission
The Privy Council's recent ruling that the children born out of wedlock to Bahamian men and foreign women are entitled to citizenship at birth was vindication as it affirms that the last Constitutional Commission was spot on in its determination that these individuals indeed have that right, former Attorney General Sean McWeeney, KC, who chaired that commission, said.
CJ orders demolition of two shanty homes
May 04, 2023
CJ orders demolition of two shanty homes
Chief Justice Sir Ian Winder yesterday ruled that only two structures built in defiance of a 2018 injunction that prevented the construction of new homes in shantytowns on Abaco and New Providence be demolished within 45 days.
May 04, 2023
Chief Justice orders demolition of two shanty town structures over injunction breach
NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Chief Justice Ian Winder yesterday ordered the demolition of structures erected by just two of 177 shanty town residents after determining that they "wilfully" breached a 2018 Supreme Court injunction which prohibited the construction of new structures in shantytowns across country. Back in February, Supreme Court Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson discharged an injun...
March 30, 2023
Court orders man to surrender himself for US extradition
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The Court of Appeal yesterday ordered a 63-year-old Eleuthera man to surrender himself to police and await his extradition to the United States where he is wanted on drug trafficking charges. The appellate court, in a decision yesterday dismissing the appeal of Roscoe Thompson against his extradition, ordered that the Eleuthera native [...]
March 29, 2023
Judge rules injunction on sale of land to a food giant to continue
A Supreme Court justice has ruled that the proprietary injunction on the sale of 6.52 acres of land to a food giant be continued, as she urged the parties involved to move the matter to trial without further delay.
March 29, 2023
Judge extends injunction freezing nearly $3 million from City Markets HQ sale
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A Supreme Court judge has extended an injunction freezing nearly $3 million from the 2016 sale of City Markets' former East West Highway headquarters to AML Foods Ltd. Justice Dianne Stewart in a March 27th ruling said that having reviewed the evidence and heard all of the submissions, she was satisfied that [...]
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