Butler-Turner pushes creative entrepreneurship

Arguing that The Bahamas must "stop doing the same old things" throughout the economy and in the formulation of economic policy, Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner spoke to what she termed the "structural economic challenges and strategic opportunities offered by The Bahamas", laying out a case for creative entrepreneurship as a cure for the economic malaise afflicting the country.
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Appeal court quashes country's first human trafficking case

The Court of Appeal on Thursday overturned The Bahamas' first human trafficking conviction, declaring the trial before the Supreme Court "a nullity".

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The Bahamian entrepreneurial spirit

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Punishing human smugglers

The Bahamas is a smuggling route. It has been that for centuries. We live at the doorstep of the wealthiest country in the world, under which is a relatively poor region. Just under us is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti). We smuggle drugs. We smuggle guns. We smuggle people.
While drug and gun prosecutions are common in The Bahamas, human smuggling cases are not. Consequently,...

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Punishing human smugglers

The Bahamas is a smuggling route. It has been that for centuries. We live at the doorstep of the wealthiest country in the world, under which is a relatively poor region. Just under us is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti). We smuggle drugs. We smuggle guns. We smuggle people.
While drug and gun prosecutions are common in The Bahamas, human smuggling cases are not. Consequently,...

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Woman sentenced to 15 years for human trafficking

A 24-year-old woman was on Wednesday sentenced to 15 years in prison for forcing two Jamaican women into the sex trade.
Chevaneese Sasha Gay Hall, who is also a Jamaican citizen, is the first person in The Bahamas' history to be convicted of human trafficking.
Hall remained stoic as Senior Justice Jon Isaacs sentenced her to 15 years on four counts of trafficking in persons and seven years' impris...

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Punishing human smugglers

The Bahamas is a smuggling route. It has been that for centuries. We live at the doorstep of the wealthiest country in the world, under which is a relatively poor region. Just under us is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti). We smuggle drugs. We smuggle guns. We smuggle people.
While drug and gun prosecutions are common in The Bahamas, human smuggling cases are not. Consequently,...

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Sex trafficker found guilty

A 24-year-old woman was on Wednesday convicted of forcing two Jamaican women into the sex trade, marking the country's first conviction for human trafficking.
Chevaneese Sasha Gay Hall, who is also a Jamaican citizen, remained stoic as the jury foreperson announced six guilty verdicts -- four for trafficking in persons and two for unlawfully withholding the victims' passports.
By contrast, one of ...

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Woman in trafficking case 'deceived' victims with job offers

A woman on trial for allegedly recruiting two women for a prostitution ring deceived her victims by offering them jobs when she knew they would have to sell their bodies, a prosecutor said in closing arguments on Tuesday.
The high profile trial is expected to come to an end today when Senior Justice Jon Isaacs turns the case over to the jury following his summation.
Director of Public Prosecutions...

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Couples Retreat

• Genre : Comedy
• Rating : T - 15yrs and Older

A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.