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International newspaper highlights lack of marital rape laws
THE country's Sexual Offences Act was identified as "anti-women" by an international news agency over the lack of protection against spousal rape.
Bahamas Attorney General responds to local newspaper (Tribune) article
I wish to respond to a recent article published in the Tribune on the contribution given in the House of Assembly by Fort Charlotte MP Dr. Andre Rollins on January 27th, 2016.
Threatening lawsuits against newspapers
Threatening lawsuits against newspapers
Dear Editor,
There was a time in The Bahamas when political luminaries could threaten legal action against newspapers, ask for retraction of what was published and get paid handsomely for an out of court settlement...
Deputy Prime Minister urges National Newspaper Publishers Association to be objective and forthright
Deputy Prime Minister urges National Newspaper Publishers Association to be objective and forthright
In his remarks at the National Newspaper Publishers Association?s Mid-Winter Conference 2015 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Urban Development the Hon. Philip Davis...
Political antagonists hoping for the demise of our daily newspapers
Dear Editor,
Both The Nassau Guardian and The Tribune have served the Bahamian people admirably for well over a century. It would not be hyperbole to assert that their contributions to our developing democracy have been of mammoth proportions.
Needless to say, without The Nassau Guardian and The Tribune, the growth of democracy in The Bahamas would have been stunted. The Bahamas would have been a ...
Gunmen on the loose in Paris after attacking newspaper
There are at least two gunmen on the loose in Paris, a French official in Washington, D.C. confirms to CBS News' Margaret Brennan, after the gunmen attacked the office of a French satirical newspaper, killing at least 12 people....
World newspapers focusing eyes on Bahamas environment as Save The Bays legal action captures headlines
World newspapers focusing eyes on Bahamas environment as Save The Bays legal action captures headlines
NASSAU, Bahamas -- A series of legal actions filed by the environmental organization Save The Bays and making their way to the highest courts in the Bahamian judicial system are attracting international attention with stories in papers and online publications from Canada to Italy, Germany to New Zealand.
"The fact that what we are doing here is generating headlines thousands of miles away is pro...
Obie sells newspapers
Obie sells newspapers
Dear Editor
I was amused and saddened reading your coverage of Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe's attack on the press for reporting on A. Loftus Roker's comments about the Christie government's performance.
Let me get this straight: Here is an ex-reporter and a politician (Wilchcombe) creating a fight (with the media), about the media creating a fight between two politicians.
Hello? Has Wilchcombe...
Grenade attack on newspaper
Grenade attack on newspaper
A LIVE hand grenade was thrown through the front door of Punch Publications, prompting an emergency lockdown of Farrington Road until the bomb squad could remove the explosive and safely detonate it.
Mitchell hits out at newspaper editorial on former PM
FOX Hill MP Fred Mitchell yesterday lashed out at a daily newspaper after it published an editorial that lauded the accomplishments of former prime minister Hubert Ingraham.