Two days after Energy Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis tabled a report in Parliament outlining the negative impact certain decisions made under the former administration reportedly had on Bahamas Power and Light’s
The Progressive Liberal Party’s continued refusal to take accountability for the astronomical cost of electricity remains an issue that covers them in shame.
The issue of marital rape may best display how the lack of political courage hinders things that are quite simple to do from getting done in The Bahamas. The Nassau Guardian’s position on marital rape is clear and has been repeated often: it is wrong and should be criminalized. We believe those who disagree are
While acknowledging the urgent need for marital rape legislation, Minister of State for the Public Service Pia Glover-Rolle said yesterday that due process is also important. “Rape is rape,” Glover-Rolle told reporters. “The context of the relationship doesn’t change what the definition of rape is. It’s non-consensual sex. So, it’s very important. But what is
Minister of Works Alfred Sears said yesterday he supports criminalizing marital rape, without ambiguity. “Nobody has the right to rape anybody,” said Sears responding to a reporter’s question. “That’s my position.“ Last week, Speaker of the House of Assembly Patricia Deveaux said she couldn’t give an opinion on whether marital rape should be criminalized because