EDITOR, The Tribune.
After reading what Peter Turnquest, the Deputy Leader of the Free National Movement (FNM), had to say about a discriminatory provision against spouses of Bahamian citizens in the Fisheries Bill during debate in the House of Assembly, I was moved to publicly support his position.
I lament the position taken by the government on this matter. The provision excluding spouses of Bahamians from commercial fishing tarnishes the codification of the fisheries law.
This offending provision with an obscenely outrageous penalty will overwhelmingly, if not exclusively, have a negative impact upon Bahamian women married to foreign nationals who are engaged in the fishing sector. It will have widespread ripple effects on human rights of persons legally present in our country with an unrestricted right to work.
THE Financial Crimes Intelligence Branch of the Royal Bahamas Police Force has warned people not to participate in an online fraud scheme promising a $1,000 payout.
In a statement released over the weekend, police said they are “aware of a voice note going around on social media inviting persons to a Zoom meeting and promising the disbursement of cash to those who participate.
“The fraudsters are promising $1,000 to each participant in the Zoom call from a fake Central Bank account. Please be aware this is a scam and residents should not participate.”
In September, the Securities Commission reissued warnings against falling victim to Ponzi and pyramid schemes that promise large payouts after a person pays a sum of money under the guise of an investment plan.
Former PM says ex-Cabinet ministers Turnquest and Sands represent FNM core values
NASSAU, BAHAMAS Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has come out against the government’s decision to limit commercial fishing to only Bahamians a move that would discriminate against Bahamian women and their spouses.
In a letter to the editor, Ingraham said he was moved to publicly support the position of former Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest, who raised the issue during debate in Parliament last week.
The bill would repeal the current Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) Act, 1977, and seeks to prevent individuals who are not citizens of The Bahamas from engaging in commercial fishing.
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THE attorney general has voiced optimism the financial services industry will go “from strength to strength” after The Bahamas’ efforts to shore up its anti-financial crime regime gained global approval.
Carl Bethel QC, hailing the two-year “team effort” that secured the country’s removal from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) enhanced surveillance initiative, told Tribune Business that its newly-secured status as a fully compliant represented a “good selling point” for the sector in attracting new business.
Speaking after the FATF, the global standard-setter on anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing issues, certified on Friday that The Bahamas merited delisting after addressing previous weaknesses in its regulatory regime, Mr Bethel pledged that authorities will “not celebrate the glow of this moment and go back to sleep”.
Four of six Mercury Verado boat engines valued at over $168,000 that the United States donated to The Bahamas at a handover ceremony at the Royal Bahamas Police Force Training College on Thursday, December 17, 2020. The four engines are attached to a 41-foot Apostle SAFE Boat Marine Interceptor the United States donated to The Bahamas in March 2013. (US EMBASSY NASSAU)
NASSAU, BAHAMAS The United States yesterday donated six Mercury Verado boat engines valued at over $168,000 dollars to the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) Marine Support Services Unit and the Bahamas Customs Marine Unit.
The donation is part of a broad effort by the United States to support the government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas in fighting transnational crime following the devastation of Hurricane Dorian and the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release by the US Embassy in Nassau.