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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 21, 2009

  Bahamas: Anglican Church backs govt's marital rape law

THE Anglican Church has joined several other religous denominations in throwing its full support behind the Government's efforts to make it illegal for a man to rape his wife. Delivering his Charge to the 109th session of the Anglican diocesan Synod, Archbishop Laish Boyd expressed his...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 20, 2009

  Travolta Extortion Trial Bahamas: Chief Prosecutor Bernard Turner Says Pleasant Bridgewater was not set up

By JUAN MCCARTNEY ~ NG Senior Reporter ~ juan@nasguard.com: In his final submissions in the attempted extortion trial of former Senator Pleasant Bridgewater and ambulance driver Tarino Lightbourne yesterday, Chief Prosecutor Bernard Turner said that Bridgewater was not set up as she has...... [view]

Posted By:  clf55
Posted On:  Oct 18, 2009

  Peel Public Health push to make condos, apartments smoke-free

Peel Public Health is pushing Queen's Park to add more restrictions to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act. The health unit wants the province to enact legislation that protects residents in multi-unit dwellings from exposure to second-hand smoke. The Smoke-Free Ontario Act already prevents smoking...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 16, 2009

  Jamaican PM says new constitution should ban gay marriage

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) -- Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the country's parliament would not recognize same-sex marriage while he was in power. "I make no apology in saying decisively and emphatically that the government of Jamaica remains irrevocably opposed to the recognition,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 4, 2009

  The unlawful government in Honduras is disrespectful to the United Nations

By Wellington C Ramos: Several months ago the Honduran military, along with Congressman Roberto Micheletti, the unlawful president of Honduras, overthrew the president of Honduras the Right Honorable Manuel Zelaya, who was duly elected by the people in a presidential election. Since...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 14, 2009

  Bahamas: Debt collectors oppose call for dunning laws

By INDERIA SAUNDERS ~ Guardian Business Reporter ~ inderia@nasguard.com : A local collections agency asserts aggressive collection efforts are needed in an economy saddled with a 600-percent increase in delinquent accounts — his comments flying in the face of calls for dunning law to match...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 7, 2009

  A question to which there is no answer

Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) OUR world is not only threatened by cyclical economic crises that are steadily becoming more serious and frequent. Unemployment, ruin and fabulous losses of goods and wealth are the inseparable companions of the blind laws of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 13, 2009

  Cuba readies for possible influx of US tourists

By Jeff Franks: VARADERO, Cuba (Reuters): Behind the mangroves that skirt the blue waters of Cuba's Bay of Cardenas, a 1,500-slip marina is taking shape as the island's tourism industry braces for what could be its biggest challenge yet. The Americans are coming -- or they may be, soon....... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 27, 2009

  US online gambling laws against WTO rules, says EU

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP): The European Commission said Thursday that US laws restricting online gambling went against WTO rules but that Brussels would seek a negotiated solution to the dispute. "It is for the US to decide how best to regulate Internet gambling in its market, but this must be...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 24, 2009

  America Is Moving Toward Czarism and Away from Democracy

By David Sirota, SFGate.com: History's great American parables teach that if anything unified our founders, it was a deep antipathy to dictatorship. As bourgeois revolutionaries from Boston to Philadelphia courageously split with the British crown in 1776, they created three equal branches...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 26, 2008

  Sodomy Laws Are Rooted in British Colonialism

By Nergui Manalsuren, IPS News: Although 66 countries signed a statement at the United Nations on Dec. 19 affirming that human rights protections extend to sexual orientation and gender identity, activists note that dozens of nations still criminalize homosexuality and seven impose the...... [view]

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