December 14, 2016
Loretta Butler-Turner, leader of Opposition in the House of Assembly. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff
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Butler-Turner rejects Gibson suggestion on firearms
OFFICIAL Opposition Leader Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday “rejected outright” Free National Movement Long Island candidate Adrian Gibson’s suggestion that The Bahamas should consider adopting a Right-To-Carry law, as she questioned whether the FNM shared this position.
Butler-Turner out of party if she nominates as independent
THE minute Official Opposition Leader Loretta Butler-Turner nominates herself as an independent candidate for Long Island she will no longer be a member of the Free National Movement, the party’s Chairman Sidney Collie said yesterday.
Butler-Turner hits out at Christie victory speech and mortgage relief
OFFICIAL Opposition Leader Loretta Butler-Turner has said the government’s revamped mortgage relief programme has no real benefit to the expansion of the economy, as she castigated Prime Minister Perry Christie for an “empty” and “delusional” victory speech.
Loretta 'has not quit FNM'
LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday criticised her party for its decision to revoke her nomination and ratify another candidate without due process, firmly stating her intentions to contest her seat in the upcoming general election.
Butler-Turner ‘forming bold coalition’ with the DNA
LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday that she is forming a “very powerful and bold” coalition with Branville McCartney and the Democratic National Alliance that will “change the direction of the country.”
Loretta slams Parliamentary Commissioner for turning away women registering to vote
OPPOSITION Leader Loretta Butler-Turner has strongly rebuked Parliamentary Commissioner Sherlyn Hall for defending his department's right to turn away women registering to vote with "half their breasts out", insisting the practice is “nonsensical", "wrongheaded" and borders on illegal.
MP has ‘faith’ in Long Islanders
LONG ISLAND MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday that while she understands “elections are won at the polls and cannot be predicted” she believes Long Islanders “have faith” in her “and she “believes in them”.
Butler-Turner defends choice of controversial activist as Senator
OPPOSITION Leader Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday suggested that Senator Rodney Moncur was among the “best” this country had to offer as she defended her appointment of the community activist to the upper chamber, insisting that she respected him for publicly stating his contentious positions when others were not bold enough to do so.
Door ‘slammed shut’ on FNM nomination for Butler-Turner
FREE National Movement Chairman Sidney Collie yesterday said the door to a party nomination for Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner in the upcoming general election has been “slammed shut,” telling supporters to “forget it.”
'Shocks and surprises' to come in Senate appointees
OPPOSITION Leader Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday said her remaining Senate appointments will soon be announced as she dispelled speculation that three community activists were among those being considered for appointment to the Upper Chamber.
Butler-Turner not afraid of candidacy rejection
LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner insisted yesterday that she was not “frightened” by a recently submitted petition rejecting her 2017 general election candidacy for her constituency while maintaining that she remains committed to the area.
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