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VIDEO: PM jokes ‘god can’t stop’ him on election trail

PRIME Minister Perry Christie joked on Saturday that things were going so good that “God can’t stop him now” after the Progressive Liberal Party’s mass rally in Exuma was plagued with power outages, rain and microphone issues.

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Nygard gave Gibson $94,000: $5,000 a month paid to minister’s US bank account

PETER Nygard sent thousands of dollars per month to a Bank of America account belonging to Labour and National Insurance Minister Shane Gibson between August 2011 and January 2013, documents obtained by The Tribune show. The payments totalled $94,131.10.

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Ingraham: Curry has disappointed with so many absences

FORMER Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham said he was “disappointed” to learn that North Abaco MP Renardo Curry was absent from the House of Assembly 102 times this parliamentary term, with the nation’s former leader telling reporters he never missed 100 days in 40 years.

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QC SAYS HE HAS DONATED MONEY TO FNM PARTY

OUTSPOKEN Queen’s Counsel Fred Smith has heightened the debate surrounding election campaign financing after he posted a video on Facebook in which he admits to sponsoring the Free National Movement’s efforts to remove the Progressive Liberal Party from office.

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McCartney rejects claim that vote for DNA is a vote for PLP

RESPONDING to recent assertions by Free National Movement officials that a vote for the Democratic National Alliance is a vote for the Progressive Liberal Party, DNA Leader Branville McCartney on Friday claimed that the FNM’s attempts at alienating the third party is because the FNM wants either itself or the PLP to win “because they work together”.

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FNM candidate Bowe aims to improve Exuma healthcare

IMPROVED healthcare in Exuma will be the first order of business for Free National Movement (FNM) candidate Navarro Bowe if elected to serve next month.

Exuma voters urged: Don’t be fooled again

REGISTERED voters in Exuma were urged by the Free National Movement (FNM) not to be fooled again by the promises made by the current government, which the opposition party said it has failed to deliver.

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Man shot dead at home off Tonique Williams-Darling Highway

POLICE in New Providence report that a man has been shot at a home off Tonique Williams-Darling Highway on Saturday night, the fourth murder in the capital since Thursday morning.

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Man shot dead in his car in Augusta Street

POLICE in New Providence are searching for two men responsible for a shooting incident that has left a man dead on Friday night, the second murder in the capital in six hours.

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McCartney urges DNA it's time to end 'business as usual'

HITTING back at recent assertions by Free National Movement (FNM) officials that a vote for the Democratic National Alliance (DNA) is a vote for the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP), DNA Leader Branville McCartney on Friday claimed that the FNM’s attempts at alienating the third party is because the FNM wants either itself or the PLP to win “because they work together”.

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Baha Mar opening 'more than a dream come true'

PRIME Minister Perry Christie is adamant that the long awaited opening of Baha Mar’s first phase yesterday is not a “mirage” or an “ostentatious effort of misleading and misrepresenting”, branding it the most significant economic development event to ever occur in the country and the Caribbean region.

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Three men held after fatal shooting

Three suspects were taken into custody on Friday afternoon after a shooting incident on Market Street left one man dead and another seriously injured.

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PM refuses Fitzgerald questions at Baha Mar ribbon cutting

PRIME Minister Perry Christie several times refused questions from reporters on Friday over whether he will fire Education Minister Jerome Fitzgerald or demand his resignation as the Marathon candidate indicated he intended to move on despite his admission on Thursday that he sought contracts worth millions from Baha Mar for his family’s business.

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Second suspect charged with apartment window shooting

A SECOND suspect was arraigned in Magistrates Court on Friday in connection with a recent shooting in the capital.

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Former FNM Leader calls for donations at rally

IN WHAT could be described as a "state of the party" address, former Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Tommy Turnquest on Thursday night urged party supporters to give "at least one dollar" to either their respective constituency candidate or the party's national office to help fund its electoral campaign, claiming that the party could not match "PLP money".