PLP chairman doubts Butler-Turner call
PLP Chairman Bradley Roberts has questioned Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner’s recent call for her supporters to back Free National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis, calling on Mrs Butler-Turner to reveal what led her to “remain quiet and shamelessly sing Dr Minnis’ praises”.
Butler-Turner urges her supporters to back Minnis
DAYS after saying she “can’t be bought” by the Free National Movement, Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday made her strongest move since the party’s controversial convention to help heal the wounds in the party as she urged her supporters to back Dr Minnis and his leadership team.
Sears bids for PLP leadership
FORMER Attorney General Alfred Sears yesterday announced his intention to challenge Prime Minister Perry Christie for leadership of the Progressive Liberal Party at the governing party’s national convention in November.
Former data commissioner launches 2017 election bid
FORMER Data Protection Commissioner Sharmie Farrington-Austin is not concerned about the naysayers who question her motivation to make a bid for the South Andros constituency as an independent candidate in next year’s general election.
Cash refuses to toe the FNM line
DESPITE his clash on live radio with former Free National Movement Chairman Darron Cash, party Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest said he fully expects the intra-party friction to “calm down” as the organisation actively seeks to prepare itself for the impending 2017 general elections.
DNA rival urges voters to throw out Fitzgerald
Democratic National Alliance Marathon candidate Emily Williams has urged voters not to re-elect current MP Jerome Fitzgerald given his controversial track record with the Rubis Gas Leak and his most recent legal woes stemming from the disclosure of private emails in parliament which saw him fined $150,000 by a Supreme Court judge.
Turnquest rejects claim of race issue in campaign
POST-CONVENTION fallout continued for the Free National Movement yesterday as Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest clashed with former chairman Darron Cash over the latter’s claims that leader Dr Hubert Minnis ran a racially-divisive campaign.
Grant denies pressure on him to quit position
CENTRAL Grand Bahama MP Neko Grant was adamant yesterday that he was not pressured to step down from the post of Leader of Opposition Business and the Free National Movement’s shadow Works Minister, saying his decision was completely “of my own accord”.
Forbes, Smith and Miller ratified as PLP gets ‘war ready’ for election
THE Progressive Liberal Party last evening moved one step closer to its “war ready” mantra, as the party announced the ratification of three incumbent candidates on Thursday evening.
Medics were ‘blindsided’ by NHI tabling
QUESTIONING the “government’s commitment to consultation and transparency,” United Healthcare Reform Alliance, a coalition of medical and insurance stakeholder groups, claimed yesterday that it was “blindsided” by the government’s tabling of its landmark National Health Insurance Bill in the House of Assembly on Wednesday.
Neilly makes no firm commitment over his plans for candidacy in next election
SOUTH Eleuthera MP Theo Neilly was yesterday noncommittal on whether he will offer himself as a candidate for the Free National Movement in the next general election.
Former data commissioner announces plan to run as independent candidate
FORMER Data Commissioner Sharmie Farrington-Austin announced yesterday that she intends to run as an independent candidate in the next general election.
Moss calls on ‘patriotic Bahamians’
Gregory Moss, leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), is calling on “all patriotic” Bahamians who want to see the country advance and progress to join the fledgling party.
Minnis: Party was blindsided by Lightbourn ‘tube tying’ comments
FREE National Movement Leader Dr Hubert Minnis told parliamentarians yesterday that the party was blindsided by Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn’s controversial proposal for the state-sponsored sterilisation of women.
McCartney: FNM is dead after chaos at convention
DNA Leader Branville McCartney declared yesterday that the Free National Movement is “dead” and has been replaced by the same incompetence and corruption “that has come to define the Progressive Liberal Party”.
