Christie: Public funds used to buy votes
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Perry Christie yesterday accused the government of using public funds to get votes.
Advert ordered off the air
THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority has ordered ZNS to remove a political ad that suggested PLP Fox Hill candidate Fred Mitchell was involved in an alleged visa scandal at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Oil licences spark debate
ALL five of Bahamas Petroleum Company's oil exploration licences were renewed last week until 2015 according to the company - under terms mandating that drilling begins within a year. According to BPC's website, the renewal came
it's close - exit poll gives plp slight lead
THE PLP came out the slight winner of The Tribune's exit poll at yesterday's advanced vote. Of the nearly 8,000 voters eligible to cast their ballot yesterday, 72 identified themselves as PLPs and 55 as FNMs,
FNM are online winners
IT IS likely the FNM will remain the governing party according to readers who voted in The Tribune's online web poll. As of yesterday afternoon, 514 readers responded to the question: "With th
FNM confident in Bamboo Town
FNM CANDIDATE Cassius Stuart is confident Bamboo Town will remain a FNM seat.
PLP will put oil drilling to referendum
PLP LEADER Perry Christie promised the Bahamian people at a rally on Monday night that if successful at the polls, his party would put the question of oil drilling to a referendum.
Closures on election day
A NUMBER of closures will take place during Election Day to ensure the smooth running of the vote.
Call for orderly behaviour during elections
POLITICIANS have renewed calls for civil and orderly behaviour during elections after a supporter spit at the wife of a party leader.
PM praise as first votes are cast
PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham praised the continued growth of democracy and the electoral process in the Bahamas as the Advanced Poll will be conducted today.
Police silent over FNM vote claim
FOLLOWING FNM chairman Carl Bethel's assertion that his party expects to win the police force's support in the upcoming general election, police representatives refused to comment.
DNA in fresh candidate challenge
THE DEMOCRATIC National Alliance expects at least two seats will have to be decided in a bye election as advance polling begins today.
Rain may fall but the campaign goes on
POLITICAL leaders are not allowing the near week-long extreme weather conditions to dampen their spirits in the build-up to the May 7 election.
On the campaign trail
THE spirit of this column seems to be catching, as more and more Bahamians take to making lighthearted fun of our political actors.
Anger over poll notice
FREEPORT - The Democratic National Alliance has criticised the FNM government for not providing sufficient notice of its sudden decision to allow Advanced Pol
