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March 31, 2021
FNM and PLP behaving recklessly by campaigning, Moultrie says

While noting that the two major political parties are behaving recklessly, House Speaker Halson Moultrie said yesterday that political campaigning in large crowds should “absolutely not” be permitted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The behavior of the two major political parties is not only contradictory of the protocol orders but, in my estimation, the behavior is reckless,” Moultrie sa...

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March 31, 2021
PLP govt would be open to extending BPC's licenses 'within existing legal regime'

With growing signs of an early election, the decision on whether to permit further oil exploration in Bahamian waters could very well rest with a Davis administration should the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) be successful in unseating Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and the increasingly unpopular Free National Movement (FNM).

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March 03, 2021
'NO PINDLING ON THE TICKET': Former PM's daughter says PLP leaders feared 'negativity' of his record

MONIQUE Pindling, the daughter of former Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling, said the Progressive Liberal Party’s “leadership” told her she would not receive a nomination because the PLP does not “want a Pindling on the ticket”.

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February 01, 2021
16 candidates for PLPs election list

THE Candidates Committee of the Progressive Liberal Party has finalised 16 candidates to represent the party in the next general election, a group that includes old hands and new faces that will help form the PLP's team - in addition to the five incumbent PLP MPs...

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January 07, 2021
PLP Chairman calls for government to condemn violence in U.S.

A DAY after the dust settled on Capitol Hill, Progressive Liberal Party chairman Senator Fred Mitchell called on the Bahamian government to condemn the violence in the United States by Trump supporters...

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December 31, 2020
PLP vice-chairman Terence Bethel dies, aged 57

FAMILY, friends and political colleagues yesterday paid tribute to Progressive Liberal Party vice-chairman Terence Bethel, who died suddenly at his home on Wednesday morning at the age of 57...

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November 25, 2020
Emergency rule renewed - PLP says 'we won't back it'

GOVERNOR General C A Smith issued a new proclamation of emergency last night, his third since the COVID-19 pandemic began...

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November 23, 2020
PLP increase calls for Deputy PMs resignation

PRESSURE mounted from PLPs yesterday who demanded answers from government and the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister K Peter Turnquest over damaging fraud allegations...

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November 02, 2020
'Don't blame PLP for GB's increase in COVID cases'

PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party chairman Fred Mitchell said a social media post that accused PLP Leader Philip "Brave" Davis and party supporters of attending a "super spreader" event in Grand Bahama is nothing more than political "propaganda"...

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October 22, 2020
PLP oppose extension to state of emergency

THE Progressive Liberal Party says it will not support another extension of the state of emergency to extend "the sole competent authority's power to control the lives of the Bahamian people" for another month...

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