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November 30, 2015
PLP to ratify candidates in January, says chairman

Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Chairman Bradley Roberts said the party will begin ratifying its candidates for the next general election in early January 2016 and the public should expect a few "new faces", including Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner's brother, Craig Butler.

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September 08, 2015
PLP made a mess of Baha Mar, says Butler-Turner

Long Island Member of Parliament Loretta Butler-Turner yesterday slammed the Christie administration, following Supreme Court Justice Ian Winder's ruling to approve joint provisional liquidators to oversee the affairs of Baha Mar, and stressed the importance of opening the $3.5 billion development.

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August 13, 2015
Baha Mar: PLP conflicts of interest and spectacular hypocrisy

When Prime Minister Perry Christie and the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) were courting and beseeching Sarkis Izmirlian to redevelop Cable Beach, no one in the party was singing Bob Marley's "Redemption Song"

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May 11, 2015
PLP has made things worse for Bahamians, Butler-Turner says

Although it celebrated three years in office last week, the Christie administration has failed to bring "hope and relief" to the Bahamian people and have made "matters even worse" in the country since coming to office, Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday.

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April 23, 2015
Christie's and the PLP's 'Wonderland of make-believe and fantasy'

Even before the results of the May 7, 2012 general election, there were glaring signs that the election of the Perry Christie-led PLP would be another dark adventure down the proverbial rabbit hole popularized in Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's (writing under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll) "Alice in Wonderland".

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April 16, 2015
Butler-Turner: PLP has no credibility on crime

Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said yesterday that the government has no "credibility" in the fight against crime when those charged with upholding the law blatantly ignore it...

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July 02, 2013
FNM deputy claims non-PLPs sidelined at Bimini project

Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Leader Loretta Butler-Turner claimed yesterday that some residents of Bimini are being "locked out" of the new Resorts World Casino development in favor of Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) cronies.

"There is a concern by many residents of Bimini that they are being sidelined by this government as second class citizens on their own island," she said in a statem...

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June 13, 2013
FNM deputy slaps PLP MP

Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner said she was "provoked" into slapping Fort Charlotte MP Dr. Andre Rollins in the House of Assembly yesterday after, according to her, the Gaming Board chairman embraced her, whispered "horrific" things in her ear and would not let her go.
When he spoke to reporters afterwards, Rollins denied that he made disparaging remarks to Butler-Turner and said she "lost ...

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March 01, 2013
Remarks by Bradley B. roberts at meeting Grand Bahamas Council of PLP

Grand Bahama is of great importance to the economy of the Bahamas because of its diversified economy ranging from tourism, ship repair and farming to pharmaceutical manufacturing and petroleum storage, blending and distribution. The recent announcement of the tax reform measures by the Prime Minister is of particular importance to Grand Bahama because it is the industrial and manufacturing hub of ...

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May 01, 2012
Truth Alert--PLP Youth Development Plan: Doubling Down On Empty Promises

The Claim: The PLP promises to promote and develop the Bahamian youth.



The Truth: In their single term in office the PLP did not fulfill their lofty promises to the youth of the Bahamas. The record speaks for itself. While the PLP continues to recycle the same old broken promises, the FNM, has worked tirelessly to provide opportunities for the next generation and delivered:

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