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Speaker doesnt rate PLP chances of success with no-confidence vote
HOUSE Speaker Halson Moultrie said yesterday the chance of a no confidence vote in Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis succeeding is "negligible".
Front Porch From numbers banquet table PLP to give scraps to the poor
This column was first published on April 10, 2014.
We appear on the verge of an extraordinary betrayal of the Bahamian people, made even more heart-wrenching because it is at the hands of our very own, not those of slavemasters and colonial rulers.
Davis tells PLP - don't challenge leadership
Davis tells PLP - don't challenge leadership
PROGRESSIVE Liberal Party leader Philip “Brave” Davis wants no challenges to his leadership team at the upcoming PLP convention, he has told party members...
Obie: I'm fighting on for PLP seat
Obie: I'm fighting on for PLP seat
OBIE Wilchcombe says he will "absolutely" continue to vie for the Progressive Liberal Party's nomination in West Grand Bahama and Bimini despite losing the chairmanship race to Fred Mitchell on Friday.
Fred Mitchell wins PLP Chairman vote
Fred Mitchell wins PLP Chairman vote
FRED Mitchell on Friday won a dominant victory over Obie Wilchcombe in the closely watched chairmanship race at the Progressive Liberal Party convention, receiving 802 votes to Mr Wilchcombe's 338 votes, according to party officials.
The race had turned more heated in recent weeks, with supporters on both sides engaged in lively debate across social media.
PLP agrees to amend rules to let more vote
PLP agrees to amend rules to let more vote
THE Progressive Liberal Party has agreed to amend its constitution to significantly increase the number of delegates that could participate and vote in its national conventions, a change that may impact future leadership races.
PLP will not support new taxes
PLP will not support new taxes
The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) will not support any new taxes that the Minnis administration proposes until there is better efficiency in collecting existing taxes, Shadow Minister of Finance Chester Cooper said yesterday.
PLP slams prison chief
PLP slams prison chief
Opposition Leader Philip Brave Davis said yesterday that the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) does not support the appointment of Charles Murphy as the new commissioner of the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services. “We note the appointment of Charles Murphy as the new commissioner of corrections,” Davis said in a statement.
LIVE UPDATES: PLP Convention day two
LIVE UPDATES: PLP Convention day two
The PLP has released the full list of nominees... At last night's convention, the final speaker was the daughter of Sir Lynden Pindling, Monique Pindling, who said the party ?has become weak? and ?dishonest...
PLP Snipe at Laing Future
PLP Snipe at Laing Future
AMID looming public speculation that State Minister of Finance Zhivargo Laing could be "jumping the ship" on his Marco City seat to run in Fort Charlotte, the Progressive Liberal Party concluded the minister clearly realized he would be "soundly defeated".