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Volume: 122 No. 59, Tuesday, February 17, 2026
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THE COUNTDOWN TO ELECTION HAS BEGUN Davis: Nobody knows better than I how much work remains By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A SEA of yellow filled the Baha Mar Convention Centre last night as hundreds of Progressive Liberal Party supporters gathered for the party’s campaign launch, transforming the venue into a rally that signalled the countdown to a general election, although one is not constitutionally required until September. Supporters arrived early, dressed in party shirts,
jerseys and hats, waving oversized placards and sounding horns. Campaign banners framed the entrance, while bright lights, music and chants inside the ballroom created a rally atmosphere as supporters frequently stood, cheered and applauded throughout the programme. Attendees ranged from young adults to seniors, reflecting a cross-section of the party’s base, many LAUNCH - SEE PAGE TWO
PRIME Minister Philip ‘Brave’ Davis speaks during the PLP launch event at Baha Mar last night.
Photo: Shawn Hanna
PUBLIC BLASTS SYMONETTE’S FNM chairman raises concerns over COMMENT ON ADRIEL’S KILLER ‘polling divisions with no voters’ FORMER Immigration Minister Brent Symonette’s suggestion that it would be “inhumane” to deport convicted murderer Chris Ferguson after he serves a 40-year sentence for killing 12-year-old Adriel Moxey triggered backlash on social media, with many Bahamians rejecting the
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
idea and calling for harsher consequences. Ferguson, 39, was sentenced last week after accepting a plea deal in the 2024 killing. Police said Adriel died from strangulation. The case has also raised questions about INHUMANE - SEE PAGE THREE
FNM chairman Dr Duane Sands.
FREE National Movement chairman Dr Duane Sands said the party has found “serious new problems” in the voters register, escalating its dispute with election officials and renewing questions about
readiness for the next general election. He said the party wrote to the Parliamentary Registration Department after identifying polling divisions with no voters assigned, duplicate entries and deceased people still listed. “In its review, the FNM found polling divisions with no voters assigned, including
Killarney Polling Division 3, Southern Shores Polling Division 4, and Tall Pines Polling Division 4. It is not normal for polling divisions to be skipped in this manner,” Dr Sands wrote yesterday. “The party also identified what appear to be POLLING - SEE PAGE FOUR
VIDEO APPEARS TO SHOW ST JOHN’S COLLEGE PRINCIPAL WITH HANDS AROUND GIRL’S NECK By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net A VIDEO appearing to show the principal of St John’s College grabbing a girl by the neck at a school event has triggered an investigation by the Anglican Central Education Authority. The footage shows a man identified as the school’s principal, former Deputy Commissioner of Police Quinn McCartney, holding the girl’s
arms as she leaves a room before placing both hands around her neck and pushing her through a doorway. Bystanders react in shock, with one person heard asking, “Why he choking the girl?” Other clips from the same night show a uniformed police officer carrying a rifle, a group of apparent minors running outside while screaming, and boys fighting, grabbing shirts and jump-kicking each other. VIDEO appears to show a man identified as St John’s College’s principal Quinn McCartney with CHOKING - SEE PAGE THREE his hands around the neck of a female student.
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