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By NICO SCAVELLA Tribune Staff Reporter nscavella@tribunemedia.net THERE have been no reported murders for the entire month of July, with a senior police officer attributing it to a “consistent” policing effort by members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Police Chief Superintendent Clayton Fernander, SEE PAGE TEN
MP stands by GOVERNOR GENERAL JOINS EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION pledge as Minnis retains leadership By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net FORT Charlotte MP Dr Andre Rollins confirmed yesterday that he will not be seeking a Free National Movement constituency nomination in the next general election now that Dr Hubert Minnis has retained the leadership of the party. Dr Rollins also announced that he has “invited Dr Minnis to rescind” his appointment as Shadow Minister of National Security. In June in a series of press statements, Dr Rollins openly criticised Dr Minnis and his supporters, stating that the leader had no substance or vision
for the country. It was then that he originally made the pledge to step aside if Dr Minnis was re-elected leader, explaining that he could not expect to campaign alongside him given his critique of Dr Minnis and his role in the push for an early convention. Six of the Opposition’s ten MPs – Loretta ButlerTurner, Hubert Chipman, Neko Grant, Richard Lightbourn, Theo Neilly and Dr Rollins – threatened to petition Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling to remove Dr Minnis as leader of the Official Opposition unless the initial November date was brought forward. SEE PAGE SIX
FNM CHAIRMAN: BUTLER-TURNER KNEW SHE WAS GOING TO LOSE By SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net PARTY Chairman Sidney Collie said Long Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner did not withdraw from the Free National Movement’s leadership race because the process was “corrupt” but because she knew “the tide was against her” and she could not win. Mr Collie told The Tribune that Mrs Butler-Turner put on the “best show that she could” but she knew after giving her speech on the second night of the FNM’s
convention last week “her leadership race was over”. Mrs Butler-Turner’s hour-long speech on Thursday night ended with angry Dr Hubert Minnis supporters chanting “Roc wit Doc” in an attempt to force her from the podium. At one point during her speech, Mrs Butler-Turner also called for FNM parliamentarians, senators and candidates to join her on stage in a show of solidarity. However, only her running mate for deputy leader, Dr Duane Sands, stood by her side. SEE PAGE EIGHT
EMANCIPATION Day celebrations were held in Fox Hill yesterday, with Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling attending the annual ecumenical service. For more photographs, see page two. Photo: Tim Clarke/Tribune Staff
LIGHTBOURN UNDER FIRE FOR ‘TUBE TYING’ COMMENTS By NICO SCAVELLA Tribune Staff Reporter nscavella@tribunemedia.net TWO local advocacy groups have condemned Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn’s proposal for the state-sponsored sterilisation of women as “archaic, barbaric and dangerous”, charging that the suggestion is “frighteningly
reminiscent” of sterilisation policies used against black people internationally in the 1960s. Citizens for Constitutional Equality (CCE), in a statement, said Mr Lightbourn’s proposal to “target young, black, poor women” in order to reduce the number of children being born is akin to “policies used against black South Afri-
cans under apartheid and African-Americans in Mississippi and Alabama” at the height of racial tensions in the 1960s. The group also said Mr Lightbourn’s proposed policy is “state enforced violence against women,” which the group said is a “perverse violation of human rights” that demonstrates Mr Lightbourn’s
TURNQUEST ASKS WHY CARNIVAL REPORT HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED By NICO SCAVELLA Tribune Staff Reporter nscavella@tribunemedia.net FREE National Movement Deputy Leader Peter Turnquest yesterday questioned why the Christie administration has not yet released this year’s Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival financial performance report. Mr Turnquest, the shadow minister for finance,
said the Bahamian people “are due a full and transparent explanation of how that money was spent, and what the returns were on that money.” Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival was held in Nassau from May 7-9 and in Grand Bahama from April 15-16. However, more than two months after the festival was held, many, including members of the Official Opposi-
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tion, have questioned why the Government has yet to produce figures on the festival’s financial performance and economic impact. Last week, Bahamas National Festival Commission (BNFC) Chairman Paul Major said the report is complete, but could not confirm when it would be released publicly. SEE PAGE TEN
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“utter lack of understanding and awareness of what gender equality, women’s empowerment, agency and human rights really means”. Meanwhile, non-profit organisation Bahamas Women’s Watch (BWW) said Mr Lightbourn’s proposed policy “highlights an absolute disrespect and contempt for SEE PAGE FIVE
By RICARDO WELLS Tribune Staff Reporter rwells@tribunemedia.net
WITH little over a month before the start of the 20162017 academic year, repairs to schools across the country face major setbacks due to an unexplained halt in submitting the Ministry of Works’ annual “scope of repairs report”. SEE PAGE TEN
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