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Rollins ‘would run against Loretta’ MP says he would run as Independent in Long Island if that’s what voters want By RICARDO WELLS Tribune Staff Reporter rwells@tribunemedia.net LONG Island MP Loretta Butler-Turner could face an independent challenge by Fort Charlotte MP Andre Rollins if voters on the island urge him to do so, the controversial politician said yesterday. His threat came hours before the Free National Movement (FNM) announced it had ratified Mrs Butler-Turner as its standard-bearer for the constitu-
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WOMAN DIES AFTER HER CAR HITS TREE By SANCHESKA DORSETT Tribune Staff Reporter sdorsett@tribunemedia.net A 26-YEAR-OLD woman became the country’s latest traffic fatality after she lost control of her vehicle and slammed into a tree in eastern New Providence early yesterday morning. She has been identified as Athena Jasmine Hall, of Yamacraw Drive. Officer-in-charge of the SEE PAGE SIX
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ency in the next general election. Dr Rollins made his comments while appearing as a guest on the Ed Fields Live talk show, with host Rogan Smith and co-host Tosheena Robinson-Blair. Speaking to Mrs ButlerTurner’s representation in her constituency, Dr Rollins claimed that voters in Long Island are at their wits’ end with the MP. He also insisted that if Dr Minnis stays true to his words, and allows the voters SEE PAGE SIX
FNM ANNOUNCES FOUR MORE CANDIDATES FOR 2017 ELECTION By RICARDO WELLS Tribune Staff Reporter rwells@tribunemedia.net
THE Free National Movement (FNM) announced the ratification of four more candidates ahead of the 2017 general election, with FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis hailing the lot as integral cogs in the party’s “better governance” machinery. Although not present at the party’s mini rally last night, incumbent Long Island MP Loretta MARVIN Dames was Butler-Turner was announced as the announced as the FNM Candidate for SEE PAGE TWO Mount Moriah.
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OLYMPIC gold medal winner Shaunae Miller was welcomed back to her alma mater at St Augustine’s College yesterday for a day of celebration. See Sports for full story. Photos: Tim Clarke/Tribune staff
MINNIS SLAMS GOVERNMENT FOR ‘CELEBRATING’ MURDER COUNT By KHRISNA VIRGIL Deputy Chief Reporter kvirgil@tribunemedia.net WITH two lives lost this week to senseless gun violence, Free National Movement (FNM) Leader Dr Hubert Minnis castigated the government for celebrating this year’s murder count, which is comparatively lower than
last year. The country has so far recorded 74 homicides in 2016; by this time last year there had been 107 murders. However, despite this 30 per cent decrease and no murders during the month of July, Dr Minnis said: “Numbers can lie, as the PLP government’s rosy SEE PAGE SIX
‘MAN STABBED GIRLFRIEND, THEN TOLD HER HE LOVED HER’ By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net
A MAN returned to his apartment after stabbing his girlfriend multiple times to tell her he loved her, a Supreme Court judge heard from a probation officer yesterday. Reuben Baker, 32, appeared before Justice Deb-
orah Fraser for the penalty phase of his trial concerning the November 16, 2014 murder of Carmine Jean. Jean was involved in an argument with her boyfriend at their home on Alfred Way off Winders Terrace. She was stabbed twice in the upper back, once in both shoulders and once in the abdomen. SEE PAGE SIX
RENTAL GENERATORS ‘SHOULD BRING END TO OUTAGES THIS WEEK’ AFTER a summer plagued with blackouts, Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) officials stressed yesterday the rental generators imported from overseas will be in place by the end of this week, hopefully bringing an end to frequent power outages in New Providence. BPL officials led the media on a tour of the site yesterday where the rental units are being installed.
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BPL Corporate Communications Manager Arnette Ingraham explained why it took the company awhile to have the units installed. “It was a long-term process . . . the site was bushes just about 45 days ago,” she told reporters. “It had to be cleared, it had to be prepared, we had to get the engines here, we had to get them installed, all the cabling and all the fuel lines. And that is a lot of in-
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tensive work, we had to make sure that it was done safely. “We expect by the end of the week all 40 of those units will be up and running here at our Blue Hills Power Station. The good thing for us is that this, along with the existing 40 megawatts of Aggreko units that we’ve had for some time and with our existing fleet, we hope that this will alleviate SEE PAGE SIX