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Volume: 122 No. 217, October 3, 2025
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As PM faces by-election decision Pintard urges:
GO TO THE NATION Former PLP AG says a snap election would disrupt the government’s agenda By RASHAD ROLLE and LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Staff Reporters FREE National Movement Leader Michael Pintard says Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis should call a general election rather than a by-election after Vaughn
Miller’s death made the Golden Isles seat vacant - a view a former PLP attorney general cautioned against yesterday. Under the Parliamentary Elections Act, a writ for a by-election must be issued within 21 to 30 days of a vacancy. Political observers believe such a vote could
serve as an early test of the Davis administration’s support near the end of its term. Some in the PLP have been weighing the pros and cons of having a byelection versus a general election, but sources told ELECTION - SEE PAGE THREE
FNM LEADER MICHAEL PINTARD
COOPER SAYS MICAL SEAT MAY Bowleg: Upcoming Boxing Day and New SEE A CHANGE OF BOUNDARY Year’s parades will be managed by NJC By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper yesterday revealed the MICAL constituency could be reconfigured as the Constituencies Commission reviews electoral boundaries.
“MICAL,” he noted, “is five islands. We’ve been called upon to look at scenarios like that one, to see whether there is the need to make some adjustments.” Pressed directly on whether MICAL could become more than one constituency, he replied: “All CHANGES - SEE PAGE THREE
By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net YOUTH, Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg announced yesterday that the National Junkanoo Committee (NJC) will manage the upcoming Boxing Day and New Year’s
Day parades, with a new 15-member Parade Management Committee led by veteran Junkanooer Douglas Hanna responsible for planning and execution. Although the most iconic Junkanoo groups have expressed support for the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence (JCNP),
Mr Bowleg said the decision reflects the will of the majority and insisted the government has an obligation to follow that outcome. “In a democratic society, the majority rules,” he said at the Office of the Prime Minister’s weekly press briefing. “The groups went in and in a democratic
process and made a decision on their own. Because of that, the government has an obligation to move which is for the greater good and the majority of the people who is involved in Junkanoo at this time.” He stressed the PARADES - SEE PAGE SEVEN
TWO MEN INJURED AS CAFE COCO DESTROYED IN FIRE By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net A ROUTINE Thursday afternoon turned disastrous when Café Coco, once known as Cocoplum Restaurant, was gutted by fire yesterday. The blaze erupted after two gas workers tried to fill cylinders, sparking an explosion that left both men with upper-body injuries. They were taken
to hospital by EMS. Chief Fire Officer Demris Ambrister said the police control room alerted firefighters to the Oakwood Bay blaze around 2.21pm. Two units arrived within 20 minutes and found flames confined to the restaurant’s roof. He confirmed a local liquefied petroleum gas company had been FIRE - SEE PAGE 12
TWO men injured in fire that gutted Cafe Coco yesterday.
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