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Volume: 122 No. 226, October 17, 2025
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PM: BY-ELECTION FOR GOLDEN ISLES Sebas and Pickstock only two newcomers among 14 announced By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis announced last night that a by-election will be held in the Golden Isles constituency after Progressive Liberal Party ratified 14 candidates for the next general election, all incumbents except prominent businessman Sebas Bastian and Senator
Darron Pickstock, who aims to succeed the late Vaughn Miller in Golden Isles. When pressed for a specific by-election date, Mr Davis said it would be revealed “in due course”. “PLPs,” he said, “I told y’all before, stay alert! Y’all ready? Because tonight, I’m announcing it officially. Golden Isles, a by-election RATIFY - SEE PAGE TWO
JCNP AND PM MEETING OVER PARADE MANAGEMENT ISSUES
SEBAS Bastian (Fort Charlotte candidate) was among 14 candidates ratified last at an event held at PLP headquarters last night. Alfred Sears, current MP for Fort Charlotte, who has endorsed Sebas’ candidacy stands on stage with him. Photo: Nikia Charlton
year’s national Junkanoo parades. It was unclear yesterday which parties were invited or the precise purpose of the meeting, but the meeting follows weeks of escalating friction after Youth, Sports and Culture Minister Mario Bowleg announced that only two
Sands eyeing Bamboo Town as FNM FAMILIES OF will soon reveal additional candidates MEN KILLED IN HAITI WAITING FOR CLOSURE
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis is expected to meet today with the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence (JCNP) amid soaring tension between the long-standing parade managers and the government over who will control this
TENSION - SEE PAGE SEVEN
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
FREE National Movement Chairman Dr Duane Sands is eyeing the party’s nomination for Bamboo
Town instead of Elizabeth, the constituency he once represented and unsuccessfully ran for on two other occasions, according to several sources. Dr Sands did not confirm nor deny the claims
when contacted by The Tribune yesterday but said he’d be happy to discuss ratified candidates once they’ve been confirmed by the council and candidate SANDS - SEE PAGE THREE
By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Staff Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
Cooper: Saudi funding will be shifted to Grand Bahama International Airport
THE grieving families of two Bahamian men killed in Haiti more than three months ago say they are desperate for closure, as the remains of their loved ones continue to languish in a Haitian morgue. The bodies of Shadrack Stuart and Joey Russell have been held up for months by bureaucratic delays and a lack of official assistance, relatives said, claiming a single missing
By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net DEPUTY Prime Minister Chester Cooper announced yesterday that the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has agreed to reallocate funding originally earmarked for the George Town and North
Eleuthera airports to the Grand Bahama International Airport, a move he described as “progress” for the island’s economic revitalisation. The extent of the SFD’s funding for the airport was unclear up to press time. Speaking at the Exuma FUNDING - SEE PAGE FOUR
DEPUTY PM CHESTER COOPER
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CLOSURE - SEE PAGE FIVE