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Volume: 122 No. 235, Thursday, October 30, 2025
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FNM ‘IN IT TO WIN IT’ FOR BY-ELECTION Brian Brown will contest Golden Isles, party leader confirms
By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net AFTER weeks of uncertainty over whether the Free National Movement (FNM) would contest the by-election in Golden Isles, party leader Michael Pintard confirmed yesterday that the FNM will field its candidate, Brian Brown, for the seat. The party sang a new tune compared to last month, when Mr Pintard called on Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis to call
a general election instead of wasting money on a by-election. Supporters dressed in “Brian Brown” shirts gathered outside the House of Assembly, cheering as party leaders stood on the House of Assembly’s steps. Mr Pintard confirmed that Mr Brown will contest the by-election, declaring him the next Member of Parliament for Golden Isles. Amid speculation that the FNM lacked confidence about its chances, Mr FNM - SEE PAGE THREE
SIX YEARS AFTER DORIAN, ANGER AT STATE OF TREASURE CAY AIRPORT By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net ABACO residents feel neglected as the Treasure Cay International Airport remains in disrepair six years after Hurricane Dorian, with visitors reportedly forced to sit in a plastic shed and use
portable toilets. The airport was reduced to rubble when the Category Five storm made landfall in September 2019. Bishop Cedric Bullard, a member of the North Abaco Pastors Association (NAPA), said the airport still has no terminal and AIRPORT - SEE PAGE 12
FNM leader Michael Pintard alongside Golden Isles candidate Brian Brown outside the House of Assembly yesterday.
‘BAHAMASAIR ABANDONED US’ IN JAMAICA By LEANDRA ROLLE and KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporters A BAHAMIAN woman stranded in Jamaica has accused Bahamasair of abandoning passengers after
cancelling flights with little notice, saying the airline failed to do enough to evacuate citizens before Hurricane Melissa struck. The Abaco resident, a Hurricane Dorian survivor, said she was forced to relive the trauma of that storm
while sheltering at the Dreams Rose Hall Resort & Spa in Montego Bay. She was among dozens of Bahamians who travelled to Jamaica for the wedding of former Foreign Affairs ABANDONED - SEE PAGE SEVEN
PM: WE WILL REBUILD AFTER STORM IN AFFECTED ISLANDS
RICH BUSINESSMAN FACED SIMILAR CHARGES IN CHICAGO
By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbelll@tribunemedia.net
AS HURRICANE Melissa pounded parts of the central and southeast Bahamas yesterday, Prime Minister Philip Davis promised that the government would rebuild and recover
affected islands “whatever happens.” Mr Davis told Parliament that the government stood ready to provide relief once the storm passed. Forecasters said Melissa was expected to exit Bahamian waters early this morning. REBUILD - SEE PAGE FIVE
A WEALTHY American businessman who avoided a prison sentence in The Bahamas for firearm offences this week had faced similar charges in Chicago more than a
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decade ago after allegedly lying to authorities about owning a number of guns. James Finkl, 62, former head of US-based Finkl Steel, was fined $1.4m in the Magistrate’s Court on Monday after admitting to bringing 14 guns and more GUNS - SEE PAGE 11