Thursday, April 20, 2017
Today is Nomination Day and tribune242.com will bring you all the highlights as candidates nominate for their constituencies surrounded by supporters, flags and motorcades . . .
9.30am: Greg Burrows arrived just after 9am in Bamboo Town with about 40 supporters clad in gold shirts. They marched from nearby Gamble Heights.
9.55am: Mr Burrows says he feels confident he will be the next Member of Parliament for Bamboo Town, despite being the newcomer. He added that his resumé speaks for itself.
10.10am: FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis has arrived at HO Nash Jr High School to officially nominate.
10.20am: PLP Marathon candidate Jerome Fitzgerald showed no signs of being affected by today's headlines, as he danced his way through his constituency.
10.30am:
10.35am:
10.40am: John 'Chippie' Chipman, the grandfather of FNM Centreville candidate Reece Chipman, has come out in support of Prime Minister Perry Christie.
10.45am: At his Centreville constituency, Prime Minister Perry Christie dodged questions regarding Jerome Fitzgerald and Baha Mar.
11.05am: Jerome Fitzgerald stays calm amid Baha Mar allegations - full story HERE
11.10am: Reneika Knowles is officially nominated as the PLP candidate for Killarney - after a slight delay with the verification of the signatories on her nomination papers.
11.20am: DNA Leader and Bamboo Town candidate Branville McCartney arrived in the constituency with a motorcade and Junkanoo rush out.
11.25am: This receipt (right) was posted on Loretta Butler-Turner's Facebook page. She has nominated and is officially no longer a member of the FNM.
Comments
Alex_Charles says...
Buffoonery at it's finest
Posted 20 April 2017, 10:36 a.m. Suggest removal
DDK says...
Part of a democracy. Be grateful we still have one (or what's left of it).
Posted 20 April 2017, 1:04 p.m. Suggest removal
Alex_Charles says...
I was referring to Fitzgerald dancing like a jackass. Knowing fully well what hit the paper today.
I should have been more specific.
Posted 20 April 2017, 1:40 p.m. Suggest removal
DDK says...
Understood!
Posted 21 April 2017, 2:02 p.m. Suggest removal
Sickened says...
Little Africa! What a disgrace... especially Jerome acting like a waped out homeless bum.
Posted 20 April 2017, 11:54 a.m. Suggest removal
birdiestrachan says...
Happy people dance and sing. It is a good thing perhaps more Bahamians should
try it and there will be less crime,
it
Posted 20 April 2017, 12:35 p.m. Suggest removal
themessenger says...
Yeah Bird Shit, was you dancing and singing this morning when another low life like you was killing that man right on the doorstep of our tourist industry, don't worry, be happy, right?
Posted 20 April 2017, 12:50 p.m. Suggest removal
sheeprunner12 says...
LBT has sealed her fate ............ She had a little motorcade from her HQ .......... But this is the end of her political career .......... The Gay Boy had a pretty little motorcade as well ....... But this is the Peoples' Time ................. Adrian Gibson and the FNM will win by a landslide in Long Island
Posted 20 April 2017, 12:52 p.m. Suggest removal
jackbnimble says...
I see Bernie flew in for the photo op. Wondering if she's heading back out tomorrow. BOL!!
Posted 20 April 2017, 1:04 p.m. Suggest removal
DDK says...
Fitzgerald looks like he's trying to rake in more millions!
Posted 20 April 2017, 1:07 p.m. Suggest removal
hallmark says...
What I would like to know is how so many people get time off to attend these nomination events. I know you need a certain amount of signatures, but don't these people work?
Posted 21 April 2017, 10:11 a.m. Suggest removal
hallmark says...
Also, why don't they change the law so that the nomination fee is not returned? The treasury always broke, so why can't it keep all of that money instead of refunding those who get a certain amount of votes, especially to mostly rich people, or people who will soon be rich.
Posted 21 April 2017, 10:15 a.m. Suggest removal
sheeprunner12 says...
175 candidates X $400.00 = $70,000 .......... But the election is going to cost the Treasury at least $3 or $4 million ........... That is why the nomination fee should have been a non-refundable fee of at least $1,000.00 ......... We are still using out-dated government fees that do not reflect the cost of public financing and budgeting ............. And there are still no campaign financing laws to track the REAL cost of elections on the Treasury ......... A conservative guess would be at least $200 million
Posted 21 April 2017, 1:17 p.m. Suggest removal
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