11.35pm: PLP Deputy Leader Chester Cooper – the final speaker of the night – is joined on stage by Party Leader Philip 'Brave' Davis and supporters. Don't miss Friday's Tribune for the reaction from day one of the PLP Convention.

11.29pm: He says he wants the nation to know that “we are fighting for you”.

11.25pm: Mr Cooper thanks the party for their continued love and support.

11.22pm: He says the party will be ready to go “on day one”.

11.13pm: Mr Cooper says the party is committed to having a conversation about a national youth service.

11.12pm: He says the PLP will leap forward with major investment in renewable energy and healthcare.

11.11pm: “We can transform our economy – we can do it now, right now,” Mr Cooper says.

11.10pm: He says they will create hundreds of millionaires.

11.06pm: He talks of leaping forward on the issue of medical marijuana.

11.00pm: Mr Cooper says everywhere he goes around the country, people have said “our Prime Minister is a man who does not know what he is doing”.

10.58pm: He is listing the party's achievements saying “that's the work we do”.

10.56pm: Mr Cooper says there's a place for everyone in the Bahamas under the PLP.

10.53pm: He asks supporters to leap forward with the PLP and hits out at the FNM.

10.50pm: He thanks supporters for returning him to the position of the party's Deputy Leader today.

10.48pm: PLP Deputy Leader Chester Cooper – the final speaker of the night – is now onstage.

10.34pm: Mrs Hanna Martin ends by saying the PLP promised the Bahamian people that it would take them all the way.

10.33pm: She tells the audience: “Our role is to present the vision of the Bahamian future”.

10.32pm: Mrs Hanna Martin is describing what modern progressivism means for the Bahamas.

10.25pm: She says the party should never be about the small and the petty. She adds that the PLP is a progressive political force for and of the people

10.22pm: Englerston MP Glenys Hanna Martin is now at the podium.

10.20pm: PLP Chairman Fred Mitchell is paying tribute to the diver who recovered bodies from the helicopter crash off Abaco earlier this month. PLP Leader Philip ‘Brave’ Davis makes a presentation on stage to the diver.

10.05pm: Patricia Deveaux is on stage, she says “pain and suffering is the order of the day” as she criticises the government.

9.59pm: She says it “is time for us to be transformed”.

9.52pm: Danielle Gibson is at the podium. She is talking about the loss of her job – claiming victimisation.

9.46pm: Randy Rolle is on stage now.

9.28pm: Da Rhythm Band are now on stage and the crowd are on their feet.

9.24pm: Mr Roberts says the party must emerge from the convention “stronger and more unified”.

9.20pm: He's now turned his attention to the Oban deal which he calls “a farce”.

9.18pm: Mr Roberts is hitting out at the government over the Post Office at the Town Centre Mall issue.

9.15pm: Obie Roberts is now at the podium.

9.05pm: PLP supporters are watching an on-screen tribute to 'Champion of the People' the late Bradley Roberts at the PLP convention at the Melia Nassau Resort.

EARLIER TODAY: Philip "Brave" Davis and I Chester Cooper were returned as leader and deputy leader respectively of the Progressive Liberal Party after both were nominated unopposed.

Thunderous applause confirmed the party's support for both men during the nominations which began shortly after 10.30am.

Two candidates, Senator Fred Mitchell and former Tourism Minister Obie Wilchcombe nominated for party chairman.

There are 1800 delegates registered for this year's convention.