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Tennyson Wells advises FNM group on ditching candidate By KHRISNA VIRGIL Deputy Chief Reporter kvirgil@tribunemedia.net  WHILE the Free National Movement has said it will re-nominate Loretta Butler-Turner as the party’s candidate for Long Island, attempts remain underway to have her replaced ahead of the 2017 general election, with former Cabinet minister Tennyson Wells confirming that he instructed a group of supporters to draft a petition for her removal. According to Mr Wells, this group approached him for counsel during the most recent Long Island regatta where he advised them that the most effective way to get
the party’s attention was to gather as many signatures as possible to prove that she is no longer supported. The petition, obtained by The Tribune, lambasted Mrs Butler-Turner for “humiliating� FNM Leader Dr Hubert Minnis and warned that should the FNM dismiss the demands for a new candidate, its supporters were fully prepared to nominate and elect a “worthy� independent. However, in an interview with The Tribune yesterday, FNM Chairman Sidney Collie not only sought to distance the party from the matter, but said it would
TEENAGER IS GUILTY OF SCHOOLBOY’S MANSLAUGHTER By LAMECH JOHNSON Tribune Staff Reporter ljohnson@tribunemedia.net
A TEEN who stood trial in the Supreme Court concerning the fatal stabbing of a schoolmate was acquitted of murder yesterday but convicted on the lesser charge of manslaughter. The verdict came down on Monday evening following an hour-long deliberation by the 12-member SEE PAGE THREE
MINISTER GREETS STUDENTS AS THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL
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LIGHTBOURN MAY BE REPLACED By KHRISNA VIRGIL Deputy Chief Reporter kvirgil@tribunemedia.net
DESPITE publicly stating his intention to run again as the Free National Movement’s (FNM) candidate in his constituency, executives in the party are in the process of discussing Montagu MP Richard Lightbourn’s future with the FNM, taking into ac-
count the ramifications of his controversial “tube tying� comments at the July convention, The Tribune understands. According to multiple sources, FNM executives are considering denying Mr Lighbourn a re-nomination and this was reportedly communicated to him in a meeting yesterday. SEE PAGE SIX
JOHNSON CITES FAMILY AS HE QUITS RACE By KHRISNA VIRGIL Deputy Chief Reporter kvirgil@tribunemedia.net  LESS than a week after the Free National Movement’s Bain and Grants Town ticket became vacant, party member Howard
Johnson announced that he was withdrawing as the FNM’s South Beach candidate, pointing to “personal and private family matters� as his reasons for dropping out of the race. SEE PAGE SIX
MINISTER of Education Jerome Fitzgerald meets students at CI Gibson School yesterday as the new term got underway. See page ten for more stories from the opening day of school, and page two for more photographs. Photo: Tim Clarke/Tribune Staff
SITE FOR RENTED ENGINES NOT PREPARED AS POWER GENERATION ISSUES CONTINUE BY SANCHESKA BROWN Tribune Staff Reporter sbrown@tribunemedia.net  NEARLY one month after the first set of rental generators secured for Bahamas Power and Light arrived in the country, Bahamas Electrical Workers Union President Paul Maynard said the site for the engines has not been prepared and the generators will
“probably not be installed for another couple weeks.� Speaking to The Tribune after a weekend of load shedding, Mr Maynard said two major engines, one at Clifton Pier and one at the Blue Hills plant, failed on Saturday and Sunday, leading to a weekend of power outages that are expected to continue for the next few days. In July, BPL CEO Pame-
la Hill acknowledged that power cuts this year have been more frequent than last year, but said BPL should have had the rental generators by the end of the summer to help with reliability. Mr Maynard said there is “no excuse� for the generators being ordered late but said “in all fairness� this government is trying to bring an end to the power issues on the island.
“The generators have not been installed, they are just getting the site prepared, which should have been done a long time ago,� Mr Maynard said. “The problem this weekend was twofold, first the engine at Blue Hills keeps shutting off because it thinks that it is running out of fuel, but it is not.� SEE PAGE FIVE
FREEPORT MAN ACCUSED OF RAPE AND INDECENT ASSAULT By DENISE MAYCOCK Tribune Freeport Reporter dmaycock@tribunemedia.net
A FREEPORT man is on trial in the Supreme Court accused of raping and inde-
cently assaulting two young girls who were left in his care. Jerry Bowe, a resident of Jansel Court, is accused of having sexual intercourse with the virtual complainants who were minors, be-
tween the summer of 2014 and March 2015 while at his home. Justice Estelle Gray Evans is presiding over the matter, which is before a jury of six women and three
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men. Prosecutor Olivia Blatch, assisted by Takia Spencer, of the Attorney General’s Office, is appearing on behalf of the Crown. SEE PAGE SEVEN