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MIAMI _ Former Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, who served three non-consecutive terms as the top elected leader of the Bahamas, said Tuesday he was "shocked" at his Free National Movement party's defeat in national elections. "I gave it the best I could and now I've been rejected by the public of the Bahamas," Ingraham told The Miami Herald shortly after handing over the country's leadership to ...

MIAMI _ Five years after returning to power amid an international scandal involving a former Playmate of the Year, the Bahamas ruling party will face-off against opposition parties Monday in national elections to win a second consecutive term. Some 172,130 voters are registered in the archipelago where 133 candidates are vying for 38 House of Assembly seats. The party that wins the most seats ...

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