Thursday (January 12, 2012) evening, the National General Council of the Progressive Liberal Party unanimously ratified the final five candidates to offer in the upcoming general elections.

They are Dr. Michael Perry Gomez for North Andros and the Berry Islands; Picewell Forbes for Mangrove Cay and South Andros; Gary Sawyer for Central and South Abaco; Damian Gomez for Central and South Eleuthera and Dion Smith for Nassau Village.

The ratification of these candidates completes the PLP slate of candidates who will run in the 2012 General Elections.

The full list of candidates is as follows:

Bains   Town and Grants Town	Bernard NOTTAGE
Bamboo Town	Renward WELLS
Carmichael	Daniel JOHNSON
Cat Island, Rum Cay & San Salvador	Philip DAVIS
Central & South Abaco	Gary SAWYER
Central & South Eleuthera	Damien GOMEZ
Central Grand Bahama	Julian RUSSELL
Centreville	Perry G. CHRISTIE
East Grand Bahama	Tanisha TYNES
Elizabeth	L. Ryan PINDER
Englerston	Glenys HANNA-MARTIN
Exumas & Ragged Island	Anthony MOSS
Fort Charlotte	Andre ROLLINS
Fox Hill	Fred MITCHELL
Garden Hills	Kendal V.O. MAJOR
Golden Gates	D. Shane GIBSON
Golden Isles	Michael HALKITIS
Killarney	Jerome GOMEZ
Long Island	Alex STORR
Mangrove Cay & South Andros	Picewell FORBES
Marathon	Jerome FITZGERALD
Marco City	Gregory MOSS
Mayaguana, Inagua, Crooked Island, Acklins & Long Cay	V. Alfred GRAY
Montagu	Frank SMITH
Mount Moriah	Arnold FORBES
Nassau Village	Dion SMITH
North Abaco	Renardo CURRY
North Andros & Berry Islands	M. Perry GOMEZ
North Eleuthera	Clay SWEETING
Pineridge	Michael DARVILLE
Pinewood	Khaalis ROLLE
Sea Breeze	Hope STRACHAN
South Beach	Cleola HAMILTON
Southern Shores	Kenred DORSETT
St. Anne’s	Gregory BURROWS
Tall Pines	Leslie MILLER
West Grand Bahama and Bimini	Obediah H. WILCHCOMBE
Yamacraw	Melanie GRIFFIN