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- ↑ "Smith lawyer changes mansion locks". Metro ,11 February 2007.
- ↑ "Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Brave Davis and Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson appointed Queen’s Councils by the GG!",Bahamas Press,6 January 2015.
