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The Government has done an “admirable” job of increasing opportunities for Bermudians, the Premier claimed yesterday.
David Burt highlighted the amount of legislation that has gone through Parliament since the Progressive Labour Party took power and ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A long honeymoon period has been filled with hope and promise, but the Progressive Labour Party has yet to scratch the surface when it comes to some of Bermuda’s longstanding problems, a former PLP minister said yesterday.
Phil Perinchief, a politica...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A year after the Progressive Labour Party’s landslide General Election victory, it continues to measure itself against the One Bermuda Alliance, critics claimed yesterday.
Exactly 12 months since the PLP hammered the OBA at the polls, analyst Denis P...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Ministers have kept a careful eye on the public purse strings in their first year at the helm, despite a “curious” list of government priorities, a political observer claimed last night.
Denis Pitcher said he believed spending has been curbed in comp...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Land owners will be able to register their property without going through a lawyer after a change in legislation was passed in the House of Assembly.
The Land Title Registration Amendment Act 2018 will allow members of the public to carry out volunta...
DATE: Jul 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Animals will have greater protection from cruelty after legislators gave the go-ahead for animal welfare officers to enter and inspect places where they are kept.
Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, told the House of Assembly that a law chang...
DATE: Jul 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Expenses of $40,000 were added to the Government’s online travel calendar yesterday after it was revealed that globe-trotting ministers had not kept their accounts up to date.
Details of nine overseas trips made by Wayne Caines, the Minister of Natio...
DATE: Jul 04, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Globe-trotting government ministers have failed to post their expenses on a webpage designed to reveal the cost of overseas trips.
David Burt, the Premier, is among the worst of those who have not updated the cost of their foreign travel and has not ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A public inquiry into a government lawsuit against US medical group the Lahey Clinic would be a “huge waste” of time and money, the former Attorney-General at the centre of the case has said.
Trevor Moniz, a former One Bermuda Alliance Attorney-Gener...
DATE: Jun 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A pastor thrown into jail after he wrote about the unfair treatment of Jamaican workers in Bermuda more than 100 years ago could be granted a pardon.
David Burt, the Premier, told the House of Assembly yesterday that the case against the Reverend Cha...
DATE: Jun 23, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter