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David Burt is acting “almost like a dictator” by holding three major Cabinet portfolios at once, one of the Premier’s best known predecessors has warned
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Michael DeSilva, the former police commissioner, is in line to become the next Ombudsman, MP Derrick Burgess has claimed
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A beleaguered Premier last night appeared to get only lukewarm support from his own party in a stormy debate in the House of Assembly.
Michael Dunkley, the shadow health minister and shadow national security minister, threw down the gauntlet during t...
DATE: Feb 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Mayor of Hamilton yesterday stayed tight-lipped over the Government’s decision to postpone elections for the island’s two municipalities for a year.
Charles Gosling, the Mayor of Hamilton, said he could not comment until he had seen the legislati...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Elections for the island’s two municipalities have been postponed for a year, it was announced last night.
Wayne Furbert, the acting Minister of Public Works, met representatives of the Corporations of Hamilton and St George yesterday to confirm the ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The shock resignation of Curtis Dickinson as finance minister today drew mixed reactions from political commentators.
Some politicians said that the Progressive Labour Party administration would be wounded by the loss.
But others argued that the gov...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Government refused yesterday to discuss progress on a flagship series of measures designed to get the economy under way in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister for Finance, unveiled the economic recovery plan last March...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A government backbencher has been appointed chairman of the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation.
Jache Adams, the MP for Pembroke West, was formerly the chairman of the board of trustees of the National Sports Centre.
Mr Adams was embroiled in ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A government backbencher has been replaced as the chairman of the National Sports Centre’s board of trustees after a row over a contract for solar power.
Owen Darrell, a government senator, has taken over from Jache Adams, the Progressive Labour Part...
DATE: Feb 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A proposal to put a bid in for the 2024 America’s Cup sailing competition was floated by the Opposition yesterday.
Ben Smith, a One Bermuda Alliance senator, said the island’s role as host of the prestigious race series in 2017 had given Bermuda mass...
DATE: Feb 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan