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A flagship arbitration centre has been shelved because of a lack of cash – even though it was supposed to be built “at no cost to government”, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
A spokesman for the public works ministry said: “The Ministry of Public Works...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance is backing the Government’s plans to tackle domestic violence.
Last week, Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said that a gender affairs office was being planned to examine the issues of ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A watchdog set up to monitor the pharmaceutical sector is to be beefed up, MPs have heard.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, told the House of Assembly that the Bermuda Pharmacy Council — which carries out checks on the registration of pharmacies and ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
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