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The chairman of the Summerhaven home for the physically challenged came under attack during the Throne Speech debate in the House of Assembly, with one Member of Parliament calling repeatedly for his resignation.
Glenn Blakeney, the Shadow Minister o...
DATE: Nov 23, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
The work of the Human Rights Commission could move ahead at three times its present speed now that it can step out from under the purview of the Bermuda Government.
Michael Hanson, the HRC’s outgoing chairman who is finishing his term after three yea...
DATE: Nov 23, 2015
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Bermuda’s recall of Honda vehicles with potentially faulty airbags is about one-third done, mirroring a costly procedure under way worldwide — the biggest in auto history.
In the United States alone, more than 30 million vehicles have been recalled f...
DATE: Nov 23, 2015
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A significant court appearance starts today for the Island’s unions as their representatives contest a move from the Bermuda Government for a permanent injunction against what it calls unauthorised industrial action.
The Bermuda Trade Union Congress’...
DATE: Nov 23, 2015
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Budget
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Jonathan Bell
A memo released by the Ministry of Finance shows that Accountant-General Curtis Stovell approved the Bermuda Government to waive financial instructions on its early deals for an airport redevelopment.
However, Shadow Finance Minister David Burt, who ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2015
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A retroactive regime promising zero tolerance for corruption and graft would be a top priority by a Progressive Labour Party Government.
Delivering his party’s “peace and prosperity agenda” in response to the Government’s Throne Speech, Marc Bean sai...
DATE: Nov 21, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
Tomorrow marks 52 years since the assassination of John F Kennedy, an event that Alice Liburd Robinson holds in both memory and verse.
Like everyone alive for the signature tragedy of 1963, Mrs Liburd Robinson, 87, remembers where she was: at home li...
DATE: Nov 21, 2015
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Much of Parliament’s eleven-hour Throne Speech debate revolved around whether or not the Island was truly making a recovery from the economic recession.
Marc Bean, in the Progressive Labour Party’s reply, maintained that real growth had yet to revita...
DATE: Nov 21, 2015
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Bermudians are known sticklers for greeting one another, including striking up conversations with visitors.
For local Shawnette Somner, a chance chat with a holidaying couple unexpectedly landed her in the pages of a major Canadian magazine, Zoomer.
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DATE: Nov 19, 2015
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There was no other option for the Bermuda Government’s planned airport redevelopment because “we can’t afford it any other way”, finance minister Bob Richards said last night.
Non-tendered agreements and resorting to public-private partnerships, or P...
DATE: Nov 19, 2015
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Jonathan Bell