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The One Bermuda Alliance’s failure to heed the island’s social issues has been criticised by election contender Rodney Smith, who accused the party of ducking cold truths on race, education and economic inequality.
Calling for a brutally honest conve...
DATE: Jul 28, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, sworn in yesterday as the Leader of the Opposition, also announced her Shadow Cabinet and a Senate team from which Michael Fahy was notably absent.
Mr Fahy, whose immigration policies were widely perceived as a liability when...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party government is meeting with union leaders and international business representatives as it unveils specifics of its 100-day plan in stages over the days and weeks ahead, David Burt announced yesterday afternoon.
Speaking s...
DATE: Jul 26, 2017
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin’s political experience, tempered by calm, is credited with securing her the support of the 12 remaining One Bermuda Alliance MPs as acting leader, while the new Opposition assesses its future.
Ms Gordon-Pamplin was selected as...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin and Sylvan Richards have been announced as interim leader and interim deputy leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, after the party’s members convened last night.
The announcement from Lynne Woolridge, chairwoman of the OBA, came...
DATE: Jul 22, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
In the wake of its “trouncing” last night at the polls, the One Bermuda Alliance faces an “exorcism of the ghosts of the United Bermuda Party”, according to former attorney-general Phil Perinchief.
Meanwhile, the victorious Progressive Labour Party s...
DATE: Jul 19, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Wayne Caines, a former senator and CEO of Digicel, last night emerged victorious in his old neighbourhood of Devonshire North West — despite a three-way contest for Constituency 14 that many thought would have hamstrung his campaign.
With the One Ber...
DATE: Jul 19, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Wayne Caines
The Progressive Labour Party’s candidate for Devonshire North West, Wayne Caines traces his roots in Happy Valley back to his grandfather’s arrival 90 years ago.
The lawyer and former CEO of Digicel Bermuda emphasised Constituency 14’s d...
DATE: Jul 14, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Marc Bean believes former premier Ewart Brown has “complete power and control” over the Progressive Labour Party.
Mr Bean, Leader of the Opposition from 2012 until last November, spoke out after declaring his support for former premier Paula Cox’s bi...
DATE: Jul 13, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Paula Cox has officially launched her campaign as an independent candidate for Devonshire North West, at a press conference introduced by former Opposition leader Marc Bean.
The pair — both former Progressive Labour Party leaders — are united in thei...
DATE: Jul 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell