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New Progressive Labour Party MP Jamahl Simmons was sworn in this morning as the Opposition representative for Sandys South.
The Constituency 33 MP, approved in Tuesday’s by-election, took the oath of allegiance after being led on to the floor of the ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Jamahl Simmons has been elected as the Member of Parliament for Sandys South tonight.
The Progressive Labour Party’s candidate for Constituency 33 beat Georgia Marshall, who was standing for the One Bermuda Alliance, by 462 votes to 326.
There was a ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Sandys South voters will pick their new Member of Parliament at the polls tomorrow.
Several residents of Constituency 33 told The Royal Gazette they would have preferred to have kept Independent MP Terry Lister, who decisively won the seat in 2012 fo...
DATE: Nov 17, 2014
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
A moderate drop in the number of Government employees was reported to the House of Assembly by Premier Michael Dunkley, with a concurrent drop in wages and overtime expenditure.
Responding to Parliamentary questions from the Progressive Labour Party’...
DATE: Nov 15, 2014
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party’s Jamahl Simmons said he had not planned to run for Parliament in Sandys South, but constituents called on him to put his name forward.
Unemployment, Mr Simmons said, is “the biggest issue, bar none” — along with a growin...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Fixing up White Hill Field is among the initiatives proposed by prospective Sandys South MP Georgia Marshall, who said she’d been well received by residents during her canvassing.
The One Bermuda Alliance hopeful is running against the Progressive La...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance is not sharing among its ranks a transcript of Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean’s conversation with OBA MP Nandi Outerbridge, a party source told The Royal Gazette.
The purported document hearkens back to a July 2013...
DATE: Oct 29, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Marc Bean last night won an overwhelming endorsement to continue as leader of the Progressive Labour Party.
He was challenged by Shaow External Affairs Minister Walton Brown, but party delegates voted 85-9 for Mr Bean to continue as leader.
Meanwhile...
DATE: Oct 24, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Finance Minister Bob Richards declared himself “surprised” by the hostility he faced at an acrimonious town hall meeting called by the One Bermuda Alliance to present the recommendations of the Spending and Government Efficiency Commission.
The Deput...
DATE: Oct 10, 2014
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Cost cuts aimed at reducing excess lab testing and diagnostic imaging are not aimed at the medical practice of former Premier Ewart Brown — and Government hopes “self-policing” will solve the problem first.
Health Minister Jeanne Atherden, answering ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell