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With election season heating up, the sight of a green minibus calling for votes for the governing Progressive Labour Party drew a chorus of concern.
The green-painted bus proclaims the Party’s slogan ‘Standing Strong’ and urges ‘Vote PLP’.
However, a...
DATE: Nov 15, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
With the general election set for December 17, the Island’s voters have a week left to sign up and settle their details with the Parliamentary Registrar.
The Registrar’s Reid Street office is open from today, 10am to 5pm, through next Friday, for wou...
DATE: Nov 10, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
With general election called for December 17, business and community groups alike welcomed the close of a lengthy guessing game.
Bermuda Chamber of Commerce President Ronnie Viera spoke for many when he told The Royal Gazette: “Businesses do not like...
DATE: Nov 10, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Empowering cash-strapped community groups, and bringing sex offenders’ registry legislation before Parliament, are among the Opposition’s pledges in its platform for crime and education.
And an expansion of preschool places, especially for single par...
DATE: Oct 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
All the tension of the US election’s final stretch filled the air as Bermudian student Amanda Spencer took her place in the audience for the last Presidential debate.
High security was also highly visible, according to Ms Spencer, with each auditoriu...
DATE: Oct 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Sniping over Government’s insurance bill continues between the Progressive Labour Party and the One Bermuda Alliance.
In the war of words over who said it first, Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards countered Premier Paula Cox’s statement that the OB...
DATE: Oct 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government is reforming the Island’s immigration laws — but current priorities do not include cases such as Bermuda-born Laura Roberts, whose mother has struggled without success to secure status for her.
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief t...
DATE: Aug 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Salary figures for key members of the Bermuda Hospitals Board are being withheld due to Government stalling, the Opposition has charged.
One Bermuda Alliance MP Louise Jackson said Health Minister Zane DeSilva has “consistently refused to answer any ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
High administrative costs are diverting key revenue away from healthcare, and contributing to a deficit for Government’s health insurance, according to the Opposition.
Figures released in Friday’s House of Assembly for the year ending March 31, 2010 ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
MPs have approved the granting of a 50-year lease of land at Prospect in Devonshire for the new Bermuda Football Association headquarters.
Government Estates Minister Michael Scott told the House of Assembly that the 0.71 acres known as Gym Field, w...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
