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Trevor Moniz, a Smith’s MP for 27 years under the United Bermuda Party and the One Bermuda Alliance, announced his retirement from politics yesterday.
The veteran politician cited the need to “bring new blood to the House of Assembly”.
The often mave...
DATE: Aug 04, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
The Premier has denied that the Government wanted to clip the wings of the island’s tourism authority.
He was speaking after Kevin Dallas, the Bermuda Tourism Authority chief, stood down last month just after Zane DeSilva, the tourism minister, warne...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Changes are coming”, potentially at the board level, for the island’s independent tourism overseer, Zane DeSilva warned the House of Assembly on Friday night.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority was blasted for its 2019 statistics showing record tourism n...
DATE: Feb 17, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Young people continue to encounter racism as they move into the workforce, according to the antiracism group Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda.
Teens would benefit from taking part in Curb’s truth and reconciliation talks, vice-president Cordell R...
DATE: Jan 04, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Former premier Ewart Brown has said his memoirs, which went on sale this week, have given him the chance to set the record straight.
Dr Brown said yesterday: “I feel that the Bermuda public in particular has been told a plethora of falsehoods about m...
DATE: Nov 07, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Walton Brown’s unswerving commitment to Bermudian independence brought a touch of humour to the sorrow of his loss.
David Burt, the Premier, and former Progressive Labour Party minister and longstanding friend of Mr Brown’s Dale Butler told the congr...
DATE: Oct 19, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Hundreds of mourners packed the Anglican Cathedral to bid farewell yesterday to MP and former government minister Walton Brown.
The standing room-only congregation at the Hamilton church heard that Mr Brown combined a fierce commitment to social just...
DATE: Oct 19, 2019
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Walton Brown Jr, a government backbencher, former minister and longstanding member of the Progressive Labour Party, has died at the age of 59.
An activist, political observer and staunch advocate for Bermudian independence, Mr Brown, who represented ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudians were called on to “dare to invent the future” at a packed forum last night on national independence.
The call came from panellist Ryan Perinchief, who brought the audience to its feet at the Bermuda Industrial Union’s EF Gordon Hall.
Mr Pe...
DATE: Aug 23, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
A former premier who appointed the Bermuda Independence Commission in 2005 has asked young people to turn out for tomorrow night’s special forum on the topic.
Alex Scott, who served as premier from 2003 to 2006, said: “The political times here and in...
DATE: Aug 21, 2019
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Jonathan Bell