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The Bermuda Government has worked hard to improve the planning process and consult with other groups, according to Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs.
Speaking to The Royal Gazette, Sen Fahy said that the Government has made several small cha...
DATE: Sep 04, 2015
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The Progressive Labour Party attacked a government defamation suit against Jason Hayward, adding that it is wrong to use public funds for a private matter.
The PLP also questioned this afternoon why neither the Auditor-General nor Governor George Fer...
DATE: Sep 04, 2015
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Campaign group Take Back Our Parks celebrated yesterday the blocking of a controversial construction project at the Botanical Gardens.
The Bermuda Government had sought to erect a new maintenance yard at the site, replacing one that was damaged by Hu...
DATE: Sep 03, 2015
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Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy remains confident that the One Bermuda Alliance will create the promised new 2,000 jobs before the next election.
However, he denied the suggestion that the jobs would only be short-term positions created through th...
DATE: Sep 03, 2015
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Michael Fahy said that despite issues with the Corporation of Hamilton, he does not regret allowing them to use Par-la-Ville car park to guarantee an $18 million loan which later defaulted.
While the Minister for Home Affairs noted the default had le...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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The introduction of absentee ballots for students is still on the cards, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy.
Speaking earlier this week, Sen Fahy said the ministry remains hard at work on reforming the Parliamentary Election Act.
“We hav...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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Michael Dunkley has been in talks with Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit in the wake of the devastation of Tropical Storm Erika, urging the public to assist if they can.
The Premier said in a statement: “We must always help when and where we ...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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The school holidays are almost at an end — and “Brotha Richie” is hoping they will finish in style at Soul Food Promotion’s first big community event.
The radio personality, real name Lynwood Richardson, says the Back 2 School Community Jam on Saturd...
DATE: Sep 01, 2015
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The introduction of commercial immigration to Bermuda has been put on the back burner according to Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs.
Senator Fahy told The Royal Gazette the Bermuda Government does not have the appetite to proceed with the c...
DATE: Sep 01, 2015
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority and the National Sports Centre have come together in an effort to bring international athletes to the Island to train.
In a statement this afternoon, a BTA spokesman said that since April, ten visiting sports organisatio...
DATE: Sep 01, 2015
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