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Invoices from OBA activist Steven DeCosta were signed off by then-campaign chief Michael Fahy in the run-up to the 2012 general election.
But Sen Fahy said the invoices were for work carried out for the OBA and paid for out of party funds — and not c...
DATE: Jul 26, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Vietnam War veteran Patrick Reilly has a chestful of medals from his days with the US Marines.
But now he’s desperate to replace a missing medal — given to him as a primary schoolboy in Bermuda to commemorate the 1953 visit of The Queen to the Island...
DATE: Jul 25, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A 48-year-old woman was arrested for alleged drink driving after her car hit a wall.
The Paget woman was treated in hospital after the crash, which happened on Harbour Road in Paget near its junction with Highwood Lane on Thursday night.
She was dis...
DATE: Jul 25, 2014
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Government yesterday backed down on a decision to challenge a court ruling to grant status to Permanent Resident Certificate holders.
Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy told Senate there was “no merit” in pushing ahead with an appeal against a Suprem...
DATE: Jul 24, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Premier Michael Dunkley has accepted Thad Hollis’ resignation as chairman of the One Bermuda Alliance and last night thanked him for his work for the party.
Mr Hollis quit his post only days after unveiling a hard-hitting report into the Jetgate row ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy yesterday broke his silence on the Jetgate row — and slammed “inaccurate” claims in a report into the affair by Thad Hollis who resigned Tuesday as One Bermuda Alliance chairman.
Sen Fahy said a claim by Mr Hollis t...
DATE: Jul 24, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
One Bermuda Alliance chairman Thad Hollis has quit — only days after releasing a hard-hitting report into a $350,000 donation to a party-linked grassroots organisation.
But last night Mr Hollis’ position was unclear and a party spokesman said yesterd...
DATE: Jul 23, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A US consultant at the centre of a row over campaign donations has worked on a contract for the new Bermuda Tourism Authority.
Derrick Green — who worked for the OBA campaign in the run-up to the 2012 general election — worked on a public awareness a...
DATE: Jul 22, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
US political consultant Derrick Green has a history in Bermuda dating back to 2008.
A friend of Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell from the days they both studied at Oakwood University in Alabama, Mr Green was hired to promote the Bermuda Democratic Al...
DATE: Jul 22, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A report into a $350,000 donation by US businessmen to an One Bermuda Alliance-linked election campaign raises more questions than it answers, veteran politician and Independent MP Terry Lister said.
“I would have to say I was very disappointed that ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor