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The acting party leader of the One Bermuda Alliance last night disputed a claim by outgoing chairman Justin Mathias that “proper process” was not followed in the removal of Jeanne Atherden as Opposition leader.
Leah Scott, who became interim party le...
DATE: Sep 26, 2018
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
Craig Cannonier resigned as Premier of Bermuda in May 2014 after the “Jetgate” scandal engulfed him and his party.
As well as ending his short-lived stint as leader of the country, the controversy led to a police investigation into donations made to ...
DATE: Sep 21, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Ewart Brown urged health minister Kim Wilson to “politically interfere” to ensure his clinics did not suffer financially in the wake of a One Bermuda Alliance government decision to slash fees for medical scans.
The doctor and former premier e-mailed...
DATE: Aug 31, 2018
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
A seven-month e-mail trail details the controversy that led to the Bermuda Government’s decision to offer compensation to medical services that were affected hit by a significant cut in fees for high-tech scans.
“It would appear that the [health] co...
DATE: Aug 31, 2018
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
The full details of a $600,000 payout to former premier Ewart Brown from the public purse late last year will remain under wraps.
The Ministry of Health refused a public access to information request from The Royal Gazette to release the financial ag...
DATE: Aug 30, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s Constitution is unfinished because it failed to give human rights protection to women and gay people, One Bermuda Alliance senator Andrew Simons said yesterday.
Mr Simons told the Senate that there was a “certain irony” to David Burt’s call...
DATE: May 31, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Businessman Wendall Brown asked a judge yesterday to throw out a lawsuit brought against him and one of his companies by the former One Bermuda Alliance government.
The civil action accused Mr Brown and Zane DeSilva, a Progressive Labour Party MP, of...
DATE: May 10, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The public are to fork out $1 million to pay off the mortgage on the failed Sandys 360 sports centre and lender HSBC has agreed to write off more than $8 million.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, minister of public works, told MPs that HSBC was prepar...
DATE: Mar 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A reason given by tourism minister Jamahl Simmons for why he had to take control of the island’s independent gaming commission has come in for renewed criticism in the wake of a public access to information disclosure.
Mr Simmons told Parliament that...
DATE: Feb 02, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Government has tightened the law to ensure the real ownership of companies registered in Bermuda stays secret.
The change was backed by MPs a week before David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said that Bermuda was “an open, transparent...
DATE: Dec 29, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways