416 results returned for search: "" category "Politics" author Sarah Lagan
Michael Dunkley has lambasted the suggestion that he is in cohoots with Ewart Brown, the former Premier, to have Marc Bean ousted.
Several sources told this newspaper that the Leader of the Opposition was heard making the statement at a meeting held...
DATE: Dec 11, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Marc Bean told Progressive Labour Party members he believes Michael Dunkley, the Premier, is in collusion with Ewart Brown, the former Premier, to oust him as Leader of the Opposition, according to sources.
The claim is said to have been made at Alas...
DATE: Dec 10, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Former Premier Ewart Brown has threatened legal action against Marc Bean for allegedly making defamatory remarks about him at Alaska Hall.
A letter from Dr Brown’s attorney Wendell Hollis, addressed to Mr Bean, accuses him of libellous comments at t...
DATE: Dec 09, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Asthma charity Open Airways is “disappointed” that legislation providing stricter controls for the sale of tobacco has been delayed.
The Tobacco Control Act 2015 was brought before the House of Assembly on Friday by Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
“Children first” was the phrase used to describe the focus of the Ministry of Education during the Throne Speech on Friday.
A raft of school improvement plans, which are under way and scheduled for completion by 2018, were outlined.
Delivering a rela...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Government will commit to working with businesses to help to create jobs as the Island emerges from the recession, according to Michael Dunkley.
The Premier said he was confident that opportunity would arise while discussing the Throne S...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
What was left out of the Throne Speech could be “more deafening than what got in” according to equal rights campaigner Tony Brannon.
He was referring to the lack of discussion on same-sex marriage during yesterday’s speech read by Governor George Fe...
DATE: Nov 14, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Lawrence Scott, the Shadow Minister of Transport, has said an airport authority could be established as soon as December as an alternative to the Bermuda Government’s sole-source procurement model with the Canadian Commercial Corporation.
The Progres...
DATE: Aug 26, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Michael Dunkley is in London for meetings with British Cabinet ministers.
The Premier is due to have talks with Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary; John Whittingdale, the Secretary of State for the Department of Culture Media and Sport; David Gauk...
DATE: Aug 23, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Wayne Furbert, the Shadow Minister of Business Development, intends to table legislation in Parliament on Monday to create a Commission of Inquiry into allegations of extortion and bribery made against two government ministers and a former Attorney-G...
DATE: Aug 15, 2015
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan