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Curtis Dickinson has insisted his head-to-head debate with David Burt, the Premier, will happen on Saturday – as long as the Progressive Labour Party leadership follows the rules of the contest.
Mr Dickinson was speaking as he attended a debate at Ce...
DATE: Oct 13, 2022
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Shaun Connolly
Accusations that the Government has failed to live up to promises to provide better air links for Bermuda have led to clashes between the One Bermuda Alliance and the transport minister.
Susan Jackson, the OBA’s transport spokeswoman, expressed despa...
DATE: Oct 13, 2022
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Shaun Connolly
The bid to change the Progressive Labour Party leadership will step up a gear tonight when former Cabinet minister Renée Ming goes head-to-head with Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, in the first debate of the campaign.
David Burt, the Premier, and h...
DATE: Oct 12, 2022
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Politics
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Shaun Connolly
Curtis Dickinson has warned the Progressive Labour Party leadership against any “dirty tricks” campaign aimed at trying to derail his bid to take power from David Burt, the Premier.
As the showdown for the PLP leadership intensified and became more a...
DATE: Oct 11, 2022
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Politics
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Shaun Connolly
People need better access to key air travel hubs, the Opposition has insisted as it branded the Government’s transport policies “ridiculous”.
Susan Jackson, One Bermuda Alliance’s shadow transport minister, hit out at the number of cancelled flights ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2022
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Politics
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Shaun Connolly
Curtis Dickinson pulled out of the first head-to-head debate for the Progressive Labour Party leadership contest because he was not given the assurances he said he was promised on how it would be handled, sources close to the former finance minister ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2022
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Politics
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Shaun Connolly
Overweight people not controlling what they eat are responsible for Bermuda’s health outcomes failing to match its high expenditure on medical care, MPs heard.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, told the House of Assembly on Friday that the problem was...
DATE: Oct 10, 2022
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Curtis Dickinson has insisted that he wants to work with David Burt in government if he topples him in the looming Progressive Labour Party leadership fight.
With the two former Cabinet colleagues going head-to-head in the contest’s first debate toni...
DATE: Oct 08, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The number of visitors arriving in Bermuda will be just over half the figure seen in 2019, Vance Campbell, the tourism minister, said yesterday.
He told MPs that while the projected tally for the year was 56 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, the indus...
DATE: Oct 08, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Public school teachers were to blame for not getting paid for September because they did not provide paperwork in time, Diallo Rabain, the education minister, told MPs yesterday.
Mr Rabain said they would get their salaries at the end of this week, ...
DATE: Oct 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly