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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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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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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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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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Shaun Connolly
Moves to stop hospitality staff having to hand over payroll tax on their tips have been passed by MPs.
Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office Minister, said the change was needed to cover tips generated by a service charge on customer bills.
The minister ...
DATE: Oct 08, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A final sign-off on the long-awaited deal to secure the $376 million Fairmont Southampton revamp appears imminent, David Burt, the Premier, said yesterday.
Mr Burt has made similar statements on at least two occasions since April, but blamed delays o...
DATE: Oct 07, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Help for first-time buyers and tidying-up payroll tax anomalies will be gone over by MPs in the final House of Assembly session before November’s Throne Speech.
David Burt, the Premier, said The Payroll Tax Amendment Act clarified aspects of the tax ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
One Bermuda Alliance deputy leader Jarion Richardson has warned that the island is in danger of becoming a one-party state.
The former police officer insisted his party was still relevant and that the OBA name did not stand for “Only Barely Alive”.
H...
DATE: Oct 07, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The former Progressive Labour Party leader says the party risks a loss similar to its 2012 general election defeat
DATE: Oct 05, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A minister has rebuked the Auditor-General for delays in keeping government agencies up to date on their financial standings.
In a rare public slight, Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, expressed concern to the House of Ass...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly