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A new senator was sworn in yesterday morning to replace disgraced ex-member of the Upper House Curtis Richardson.
A ceremony at Government House saw the Reverend Emilygail Dill fill the vacant post and also become a junior minister for National Secur...
DATE: Feb 17, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The island’s longest-serving premier last night criticised the way the shock resignation of finance minister Curtis Dickinson was handled.
Sir John Swan warned that the mishandling of the crisis by David Burt, the Premier, would hurt the economy and ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Premier has refused to disclose how much the organisers of a cryptocurrency conference in America paid for his travel and accommodation bills to attend the event.
The Opposition has raised questions over why David Burt allowed organisers at the p...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The shock resignation of Curtis Dickinson as finance minister just before the Budget has plunged the Government into turmoil.
Mr Dickinson’s shock decision – only a week before the blueprint for the next financial year is delivered to Parliament on F...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
There is more to the shock resignation of Curtis Dickinson as finance minister “than meets the eye”, the Leader of the Opposition claimed.
Cole Simons, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, said the sudden exit of Mr Curtis just days before the Budget was...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A charity has signed up a Bermudian agricultural expert to deliver educational and therapeutic programmes.
Omari Dill, an agronomist, an expert in soil and plants, is head of the WindReach environmental education programme.
Mr Dill said: “We explore...
DATE: Feb 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The finance minister spent more than $1,000 a night on hotel bills over a five-day stay in New York, it has been revealed.
Curtis Dickinson, accompanied by an official, spent $8,331 of public funds on the US visit between November 28 and December 2 l...
DATE: Feb 10, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Details of any financial support the Government might give to aid the redevelopment of the Fairmont Southampton Hotel were demanded by the Opposition yesterday.
The One Bermuda Alliance said it also wanted a time frame for how long public involvement...
DATE: Feb 09, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The leader of the island’s blue collar union has accused the ruling Progressive Labour Party of an attack on its core support.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, hit out yesterday as he demanded stricter enforcement of work...
DATE: Feb 08, 2022
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A massive shortfall in the Contributory Pension Fund could force the raising of the retirement age to 70 and increased payments into the scheme, the finance minister signalled today.
Curtis Dickinson told MPs that an actuarial review of the CPF’s per...
DATE: Feb 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly