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Speaker Stanley Lowe yesterday announced no sanctions will be taken against Progressive Labour Party MP Derrick Burgess following his altercation with Estates Minister Michael Scott.
In a statement to the House of Assembly, Mr Lowe expressed concern ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Long-serving MP Cole Simons was yesterday unveiled as the One Bermuda Alliance’s general election candidate for Smith’s South.
Mr Simons, who has represented the constituency for the Opposition since 1998, told the media his party has the values to b...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Walter Roban returned to Cabinet yesterday, less than seven months after he resigned amid accusations of corruption.
Mr Roban stepped into the Transport Ministry vacated by Derrick Burgess, who quit on Wednesday night following reports of a physical ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Walter Roban was this morning sworn in as Transport Minister following the resignation of Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess.
Mr Roban, who resigned from Cabinet several months ago amid a storm of controversy over a planning issue, is the Island's third ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Newly tabled legislation will help pave the way for a referendum on Independence, according to Attorney General Kim Wilson.
Senator Wilson said the Referendum Act, due to be debated in the House of Assembly, augments existing laws setting out the par...
DATE: Jun 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Suggestions that public officials have not been held to account over the abuse of taxpayers’ money have been dismissed by Cabinet Secretary Donald Scott.
He said sanctions, including surcharge and dismissal, have been applied in spite of Auditor Gen...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Cabinet Ministers Derrick Burgess and Michael Scott clashed in an angry physical altercation inside the House of Assembly building, according to eyewitnesses.
Sources say National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief had to separate the pair when they ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Thirty-year-old Andrew Simons yesterday followed his father into the political arena as he was unveiled as the One Bermuda Alliance’s candidate for Pembroke Central.
A risk analyst for the Arch Capital Group and Bermuda Regiment officer, Mr Simons is...
DATE: May 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Attorney General Kim Wilson will represent Bermuda at a decolonisation conference later this month.
The United Nations has invited Senator Wilson to its Pacific Regional Seminar on the implementation of the Third International Decade for the Eradicat...
DATE: May 22, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
This is the second part of a report from the House of Assembly of a debate that was sparked when Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards brought a motion on the Statistics Department’s findings that 698 jobs were lost last year, of which 691 were expatr...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell