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The One Bermuda Alliance has retained its seven point lead over the Progressive Labour Party, but increasing numbers of voters are snubbing both parties.
In a new poll by Mindmaps, 36 percent of people said they would vote OBA in a general election, ...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government wasted time and money signing up to a charter it chose to ignore, Southampton West Central MP Charlie Swan told the House of Assembly.
Mr Swan took issue with Environment Minister Marc Bean’s position that the UK Environment Charter was on...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan questioned why Health Minister Zane DeSilva hasn’t addressed reports naming him in connection with alleged irregularities at the Southside affordable housing scheme.
Mr Swan told MPs Mr DeSilva is usually quick to...
DATE: May 19, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday called on Government to pour resources into creating more private sector jobs to halt the decline in Bermuda’s economy.
Mr Richards expressed alarm that the number of people working for Government had su...
DATE: May 19, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A debate on Bermuda’s drugs laws could take place soon as Government presses forward with plans to adjust punishments for certain substances, according to Attorney General Kim Wilson.
And Senator Wilson said she has directed cautioning guidelines be ...
DATE: May 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Three local vendors have won Government’s tyre contract in a move saving taxpayers $170,000, Premier Paula Cox revealed yesterday.
The Procurement Office reached out to companies who may have been unaware that the contract had been put out to tender,...
DATE: May 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government is setting up a $500,000 retraining scholarship fund at Bermuda College to help people into jobs currently held by expatriates.
The initiative will target Bermudians struggling to find work despite their experience in accounting, informati...
DATE: May 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government Whip Lovitta Foggo is leading an all-female delegation for a parliamentary conference in Jamaica.
The Bermuda branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is in Kingston for the 50th year of the island’s independence.
Ms Foggo, the...
DATE: May 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Environment Minister Marc Bean yesterday insisted Bermuda’s Ombudsman was wrong to say Government acted unlawfully during the Tucker’s Point development row.
In a report in February, Arlene Brock claimed Government broke the law by failing to conduct...
DATE: May 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
In a heated discussion of whether the Parliamentary Election Amendment Act, 2012 went far enough, Opposition MPs clashed with their Government counterparts over the need for Bermudians overseas to cast their votes.
Kim Swan, who was elected as an MP ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell