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Expect a lot of political shots fired during this year’s budget debate, and expect focused questions and observations during the annual Chamber of Commerce Budget Breakfast.
Losing Curtis Dickinson is unfortunate. He won widespread respect as finance...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
A judicial review into the Commission of Inquiry into Historical Loss of Land is set to go ahead after the Governor agreed to bring in an overseas judge to hear the matter.
The call for a review of the commission’s conduct was first made in January, ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The recruitment process for a new Human Rights Tribunal panel has begun with a selection committee seeking applications.
Seth Darrell, head of the Selection and Appointment Committee (SAC) for Human Rights, said they hoped to find a diverse panel of ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two litigants battling to get a case about the recent Commission of Inquiry heard in the Supreme Court claim the judiciary is in “crisis” because of the lack of an impartial judge to preside over it.
Raymond Davis and Myron Piper wrote an open letter...
DATE: Jan 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
The public was yesterday asked to mark World Braille Day by “bridging the gap” between themselves and people with sight problems.
Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, said today marked the fourth annual commemoration by the ...
DATE: Jan 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
After a tumultuous 12 months in politics we look ahead at the likely flashpoints in the year to come. Shaun Connolly reports.
HIGH STAKES IN CANNABIS CLASH
David Burt, the Premier, appears on a collision course with Rena Lalgie, the Governor, over fa...
DATE: Jan 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Independence is on the cards for Bermuda, but the island should not sever its ties with the monarchy, Hamilton’s Mayor has insisted.
Charles Gosling, widely seen as a conservative figure, said Bermuda’s political scene needed to ensure it was mature ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A veteran of the elite Royal Marine Commandos was also a prominent businessman at a well-known china, crystal and antiques shop.
Major Peter Darling, who served nearly 30 years in the Marines, ran Bluck’s on Front Street with his brother, Lieutenant-...
DATE: Dec 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Plans for the new session of Parliament could be hit by a lack of cash, a top economist warned last night.
Craig Simmons, a Bermuda College lecturer, added that last Friday’s Throne Speech lacked detail.
Mr Simmons said the speech was “ambitious”. He...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Premier today denied claims that a lack of major new programmes in the Throne Speech meant the Government was running out of imagination and energy.
David Burt was speaking after the One Bermuda Alliance attacked the legislative programme as bein...
DATE: Nov 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
