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Premier Craig Cannonier has quit over the political firestorm surrounding the long-running Jetgate row.
His deputy, National Security Minister Michael Dunkley, has been named the news Premier, and will be sworn in this morning.
Governor George Fergus...
DATE: May 19, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A petition for Bermuda residents has been launched to protest the kidnapping of almost 300 schoolgirls in northeastern Nigeria by the terror group Boko Haram.
Amnesty International (Bermuda), the The Bermuda Union of Teachers and Imagine Bermuda have...
DATE: May 19, 2014
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Patrick Burgess
Deputy Premier Michael Dunkley said today that the community would get answers on the Jetgate controversy which has plunged the One Bermuda Alliance into crisis and led to calls for Premier Craig Cannonier to resign.
Mr Dunkley was asked at a press ...
DATE: May 19, 2014
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Sam Strangeways
Premier Craig Cannonier’s political future is likely to hinge on the outcome of an internal investigation expected to conclude this week.
During the past two days there have been intensive top level meetings for the One Bermuda Alliance. MPs and the ...
DATE: May 19, 2014
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A UK man was arrested shortly before 10pm on Friday after a Virgin Airlines flight to Antigua was diverted to Bermuda.
According to police, the suspect is currently being detained at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital on drugs charges.
Meanwhile, enqu...
DATE: May 19, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance has concluded the second in a series of meetings at the party’s headquarters, believed to be a result of the “Jetgate” controversy.
After several hours of discussion, Craig Cannonier, the Premier, party chairman Thad Hollis a...
DATE: May 18, 2014
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Politics
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Opposition Leader warns of ‘trouble around the corner’ without resignations
By Gareth Finighan and Jonathan Bell
The Opposition Progressive Labour Party is calling for a mass resignation of the One Bermuda Alliance Government, following fresh revelat...
DATE: May 17, 2014
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Government has launched a National Training Plan in order to “strengthen Bermuda’s competitive position in local and global markets” and ensure the Island has “a blueprint for workforce development needs”.
The road map also outlines a strategy that w...
DATE: May 17, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Regiment soldiers stormed a village in a predawn attack on Thursday as the climax of their two weeks of training in Canada.
Two companies of around 70 soldiers each cleared the urban warfare village at Meaford training centre in Ontario, which was de...
DATE: May 17, 2014
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The prospect of witnessing the pinnacle of sailing technology cutting through Bermuda’s waters at speeds up to 50mph is all too tempting for the Island’s top sailors and officials.
And Bermuda’s chances of beating out San Francisco and two other coun...
DATE: May 17, 2014
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