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Jason Hayward claims a disproportionate number of Bermudians are being laid off from workplaces, but cannot provide statistics
DATE: Feb 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Information Commissioner has ordered a public authority to make “further disclosures” about a sports betting firm which scrapped plans to hire staff in Bermuda after media interest in its activities
DATE: Feb 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A government backbencher has been replaced as the chairman of the National Sports Centre’s board of trustees after a row over a contract for solar power.
Owen Darrell, a government senator, has taken over from Jache Adams, the Progressive Labour Part...
DATE: Feb 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Preparations for a strict Budget will overshadow the return of the House of Assembly tomorrow.
The blueprint for the next financial year, prepared against the massive economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, will be unveiled on February 25.
But C...
DATE: Feb 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A proposal to put a bid in for the 2024 America’s Cup sailing competition was floated by the Opposition yesterday.
Ben Smith, a One Bermuda Alliance senator, said the island’s role as host of the prestigious race series in 2017 had given Bermuda mass...
DATE: Feb 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Cabinet Office has refused to release records of correspondence to and from the Premier about the investment firm Gencom.
Major Marc Telemaque, the Secretary to the Cabinet, found that the documents were exempt from disclosure under the Public Ac...
DATE: Jan 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Premier failed to show “respect” to Progressive Labour Party MPs in the way he handled the rent scandal involving a senator, senior sources said yesterday.
A PLP insider said that the first MPs heard about Curtis Richardson’s $19,000 rent arrears...
DATE: Jan 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The family of an elderly woman owed $19,000 in rent by a Progressive Labour Party senator has appealed to people with questions about the behaviour of the Premier during the controversy to bombard him with demands for answers on his social media site...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Taxpayers have still to be told the cost of two trips to Europe by the Premier despite a Government pledge it would “continuously” update information on ministerial expenses overseas.
David Burt attended a meeting of the leaders of the UK Overseas Te...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Progressive Labour Party leadership strongly defended the appointment of a disgraced senator who resigned after a frail elderly woman broke down in tears in court as she told of the toll imposed on her health by the $19,000 rent debt he repeatedl...
DATE: Jan 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly