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An organisation designed give young people the opportunity to make their voices heard in the corridors of power yesterday appealed to political parties to stick to their promises on youth investment.
Halle Teart, the cofounder of Bermuda Youth Connec...
DATE: Oct 05, 2020
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Politics
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A code of conduct for MPs will be tabled soon after the new parliamentary session starts in November, the last Speaker of the House has promised.
Dennis Lister, who became Speaker after the Progressive Labour Party’s election win in 2017, said the do...
DATE: Oct 05, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An expert in public policy and European affairs will be the new Government of Bermuda representative in Brussels.
Aliyyah Ahad will take over from Renée Webb, whose appointment to the post was announced in January 2019.
Ms Ahad has lived and worked i...
DATE: Oct 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Time is up for the One Bermuda Alliance, the leader of the Free Democratic Movement claimed yesterday.
Marc Bean, a former leader of the Progressive Labour Party, said the OBA’s hammering at the polls on Thursday was clear evidence the party was a s...
DATE: Oct 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Cabinet ministers and a senator team will be sworn in next week, it was confirmed yesterday.
A government spokeswoman said that David Burt, the Premier, met John Rankin, the Governor, in the wake of the Progressive Labour Party’s landslide General El...
DATE: Oct 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Free Democratic Movement will build on its momentum and solidify itself as a political force, leader Marc Bean said last night.
Mr Bean added that, although the FDM did not win any seats at the General Election, its results showed popularity amon...
DATE: Oct 02, 2020
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Politics
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Disillusioned residents may have “voted in their seat” and stayed away from the polls yesterday, a political commentator said.
Ashfield DeVent believed that the absence of thousands of eligible voters from the ballot boxes sent a message to the incom...
DATE: Oct 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A new kind of Progressive Labour Party voter helped return the party to the Government yesterday at the polls, a party strategist claimed last night.
Christopher Famous, returned as MP for Devonshire East, said voters who once favoured the One Bermud...
DATE: Oct 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The small container David Burt carried when he returned to his constituency polling station last night summed up just how busy the Progressive Labour Party leader was during the General Election yesterday.
The Premier had been out most of the day vis...
DATE: Oct 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
The Progressive Labour Party swept the board in the East End last night after it retained all four seats.
It was the second election in a row that the PLP has held the seats in St George’s and St David’s.
Renée Ming took St George’s North with 75.72...
DATE: Oct 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan