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Private investment will drive many of the projects promised in the Progressive Labour Party’s platform for the October 1 General Election, the Premier said last night.
David Burt explained that the PLP had put together a collaborative document with i...
DATE: Sep 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The leader of the Free Democratic Movement asked yesterday for clarification on the Progressive Labour Party’s mask-wearing policy after he was criticised for his opinion on the subject despite video footage that showed two former Cabinet ministers a...
DATE: Sep 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Leaders of the island’s political parties pushed messages of unity and building a better future in a pre-election forum last night.
Topics covered included education, the economy, healthcare reform and the environment in panel interviews set up by Co...
DATE: Sep 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda faces a “thunderstorm”, according to Marc Bean, the leader of the Free Democratic Movement, who called 2020 a “perilous time” needing steady leadership.
The new party came about when David Burt, the Premier, opted to “subject Bermuda to the e...
DATE: Sep 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new Progressive Labour Party administration would introduce an amended health plan after the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the island’s finances, the Government said.
The PLP announced in its platform last week that the programme would be launched in ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
David Burt insisted that Bermuda cannot take Bermuda to independence without a referendum.
The Premier was speaking at a motorcade and drive-in General Election rally held by the Progressive Labour Party on Saturday evening.
It came a day after Oppos...
DATE: Sep 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, has branded the Free Democratic Movement’s stance on wearing face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic as “dangerous”.
He was speaking after Marc Bean, the leader of the new political party, was interviewed by Trevor L...
DATE: Sep 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Social justice and the health of Bermudians are two of the key priorities in Ianthia Simmons-Wade’s General Election campaign.
Ms Simmons-Wade, appointed a government senator last December, is running in Warwick North East against the One Bermuda All...
DATE: Sep 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A One Bermuda Alliance politician asked yesterday what security was put up by an American music promoter who received an $800,000 government loan to set up a recording studio in Dockyard.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin claimed the deal, agreed in April 2018...
DATE: Sep 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The One Bermuda Alliance has revealed its “social contract” with the island — and said it was something “all Bermudians can believe in”.
A message from Craig Cannonier, the party’s leader, told the public the election platform was “a reflection of yo...
DATE: Sep 28, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter