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The Attorney-General will stand in the Sandys North seat for the Progressive Labour Party after veteran politician Michael Scott announced his retirement from politics.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, also the Minister of Legal Affairs and a senator in the last ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Another One Bermuda Alliance veteran is to step away from politics, it was revealed yesterday.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has stood down from Paget West in favour of Jarion Richardson, who sat in the Senate for the OBA in the last Parliament.
Catherine ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2020
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Politics
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The General Election will not be dampened by the Covid-19 pandemic, said Crystal Caesar and Tinée Furbert, of the Progressive Labour Party.
The pair said the PLP had demonstrated a record of bringing forward legislation to improve the lives of famili...
DATE: Sep 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Craig Cannonier raised concerns yesterday about how the coronavirus will affect the electorate’s ability to cast their votes.
The One Bermuda Alliance leader said there was “confusion” around Covid-19 and the exercise of the franchise.
He was speakin...
DATE: Sep 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The leader of the One Bermuda Alliance insisted yesterday that his party was “the right choice” as he announced its first two candidates since the General Election was called.
Craig Cannonier said that Robin Tucker and Marcus Jones “represent the fut...
DATE: Sep 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A former leader of the One Bermuda Alliance is helping a fresh candidate to canvass in the constituency she represented until Parliament was dissolved last month.
Jeanne Atherden explained that she stepped aside after David Burt, the Premier, called ...
DATE: Sep 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
People in quarantine will not be allowed to attend polling stations to vote at the General Election on October 1.
The Parliamentary Registrar warned voters to prepare if they planned to be overseas at the end of the month.
Health officials said that ...
DATE: Sep 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Ernest Peets and Curtis Richardson were unveiled as Progressive Labour Party candidates for the General Election yesterday.
Dr Peets will compete in Smith’s North, where he lost to Michael Dunkley, of the One Bermuda Alliance, by 497 votes to 454 at ...
DATE: Sep 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The One Bermuda Alliance claimed tax increases under the Progressive Labour Party have left Bermudians with less cash in their pockets.
But the PLP defended its tax policies, which it argued aimed to address inequality and gave breaks to small busine...
DATE: Aug 31, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Progressive Labour Party politician who sat in the House of Assembly for almost eight years announced yesterday that he will not stand in the October 1 General Election.
Rolfe Commissiong, who was the MP for Pembroke South East before Parliament wa...
DATE: Aug 29, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter