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A clerk from the British Parliament, who spent two weeks on the island working with Bermuda’s Public Accounts Committee, returned to the UK on Saturday.
Stephen McGinness, a Clerk of the House of Commons’ PAC, visited to help the Bermuda committee wi...
DATE: Feb 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Mayor of St George said last night she was “saddened and disappointed” by proposals to axe the two local authorities on the island.
Now, Quinell Francis has asked residents and business owners in the St George’s area to attend a special town hall...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A proposal that financial assistance could be clawed back from the estates of dead recipients would penalise families, the head of a charity said yesterday.
Martha Dismont, the executive director of Family Centre, said the organisation feared a bid t...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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Politics
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The Speaker of the House of Assembly marked 30 years as an MP yesterday.
Dennis Lister, the Progressive Labour Party’s longest-serving MP, celebrated the anniversary on February 9.
He told MPs on the first sitting of the new parliamentary session tha...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Speaker of the House of Assembly yesterday blocked a statement on payments to pepper-sprayed protesters who forced a postponement of a House of Assembly meeting.
Dennis Lister told Wayne Caines, the national security minister, to postpone his sta...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A clash between protesters and police outside the House of Assembly will be discussed by the national security minister today.
Wayne Caines will talk about the aftermath of the December 2016 events in the wake of revelations that his ministry had mad...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Consultation on a planning blueprint for Bermuda will end in March, Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, announced today.
The draft Bermuda Plan was published in December and after the consultation period will go to a tribunal to be finalised.
Mr...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Training opportunities for Bermudians will increase after resources were boosted in the Government’s workforce development department, the House of Assembly heard today.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said staff t...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Proposals to abolish the Corporation of Hamilton and St George or turn them into quangos could come into force before local elections in May, the Mayor of Hamilton said this week.
Charles Gosling learnt of the proposals only in a Monday meeting with ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Plans for a fintech hub appeared to have taken a step backwards yesterday after a Cabinet minister said money set aside for the project would be spent elsewhere.
The third floor of a Hamilton building was due to be transformed into an “incubator” for...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter