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Shadow ministers in the One Bermuda Alliance have been forced to double up on responsibilities after two MPs quit the House of Assembly.
Michael Dunkley, a former premier and government reform shadow minister, has taken on responsibility for national...
DATE: May 03, 2018
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Michael Dunkley has increased his responsibilities by taking on the role of Shadow Minister for National Security.
The former premier and present One Bermuda Alliance MP for Smith’s North confirmed yesterday that he had been asked to take the job by...
DATE: May 02, 2018
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Politics
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The Ministry of Home Affairs is to release interim reports concerning immigration reform, it was announced yesterday.
A spokeswoman said public meetings would also be held as “specific milestones” were reached.
It came after pressure group Supporting...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Politics
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The One Bermuda Alliance will battle back after its landslide defeat last July, outgoing party veteran Grant Gibbons predicted yesterday.
He said: “It takes time for a political party to regroup. It’s very demoralising to lose an election.”
Dr Gibbo...
DATE: Apr 30, 2018
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Politics
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Grant Gibbons joined the political fray in 1992 as part of a new group of well-educated, business savvy candidates in the ruling United Bermuda Party.
At the time, Dr Gibbons, who was the managing director of the family business Gibbons Company, made...
DATE: Apr 30, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A One Bermuda Alliance win in last year’s General Election would not have altered Grant Gibbons’s plan to retire, the political veteran revealed yesterday.
Dr Gibbons said: “My decision would have been the same.”
He revealed that he had not intended...
DATE: Apr 30, 2018
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Politics
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The Progressive Labour Party has vowed to field “candidates with commitment and dedication to their communities” after the resignations last week of Opposition MPs Jeff Baron and Grant Gibbons.
Jeff Baron of the One Bermuda Alliance declared his depa...
DATE: Apr 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Veteran One Bermuda Alliance politician Grant Gibbons announced his retirement from politics at the close of the House of Assembly last night.
Dr Gibbons, the MP for Paget East and Shadow Minister of Economic Development and Regulatory Affairs, told ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The anti-gang programme Operation Ceasefire has been axed in favour of a “Bermuda-centric” programme, national security minister Wayne Caines announced yesterday.
The United States-based programme would have cost $200,000 for this financial year, bu...
DATE: Apr 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former One Bermuda Alliance MP Jeff Baron was “unhappy” at the result of the post-General Election leadership conference last year, a party source said yesterday.
The source added the Warwick North East MP, who resigned from Parliament on Wednesday, ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell