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A new portfolio will address Bermuda’s ageing and increasingly chronically diseased population, the new Junior Minister for Disability Tineé Furbert said yesterday.
Ms Furbert was speaking after Senators Crystal Caesar, Vance Campbell and Jason Haywa...
DATE: Aug 09, 2017
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Politics
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Social activist Eva Hodgson has urged the Government to improve the plight of black Bermudians by “deliberately, consciously and publicly” tackling the island’s economic racial disparity.
Dr Hodgson, who frequently accused the previous Progressive La...
DATE: Aug 07, 2017
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Politics
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The youth wing of the One Bermuda Alliance yesterday unveiled a new executive line-up.
The new chairman of the Future Bermuda Alliance is Justin Mathias, with former St George’s MP Nandi Outerbridge interim deputy chairwoman and Nick Kempe interim de...
DATE: Aug 02, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
New Attorney-General Kathy Lynn Simmons told a press conference yesterday that two “very sensitive” civil lawsuits launched by her predecessor had cost taxpayers more than $2 million and had been handled in an “unprecedented and concerning” way.
Howe...
DATE: Aug 02, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
New home affairs minister Walton Brown has pledged a “truly inclusive” consultation period before introducing immigration reform.
Mr Brown said the Immigration Reform Working Group is tasked with producing a report based on the principles that Bermud...
DATE: Jul 31, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A young campaign team helped to propel the Progressive Labour Party to a landslide General Election victory last week with the simple philosophy that communication is a two-way street.
From using social media to interact with voters instead of merely...
DATE: Jul 29, 2017
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Politics
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The One Bermuda Alliance’s failure to heed the island’s social issues has been criticised by election contender Rodney Smith, who accused the party of ducking cold truths on race, education and economic inequality.
Calling for a brutally honest conve...
DATE: Jul 28, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Dennis Lister doesn’t like the term dynasty.
“It’s just a word that doesn’t suit me,” the veteran Sandys North Central MP said in an interview with The Royal Gazette.
“I look at what I do purely as public service — this is about serving people. If ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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Politics
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The Bermuda Government stands to gain millions of dollars through the Lahey Clinic and Port Royal Golf Course lawsuits, according to Trevor Moniz, who urged the Progressive Labour Party to continue proceedings.
In a statement yesterday, the former At...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, sworn in yesterday as the Leader of the Opposition, also announced her Shadow Cabinet and a Senate team from which Michael Fahy was notably absent.
Mr Fahy, whose immigration policies were widely perceived as a liability when...
DATE: Jul 27, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell