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Senator Michael Fahy has promised parents that ensuring there are buses to take students to school is a top priority both for him and the Department of Public Transportation.
The Minister of Transport and Tourism said he had directed that school runs...
DATE: Mar 19, 2017
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Politics
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A Bill to introduce a new tax for financial services won narrow support in a House of Assembly vote after Opposition MPs argued it would result in higher fees for “Mr and Mrs Bermuda”.
Finance minister Bob Richards admitted that there was no initial ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2017
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Politics
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One Bermuda Alliance MP Mark Pettingill resigned from the governing party yesterday and said he would probably retire from politics at the next General Election.
Mr Pettingill, the member for Warwick North East, told reporters he had a long meeting w...
DATE: Mar 17, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The resignation of MP Mark Pettingill has left the One Bermuda Alliance with a “tenuous” grip on power, sources claimed last night, and could prompt a vote of no confidence in the Government.
Mr Pettingill announced yesterday morning that “after a lo...
DATE: Mar 17, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The One Bermuda Alliance agreed to “strengthen opportunities” for local entertainers by revisiting new immigration policies.
Shadow home affairs minister Walton Brown had led a motion in the House of Assembly, calling for the rejection of the updated...
DATE: Mar 17, 2017
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Politics
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The Bermuda Government has been forced to back-pedal on revenue-raising customs amendments that had been expected to bring in almost $20 million.
The reversal spells a last-minute scramble for businesses, some of which had already priced goods for im...
DATE: Mar 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Michael Dunkley has accused Opposition leader David Burt of “selective amnesia” for stating that the One Bermuda Alliance has taken too long to enact the Good Governance Act.
The Premier highlighted that the Progressive Labour Party, which introduced...
DATE: Mar 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Walter Roban has reiterated calls for answers regarding the decision by police to pepper spray protesters.
Speaking at a press conference this afternoon, the deputy Opposition leader said that as of this weekend 100 days had passed since the December...
DATE: Mar 14, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Progressive Labour Party will be hosting a jobs summit on diversity, inclusion and opportunity on Tuesday.
“This event is an opportunity to hear our plans for change: facilitating job creation, growing our economy and ensuring that Bermudians co...
DATE: Mar 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The annual accounts of the Consolidated Fund of the Bermuda Government for 2015-16 have been given an unqualified audit opinion.
Finance minister Bob Richards welcomed the news, which he pointed out was the Consolidated Fund’s fourth consecutive clea...
DATE: Mar 11, 2017
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Politics
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