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David Burt, the Leader of the Opposition, has questioned the lack of consultation with the Progressive Labour Party over selecting members of an independent panel to assess the Bermuda Government’s airport redevelopment project.
Bob Richards, the Min...
DATE: Jan 12, 2017
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The Governor is arranging for a senior UK police officer to conduct an independent review of the police response to the December 2 protest.
John Rankin added that the officer would also make recommendations wherever improvements could be made, inclu...
DATE: Jan 11, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Confidential documents not previously shared with Parliament will come under the scrutiny of a team reviewing the airport redevelopment project, finance minister Bob Richards has announced.
At a press conference this afternoon, Mr Richards revealed r...
DATE: Jan 11, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Embattled home affairs minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin insisted she holds “no dislike” for the Reverend Nicholas Tweed as she laid bare the background to her “difficult” decision not to renew his work permit.
After a week of protest and industrial a...
DATE: Jan 07, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
While the eyes of the world are on the threat of disruption for the 2017 America’s Cup, the People’s Campaign activist group has charged that the Government’s response to “those who disagree with them” is also being watched.
In a statement issued thi...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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The decision to refuse the Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s work permit is final, Michael Dunkley said last night as he welcomed the end of three days of industrial action and unrest.
Meanwhile, Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister of Home Affairs, categor...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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Politics
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Walton Brown says the handling of the Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s work permit shows the Bermuda Government’s lack of connection to the mood of the country.
The Progressive Labour Party MP said in a statement yesterday: “This issue highlights the need f...
DATE: Jan 05, 2017
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Politics
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The People’s Campaign bemoaned falling numbers at its rally in support of the Reverend Nicholas Tweed yesterday and widened its attacks on the Bermuda Government.
White-collar union leader Jason Hayward claimed people were afraid to attend the meetin...
DATE: Jan 05, 2017
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Politics
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An e-mail from a purported bus operator has claimed drivers came to work yesterday, but were blocked from doing so by “union leaders”.
The writer of the message, sent to One Bermuda Alliance backbencher Jeff Sousa and subsequently published on his Fa...
DATE: Jan 04, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Right Reverend Gregory Ingram, the presiding prelate of the First Episcopal District of the AME Church, struck a conciliatory note at the end of a day of protests about the Tweed decision, as he called for “calm heads to prevail”.
Bishop Ingram, ...
DATE: Jan 04, 2017
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Politics
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