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Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has admitted attending the Olympic Games in Brazil last month, raising the Bermuda Government’s expenditure on the event to nearly $38,000.
The Paget West MP said that her $6,312.09 in expenses for the trip, which were not lis...
DATE: Sep 24, 2016
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Sports minister Sylvan Richards and his permanent secretary Wayne Carey flew business-class to Brazil to attend last month’s Olympic Games, a spokeswoman has said.
The Royal Gazette contacted the Ministry of Social Development and Sports after deta...
DATE: Sep 22, 2016
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The One Bermuda Alliance is clinging on to a one-point lead over the Progressive Labour Party — with both receiving a thumbs down for their performance.
The OBA has a 38-37 advantage on the PLP in a poll commissioned by The Royal Gazette this month, ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2016
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Sylvan Richards’ trip to the Rio Olympics cost the taxpayer a little over $31,000, it has been revealed.
Details of the sports minister’s nine-day trip to Brazil to represent the Government at the Olympic Games were posted on the One Bermuda Alliance...
DATE: Sep 17, 2016
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A proposed levy dubbed the general services tax will not come into effect for the next fiscal year starting April 2017, according to Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance.
While he was not prepared to divulge new details on the 5 per cent charge put ...
DATE: Sep 16, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Independence from Britain might be feasible, should the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union jeopardise Bermuda’s business interests, said finance minister Bob Richards.
“We still don’t know which way is up,” Mr Richards cautioned of Brexit — the ...
DATE: Sep 16, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cabinet is looking at a range of options put forward by a government steering committee to establish a secure forensic psychiatric unit in Bermuda.
Senator Jeff Baron revealed that the committee had been tasked with devising a business case for both ...
DATE: Sep 14, 2016
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Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister of Home Affairs, has stuck to her guns amid charges that Government is bent on denying the Reverend Nicholas Tweed the right to work in Bermuda.
Chris Furbert, president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, has repea...
DATE: Sep 09, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pope Francis has been invited to visit Bermuda by Michael Dunkley.
The invitation was extended yesterday when the Premier attended a General Audience with the pontiff at the Vatican, pointing out that Bermuda had a large Catholic population.
During h...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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Accusations of politically motivated obstruction over the Rev Nicholas Tweed’s work permit continued yesterday from Chris Furbert, president of the Bermuda Industrial Union.
Mr Furbert confirmed he had been speaking of Mr Tweed on Labour Day, in whic...
DATE: Sep 08, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell