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Shawn Crockwell is resigning from the One Bermuda Alliance to become an independent MP, according to sources close to the party.
The Royal Gazette understands that Mr Crockwell intends to announce his resignation in today’s sitting of Parliament.
The...
DATE: Jul 01, 2016
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Ombudsman Victoria Pearman received 161 new complaints throughout 2015, she revealed as she released her annual report.
The Office of the Ombudsman concentrated on individual complaints during the calendar year, launching no systemic investigations....
DATE: Jul 01, 2016
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One Bermuda Alliance MPs condemned Progressive Labour Party MP Diallo Rabain after he questioned the Government’s commitment to provide training programmes for Bermudians.
During last week’s motion to adjourn Mr Rabain raised concerns that training...
DATE: Jun 30, 2016
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An Opposition MP is urging the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission to disclose full details about an alleged visit to the island by struggling Las Vegas-based casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corporation.
Zane DeSilva, former Minister of Tourism, s...
DATE: Jun 30, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Transport minister Michael Fahy has dismissed Opposition criticism over the Bermuda Government’s supposedly lost $300,000 payment for public buses as “absurd and way off-base”.
On Monday, online news site Bermuda Real suggested that former Director ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2016
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A reported lost payment for buses has been blasted by Lawrence Scott, the Shadow Minister of Transport, as “irresponsibility and incompetence at its highest”.
According to a Monday report by the online news site Bermuda Real, a $300,000 advance payme...
DATE: Jun 29, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Educational programmes designed to steer schoolchildren away from the perils of gangs could be expanded further in Bermuda, according to Jeff Baron, the Minister of National Security.
The GREAT initiative has already helped more than 600 children fro...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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Legislation paving the way for the creation of a Civil Aviation Authority and a Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority was passed by MPs on Friday afternoon.
The Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority Act 2016 provides the new CAA with quango status in a ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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The Government’s disputed airport redevelopment contract is to be investigated by a Commission of Inquiry along with contentious projects of the past — such as Bermuda Emissions Control and GlobalHue.
That independent body, which held its first publi...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Progressive Labour Party MPs rallied behind Ewart Brown, the former Premier, branding the police investigation into his actions a “witch-hunt”.
Several opposition MPs told the House of Assembly of their dismay at the arrest on May 19 of Mahesh Reddy,...
DATE: Jun 27, 2016
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