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Britain’s decision to opt out of the European Union was discussed by Michael Dunkley during a London visit that also covered the announcement of the island’s next Governor.
The Premier addressed the extradition process between the Overseas Territorie...
DATE: Sep 02, 2016
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Senator Michael Fahy has reassured taxi drivers that tourists would be able to hire quadricycle vehicles — not rental cars — through proposed changes to the Motor Car Act.
Mr Fahy, the tourism minister, revealed he has met with taxi and minibus drive...
DATE: Aug 31, 2016
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Premier Michael Dunkley has has notified the Speaker of the House that this year’s Throne Speech, marking the reconvening of Parliament, will take place on November 4 — an earlier date than has been the tradition.
Government had forewarned that two s...
DATE: Aug 31, 2016
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Politics
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After a rough few months for Bermuda’s political parties, The Royal Gazette spoke to observers who assessed the state of play as the clock ticks towards the next General Election.
Plagued by infighting and in the midst of an uphill battle to maintai...
DATE: Aug 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs Trevor Moniz has issued an advisory about the risks arising from inadequate systems and controls to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.
The Financial Action Task Force and the Caribbean Fina...
DATE: Aug 22, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Opposition has rejected Michael Dunkley’s open e-mail facility, launched this week as askyourpremier@gov.bm, as a “desperate pre-election campaign item”.
However, the One Bermuda Alliance told them to “get over it” and dismissed the Progressive L...
DATE: Aug 16, 2016
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Politics
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Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean will face no challenges at the Opposition’s delegates’ conference, according to a senior party source, who said a string of leaked e-mails criticising his performance had sounded harsher than the reality.
Wit...
DATE: Aug 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Government’s sole-source deal for a new airport terminal has been defended as the only way to avoid extra debt, according to Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance.
Mr Richards was responding to the latest critique of the proposal by the ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2016
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Politics
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Marc Bean, the Leader of the Opposition, has stated that attempts to depose him were a significant factor behind his recent serious illness.
In his first interview with this newspaper since he went on medical leave in March, Mr Bean said of the attem...
DATE: Aug 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Marc Bean has come under fire from his party colleagues for his “wild, psychotic and disrespectful” comments since returning to the political fold after his health scare.
A chain of e-mails leaked to The Royal Gazette shows how MPs Zane DeSilva, Derr...
DATE: Aug 13, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan