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Progressive Labour Party MPs have called on Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, to resign after five days of protests against proposed immigration reforms.
During a heated Motion to Adjourn that ran until almost 6am yesterday, MPs crossed swo...
DATE: Mar 23, 2016
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Funding for financial assistance has increased by more than $5 million under the 2016/17 Budget, but many charities and community institutions have had grants from the Bermuda Government cut significantly.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister for Co...
DATE: Mar 23, 2016
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Public meetings about the St George’s hotel project will be held this year, according to the Bermuda Government.
Responding to questions by Progressive Labour Party backbencher Zane DeSilva, Grant Gibbons, the Acting Minister of Tourism, told the Hou...
DATE: Mar 23, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Marc Bean is “doing well” after suffering a suspected stroke.
The Leader of the Opposition, 42, is taking a medical leave of absence, according to a statement from acting Progressive Labour Party leader David Burt.
The Warwick South Central MP, who h...
DATE: Mar 23, 2016
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Senate president Carol Ann Bassett has called for unifying talks between blacks and whites to heal Bermuda’s racial tensions.
Drawing on her family’s personal experiences of racism, Ms Bassett delivered an impassioned speech to the Upper House, decla...
DATE: Mar 22, 2016
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The Progressive Labour Party is to boycott the Senate Budget debate, with Senator Marc Daniels calling for the resignation of Senator Michael Fahy over the Pathways to Status affair.
Mr Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, issued a public apology yest...
DATE: Mar 22, 2016
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The Progressive Labour Party has closed the gap on the One Bermuda Alliance to just one point, according to a new poll commissioned by The Royal Gazette.
In the Global Research survey this month, the OBA had a 39-38 lead over the PLP, compared with t...
DATE: Mar 21, 2016
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A handful of protesters has continued demonstrations at the House of Assembly today.
Eighteen people, with tape over their mouths and holding placards, stood at the entrance to Sessions House urging the Bermuda Government to withdraw the Pathways to ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The controversial Pathways to Status immigration legislation was formally withdrawn from the House of Assembly yesterday after five days of protests.
Sylvan Richards, the Junior Minister for Home Affairs, made the move shortly after the session began...
DATE: Mar 21, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Michael Fahy has issued an apology for the way the Bermuda Government has handled the Pathways to Status Bill.
Speaking as the Senate opened its Budget debate today, Senator Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, conceded he had misunderstood the level ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2016
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