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The Bermuda Government has announced that it is to call a referendum on same-sex marriage and civil unions.
Michael Dunkley, the Premier, called a press conference this morning, accompanied by Patricia Gordon Pamplin, Minister for Community, Culture ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Community minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has tabled draft legislation which would allow the creation of same-sex unions in Bermuda.
The consultative legislation comes two weeks after legislation was tabled which would specify marriage being between...
DATE: Feb 29, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shadow transport minister Lawrence Scott has blasted the Bermuda Government for “not including a single word about road safety” in its Budget Statement, describing the issue as a “national health crisis”.
Speaking in the House of Assembly last night ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2016
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Politics
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The One Bermuda Alliance’s legacy will be the “the great Bermudian exodus”, Shadow Minister of Finance David Burt told MPs in his Reply to the Budget yesterday.
The OBA was accused of adding $1 billion to the island’s debt and overseeing the loss of ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The America’s Cup village site will be handed over to the AC Event Authority five months ahead of schedule, MPs heard this morning.
The infill in Dockyard’s South Basin has taken in 310,000 cubic yards of material in the last few months, Grant Gibbon...
DATE: Feb 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Singapore model for casino gaming adopted by the Bermuda Government in the 2014 Act will be amended to suit the island, the House of Assembly heard this morning.
The updates came from Shawn Crockwell, the Minister of Tourism Development and Trans...
DATE: Feb 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A crowd of hundreds demonstrating against One Bermuda Alliance immigration initiatives came out to pack Parliament Street outside the Government Administration Building.
However, Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, insisted that yesterday’s p...
DATE: Feb 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Human Rights Commission has expressed serious concern about a proposed legal amendment which will “undermine the integrity of the Human Rights Act”.
Community minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has pledged to change the law so that the Human Rights...
DATE: Feb 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The company renting the 9 Beaches property in Sandys owes the Bermuda Government $2.283 million in rental arrears, according to Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works.
A judgment ordering that the property be vacated was made on December 22, M...
DATE: Feb 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The hoped-for sale of the defunct Grand Atlantic housing development in Warwick has not materialised, according to Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works.
A memorandum of understanding between Bermudiana Beach Resorts and the Bermuda Housing C...
DATE: Feb 26, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell