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A condolence book to the former Deputy Premier Clarence James is available for signing at the Cabinet Office.
Dr James, who passed away at the weekend, was Bermuda’s first black finance minister and is being remembered as a trailblazer politician and...
DATE: Apr 18, 2016
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A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday was called off after all four One Bermuda Alliance members failed to attend, leaving the committee without a quorum.
Financial secretary Anthony Manders, who had been summoned to attend the m...
DATE: Apr 15, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bob Richards said a summons issued by Public Accounts Committee chairman David Burt to bring the financial secretary before the committee was not legally valid.
Mr Burt, however, insisted that the summons was valid and Mr Richard’s claim was “idiotic...
DATE: Apr 15, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Membership has been announced for a ten-person team looking into amendments to the Pathways to Status Bill, with insurance CEO William Madeiros appointed chairman.
Hailed last night in a government statement as representing a good cross section of th...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The next hearing of the Public Accounts Committee on the Government’s proposed airport development has been announced for Thursday.
Composed of Members of Parliament from either side of the political aisle, the PAC has held several meetings on the pl...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party’s Sandys branches will be hosting a joint constituency political surgery on Saturday.
The event at the Warren Simmons Community Field, from 10am until noon, will allow voters and residents of Constituencies 33, 34, 35 and...
DATE: Apr 07, 2016
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The Constituency Boundaries Commission wants feedback from the public, with an open forum to be held on the night of April 11.
Submissions can also be sent by e-mail to pro@gov.bm, from today until April 11.
The commission’s public meeting will be he...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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Politics
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The Shadow Minister of Tourism has urged Government to help Bermudian employees affected by the closure of Riddell’s Bay golf club find new jobs. Jamahl Simmons said in a statement this afternoon that the club ceasing operations was a blow to staff a...
DATE: Apr 01, 2016
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Shadow transport minister Lawrence Scott has been suspended from his job as supervisor at JetBlue Airways.
It is understood he was placed on leave by the company while it carries out an investigation into allegations about his conduct.
Mr Scott, 36, ...
DATE: Mar 31, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Police officers have agreed to a pay freeze as part of a deal between the Bermuda Government and the Bermuda Police Association.
According to Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the chairman of the Bermuda Police Association, the deal includes a pay and promot...
DATE: Mar 30, 2016
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Politics
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