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The Progressive Labour Party has called an emergency Central Committee meeting on Tuesday at party headquarters, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Although representatives have been requested to attend the 6pm meeting as a matter of urgency, there is no ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2015
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Michael Dunkley has issued a call to women to take advantage of the move to open up the Bermuda Government’s boards and committees.
The Premier told the House of Assembly that members of the public seeking to join boards and committees were now free ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Updates to Public Access to Information Act have gone before Parliament.
It includes a cutting down of the response time for public authorities to give information.
Michael Dunkley told MPs there had been 75 Pati requests so far: 15 have been directe...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party has dismissed reports that Marc Bean’s position was challenged at Thursday night’s caucus meeting.
A statement from the party, released yesterday, said: “The report running in the media that the Progressive Labour Party l...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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Politics
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Parliament will soon debate a motion to look into “serious allegations of extortion and bribery made against sitting ministers of the Government”.
The motion was brought by Opposition MP Wayne Furbert in an earlier session of the House of Assembly.
R...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s success as a financial services jurisdiction has been boosted by the Solvency II equivalence for the local insurance market.
The Solvency II directive introduces “a modernised risk-based regulatory regime for insurance and reinsurance under...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government MP Mark Pettingill claimed yesterday that David Burt should “probably” resign as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee or at least remove himself from any hearings about the latest Auditor-General’s report.
Mr Pettingill said Mr Burt’s...
DATE: Nov 25, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Immigration Appeals Tribunal, an independent body created in 2011, will publish its judgments online commencing on Friday.
The IAT had been left without governing regulations for more than a year after its creation, with 44 cases waiting to be he...
DATE: Nov 25, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Fewer than ten garbage collection trucks were in operation on any given week during recent months, the Senate heard this morning.
An average of 407 tons of waste was picked up each week around the Island.
Details came from Lynne Woolridge, the Junior...
DATE: Nov 25, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party would make good on its vow to eliminate middle schools if returned to power, replacing them with “five-year decentralised high schools”.
Some middle schools, such as the Whitney Institute and Clearwater, would become seni...
DATE: Nov 23, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell