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One Bermuda Alliance MPs Sylvan Richards has called on former Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert to respond to allegations he deceived the House of Assembly over the St George’s hotel plans.
Mr Furbert responded by accusing the OBA of trying to resurrect...
DATE: Aug 21, 2015
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The Corporation of Hamilton will reclaim control of its own affairs today as the Ministry of Home Affairs lifts a stewardship order.
Announcing the move yesterday, Senator Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs, pointed to a new-found confidence ...
DATE: Aug 20, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Progressive Labour Party has criticised the “refusal” of the One Bermuda Alliance to root out possible corruption within the Bermuda Government.
Wayne Furbert, the Shadow Minister of Economic Development, said last night: “The OBA’s refusal to pa...
DATE: Aug 19, 2015
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Allegations that Speaker of the House Randy Horton accepted a politically motivated $45,000 bribe have been firmly refuted by Mr Horton.
Speaking at the opening of Parliament yesterday, Mr Horton said he was rising to assure the public that “no alleg...
DATE: Aug 18, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has much to gain if the Government can secure an air service out of Heathrow airport, said Tourism Development and Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell, who attends a major airline conference next month in South Africa.
“I have been assured tha...
DATE: Aug 18, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Progressive Labour Party is planning a town-hall meeting to discuss continued concerns about the airport redevelopment project.
In a statement, a PLP spokesman said that Finance Minister Bob Richards had refused to discuss the independent report ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2015
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Michael Dunkley launched a broadside against the Progressive Labour Party last night, accusing its leadership of “undermining the system to serve its narrow-minded, self-serving political motives”.
The attack came after PLP MP Wayne Furbert announce...
DATE: Aug 17, 2015
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Politics
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A financial investigator from Britain has been working on short-term contracts with the Bermuda Police Service since 2013, Parliament heard yesterday.
John Briggs, a former London Metropolitan Police Official, is at present on contract from July 27 u...
DATE: Aug 17, 2015
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Politics
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An order will be put before the House of Assembly for a Commission of Inquiry into “serious allegations of extortion” made against three members of the One Bermuda Alliance who were then sitting government ministers.
The notice was given yesterday mo...
DATE: Aug 17, 2015
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Politics
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News that the Bermuda Government would foot the bill for a defamation action taken by Bob Richards has been greeted with raised eyebrows by Progressive Labour Party MP Derrick Burgess.
Mr Richards, the Minister of Finance, told Parliament yesterday t...
DATE: Aug 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell