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Questioning whether the Island had lost 500 jobs last year, the Opposition has challenged Government to release its 2014 Labour Force Survey.
David Burt, the Shadow Minister for Finance, suggested that Government had delayed the release of the latest...
DATE: Jan 08, 2015
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Shadow Attorney General Michael Scott has called the reappointment of Rory Field as Director of Public Prosecutions a “slap in the face” to those who believe Bermudians should come first.
Mr Scott fiercely attacked Governor George Fergusson over the ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Michael Dunkley has hailed 2014 as a year of “significant progress” in Bermuda’s quest to put the economy back on track.
While conceding that “plenty of work still needed to be done”, the Premier told The Royal Gazette that there was a raft of reason...
DATE: Jan 02, 2015
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Politics
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The new year should usher in a fresh commitment by Members of Parliament to raise the level of debate in the House of Assembly.
The call from Premier Michael Dunkley comes after a series of unsavoury confrontations and raucous verbal altercations ins...
DATE: Jan 02, 2015
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Politics
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The United Kingdom and Overseas Territories’ political leaders and representatives will meet in February “to agree a way forward on implementation of the G20 principles on beneficial ownership,” according to the 2014 Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) C...
DATE: Dec 29, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
An Opposition Bill granting the Premier the power to appoint a Commission of Inquiry has been passed with bipartisan support in the House of Assembly.
Introduced by Walton Brown, the Shadow Minister for Immigration, the amendments were brought in the...
DATE: Dec 06, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Sandys South PLP MP Jamahl Simmons will be hosting a Constituency Clinic on Saturday.
This will be held at the Somers Isle Lodge, Hog Bay Level, from 12pm to 2pm.
“During the recent by-election, I pledged to be open, accessible and accountable,” Mr ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2014
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Politics
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Tough regulations will help to prevent charities from being used by money launderers or those involved in terrorist activity, the House of Assembly has heard.
Sylvan Richards, the Junior Minister for Home Affairs, told Parliament that the measures wo...
DATE: Dec 01, 2014
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Politics
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Opposition Senator Diallo Rabain has retracted a claim made in the Upper House that a top executive for developers Desarrollos Hotelco Group had been imprisoned for fraud.
The Venezuelan company is currently in negotiations with Government to develop...
DATE: Nov 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The public is struggling to understand the recent turn taken by politics in Bermuda, according to Opposition Senator Diallo Rabain — who was barred from discussing alleged remarks made by One Bermuda Alliance Senator Lynne Woolridge.
Senator Rabain t...
DATE: Nov 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell