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A work permit policy that Government said would create jobs — and that the Opposition has criticised as hurting Bermudian workers — has been delayed, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy.
Speaking during the Senate’s motion to adjourn, the...
DATE: Nov 27, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
New Sandys South MP Jamahl Simmons is continuing to canvass Constituency 33, one week after winning the by-election there for the Progressive Labour Party.
Mr Simmons said the first item on his agenda was to speak with all the residents that were mis...
DATE: Nov 25, 2014
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New Progressive Labour Party MP Jamahl Simmons was sworn in this morning as the Opposition representative for Sandys South.
The Constituency 33 MP, approved in Tuesday’s by-election, took the oath of allegiance after being led on to the floor of the ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Jamahl Simmons has been elected as the Member of Parliament for Sandys South tonight.
The Progressive Labour Party’s candidate for Constituency 33 beat Georgia Marshall, who was standing for the One Bermuda Alliance, by 462 votes to 326.
There was a ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Shadow Minister of Immigration and External Affairs Walton Brown said he wondered whether he had “dozed off” during the Government’s Throne Speech announcement in relation to immigrations measures to protect Bermudians, as there was so little attenti...
DATE: Nov 17, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Social recovery is essential for economic recovery to begin according to Wayne Scott, Minister of Community, Culture and Sports.
Speaking in the House of Assembly, Mr Scott spoke of the Children’s Amendment Act to be debated in Parliament next week w...
DATE: Nov 17, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Sandys South voters will pick their new Member of Parliament at the polls tomorrow.
Several residents of Constituency 33 told The Royal Gazette they would have preferred to have kept Independent MP Terry Lister, who decisively won the seat in 2012 fo...
DATE: Nov 17, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Football matches have been suspended this weekend after the shootings that left four people injured.
All games, from Premier Division to under-16, have been postponed by the Bermuda Football Association and a Special Congress Meeting on the situation...
DATE: Nov 15, 2014
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Politics
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A moderate drop in the number of Government employees was reported to the House of Assembly by Premier Michael Dunkley, with a concurrent drop in wages and overtime expenditure.
Responding to Parliamentary questions from the Progressive Labour Party’...
DATE: Nov 15, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pre-certification may lead to “unnecessary bureaucratic delays in the delivery of health care”, according to the People’s Campaign.
The group outlined its concerns in its Public Evaluation for last month, which was released on Thursday.
The People’...
DATE: Nov 15, 2014
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Politics
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