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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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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
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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CATEGORY:
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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Politics
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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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell