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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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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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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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The Progressive Labour Party’s Jamahl Simmons said he had not planned to run for Parliament in Sandys South, but constituents called on him to put his name forward.
Unemployment, Mr Simmons said, is “the biggest issue, bar none” — along with a growin...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Fixing up White Hill Field is among the initiatives proposed by prospective Sandys South MP Georgia Marshall, who said she’d been well received by residents during her canvassing.
The One Bermuda Alliance hopeful is running against the Progressive La...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A referendum on gaming in the early months of this year was one of a string of high-profile pledges made in the last Throne Speech.
Delivered by Governor George Fergusson on November 8, the Speech outlined plans for everything from gambling to discou...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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