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The OBA is to tighten up its administration in the wake of a report into the handling of a donation to a party-linked grassroots organisation, chairman Thad Hollis said last night.
“There are just things you can come up with — tidy up administrative ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A major figure in the Jetgate scandal was never interviewed for an OBA report into the affair, he said last night.
And Derrick Green, a US-based political consultant who worked for the OBA in the run-up to the 2012 general election, claimed party Cha...
DATE: Jul 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Opposition Progressive Labour Party remained absent from the House of Assembly today, continuing the boycott of Parliament vowed by party leader Marc Bean.
Mr Bean last week denounced Parliament as “a sham and a farce” after Governor George Fergu...
DATE: Jul 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The findings of an inquiry into the disappearance of $300,000 in campaign donations to the One Bermuda Alliance are still being kept under wraps — more than two months after the investigation was launched.
In May, Thad Hollis, the party chairman, ann...
DATE: Jul 17, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
PLP leader Marc Bean has called for the UK to dissolve Bermuda’s Parliament and call an election.
Mr Bean said Britain should act following a refusal by Governor George Fergusson to back a House of Assembly bid for an inquiry into historic allegation...
DATE: Jul 17, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Attorney General Trevor Moniz has invited the creation of a working group to look into opening the sex offenders registry to the public.
The One Bermuda Alliance pledged to implement a public sex offenders registry in the lead-up to the 2012 general ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Human Rights Commission last night warned that the row over permanent residents and status should not be allowed to degenerate into hate speech.
And HRC chairman Michael Hanson said that “hateful, vexatious and/or harmful words” about people’s na...
DATE: Jul 11, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Stifling heat and an ill-timed power outage could not dampen spirits at the Clearwater Middle School gymnasium last night as around 80 residents gathered for the third and final of the Progressive Labour Party’s town hall meetings regarding Permanent...
DATE: Jul 11, 2014
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Politics
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Having too much tint on your car windows or an excessively noisy bike could now result in your vehicle being seized.
Legislation passed by the Senate yesterday expands the list of offences for which a vehicle can be impounded.
It also establishes a...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The “retention and creation of jobs” will be among the benefits of a change to Bermuda’s Trust laws, the Senate heard yesterday.
One Bermuda Alliance Senator Jeff Baron, Junior Minister of National Security and Legal Affairs, said the amendment woul...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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