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A working group has been assigned to “frame terms of reference that will guide the process for developing recommendations regarding school reorganisation and possible closure”, Minister of Education Wayne Scott told the House of Assembly on Friday.
T...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The Bermuda Government’s links with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and CIBC World Markets were detailed in a testy exchange between Minister of Finance Bob Richards and Shadow Minister of Finance David Burt.
During Friday’s House of Assembly,...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Hotly contested immigration reform that brought protesters into the Senate when it was first tabled has been approved in the House of Assembly, despite opposition.
The Bermuda Immigration and Protection Amendment Act 2015, which the One Bermuda Allia...
DATE: May 30, 2015
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Politics
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The Bermuda Government has been billed for $1.66 million by the law firm MJM Limited from 2012 to the present, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy.
Senator Fahy was responding to parliamentary questions from Progressive Labour Party Senat...
DATE: May 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Local firm Somers Construction has been awarded three contracts by Government since the One Bermuda Alliance took office, with a total value of more than $4.5 million.
The firm was taken on for painting and repairs to bus shelter roofs in April 2013,...
DATE: May 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than half of the population believes the Progressive Labour Party is the political group most in touch with the concerns of Bermudians.
A survey by Profiles of Bermuda found that 51.4 per cent of those polled thought the PLP was most in touch wi...
DATE: May 26, 2015
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Politics
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New legislation that proposes United States style medical guidelines has come under criticism from Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister of Health.
Ms Wilson was responding to the Health Insurance (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2015, tabled in Friday’s Hous...
DATE: May 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A voluminous report appraising procurement for the airport terminal redevelopment has been tabled in the House of Assembly.
Finance Minister Bob Richards said his ministry had taken on the firm Deloitte, in conjunction with the British Government. Co...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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In a rare political event, the Good Samaritan (Food Donation) Act 2015 proposed by Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister for Health, passed in the House of Assembly with no Members of Parliament objecting to its passage.
The new act aims to provide protect...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The “inadvertent” naming of a person conducting a Public Access to Information query remains under investigation, but Public Works Minister Craig Cannonier has apologised to the House of Assembly, calling it “an honest mistake”.
Saying he was “incred...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell