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Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has been accused of “pimping” Cup Match for political purposes.
At issue are its political broadcast just prior to the holiday, and foam cricket balls which were given away by the party at Somerset Cricket Club during ...
DATE: Aug 11, 2012
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Leroy Bean, the ruling party candidate for St George’s South, has hit back at criticism from the Opposition over his rent-free lease for White’s Island.
In a statement issued yesterday by the Progressive Labour Party, Mr Bean accused the One Bermuda ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2012
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Leases such as that given to anti-gang organisation CARTEL, are quite common, according to the Government Estates Ministry.
A Government spokesperson could not immediately provide the number of so called ‘21 years less a day’ leases but promised to c...
DATE: Aug 09, 2012
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Senator Jonathan Smith yesterday praised falling crime rates in the Island, saying that while more work must be done, sure and steady progress is being made.
Earlier this week, the Bermuda Police Service revealed that crime was down 10.7 percent in t...
DATE: Aug 09, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Leasing White’s Island without a tender process is the very definition of corruption, according to One Bermuda Alliance MP Trevor Moniz.
But Premier Paula Cox has already moved on ensuring all leases are subject to Cabinet scrutiny and review by the ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2012
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Politics
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Salary figures for key members of the Bermuda Hospitals Board are being withheld due to Government stalling, the Opposition has charged.
One Bermuda Alliance MP Louise Jackson said Health Minister Zane DeSilva has “consistently refused to answer any ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
As Caymanian Premier McKeeva Bush insisted last night that his open letter to Premier Paula Cox was justified, Bermuda’s two main political parties would not be drawn into the row between the two leaders.
Both the ruling Progressive Labour Party and ...
DATE: Aug 07, 2012
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Politics
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Concerns have been raised that anti-gang organisation CARTEL is not a registered charity, despite winning a Government lease to use White’s Island for “charitable purposes”.
The organisation does not feature on the latest list of registered charities...
DATE: Aug 06, 2012
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Politics
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The rivalry between the Cayman Islands and Bermuda gets personal today with the publication of an open letter from the Caribbean colony’s Premier McKeeva Bush to Premier Paula Cox.
Mr Bush’s letter demands an end to what he calls Ms Cox’s “antagonist...
DATE: Aug 06, 2012
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Politics
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The debacle over bus scheduling is another example of Government failure, according to the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance.
Shadow Transport Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin yesterday questioned why a labour government could not work with the Bermuda...
DATE: Aug 01, 2012
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Politics
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