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MPs have approved the granting of a 50-year lease of land at Prospect in Devonshire for the new Bermuda Football Association headquarters.
Government Estates Minister Michael Scott told the House of Assembly that the 0.71 acres known as Gym Field, w...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A senior left broke in Bermuda after returning from Jamaica is entitled to money for a ticket back home, according to Families Minister Glenn Blakeney.
Dual national Jacqueline Perinchief, 66, told The Royal Gazette her return to the Island — where c...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One Bermuda Alliance candidate Susann Roberts-Holshouser has warned the dangers of sexual deviants to children is a rapidly growing issue in Bermuda, which is all the more reason to push for a public sex offenders register in Bermuda.
Responding to r...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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Deficiencies highlighted in the latest Public Accounts Committee report are years old and already being tackled by Government, Premier Paula Cox has said.
Ms Cox responded to concerns raised by the report, tabled Friday in the House of Assembly, on b...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Advertising agency GlobalHue attempted to destroy the career of a veteran tourism official because he refused payment unless the company properly invoiced its claims, the Public Accounts Committee has found.
GlobalHue CEO Don Coleman attacked Glenn B...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess was wrong to direct the BLDC to pay consultancy fees to its board members, the Public Accounts Committee has found.
Such a move should never have been made without the consent of the Finance Minister, the ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Progressive Labour Party has done little to address the issue of racial inequality, according to the One Bermuda Alliance.
However a PLP spokesman said the Island has become fairer with more opportunities for all Bermudians since the party took p...
DATE: Jul 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
As the House of Assembly adjourned until November, United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan reflected on his career and declared: “I take responsibility for what was wrong.”
Listing the names of all the UBP premiers, Mr Swan said: “If they did anything w...
DATE: Jul 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Residents of Southampton East Central are invited to a meeting with the candidate for their constituency, Stephen Todd.
Area concerns will be addressed at Monday’s 7pm meeting at Vernon Temple AME Church.
Issues previously raised include the road wid...
DATE: Jul 21, 2012
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Politics
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Terry Hodgson has been announced as the latest One Bermuda Alliance election candidate, to challenge the Progressive Labour Party’s Michael Weeks for Pembroke East Central.
Mr Hodgson cited crime, education and the economy as the top concerns on the ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
