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One Bermuda Alliance candidate Ras Mykkal has expressed concern over Pembroke Hamilton Club’s failure to pay principal on money it borrowed from Bermuda Industrial Union.
In 2001 the BIU loaned PHC $1.2 million to cover expenses to install a new ligh...
DATE: Jun 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
The One Bermuda Alliance has called on the Premier to explain reports of a physical clash between two senior Government ministers in the House of Assembly.
Witnesses informed The Royal Gazette that Progressive Labour Party Deputy Premier Derrick Burg...
DATE: Jun 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Alumnae Chapter (BAC) of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is hosting Bermuda’s first voter registration drive.
The first event in a series organised in collaboration with the Parliamentary Registrar, took place at the Harbour Nights event ...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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Politics
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The Opposition is criticising a pamphlets sent out to residents by Government because “it undermines their ability mislead Bermudians about the Budget”, a Progressive Labour Party spokesperson charged.
Entitled ‘Let Us Build One Another, Together’, t...
DATE: Jun 04, 2012
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Politics
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A series of brochures, called ‘Let Us Build One Another, Together’, and mailed to residents this week have been described as Government “electioneering” by OBA MP Mark Pettingill.
But while he called on the ruling Progressive Labour Party to reimburs...
DATE: Jun 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Suggestions that public officials have not been held to account over the abuse of taxpayers’ money have been dismissed by Cabinet Secretary Donald Scott.
He said sanctions, including surcharge and dismissal, have been applied in spite of Auditor Gen...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Cabinet Ministers Derrick Burgess and Michael Scott clashed in an angry physical altercation inside the House of Assembly building, according to eyewitnesses.
Sources say National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief had to separate the pair when they ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A war of words between Government and the One Bermuda Alliance about a planned housing project in the West End continued yesterday.
OBA MP Mark Pettingill demanded that Government justify the size of the 100-unit project; Progressive Labour Party can...
DATE: May 31, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public Works Minister Michael Weeks yesterday defended the Wedco affordable housing project, accusing the One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) of playing “political football.”
Responding to repeated criticism in both the media and in the House of Assembly, the...
DATE: May 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons has called on Premier Paula Cox to provide an explanation that justifies Government’s controversial lease agreement with Pembroke Hamilton Club (PHC).
He also called on the Premier to justify her lack of disclo...
DATE: May 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
