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Legislation tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday will allow election candidates, election officers and police officers to vote at an advance poll.
The Parliamentary Election Amendment Bill will also allow polling by persons absent from Bermuda o...
DATE: Apr 16, 2012
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Politics
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New legislation aimed in part at preventing guns and drugs from getting onto the Island was approved in the House of Assembly.
A section of the Revenue Amendment (No 2) Act 2012 is aimed to prevent ships from trading illegal items at sea by requiring...
DATE: Apr 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A $4.1 million wall at Dockyard’s cruise ship pier is to be scrapped instead of being repaired, Public Works Minister Michael Weeks said — and Government will foot the bill.
Taking down the wall would be cheaper than repairing it, Mr Weeks told the H...
DATE: Apr 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The “petrified” elderly aunt of former Opposition Leader Kim Swan witnessed a machete attack at the Rangers sports club, he revealed to political colleagues.
The MP, who was elected under the United Bermuda Party banner, was speaking during a debate ...
DATE: Apr 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The House of Assembly on Friday debated the possibility of introducing shared parenting legislation aimed at strengthening families.
Such legislation could ensure that courts, when considering making a parenting order, would be required to presume it...
DATE: Apr 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Progressive Labour Party MPs Michael Weeks and Terry Lister are to defend their seats in the next general election.
Premier Paula Cox made the announcement at a press conference yesterday.
Mr Weeks, the current Minister of Public Works, is to run Con...
DATE: Apr 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Public Accounts Committee is to begin holding public meetings on the Auditor General’s Special Report on the Misuse of Public Funds this month.
“You should stay tuned because we are going to be holding some public meetings where we will be questi...
DATE: Apr 13, 2012
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Politics
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Legislators will today debate the need for shared parenting legislation.
A take note motion, to be moved by Families Minister Glenn Blakeney, asks the House of Assembly to consider “whether shared parenting legislation should be introduced in Bermuda...
DATE: Apr 13, 2012
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Politics
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Former Premier Ewart Brown’s complaints against the Governor have been met with a muted response from his successor, and the party he once led has no comment.
And the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has labelled Dr Brown’s concerns as a “distraction”...
DATE: Apr 12, 2012
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Politics
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One Bermuda Alliance National Security advisor Jeff Baron met with former UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband at a Harvard University event.
Mr Miliband was part of a panel discussion on the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation at the uni...
DATE: Apr 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
