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Health Minister Zane DeSilva has been unveiled as the Progressive Labour Party’s general election candidate for Southampton East a neighbouring constituency to the one he presently represents.
Explaining why he would be challenging for a different co...
DATE: May 05, 2012
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Environment Minister Marc Bean has overturned a planning appeal from Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert, reversing a controversial decision made by his predecessor Walter Roban.
Mr Bean also announced that Health Minister Zane DeSilva has withdrawn anoth...
DATE: May 04, 2012
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Senators yesterday locked horns for the second time in a week over the most recent crime statistics from police.
Government Senator Diallo Rabain complained in the Upper Chamber about comments made by Opposition Senate leader Michael Dunkley to VSB t...
DATE: May 03, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Environment Minister Marc Bean yesterday insisted Bermuda’s Ombudsman was wrong to say Government acted unlawfully during the Tucker’s Point development row.
In a report in February, Arlene Brock claimed Government broke the law by failing to conduct...
DATE: May 03, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Students and others who are overseas during the next general election will be disenfranchised by not being able to vote, Senators argued yesterday.
The issue came up during a debate on the Parliamentary Election Amendment Act 2012, which will allow t...
DATE: May 03, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Wayne Furbert and Derrick Burgess were yesterday unveiled as the Progressive Labour Party’s candidates for constituency six and five respectively.
Mr Furbert, Minister for Business Development and Tourism, said he would be happy to continuing serving...
DATE: May 01, 2012
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One Bermuda Alliance Senator Michael Dunkley has raised a red flag over a Government payout that he suggested was “cronyism at a very steep price”.
His remarks followed the release in the Senate of details on all consultants contracted by the Ministr...
DATE: May 01, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Online pundits are unfairly accusing the One Bermuda Alliance of “sinister reasons” for its policy on term limits, Shadow Environment Minister Michael Fahy told the Senate.
The Opposition has called for term limits to be suspended for two years.
“The...
DATE: May 01, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Smuggling by sea just got more difficult for criminals, under a Bill passed by the Senate awarding greater powers to Customs.
The Revenue Amendment (No 2) Act, 2012, makes it an offence for unauthorised vessels to meet with ships coming into local wa...
DATE: May 01, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance says it is encouraged by recent crime statistics but warned the country was not yet out of its crime crisis.
Opposition leader Craig Cannonier, Shadow National Security Minister, noted that police crime statistics for the fir...
DATE: Apr 30, 2012
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Politics
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