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Internal wrangling at the Progressive Labour Party over Leroy Bean’s general election candidacy continued on Monday night with a lengthy and heated discussion at a meeting of the party’s Central Committee, The Royal Gazette has learned.
The meeting a...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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Jeff Baron, a 36-year-old former police officer, was announced yesterday as the One Bermuda Alliance’s general election candidate for Pembroke South East.
Mr Baron, whose family homestead is in the constituency, will be up against the ruling party’s ...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance and the two MP’s elected under the United Bermuda Party Banner have welcomed news of a full-scale prison review.
But OBA Shadow Minister of Justice Trevor Moniz has questioned why it took the Government so long to ...
DATE: May 08, 2012
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Politics
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The Opposition has charged that Government dragged its feet on implementing the Road Traffic Amendment Act, after former Magistrate Edward King said the new law still didn’t go far enough.
Citing the tragedy nine years ago of Tyaisha Cox, killed afte...
DATE: May 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The House of Assembly could debate the Ombudsman’s report on the handling of the Tucker’s Point Special Development Order (SDO) this week.
In a statement, United Bermuda Party MP Charlie Swan said he intends to debate the legislation on May 11 when t...
DATE: May 07, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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Politics
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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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Politics
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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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CATEGORY:
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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
