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Economy Minister Patrice Minors and PLP Whip Lovitta Foggo were today unveiled as the latest PLP candidates for the next general election.
Ms Minors will stand in Smith’s North and Ms Foggo will stand in St David’s.
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DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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Politics
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Government and the Opposition traded barbs last night over the One Bermuda Alliance’s commitment to a Tourism Authority.
The Opposition “can’t have it both ways”, charged Premier Paula Cox.
“They can’t say that they are going to privatise much of the...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Minister of Tourism Wayne Furbert took a hands-on approach on a trip home from Canada, ensuring two visitors got “the royal treatment” when they arrived in Bermuda.
Mr Furbert told the House of Assembly he noticed how many visitors there were on his ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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Cash from the Education budget will be awarded more carefully to educational groups to stamp out abuse of Government’s grants system, the Ministry has announced.
Nearly $1 million will be allocated via a new fee for service model, following complaint...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox announced Dale Butler and Marc Bean as the official candidates for the Progressive Labour Party in the next general election yesterday.
In making the announcement at Alaska Hall, the party’s headquarters, Ms Cox described both candi...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Politics
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Government Estates Minister Michael Scott has no qualms about placing some $10 million of Government property in a soft real estate market.
And a timeline for commercialising the sea bed, first mooted in 1998, is dependent on private developers.
The...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Politics
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Exploiting Bermuda’s allocation of the satellite orbital slots is not a number one priority, said Marc Bean, Minister of Infrastructure Strategy.
Speaking at a press conference to highlight his Ministry’s budget priorities for 2012-13, the Minister s...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Politics
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Government is still in the early stages of looking into taking control of Bermuda’s commercial airspace, according to Transport Minister Derrick Burgess.
He told a press conference yesterday that everything had a planning stage and the idea was prese...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government will spend $3 million replacing the ageing vehicles in Bermuda’s public bus fleet, Transport Minister Derrick Burgess announced yesterday.
He told a press conference the Department of Public Transportation (DPT) had been allocated the fund...
DATE: Mar 01, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermudians made to purchase land licences should be given a refund, according to Opposition Senator Michael Fahy.
But while the Senator said scheme was discriminatory and harmful to the real estate industry, Senator David Burt denied both claims, say...
DATE: Mar 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
