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Pastor Leroy Bean will definitely be the Progressive Labour Party’s election candidate for St George’s South, according to the branch chairman for constituency four.
Stuart Hollis told The Royal Gazette the fact that Mr Bean was paid almost $86,000 i...
DATE: Jan 31, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government was advised to cancel all trailer dumpster licences due to repeated complaints that materials like sand were being transported illegally, truckers leader Richard Foggo has revealed.
The Trucks Advisory Committee made the recommendation las...
DATE: Jan 31, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Opposition leader Craig Cannonier has questioned why Premier Paula Cox failed to tell taxpayers about problems at Bermuda Land Development Company when she was alerted to them more than a year ago.
The Auditor General’s Special Report on the Misuse o...
DATE: Jan 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Warwick branches of the Progressive Labour Party will hold a public meeting at Warwick Workman’s Club today at 7.30pm.
According to a party press release, among those in attendance will be Lawrence Scott, the candidate for Warwick South East, Da...
DATE: Jan 30, 2012
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Politics
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The Bermuda Land Development Company rarely hits the headlines.
In fact, most taxpayers could be forgiven for knowing little about its existence, so seldom are they told anything about it.
The quango’s website, www.bldc.com, features limited informat...
DATE: Jan 30, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews spent months trying to discover who in Government signed off on payments to fund a private legal action for two Cabinet Ministers.
But she was unable to find out the answer, along with other details about the c...
DATE: Jan 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess yesterday blamed the Attorney General’s Chambers for a writ directing a potential $2 million in damages to himself instead of Government.
He was responding to criticism after taxpayer dollars were spent funding his and ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Government has defended consultancy payments made to board members of the Bermuda Land Development Company and accused Heather Jacobs Matthews, the Auditor General, of failing the Bermuda public.
In response to Mrs Matthews’ scathing Special Repo...
DATE: Jan 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews has questioned the “tone at the top” of Government after uncovering two instances of the misuse of public funds and being refused information to fully investigate them.
Mrs Matthews revealed in a scathing repor...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
In early 2010, when the Bermuda Land Development Company’s board approved the payment of consultancy fees to chairman Edward Saunders and deputy chairman Pastor Leroy Bean, an approximate figure of $14,000 each was settled upon.
The two men were to c...
DATE: Jan 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways