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Key figures in the fight against gangs are to hold a public forum to explain action they are taking to combat gang culture.
The move was announced in the House of Assembly this morning by National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief, who said he was a...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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An initiative to get jobless Bermudians back to work has continued with the award of a cleaning contract for the Dame Lois Browne Evans Building.
Cathy-Ann Symons, unemployed for the last two years, said the programme should get full-time work for tw...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union are close to signing an agreement that could reduce the building cost of hotels, according to Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert.
The Minister said an announcement regarding the decision would be made in due co...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The creation of a Tourism Authority and the establishment of an independent Contractor General were among the One Bermuda Alliance goals declared as the Opposition presented new election candidates Peter Barrett and Pat Gordon-Pamplin.
They were intr...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Fixed term elections, an independent electoral commission and ethical governance are among a raft of items due to be discussed today in a take note motion led by United Bermuda Party MP Kim Swan.
They feature in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Associa...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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One Bermuda Alliance Leader Craig Cannonier yesterday insisted that Cabinet Ministers should bear the brunt of pay cuts.
“The One Bermuda Alliance supports a pay cut for Ministers because they are the people in charge of the Government from policy to...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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Paul De La Chevotiere, the first MP to cross the floor of the House of Assembly, has died aged 83.
A Court Street doctor elected as an Opposition Progressive Labour Party MP in 1976, Dr De La Chevotiere made history by joining the ruling United Bermu...
DATE: Feb 09, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Further condolences have been expressed to the family of One Bermuda Alliance treasurer and founding member Sean Pitcher, who died suddenly on Tuesday, aged 49.
Progressive Labour Party spokesman Curtis Williams last night, on behalf of the PLP, said...
DATE: Feb 09, 2012
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Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert has denied electronic media reports that he threatened Premier Paula Cox with the loss of BIU members’ votes should Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess be removed from Cabinet.
In a statement released yeste...
DATE: Feb 09, 2012
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Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert this afternoon issued a statement denying reports that he had threatened the Premier with withdrawal of support if she removed Derrick Burgess from the Cabinet.
Reports this week had suggested that the...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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