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Three general election candidates were unveiled by the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance yesterday.
Among them was Gaylynne Cannonier, owner of home furnishing store, Foreign Cargo and sister of OBA Leader Craig Cannonier.
Born and bred in St Davids, M...
DATE: Nov 23, 2011
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Premier Paula Cox is in London this week, taking part in the annual Overseas Territory Consultative Council (OTCC) meeting.
Organised by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the OTCC allows FCO officials and Ministers from the UK Government to m...
DATE: Nov 22, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Citing Government’s recent pledge to high standards of governance, the One Bermuda Alliance has demanded that Premier Paula Cox give an explanation for a Planning controversy involving three members of her Cabinet.
But the Progressive Labour Party ha...
DATE: Nov 22, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Business Development and Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert yesterday criticised The Royal Gazette for its front page story saying that the Island’s murder rate was double the global average.
It should have been buried in the paper and good news given a ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2011
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Government plans to separate out the Work Permits Section as part of a reorganisation of the Department of Immigration, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Patrice Minors said yesterday.
At a press briefing to elaborate on Throne Speech initiatives,...
DATE: Nov 22, 2011
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Government’s policy against sales of property owned by Bermudians to non-Bermudians is set to change if a recommendation made by National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief is accepted by Cabinet.
Speaking to the Annual General Meeting of the real es...
DATE: Nov 22, 2011
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Politics
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Carnival Cruise Lines axed 11 of next year’s 12 planned visits to Bermuda because it couldn’t cash in on the prime time summer spots.
Transport Minister Derrick Burgess has revealed the cruise ship operator’s last-minute decision was based on it bein...
DATE: Nov 21, 2011
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Politics
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Environment Minister Marc Bean urged black people to cease complaining and start making their own luck, during a fiery House of Assembly speech.
Mr Bean also hinted cannabis smokers could soon avoid harsh penalties as he spoke from Government’s front...
DATE: Nov 21, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A number of educators have been exempted from having to satisfy professional requirements laid down by law, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith told the House of Assembly on Friday.
She said the exemptions, gazetted earlier this month, were in res...
DATE: Nov 21, 2011
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Politics
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Tony Bates, the Head of the Bermuda and Caribbean Section for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, will be visiting Bermuda early next month.
According to a Government House spokesperson, Mr Bates’s visit, from 3 December to 7 December, is ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2011
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Politics
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