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Shadow Families Minister Donte Hunt called for all Bermudians to speak out against the scapegoating of foreigners after finding graffiti on the wall of a Filipino’s home.
Mr Hunt said ‘Filipino Go Home’ was scrawled on a house rented by a Filipino ex...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former United Bermuda Party communications consultant Don Grearson is doing press work for the One Bermuda Alliance.
Mr Grearson is working as a freelance writer for the party which formed as an alliance of the UBP and the Bermuda Democratic Alliance...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox last night promised that Bermuda’s long-awaited public access to information (PATI) law would become operational “in the second half of 2012”.
The legislation was passed in Parliament on July 23, 2010, when then Premier Ewart Brown...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition leader John Barritt’s 18-year House of Assembly career appears over as the One Bermuda Alliance prepares for a leadership contest to replace him.
Mr Barritt confirmed he’s prepared to give up his Devonshire South Central seat if the new pa...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow National Security Minister Michael Dunkley yesterday said people need to know how the public purse is being managed, after his questions on Government finances went unanswered.
Senator Dunkley had tabled Parliamentary Questions asking Junior F...
DATE: Aug 01, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons has welcomed an ongoing review of special needs education in the public school system, calling it “necessary and long overdue”.
The review began earlier this year following a recommendation in Ombudsman Arlene ...
DATE: Jul 30, 2011
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Politics
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Local businesses will play a key role lining young people up for long-term careers under the Island’s Jobs Corps vocational programme.
Community Development Minister Michael Weeks said Government wants to tap into the knowledge and expertise of the b...
DATE: Jul 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Embarrassing mistakes in Tourism’s ‘Go To Bermuda’ promotional website emerged during a lengthy House of Assembly review of the Island’s air arrival figures.
The errors were highlighted when Shadow Tourism Minister Pat Gordon-Pamplin tabled a motion ...
DATE: Jul 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government should be giving all businesses a helping hand to try to secure Bermuda’s economy rather than limiting help to specific areas.
This was the view of Opposition politicians in the Upper House as they debated a revised bill to give more power...
DATE: Jul 27, 2011
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Politics
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Lives are being put at risk as drivers blatantly ignore the rules of the road, according to Senator Michael Dunkley.
The Shadow National Security Minister has hit out at drivers who are repeatedly breaking the law as they travel across the Island.
Se...
DATE: Jul 27, 2011
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Politics
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