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Bermuda’s “soaring debt” has accumulated thanks to “pork barrel politics”, according to Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards.
He told the House of Assembly on Friday the Island had hundreds of millions of dollars worth of public debt because of huge ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
One Bermuda Alliance chairman Michael Fahy pledged yesterday to keep putting pressure on Bermuda Industrial Union to produce more than a decade’s worth of missing financial statements.
Mr Fahy claimed the union had broken the law by not allowing its ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Former Premier Sir David Gibbons has told a Caribbean news magazine that Bermuda’s Government is “simply not competent” and that the Island’s reinsurance industry is “very healthy”.
In an interview published on Friday in Caribbean Journal, the former...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition Senate leader Michael Dunkley is the public’s choice to lead the One Bermuda Alliance and the most popular out of 16 politicians polled in a new survey.
Twenty-two percent of voters said Senator Dunkley would be the best OBA leader, with a...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Island’s legacy of slavery still exists today and we must engage more openly in dialogue to promote healing, according to anti-racism campaigner Mark Nash.
Speaking with UK based broadcast station Colorful Radio this week, Mr Nash said many peop...
DATE: Jun 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Bermuda Industrial Union yesterday ended its long-running pay dispute with Government by accepting a 1.65 percent increase.
The deal works out at $17 a week extra for every member, regardless of their wage, president Chris Furbert told a press confer...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government has reinstated the weekend and holiday ferry schedule on the pink route due to public demand, and added extra weekday services.
The move was welcomed yesterday by a local guest house manager and a resident of Hinson Island, both of whom we...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Progressive Labour Party adopted candidates Leroy Bean and John Gibbons face a fight to hang onto their status after the party threw the door open for them to be challenged.
It's understood Tourism Minister Patrice Minors could move from Smith's Nort...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A handful of unemployed people voiced their challenges and concerns to Labour Minister Kim Wilson yesterday at an Unemployment Registration Drive.
The drive, which will take place up until July 1, serves to provide the Ministry with vital figures on...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Shadow Seniors and Social Services Minister Louise Jackson has criticised Government for a delay in delivering Financial Assistance cheques to those in need this month.
The Department admitted yesterday it had experienced problems with payments and p...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
