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Health Minister Zane DeSilva last night apologised for using the “insensitive and incorrect” term “jewing down” in the House of Assembly.
The Progressive Labour Party MP uttered the phrase during a parliamentary debate on Friday but withdrew it minut...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda is “a co-operative and transparent jurisdiction”, Premier Paula Cox has told members of the European Parliament.
Ms Cox was yesterday invited to address the meeting of the Economic Committee of the European Members of Parliament in Brussels.
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DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One Bermuda Alliance Chairman Michael Fahy questioned how Bermuda Industrial Union has fallen so far behind in reporting its accounts after learning its finance team is paid more than $400,000 a year.
“It is baffling,” said Mr Fahy, who insists the B...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The people of Bermuda deserve to be told what’s going on with the Island’s public transport, OBA MP Patricia Gordon-Pamplin told the House of Assembly. The Shadow Minister for Transport and Tourism said there had been complaints from up and down the ...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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Politics
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards said Bermuda needs to be less unwelcoming to international business as he urged Premier Paula Cox to stop blaming the economic crisis for the Island’s troubles.
Mr Richards said Bermuda is too “protectionist” with...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox is in Brussels today to take part in meetings that offer greater insight into the workings of the European Union and ‘how Bermuda can best be positioned as this governing body addresses the changing economies of its member nations’,...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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Politics
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People with violent backgrounds will be banned from being security guards to ensure they don’t further inflame hot-tempered situations in bars and clubs.
Police will have the power to refuse licences to anyone who has been convicted of a violent or d...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Three trailblazers who made Bermuda what it is today have been inducted as the country's new national heroes.
About 200 people attended the National Heroes Day Induction Ceremony to celebrate the lives of Dr Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon (Mazumbo), Dr Pauu...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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Politics
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Suspects under the influence of alcohol or drugs must sober up in custody before being interviewed by police, under amendments to the Police And Criminal Evidence (PACE) Act.
Officers have a limited amount of time to interview a detainee from the mom...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Progressive Labour Party has condemned anti-PLP graffiti which has appeared around the Island.
The unsigned images show a cartoon character urinating on the PLP acronym and have been spotted in several places, including Vesey Street, Devonshire, ...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
