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Senators are expected to sit for a short session tomorrow when the Upper House resumes after the summer break.
There are just two bills on the order paper – the Human Rights Amendment Act 2021, and the Marine & Ports Services Amendment Act.
The human...
DATE: Sep 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Premier’s Question Time is scheduled for today as MPs return to the House of Assembly after the summer break.
David Burt, the Premier, will also deliver a speech on “moving beyond the pandemic” and Kim Wilson, the health minister, will table a fifth ...
DATE: Sep 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said the Government was committed to strengthen relationships with the island’s unions in the face of an ongoing dispute over decertification.
Mr Hayward said in his Labour Day message: “Despite recent challenge...
DATE: Sep 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A review of children’s advocacy agencies included five jurisdictions across the world, a social development and seniors ministry spokeswoman said.
Commissions in Jamaica, England, Jersey, Malta and Australia were studied to help set up a replacement ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Progressive Labour Party has remained silent about whether one of its MPs will be disciplined for his vocal opposition to the closure of West End Primary School - as is the case with one of the party’s veteran members.
Jamahl Simmons, MP for San...
DATE: Jul 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Controversial changes to Special Development Orders were approved in the House of Assembly yesterday despite objections by the Opposition.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said SDOs would undergo “far more transparency, scrutiny and testing”...
DATE: Jul 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An absence of traditional political boundaries is often a key feature of Bermuda lobby groups.
Some representatives said that they attracted support from across society and were confident that grass roots organisations made an impact.
A spokesperson ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A joint statement backed by the Bermuda Human Rights Commission offers support to the people of South Africa following the imprisonment of the country’s former President Jacob Zuma.
The letter is signed by several prominent members of Bermuda’s comm...
DATE: Jul 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A “voluntary and loving” display of rainbow colours from a government building such as Cabinet or Camden House could be enough to empower LGBTQ+ citizens, former Attorney-General Michael Scott told a Bermuda Pride panel last night.
Mr Scott, who step...
DATE: Jul 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government Minister Tinée Furbert yesterday said she supported the “celebrations of Bermuda Pride, where there are celebrations of freedoms to be accepted for who you are”.
The Minister of Social Development and Seniors said the Bermuda Pride organis...
DATE: Jun 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson