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The Government has turned a blind eye to the West End, many residents have claimed.
Voters in the four Sandys constituencies appealed to election candidates to look at the crumbing buildings in the area and the lack of community-building work if they...
DATE: Sep 26, 2020
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Politics
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An independent authority must be created to take the politics out of Bermuda’s public education system, a parent and former PTA president has said.
Danielle Riviere, who moved her three children into private schools after primary education because sh...
DATE: Sep 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Covid-19 has exposed the extent of poverty on the island, frontline workers have claimed.
Rachel Dill, the director of client services at the Coalition for the Protection of Children, said even two-parent families with full-time jobs had been forced ...
DATE: Sep 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A reduction in taxation levels is needed if the economy is to recover, the leader of the island’s newest political force said this week.
Marc Bean, of the Free Democratic Movement, said his party’s action plan for kick-starting the economy included t...
DATE: Sep 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A One Bermuda Alliance government would remove the sugar tax and help to develop sectors that are particularly attractive to younger people, the party said today.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, its finance spokeswoman, added that the OBA’s economic framewo...
DATE: Sep 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three political newcomers are to run in St George’s in the General Election.
Dwain Smith of the new Free Democratic Movement will stand in St George’s West, the One Bermuda Alliance’s Thomas Harvey will contest the same seat and James Perry of the OB...
DATE: Sep 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Up to 75 uniformed services jobs are under threat from cutbacks, the One Bermuda Alliance claimed yesterday.
Ben Smith, the shadow national security minister in the last government, said personnel in the police, prison and fire services had predicted...
DATE: Sep 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Party leaders David Burt and Craig Cannonier traded barbs over the weekend about their party’s records in power.
Mr Burt, the Premier and leader of the Progressive Labour Party, said at a virtual rally on Saturday that his administration had kept its...
DATE: Sep 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More education is needed to help end the stigma of mental health and addiction, campaigners have said.
The Bermuda Mental Health Foundation added it would continue to work with whichever party was in power after the October 1 General Election and tha...
DATE: Sep 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A string of promises to boost the economy and cut the island’s cost of living were unveiled last night in the Progressive Labour Party’s election platform.
The manifesto included a Bermuda National Digital Bank to cut mortgage costs and jump-start th...
DATE: Sep 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell