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A demand to find out how much cash raised by the controversial sugar tax had been used to boost health was made yesterday.
The One Bermuda Alliance said it wanted details of where the $700,000 in extra cash raised since last year from the tax had gon...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A contract between the Government’s communications team and a media organisation run by a former Progressive Labour Party MP raised questions from the Opposition yesterday.
Susan Jackson, of the One Bermuda Alliance, called for clarification over the...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Mental Health Amendment Act and the Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act won support from both political parties as they passed through the Senate yesterday.
The revised Mental Health Act, which addresses gaps in the previous Mental Health Act, sets r...
DATE: Mar 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A list of consultants and advisers to the Bermuda Government must be explained, the Opposition leader said.
Craig Cannonier said the six-strong list revealed by David Burt yesterday “is going to cause more questions”.
He was speaking after the Premi...
DATE: Mar 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Several human resource departments across government entities will be phased out as part of a Government reform initiative, Walton Brown said.
Mr Brown, the Minister of Cabinet Office, said the new Department of Employee and Organisational Developmen...
DATE: Mar 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Parliamentarians who sit on a committee investigating how protesters came to be pepper sprayed by police in December 2016 have failed to explain why they have held all of their meetings in secret.
The Joint Select Committee has held 40 meetings, none...
DATE: Mar 07, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Legislators face a gruelling stint in the House of Assembly today as the 2019-20 Budget is debated.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the One Bermuda Alliance spokeswoman for finance, will give the Opposition Reply to the Budget.
Ms Gordon-Pamplin will delive...
DATE: Mar 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Nearly 200 students have this year benefited from a $300,000 Government grant to Bermuda College, the Minister of Education announced this morning.
Diallo Rabian said that 198 awards were offered to students at the school during the 2018-19 academic...
DATE: Mar 01, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Progressive Labour Party faced discord among its own supporters over fears that Bermudian families are being left out in the cold, political sources claimed.
David Burt, the Premier, and Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, were thought to ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A clash between protesters and police outside the House of Assembly will be discussed by the national security minister today.
Wayne Caines will talk about the aftermath of the December 2016 events in the wake of revelations that his ministry had mad...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell