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A former public works minister said yesterday that it was he who commissioned the report into the finances of a struggling sports centre — not the trustees who ran it.
Trevor Moniz, now a One Bermuda Alliance backbencher, explained that he asked for ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2019
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Bermuda’s economy is not in an ideal spot, the Minister for the Cabinet Officer said yesterday.
Wayne Furbert said: “It’s not where we want it to be.”
But he added: “Where we want it to go is where we are heading.”
Mr Furbert said that for economi...
DATE: May 10, 2019
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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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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Children’s rights campaigners urged the Government yesterday not to push on with a proposed legal change that they claimed would erode the right of vulnerable youngsters to independent legal representation in court.
Katie Richards, a family law exper...
DATE: Dec 14, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The former social development minister rejected a claim yesterday that he was fired from Cabinet for his handling of an inquiry into allegations that children in care were mistreated.
Sources claimed Michael Weeks was ousted because he insisted that ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Attorney-General was accused yesterday of confusion in a row over the representation of vulnerable children in court proceedings.
The claim came after Tiffanne Thomas, a freelance social worker, announced she was to quit as a litigation guardian ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A second inquiry has been launched into the island’s child protection agency in less than three months.
The Government revealed yesterday that the Department of Internal Audit was conducting a review into the Department of Child and Family Services....
DATE: Nov 07, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A key player in Bermuda’s Jetgate scandal has hit the headlines in New Jersey after he landed a top job with the state governor.
Derrick Green, an adviser to the One Bermuda Alliance during the 2012 General Election campaign, is being paid $140,000 a...
DATE: Oct 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Two high-profile members of the One Bermuda Alliance clashed last night over the sequence of events that led to Jeanne Atherden’s replacement as Opposition leader by Craig Cannonier.
Justin Mathias, who quit as OBA chairman this week, called on Leah ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2018
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Politics
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The One Bermuda Alliance has to dump MPs inherited from the old United Bermuda Party or die, its former chairman warned yesterday.
Nick Kempe quit as head of the OBA executive after Jeanne Atherden, who resigned as leader in the wake of a vote of no ...
DATE: Sep 24, 2018
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Politics
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