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The Cabinet Office has been told to respond to a request for a review of records released about correspondence between the Premier and investment firm Gencom.
Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner, ordered the Government department to mak...
DATE: Jan 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
After a tumultuous 12 months in politics we look ahead at the likely flashpoints in the year to come. Shaun Connolly reports.
HIGH STAKES IN CANNABIS CLASH
David Burt, the Premier, appears on a collision course with Rena Lalgie, the Governor, over fa...
DATE: Jan 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Independence is on the cards for Bermuda, but the island should not sever its ties with the monarchy, Hamilton’s Mayor has insisted.
Charles Gosling, widely seen as a conservative figure, said Bermuda’s political scene needed to ensure it was mature ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Two Bermudians last night described receiving New Year’s Honours as “humbling“ and ”astonishing“.
Owen Ellsworth Simons was honoured with a Queen’s Certificate and Badge of Honour for services to music education on the island.
Erica Smith, the execut...
DATE: Jan 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An American who claims an island off Southampton may have been misappropriated from her family a century ago is calling on others with evidence of “land grabs” to join forces for a class-action lawsuit.
Helen Muise said affected families should consi...
DATE: Dec 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Hamilton’s mayor fears the city could lose a controversial court battle costing taxpayers upwards of $20 million and setting capital development back decades.
Charles Gosling admitted he was “concerned” about a long-running international legal tussle...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A report on the status of Bermuda’s criminal injuries compensation system is set to be put before the House of Assembly at its next session.
It comes after reports that the was “severely backlogged”, resulting in victims of violent crime waiting year...
DATE: Dec 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A trip to the global climate change summit in Scotland by Walter Roban, the Deputy Premier, cost taxpayers more than $9,000, new figures reveal.
The bulk of the money — $5,546.60 — went on air travel, with accommodation costing $3,156.30 and ground t...
DATE: Dec 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The finance minister yesterday insisted that price controls were unlikely to be introduced to combat inflation.
Curtis Dickinson said that the Covid pandemic would continue to hit the economy, but that he did not expect next year’s Budget to be a “ha...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance is calling on anyone who sees intoxicated friends attempting to drive home after a night out to stop them.
Susan Jackson, the shadow transport minister, made the appeal in the run-up to Christmas — a time when “li...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan