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The appointment of a Cabinet minister under fire for making “a comment I shouldn’t have” has been blasted by the Opposition.
The decision to make Rolfe Commissiong the Government Senate Leader as well as the Minister of Community Affairs and Sport, w...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The vice-president of the Senate has retired after nine years in the Upper House, the Governor announced yesterday.
John Rankin said James Jardine, an independent senator, had told him in June he wanted to step down.
Mr Rankin added: “Mr Jardine was ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2020
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Politics
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Revival of the battered economy was front and centre as the Premier announced his new Cabinet and Senate teams yesterday.
David Burt dropped the community affairs and sport minister and the recently appointed transport minister from the front bench.
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DATE: Oct 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A pressure group last night slammed the appointment to Senate of a former MP who stood down as an election candidate amid controversy over an “inappropriate remark”.
Social Justice Bermuda, inspired by the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement, said ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2020
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Politics
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The Royal Gazette, in conjunction with The Washington Post News Service and Bloomberg News is offering The Washington Post’s livestream programming of the presidential and vice-presidential debates.
Today, Vice-President Mike Pence and Democratic vi...
DATE: Oct 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
RG Live
An organisation designed give young people the opportunity to make their voices heard in the corridors of power yesterday appealed to political parties to stick to their promises on youth investment.
Halle Teart, the cofounder of Bermuda Youth Connec...
DATE: Oct 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A code of conduct for MPs will be tabled soon after the new parliamentary session starts in November, the last Speaker of the House has promised.
Dennis Lister, who became Speaker after the Progressive Labour Party’s election win in 2017, said the do...
DATE: Oct 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An expert in public policy and European affairs will be the new Government of Bermuda representative in Brussels.
Aliyyah Ahad will take over from Renée Webb, whose appointment to the post was announced in January 2019.
Ms Ahad has lived and worked i...
DATE: Oct 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Time is up for the One Bermuda Alliance, the leader of the Free Democratic Movement claimed yesterday.
Marc Bean, a former leader of the Progressive Labour Party, said the OBA’s hammering at the polls on Thursday was clear evidence the party was a s...
DATE: Oct 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Cabinet ministers and a senator team will be sworn in next week, it was confirmed yesterday.
A government spokeswoman said that David Burt, the Premier, met John Rankin, the Governor, in the wake of the Progressive Labour Party’s landslide General El...
DATE: Oct 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter