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The status of the under-fire chairman of the Progressive Labour Party was still unclear yesterday after a meeting this week.
An emergency meeting was held by the party’s central committee on Monday.
Mr Wade did not return phone messages about the m...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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Politics
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In an era when Bermuda politics was often dominated by divisive rhetoric, Walton Brown retained a rare cross-party respect.
The sudden death of the former home affairs minister sparked sadness across the country.
Mr Brown, 59, who was found dead in h...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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Politics
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It was the most closely fought General Election in Bermuda’s history, and produced arguably the greatest shock.
On December 17, 2012 — only 19 months after it formed as an amalgamation of the maligned United Bermuda Party and ill-fated Bermuda Democr...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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Politics
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Craig Cannonier’s spell as Premier of Bermuda ended as spectacularly as it began with the notorious Jetgate affair.
Mr Cannonier resigned in May 2014, 17 months after his glorious General Election victory, when it was revealed a group of United State...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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Politics
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Renovations at Sessions House continue in efforts to have the home of the legislature ready for the 400th anniversary of Parliament this year.
Government said last September that the work included the replacement of windows as well as “health and saf...
DATE: Jan 08, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A key member and former treasurer and chairman of the Progressive Labour Party has died at 82.
Walter Byron was fondly remembered yesterday by Alex Scott, who served as premier for the PLP from 2003 to 2006, as “an unsung hero, the type of individual...
DATE: Jan 08, 2020
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Politics
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The ruling Progressive Labour Party’s central committee held a lengthy meeting last night at Bermuda Industrial Union headquarters, with the party’s executive expected to outline its decisions in calling for the ousting of Damon Wade as party chairma...
DATE: Jan 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A member of the Progressive Labour Party executive has resigned.
Tarik Bean-Darrell, an assistant party organiser for the western constituencies, is said to have stepped down because of health issues.
It comes as the PLP prepares to hold an emergenc...
DATE: Jan 06, 2020
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Politics
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The Progressive Labour Party’s chairman faced calls to resign yesterday after he claimed he was owed a place in a “friends and family policy”.
Damon Wade said in an audio recording that “incompetence, arrogance and vindictiveness” had been deployed a...
DATE: Dec 24, 2019
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Politics
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Job satisfaction among the working population appears to have increased over the past year, the Minister for the Cabinet Office said yesterday
Wayne Furbert revealed that underemployment dropped by more than 10 per cent between May 2018 and May 2019,...
DATE: Dec 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter