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About 60 people gathered on Saturday for the Progressive Labour Party’s Women in Politics forum.
They shared thoughts on issues that affect women including employment opportunities and trying to strike a work-life balance.
Speakers included Lovitta F...
DATE: Sep 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A One Bermuda Alliance caucus meeting last night set about “picking up the broken pieces” of the party and charting a new course.
This is according to Dwayne Robinson, the cohost of an online political comedy show who hopes to launch a political care...
DATE: Sep 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Former One Bermuda Alliance chairman Justin Mathias is understood to have known about the “coup” to oust its leader for weeks.
A well-placed source said yesterday that he became aware of the plan in the middle of last month, allowing him time to prep...
DATE: Sep 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Progressive Labour Party’s women’s caucus is to host a discussion on their role in politics today.
Topics will include the history, changing role, advantages and the impact of women in elected offices in Bermuda.
A PLP spokesman said: “The event ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Opposition leader accused the Government yesterday of spending “as if every year is an America’s Cup year” as Bermuda continued to struggle to balance its books.
Craig Cannonier said the island’s deficit and mounting government debt had been igno...
DATE: Sep 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A split in the One Bermuda Alliance has widened after Craig Cannonier replaced Jeanne Atherden as Opposition leader, party insiders said yesterday.
One source predicted that Mr Cannonier, who led the party to victory at the polls in 2012, would launc...
DATE: Sep 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
David Burt, the Premier, beat the drum for Bermuda as a financial technology centre at a conference in New York City this week.
Mr Burt had a “fireside chat” with Mercina Tillemann-Dick, chief operating officer of the Global Blockchain Business Counc...
DATE: Sep 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The acting party leader of the One Bermuda Alliance last night disputed a claim by outgoing chairman Justin Mathias that “proper process” was not followed in the removal of Jeanne Atherden as Opposition leader.
Leah Scott, who became interim party le...
DATE: Sep 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Former Opposition leader Jeanne Atherden has said she regretted a rift with Nick Kempe, who quit as One Bermuda Alliance chairman after he was axed from a seat in the Senate.
Ms Atherden, who resigned as party leader last week after eight of her ten ...
DATE: Sep 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell