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Grant Gibbons joined the political fray in 1992 as part of a new group of well-educated, business savvy candidates in the ruling United Bermuda Party.
At the time, Dr Gibbons, who was the managing director of the family business Gibbons Company, made...
DATE: Apr 30, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A One Bermuda Alliance win in last year’s General Election would not have altered Grant Gibbons’s plan to retire, the political veteran revealed yesterday.
Dr Gibbons said: “My decision would have been the same.”
He revealed that he had not intended...
DATE: Apr 30, 2018
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Politics
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The Progressive Labour Party has vowed to field “candidates with commitment and dedication to their communities” after the resignations last week of Opposition MPs Jeff Baron and Grant Gibbons.
Jeff Baron of the One Bermuda Alliance declared his depa...
DATE: Apr 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Veteran One Bermuda Alliance politician Grant Gibbons announced his retirement from politics at the close of the House of Assembly last night.
Dr Gibbons, the MP for Paget East and Shadow Minister of Economic Development and Regulatory Affairs, told ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The anti-gang programme Operation Ceasefire has been axed in favour of a “Bermuda-centric” programme, national security minister Wayne Caines announced yesterday.
The United States-based programme would have cost $200,000 for this financial year, bu...
DATE: Apr 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former One Bermuda Alliance MP Jeff Baron was “unhappy” at the result of the post-General Election leadership conference last year, a party source said yesterday.
The source added the Warwick North East MP, who resigned from Parliament on Wednesday, ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, will make a statement on the termination of the anti-gang programme Operation Ceasefire in the House of Assembly today.
The island’s regulatory regime for digital currencies will also be debated.
The B...
DATE: Apr 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Jeff Baron spoke for the One Bermuda Alliance on national security before the party assumed power in 2012, and law and order remained in his portfolio over a sometimes colourful political career.
Mr Baron was appointed as special adviser to Michael D...
DATE: Apr 26, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance could struggle to hold the Warwick North East constituency, former area MP Jeff Baron predicted.
Mr Baron, who resigned yesterday for “family reasons”, said that it would be difficult for the party to retain Constituency 25. ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2018
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Politics
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Family reasons and new career opportunities are behind One Bermuda Alliance rising star Jeff Baron’s decision to quit politics.
Mr Baron said the decision came at a “critical time” in his life. He added: “Now is the time where I had to take a good lo...
DATE: Apr 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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