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The resignation of MP Mark Pettingill has left the One Bermuda Alliance with a “tenuous” grip on power, sources claimed last night, and could prompt a vote of no confidence in the Government.
Mr Pettingill announced yesterday morning that “after a lo...
DATE: Mar 17, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The One Bermuda Alliance agreed to “strengthen opportunities” for local entertainers by revisiting new immigration policies.
Shadow home affairs minister Walton Brown had led a motion in the House of Assembly, calling for the rejection of the updated...
DATE: Mar 17, 2017
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Politics
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The Bermuda Government has been forced to back-pedal on revenue-raising customs amendments that had been expected to bring in almost $20 million.
The reversal spells a last-minute scramble for businesses, some of which had already priced goods for im...
DATE: Mar 16, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Michael Dunkley has accused Opposition leader David Burt of “selective amnesia” for stating that the One Bermuda Alliance has taken too long to enact the Good Governance Act.
The Premier highlighted that the Progressive Labour Party, which introduced...
DATE: Mar 16, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Walter Roban has reiterated calls for answers regarding the decision by police to pepper spray protesters.
Speaking at a press conference this afternoon, the deputy Opposition leader said that as of this weekend 100 days had passed since the December...
DATE: Mar 14, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Progressive Labour Party will be hosting a jobs summit on diversity, inclusion and opportunity on Tuesday.
“This event is an opportunity to hear our plans for change: facilitating job creation, growing our economy and ensuring that Bermudians co...
DATE: Mar 12, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The annual accounts of the Consolidated Fund of the Bermuda Government for 2015-16 have been given an unqualified audit opinion.
Finance minister Bob Richards welcomed the news, which he pointed out was the Consolidated Fund’s fourth consecutive clea...
DATE: Mar 11, 2017
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Politics
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MPs across parties agreed on one point during their debate over the Opposition’s Reply to the Budget: the island’s national debt must be brought back to heel.
But the One Bermuda Alliance and Progressive Labour Party sparred over which side bore resp...
DATE: Mar 04, 2017
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Politics
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Tax reform aimed at the privileged will be a key priority for the Progressive Labour Party if it wins the next General Election, leader David Burt said yesterday.
Mr Burt vowed to tackle inequality by targeting “vast swaths of domestic wealth and inc...
DATE: Mar 04, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Opposition MP Zane DeSilva and other former trustees of the Port Royal Golf Course are being sued by the Government over a taxpayer-funded refurbishment project which went $20 million over budget.
Attorney-General Trevor Moniz alleged in a statement ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2017
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Politics
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