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Amendments to legislation controlling municipal elections were approved by the House of Assembly last night, despite coming under fire from the Opposition.
The Municipalities Amendment Act 2015 lays the groundwork for the hybrid voting system, in whi...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority loaned $180,000 to the entertainment company Whitfield Group to repair the tent at Pier Six, which was damaged by Hurricane Fay last October, with the principal sum due back in 12 months’ time.
Tourism Minister Shawn Cro...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Bermuda’s modernisation of its air traffic management will allow the Island to become a certified air navigation service provider, Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell told Members of Parliament yesterday upon resumption at the House of Assembly. “Sign...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Education Minister Wayne Scott has praised the work of students participating in the Bermuda College Dual Enrolment Programme.
The programme allows qualified high school students to enrol in college-level courses at the Bermuda College. Upon successf...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Premier Michael Dunkley has clashed in Parliament with Opposition MP Zane DeSilva over the retention and salary of a lawyer-lobbyist who first appeared on the political landscape in the 1980s.
Mr DeSilva accused the Bermuda Government of “substantial...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Members of Parliament will return to the House of Assembly tomorrow for the beginning of a new session of Parliament.
The first sitting is expected to begin at 10am.
Tomorrow’s debate will be followed next Friday by the Government’s Budget Speech.
DATE: Feb 12, 2015
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A trip by Attorney-General Trevor Moniz to Miami for a conference cost about $1,700, according to the Ministerial travel website.
The Attorneys General of the British Overseas Territories Conference 2014 was held last autumn to discuss bribery, child...
DATE: Feb 12, 2015
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Health and safety grievances have piled up for public transport workers, according to Shadow Transport Minister Lawrence Scott, who has accused Government of “foot dragging and mismanagement”.
However, Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell called the al...
DATE: Feb 09, 2015
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Zane DeSilva, the Shadow Minister for Tourism, has challenged the Bermuda Government on Club Med and questioned whether Shawn Crockwell, the Minister for Tourism Development, has been forthright in his comments on the subject.
Mr DeSilva said in a s...
DATE: Feb 08, 2015
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United States president Barack Obama addressed a prayer breakfast attended by Premier Michael Dunkley this morning, on the second day of his Washington, DC official visit.
Mr Dunkley, along with Economic Development Grant Gibbons, also met with Democ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell