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Deputy PLP leader Derrick Burgess last night blasted the Government’s plan to freeze pensions as a “shameful attack on retirees”.
The Shadow Minister for Labour Relations and Seniors described the move as unacceptable when seniors were struggling wit...
DATE: Jul 01, 2014
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An inquiry into a $300,000 campaign donation by a group of wealthy US businessmen to an OBA-linked group is set to be released within the next few days, the party chairman said.
The investigation into the donation by US tycoon Nathan Landow and assoc...
DATE: Jul 01, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Government and the People’s Campaign both share the same goals, according to Premier Michael Dunkley.
In a statement, Mr Dunkley said the Cabinet Office has formally responded to representatives of the group, who have publicly called for equality...
DATE: Jun 30, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A “complete picture” of Government’s assets and liabilities will develop thanks to proposed new laws, Finance Minister Bob Richards told the House of Assembly on Friday.
Current legislation means not all public bodies have the same level of financia...
DATE: Jun 30, 2014
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The Progressive Labour Party took aim at the economic policies of the Government in the House of Assembly.
Opposition MPs described payroll tax relief for construction projects of national importance another example of trickle-down economics, while a...
DATE: Jun 30, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government is “determined to destroy” former Premier Ewart Brown’s medical practice, a Progressive Labour Party member told the House of Assembly.
MP Glenn Blakeney also claimed a “witch hunt” was under way and said: “I implore whoever is behind...
DATE: Jun 30, 2014
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People crippled by debt should not be sent to jail, according to Opposition MP Wayne Furbert.
He has tabled a bill in the House of Assembly to outlaw a practice branded “barbaric” by campaigners.
“What we’re saying is that the courts should not have ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Pensions are set to be frozen at current levels for Government employees and MPs, Minister of Finance Bob Richards announced.
Mr Richards told the House of Assembly that pensions were massively underfunded and that he would introduce legislation aime...
DATE: Jun 28, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Progressive Labour Party has pledged to fight to close a legal loophole that enables Permanent Residency Certificate holders to be granted Bermudian status, claiming that “Bermudians have to come first in their own country”.
And at a public forum...
DATE: Jun 27, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A wall of silence last night surrounded a probe into a $300,000 donation to an One Bermuda Alliance-linked political fund.
Party chairman Thad Hollis — who is heading the inquiry into the donation by US tycoon Nathan Landow and associates made in the...
DATE: Jun 25, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor