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Top brass launch fight to save Regiment

A band of former Bermuda Regiment commanding officers is launching a campaign to block conscription from being abolished, claiming the move is not in the best interests of the Island and will result in the army unit eventually being dissolved. The gr...
Dec 11, 2013
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MPs face busy week

Parliament’s final week promises a hectic two days for MPs — starting with today’s session, in which the lease for Hamilton’s proposed Par-la-Ville Hotel is to be debated. The House of Assembly will also discuss authorising an $18 million guarantee b...
Dec 11, 2013
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Fairmont plans Turtle Hill development

Protected green space around the Fairmont Southampton Hotel could be threatened under a Special Development Order (SDO) allowing the hotel to build, and sell, housing. The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) has issued a call on the...
Dec 11, 2013
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Cabinet shuffle — three out

Premier Craig Cannonier has unveiled a new Cabinet line-up that reduces the number of Government Ministers from 13 to ten. At a press conference this morning, Mr Cannonier said the changes were “part of a process toward better governing and greater e...
Dec 11, 2013
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Opposition MPs refuse to vote on Par-la-Ville leases

Opposition MPs showed their displeasure at new measures to rein in City Hall by refusing to vote on two lease agreements in the House of Assembly this morning. The leases — for Par-la-Ville car park — got the go-ahead anyway, due to support from Gove...
Dec 11, 2013
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We need an open process

By Diallo Rabain The 2012 Gaming Referendum Act tabled by the then Progressive Labour Party Government, would have asked Bermudians: “Should there be licensed casino gaming in Bermuda?” The One Bermuda Alliance’s 2013 Gaming Referendum Act asks: “Do ...
Dec 10, 2013
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Professor Cuero comes to ‘inspire the young’

Visiting Colombian professor and lecturer Raul Cuero, who is a guest of the Corporation of Hamilton, said he’s on the Island to inspire creativity among Bermuda’s young people. And Dr Cuero also announced plans to introduce a workshop from his Intern...
Dec 10, 2013
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In defence of the Bermuda Regiment

This letter from some of the Bermuda Regiment’s commanding officers was sent to The Royal Gazette this afternoon. We have published it in full. Dear Sir, The recruitment process by which the Bermuda Regiment sustains its strength has been maligned i...
Dec 10, 2013
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Dodwell is ‘de facto Tourism Minister’, claim Opposition

Opposition MP Wayne Furbert claimed today that Bermuda Tourism Authority chairman David Dodwell had become the “de facto Tourism Minister, setting the agenda with apparently no oversight and no accountability”. And the Shadow Tourism Minister critici...
Dec 10, 2013
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Code demands civil servants be politically neutral

The updated code of conduct for Civil Servants has been released as part of the SAGE Commission’s major report into Government efficiency. The code — amended last year under former Premier Paula Cox — refocused on “values and behaviours that underpin...
Dec 09, 2013
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Drug bill passed despite opposition’s concerns

Refinements to the Government body tasked with overseeing drug treatment in Bermuda, along with forging a new drug master plan, were approved last night by MPs. After the 16 to 13 defeat of an Opposition challenge to amend the National Drug Control A...
Dec 07, 2013
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