6 results returned for search: "" category ("Politics" AND "News") author Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Tributes have been paid to former PLP MP Arthur Hodgson with the Premier saying he was one of the leaders of a generation of social justice champions
DATE: Feb 08, 2023
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
George Scott was among a “special class” of Black Post Office staff who persevered through discrimination
DATE: Jan 19, 2023
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
An outspoken trade unionist and uncompromising advocate for fishermen has been mourned by the island’s fishing community
DATE: Jan 18, 2023
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A dogged independent electoral candidate, singer and activist hailed as a “soldier for the common man” has died at 75.
David W. Burch was honoured in 2015 by Atlantic Publishing House run by former minister Dale Butler, who called him “a strong-wille...
DATE: Apr 06, 2021
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Kenneth Richardson, the island’s first Black Cabinet Secretary who served in the role from 1984 to 1993, has died at 82.
Mr Richardson, who had to step down as top civil servant for health reasons, was recalled by Sir John Swan, a former Premier, as ...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Anthony Manders, who died yesterday, was remembered by government colleagues as a skilled Financial Secretary in difficult times.
His work included helping the Cabinet to steady an economy devastated by the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr Manders, an ou...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer