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A One Bermuda Alliance MP who is the Opposition Whip has been named as the party’s deputy leader, it was announced yesterday.
Jarion Richardson takes up the post almost two years after he was voted into the House of Assembly.
Catherine Kempe, the par...
DATE: Jul 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda’s ban on same-sex marriage has made international headlines.
In an opinion piece on US news network CNN’s website, journalist Allison Hope praised US politicians for codifying marriage equality in a vote in the House of Representatives earlie...
DATE: Jul 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Haiti’s flag will be given a place of pride at Somerset Cricket Club for Cup Match in tribute to the Caribbean nation’s historic role in Emancipation.
Ernest Peets, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, joined the presentation of the flag to Dawn...
DATE: Jul 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Seniors will receive a 2.75 per cent increase in their contributory pension payments under an order passed in the Senate yesterday.
The Contributory Pensions (Amendment of Benefits) Order 2022 was debated and approved with no objections.
However...
DATE: Jul 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A commission into land grabs appointed by the Premier “acted unfairly and unlawfully on a number of fronts” and its findings should be overturned, a court heard.
LeYoni Junos told the Supreme Court that she was challenging the report of the Commissio...
DATE: Jul 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A man who shared information with the commission into land losses was told that records on his case would be sealed for 50 years
DATE: Jul 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
More than 20 properties in North East Hamilton have already been identified as ripe for redevelopment after the area was granted special planning status, MPs heard last week.
Jason Hayward, the economy minister, said 23 properties had been earmarked ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Financial relief is on its way after MPs approved $5.8 million on Friday night to help workers and families struggling with rising prices.
David Burt, the Premier, said the money was part of a $15 million package that includes reductions in duty on p...
DATE: Jul 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The taxpayer will have to pay out almost $3.5 million to airport operator Skyport to make up for a shortfall in revenue — bringing the total to almost $50 million.
Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, told the House of Assembly today that incom...
DATE: Jul 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Leader of the Opposition challenged the Premier’s assertion that pension increases being introduced by the Government for seniors fully covered inflation.
Cole Simons said he believed that inflation in Bermuda was 8 to 10 per cent and that the 2....
DATE: Jul 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
