Senator Michael Dunkley has been replaced as Opposition Senate leader and tasked with focusing solely on national security after a shake-up of the Shadow Cabinet.
UBP leader Kim Swan told The Royal Gazette on Friday that he gave party chairman Jeanne...
MPs could vote on a change to the law to ban discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation this parliamentary session, according to Cabinet Minister Glenn Blakeney.
The new Youth, Families and Community Development Minister said on Friday: "We ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
MUMBAI, India (AP) — The Mumbai slum of Rafiq Nagar has no clean water for its shacks made of ripped tarp and bamboo. No garbage pickup along the rocky, pocked earth that serves as a road. No power except from haphazard cables strung overhead illegal...
Premier Paula Cox urged the Progressive Labour Party to restore the Country's faith as she pledged to look out for all factions of society.
Delivering her first PLP annual banquet speech at Fairmont Southampton, Ms Cox said her administration would c...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Wayne Perinchief was made Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly on Friday morning, replacing former Premier and new Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith.
Mr. Perinchief was nominated by fellow Government backbencher Randy Horton during the first ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
The arts community is concerned Government has abandoned its focus on culture after the word was lost in a ministry reshuffle.
New Premier Paula Cox placed cultural matters under the Ministry of Youth, Families and Community Development on Monday.
Th...
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons has applauded the return of chairman Darren Johnston and his deputy Vince Ingham to the Board of Education.
The pair reportedly resigned from their posts in October new Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith an...
DATE: Nov 08, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Official Opposition welcomed the tone of the Throne Speech but called on Ministers to lead the way when it came to cutting back on Government spending.
The Bermuda Democratic Alliance also welcomed the "overtures" from Government in respect of wo...
Premier Paula Cox promised big savings, a new group to tackle gang violence and a drive to help struggling businesses across the Island, in her debut Throne Speech yesterday.
Repeating her pledge to make savings of at least $150 million in her first ...
DATE: Nov 06, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Tim Smith
Apart from a pledge to introduce "master principals" in schools, education got little more than a passing mention in yesterday's Throne Speech — prompting criticism from both opposition parties.
But new Minister Dame Jennifer Smith told a press confe...
DATE: Nov 06, 2010 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Sam Strangeways
