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The Reverend Nicholas Tweed and the Council of AME Churches have applied for judicial review in respect of both the pastor’s work permit as well as his right to reside in Bermuda. According to their lawyer, Delroy Duncan of Trott and Duncan, the cour...

Dear Sir, Now that the “Tweed Saga” is winding down, permit me some observations on it and some related issues. The first is the dangerous precedent that has now been set regarding how churches are pastored in this country. For those denominations t...

The Progressive Labour Party’s position on work permits for key personnel “has certainly evolved over the past ten years”, according to Shadow Minister of Home Affairs Walton Brown. The PLP has criticised the One Bermuda Alliance for denying the Reve...

Embattled home affairs minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin insisted she holds “no dislike” for the Reverend Nicholas Tweed as she laid bare the background to her “difficult” decision not to renew his work permit. After a week of protest and industrial a...

Dear Sir, I was shocked when I read that the Reverend Nicholas Tweed, the pastor of St Paul AME Church, would not have his work permit renewed. Mr Tweed is loved by his congregation and many people in Bermuda, and should be given the opportunity to c...

There are times when words come out of the mouth that as you speak them, and they become readily audible, you wish you could suck them back in and have a do-over. But hindsight doesn’t work like that. There’s no rewind switch — once it’s out there, i...

The Bermuda Industrial Union went back to work yesterday, with hopes fading that the Reverend Nicholas Tweed will avoid being asked to leave the island. After an intense four-hour meeting throughout the morning, BIU president Chris Furbert announced ...

Walton Brown says the handling of the Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s work permit shows the Bermuda Government’s lack of connection to the mood of the country. The Progressive Labour Party MP said in a statement yesterday: “This issue highlights the need f...

The People’s Campaign bemoaned falling numbers at its rally in support of the Reverend Nicholas Tweed yesterday and widened its attacks on the Bermuda Government. White-collar union leader Jason Hayward claimed people were afraid to attend the meetin...

Inconsistencies in the Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s work permit application surrounded his name and marital status, Cole Simons claimed yesterday. Flanked by fellow One Bermuda Alliance MPs, the Acting Minister of Home Affairs maintained the decision to...

Grant Gibbons has expressed his shock at Chris Furbert’s threat to derail the America’s Cup over the work permit of the Reverend Nicholas Tweed. Referring to comments made yesterday by the Bermuda Industrial Union president, Dr Gibbons said a disrupt...

“We will not be bullied, threatened or intimidated.” That was the defiant message from Michael Dunkley last night after Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert threatened to derail the America’s Cup if demands to renew the Reverend Nicholas ...