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Archives for May 2014

Cannonier Resigns

May 20, 2014
By Ayo Johnson

Cannonier Resigns

Premier Craig Cannonier is making his final exit from the Premiership as we speak. An entourage of two cars  – one containing the Premier and the other driven by Deputy Premier Michael Dunkley arrived at Government House at 9:30 pm. Cannonier had been expected at 8:30 pm, according to our sources. Security is tighter than normal […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Craig Cannonier, JetGate, Selling Bermuda

OBA: Cannonier must go

May 19, 2014
By Ayo Johnson

Premier Craig Cannonier

Update: Craig Cannonier yielded to the pressure of his colleagues and resigned from the Premiership about two hours after this story was published.  The story is still relevant in that it contains some important updates on our original expose “Selling Bermuda” and provides some insights into the party’s internal state in the hours leading up […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Craig Cannonier, JetGate, OBA

After “Selling Bermuda”

May 6, 2014
By Ayo Johnson

So what’s next? Otitoju is alarmed that there does not appear to be any interest in an investigation into the Landow-Cannonier relationship. We share that sentiment. As far as we could determine, the governing One Bermuda Alliance party knew as much about Craig Cannonier’s contacts with Nathan Landow as the general public did through his […]

Filed Under: Archives, Think

“Approved” media only – documents

May 4, 2014
By Ayo Johnson

February 14, 2014 — FW: New media player [pdfjs-viewer url=/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Fw_-New-media-player.pdf viewer_width=700px viewer_height=800px fullscreen=true download=true print=true openfile=false] February 18 and 19, 2014 — RE: Phone call [pdfjs-viewer url=/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Re_-Phone-call.pdf viewer_width=700px viewer_height=800px fullscreen=true download=true print=true openfile=false] February 20, 2014 — Re: Media Privileges [pdfjs-viewer url=/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Re_-Media-Privileges.pdf viewer_width=700px viewer_height=800px fullscreen=true download=true print=true openfile=false] March 3 and 7, 2014 — RE: […]

Filed Under: Archives, Documents

“Approved” media only – video

May 3, 2014
By Ayo Johnson

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Filed Under: Archives, Video Tagged With: Ayo Johnson, Craig Cannonier

Selling Bermuda

May 2, 2014
By Ayo Johnson
Edited by Glenn Jones, Guest Editor
Photography by Glenn Tucker

Craig Cannonier, Premier of Bermuda

Bermuda’s new One Bermuda Alliance Government and its political neophyte leader Craig Cannonier are facing their most serious credibility crisis to date over handling of a casino developer’s interest in a country where casino gambling is not legal. Cannonier, who assumed the Bermuda Premiership when his party won the Government in December 2012, has rejected […]

Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: Craig Cannonier, JetGate, Nathan Landow

Who is Nathan Landow?

May 2, 2014
By Ayo Johnson
Illustration(s) by Makeem "Haz" Bartley

Known to friends and associates as “Nate”, Nathan Landow made his initial millions in real estate, but made a name for himself playing key roles in national and Maryland Democratic Party politics – raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for presidential candidates such as Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale and Al Gore. His interest in casinos…...

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Filed Under: Archives, Featured Tagged With: Nathan Landow

“Approved” media only: intimidation or bureaucracy gone wild?

May 2, 2014
By Ayo Johnson

On February 19, 2014, something extraordinary happened on the island of Bermuda. Here’s the short version. The personal staff of the Premier of Bermuda made great efforts to prevent me from entering a press conference lead by the Premier at Cabinet Office on the grounds that I was not “approved” media. The Acting Director of […]

Filed Under: Archives, Featured Tagged With: Ayo Johnson, Cannonier

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