includes very brief video interview with Marc Bean A faction of Progressive Labour Party MPs have persisted in efforts to remove Marc Bean as leader, according to reports reaching Politica. But at least one MP involved in what is referred to as a the latest attempted “coup” by some of Bean’s supporters, says that it…...
Archives for July 2016
Same sex relationships: video interviews with lawmakers
Videos: Marc Daniels, James Jardine, Marc Bean, Vic Ball, Wayne Furbert and Pat Gordon-Pamplin talk to Think Media in the aftermath of the defeat of anti-gay marriage bill
six videos. total duration:1 hour, 27 minutes Opposition Senator Marc Daniels led the Senate debate on the proposed amendment to the Human Rights Act which would have preserved the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman. It was defeated 5-6 and sent back to the House of Assembly for reconsideration. The defeat…...
Health Council bill an attack on doctors – Brown
New proposals to regulate health service providers are an attack on Bermuda’s doctors, according to former Premier Ewart Brown. Government attempted to pass a bill granting the Bermuda Health Council a host of new regulatory powers on 8 July, but the measures were put on hold after they failed to withstand scrutiny by the Opposition Progressive Labour Party and…...
Senate live coverage – 14 July
"Preserve Marriage" amendment to the Human Rights Act to be debated today. Too close to call.
Senators are to decide today whether to approve amendments to the Human Rights passed by MPs last week which would ensure that marriage remains between a man and a woman. If the bill is rejected by a majority of the 11 senators, it is sent back to the House of Assembly where it can be…...
Politics today – July 8, 2016
live coverage from Bermuda's House of Assembly
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Insurance professional joins the ranks of the homeless
Rent payments are guaranteed, but system failure brings him to the brink
Insurance professional Karl Outerbridge is now officially homeless despite being a financial assistance client with mental health challenges. For the last 18 months Outerbridge slept in a benefactor’s spare room but that arrangement came to an end last week. While the financial assistance department is now prepared to pay his rent, up to $1,450 a month for…...
Accountant General not informed of Aecon role in airport project
correspondence reveals finance ministry at odds with Bermuda's chief accountant
When Accountant General Curtis Stovell first signed off on government’s agreement with the Canadian Commercial Corporation, no one told him that infrastructure giant Aecon was already in line to construct the new airport terminal. And Stovell has made it clear to the finance ministry that Aecon’s selection as the contractor for the $250 million project…...
I did not order Crockwell home immigration raid – Gordon-Pamplin
Immigration minister says bona fide illegal worker investigation targeted other homes besides the former minister's
Former tourism minister Shawn Crockwell’s home was one of several targeted by immigration officers in a recent bid to ferret out an illegal worker, according to minister in charge of immigration, Pat Gordon-Pamplin. Gordon-Pamplin stressed that the raid was part of a bona fide investigation of which she knew nothing beforehand. Crockwell, who cited the…...
Crockwell claims “economic intimidation” as he quits OBA
Premier says he will get to the bottom of it
The One Bermuda Alliance Government is down one in the legislature following an announcement by MP Shawn Crockwell that he has quit the party and will sit in the House of Assembly as an independent. The former tourism minister ended yesterday’s sitting in the legislature with a speech condemning what he said was the government’s “methodology of…...