Lawyer Delroy Duncan is to argue before a judge that AME pastor Reverend Nicholas Tweed belongs to Bermuda and cannot be ordered to leave. The AME church and Rev Tweed have won the first round of legal proceedings against the government’s decision not to grant him a work permit and to order him off the…...
Minister open to dialogue with churches on work permit policy
work permit policy shift dates back to the Progressive Labour Party government
Home Affairs Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin is open to discuss changes to the work permit policies for churches. Gordon-Pamplin agreed that the policy which requires churches to advertise vacancies for pastors was “worth a conversation”. But she insisted that current policy must be adhered to. She spoke to Think Media following a January 6 press conference…...
St Paul AME Church “riding out the storm” undeterred
Church vows to continue speaking out on social issues in wake of pastor's work permit rejection
After several weeks in the media spotlight over a rejected work permit application for its pastor, St Paul AME church is facing the future undeterred from its social activism role. Rev Nicholas Tweed’s voice at the church regarded as the cathedral of Bermuda’s AME churches has been stilled for now but no one doubts that…...
A dozen police officers hit by pepper spray on December 2
A dozen police officers were affected by their colleagues’ use of pepper spray on protesters outside the House of Assembly on December 2. And more details have emerged about the use of force with police commissioner Michael DeSilva acknowledging that he is only aware of three persons receiving aftercare from police officers after being pepper […]
Independent panel to review airport redevelopment project
Government’s airport redevelopment deal with Canadian Commercial Corporation is to be reviewed by an independent panel of local experts in finance, accounting and economics, finance minister Bob Richards announced today. Richards indicated to the media that he was confident that the panel would conclude that the controversial deal is the best option for Bermuda. He […]
Bishop appoints new A.M.E. presiding elder
Criticises Premier and acting minister Cole Simons over handling of work permit row
St Paul A.M.E. church now has a new presiding elder – Reverend Howard Dill – in a move which removes administrative responsibility of the church from Reverend Betty Furbert-Woolridge. The development could boost a campaign to force government to rescind its decision not to renew Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s work permit. Bishop Gregory Ingram made the…...
UK indicates airport entrustment conditions not yet met
but Whitehall is "comfortable" with progress
As controversy continues to swirl around the airport redevelopment project, Government House is not yet ready to say that Bermuda has met met entrustment conditions imposed on it by the UK Government. Deputy Governor Ginny Ferson struck a positive note but would only say that the UK was “comfortable” with progress on meeting the conditions…...
Richards: Mayor and Burchall analysis “flawed”
Finance Minister Bob Richards has issued a point by point rebuttal to criticism of the airport project, saying that a critique by Larry Burchall and Craig Mayor was flawed by inappropriately mingling two forms of analysis. At a press conference yesterday he dismissed the pair’s insistence that government had understated the true cost of the…...
Top UK QCs in Mahesh Reddy v Police Commissioner
Former UK Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith, QC, is to represent physician Mahesh Reddy in his case against the police commissioner. He will be squaring off against Anesta Weekes QC who has been engaged by the Bermuda police service and will be asking the court to strike out Dr Reddy’s judicial review application, according to…...
Finance Minister: “They’re just wrong, what can I tell you?”
says airport deal critics simply don't understand finance
Two reports by retired chartered accountant Craig Mayor and commentator Larry Burchall reiterating criticism of the airport redevelopment project as proposed by the Government have been released. All MPs received the reports on December 7. Burchall and Mayor’s analyses purport to show that the real cost of the airport project is $1.4 billion. This is…...
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