The resignation of Craig Cannonier, the eleventh person to occupy the office of Premier, since it was created in April 1973, was an event unprecedented in Bermudian history as no elected leader of the Island has ever been forced to give up the job in the midst of corruption allegations. Cannonier also managed to…...
Bermuda moves toward campaign finance transparency rules
Bermuda’s politicians are to consider crafting new campaign finance rules which would require political parties and candidates to disclose their funding arrangements. Meanwhile, Whitehall has said it will not be imposing “direct rule” on its mid Atlantic colony in the wake of Craig Cannonier’s resignation from the premiership following corruption allegations. While the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office […]
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 […]
OBA: Cannonier must go
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 […]
After “Selling Bermuda”
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 […]
“Approved” media only – documents
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: […]
“Approved” media only – video
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Selling 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 […]
Who is Nathan Landow?
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…...
“Approved” media only: intimidation or bureaucracy gone wild?
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 […]
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