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Vacation rentals tax “premature” – Cannonier

October 28, 2018
By Ayo Johnson

Craig Cannonier, Premier of Bermuda

Opposition Leader Craig Cannonier has criticised a newly imposed tax on vacation rentals as “premature” and a “mistake”, warning that the timing of the move could out-price Bermuda as a destination. I think the Airbnb tax was premature,” Cannonier said in an emailed statement to Politica.  “This industry has provided an uplift for Bermuda and…...

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Airbnb, Craig Cannonier, Jamahl Simmons, Tourism, Vacation rentals

“We never lost a Premier this way”

Bermuda’s top job in historical context

June 7, 2014
By Ayo Johnson
Photography by Glenn Tucker
Additional research by Thoshlae Smith
Archival images supplied by Bermuda Government
Content: 1,443 words, archival photos of Bermuda's leaders

  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…...

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Filed Under: Archives, Featured, Politics Tagged With: Bermuda, Craig Cannonier, Premier

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

“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

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