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One Bermuda Alliance accessed voters’ contact details in 2012

July 20, 2018
By Ayo Johnson

The One Bermuda Alliance had access to voters' contact data including email addresses in 2012, it has emerged.

But the party says that access was inadvertent and they refrained from using the information at the request of the Parliamentary Registrar.

According to persons with direct knowledge of the matter, the data was made accessible to both parties via web services set up by the Parliamentary Registrar's technical team following a request from then OBA Deputy Chair Michael Branco.

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Michael Branco, OBA, Parliamentary Registrar, PLP, Tenia Woolridge

Fresh start on immigration reform

July 31, 2017
By Ayo Johnson

Bermuda’s new government has issued a fresh new mandate for the immigration reform working group. A statement issued today by minister for home affairs Walton Brown said that the group – formed after public protests against the former administration’s immigration proposals – will pursue a “principles first” mandate. No longer tasked to propose amendments to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Immigration, PLP, Walton Brown

Paula Cox “prepared” to run in constituency 14

Former premier issues sharp warning to David Burt in dispute over Wayne Caines' selection by party leadership

June 14, 2017
By Ayo Johnson

Former Premier Paula Cox has vowed to stand as a general election candidate for constituency 14 (Devonshire North West) pitting her supporters against Progressive Labour Party leader David Burt who this afternoon announced Wayne Caines as the candidate. According to internal party correspondence seen by Politica, the branch organisation insisted that Cox was their preferred…...

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Constituency 14, Devonshire North West, Paula Cox, PLP, Wayne Caines

Parties tread softly on gay marriage, spar over economy

PLP seeking a "unified approach" to controversial issue of marriage equality

May 10, 2017
By Ayo Johnson

The Progressive Labour Party will be discussing the Supreme Court’s ruling that gay people have the right to marry at its caucus meeting tonight, party leader David Burt told the media. Meanwhile, Government has announced that it will not be appealing the ruling in an official statement yesterday. We’ll have a debate today and we…...

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: David Burt, Kim Wilkerson, PLP

Progressive Labour Party pledges tougher anti-corruption laws

November 15, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

A Progressive Labour Party government would toughen government oversight, introduce measures against political and electoral corruption, legislate to allow citizens to initiate referenda and penalize unlawful discrimination. In his first Reply to the Throne Speech as Opposition Leader – and likely the last before an election is called – David Burt also pledged that a…...

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: David Burt, PLP

Progressive Labour Party to elect a new leader next week

Further exits to come following Marc Bean's departure

November 6, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

A new leader of the Progressive Labour Party is to be elected next week following Marc Bean’s retirement from politics. Bean handed in a letter of resignation as Opposition Leader to the acting governor on Friday – a move which is expected to spark a wave of further exits by lawmakers and the Progressive Labour Party’s…...

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Marc Bean, PLP

PLP leader to make a third round of shadow cabinet changes

as David Burt resigns his portfolio for the second time in a year

October 22, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean is to select a new shadow finance minister following David Burt’s resignation yesterday. The development is a significant moment in the ongoing struggle over the party’s leadership and is Burt’s second resignation of the shadow portfolio in less than a year. Bean has shuffled his shadow cabinet twice since…...

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: David Burt, Marc Bean, PLP

PLP MPs react angrily to Marc Bean interview

But official reaction is a stony silence; Furbert: responding is not "in the interests of the party, and Bermuda"

August 13, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

The rift between several Opposition MPs and their leader Marc Bean has deepened further since his August 3 interview with Politica. Several MPs have reacted with concern and anger demanding that he be held to account by the party machinery for some of his remarks. But MPs maintained a wall of silence in response to our…...

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Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: Marc Bean, PLP

Marc Bean: “politics of plunder” will be history under my leadership

Opposition leader, on sick leave since March, to return to office soon

August 5, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

includes full one hour audio interview In his first interview since taking sick leave after suffering a stroke in March, Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean says he will resume leadership with a different approach toward partisan politics and will continue pushing for a “politics of productivity” to replace what he calls the “politics of plunder”. But…...

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PLP power struggle continues

but MP says the latest move against Marc Bean was "blown out of proportion"

July 25, 2016
By Ayo Johnson

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…...

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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Marc Bean, PLP

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