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Bermuda’s Newest Export – Women & Children

Bermuda’s Newest Export – Women & Children

[Written by Toni Daniels, Bermuda Democratic Alliance Secretary on Empowerment of Women] A recent report sheds a harsh light on the value we put on women and children in this society: Bermudian women are choosing to emigrate with their children to the United Kingdom to take advantage of unemployment and child care benefits. This means something has... Read more of this article

BDA Response to Auditor’s TCD Report

BDA Response to Auditor’s TCD Report

Michael Fahy, Bermuda Democratic Alliance spokesperson for Finance has commented on the Auditor General’s report saying that the TCD Motor Vehicle Safety and Emissions Testing Programme had an initial budgeted cost of $5.3 million, however it ended up costing the taxpayer approximately $10 million more – $15.23 million. The Premier called the... Read more of this article

Michelmore on Warwick Long Bay Application

Michelmore on Warwick Long Bay Application

[Written by Dr Katherine Michelmore, Deputy Leader and Spokesperson for BDA on the Environment] I note with concern that Mr. Belcario Thomas has resubmitted an application to build a beach bar at Warwick Long Bay. The history of this business venture is now well documented, it being over 2 years since the original application was submitted in April... Read more of this article

Stopping the Exodus of International Business

Stopping the Exodus of International Business

[Written by Michael Fahy, Bermuda Democratic Alliance spokesperson on Finance] Nothing that the next likely Premier has said so far in terms of what she will do has been music to our ears. There are a number of issues that are drastically affecting Bermuda’s reputation as a hub for international business, which is, after all our bread and butter. The... Read more of this article

Fahy on Retail Sales: Change Duty Charges

Fahy on Retail Sales: Change Duty Charges

Bermuda Democratic Alliance sdpokesperson on finance Michael Fahy commented on  falling retail sales saying “It is yet another economic indicator that the local economy is suffering and people are not spending their money at home or at all,” and that “If we are going to assist retailers in this downturn then we need to implement a... Read more of this article

Opinion Column: Women, Gangs & Empowerment

Opinion Column: Women, Gangs & Empowerment

[Written by Kristen White – Member of the Bermuda Democratic Alliance] Our young black men are killing each other – 11 murders in 18 months. Our young black men are dropping out of school – 50% of them do not graduate from public school. Our young men are not gaining the life skills they need to be successful – a survey in 2007 showed that 64%... Read more of this article

Michelmore:Why Choosing BDA is Good For You

Michelmore:Why Choosing BDA is Good For You

(Written by Dr Katherine Michelmore of the Bermuda Democratic Alliance) In my role as a doctor, I am not always my patients’ favourite person. This is because I am often placed in the role of having to tell people what they don’t particularly want to hear. Sometimes this is because I have bad news……a test result or a finding on an examination…..which... Read more of this article

Craig Cannonier’s 2010 Labour Day Address

Craig Cannonier’s 2010 Labour Day Address

Below follows the address given this morning [Sept 6] by the Leader of the Bermuda Democratic Alliance [BDA] Craig Cannonier for the Labour Day occasion, which focused on theme of being ‘United in the Community’. My friends To those who labour day and night to care for our children, to look after our elderly, to provide services to our visitors,... Read more of this article

Dr Michelmore On Tynes Bay Waste Facility

Dr Michelmore On Tynes Bay Waste Facility

[Written by Dr Katherine Michelmore, BDA Deputy Leader and Spokesperson on the Environment] There have been a number of articles in the local press recently regarding planned refurbishment of the Tynes Bay Incinerator. Trash has been temporarily stored in bales at Morgan’s point due to the inability of the waste facility to process the country’s... Read more of this article

Mark Pettingill: Another Bermuda Shooting

Mark Pettingill: Another Bermuda Shooting

The statement below is from Mark Pettingill, the Bermuda Democratic Alliance spokesperson on Justice: Another Bermuda Shooting. Not so long ago I stood on a street corner outside of my office talking to Yankee Boy Rawlins about the way things are on the Streets. He told me it had changed a lot over the years and that the young guys these days had no... Read more of this article

Democratic Alliance On Municipalities Bill

Democratic Alliance On Municipalities Bill

Craig Cannonier, Leader of the Bermuda Democratic Alliance, has issued a statement saying that he and his colleagues are prepared to support the Municipalities Bill if the “justifiable concerns of the Government are met as well as those concerns of the Corporation”, and went on to say that they recommend that the Government temporarily withdraw... Read more of this article

Michael Fahy on Employment Statistics

Michael Fahy on Employment Statistics

[Written by Michael Fahy] The inappropriately named “highlights” are hardly surprising. These statistics demonstrate that all is not well with Bermuda’s economy. A loss of 693 jobs in the local labour market is frankly very bad. It is also unsurprising that the release cited the reason for this plummet as the global recession. Whilst... Read more of this article

Opinion: Crime and Education

Opinion: Crime and Education

[Written by Paul Coleman, member of the BDA] Crime and education are two issues that feature almost daily in the news. This is a plea to look at the obvious connection between these two issues and to take action. There are dozens of theories to explain the rising rate of violent crime and dozens of theories on how to combat crime in Bermuda. The... Read more of this article

Alliance: Colonel Burch Is A Divisive Figure

Alliance: Colonel Burch Is A Divisive Figure

In a statement released by Craig Cannonier, leader of the Bermuda Democratic Alliance, he welcomes the extension given by Government on the land licence issue, and goes on to state that Minister of Immigration Colonel David Burch is a “divisive figure” and “has far too much power for an unelected individual.” Mr Cannonier made... Read more of this article

PLP: “Offensive: Pettingill Trivializes Apartheid”

PLP: “Offensive: Pettingill Trivializes Apartheid”

[Updated] The Progressive Labour Party [PLP] have accused Bermuda Democratic Alliance [BDA] MP Mark Pettingill of trivializing apartheid, and called for the BDA to distance themselves from Mr. Pettingill’s comments. Yesterday in the House of Assembly MPs were debating an act which would have enabled the Police to hold persons for 28 days without... Read more of this article

Pettingill: Firearms Act “Terrorism Legislation”

Pettingill: Firearms Act “Terrorism Legislation”

In today’s debate in the House of Assembly Mark Pettingill of the Bermuda Democratic Alliance called an aspect of the Firearms and Bail Act “terrorism legislation”, saying that although he is in full support of taking action against the rising crime we face, the Act as it stands will not accomplish this. He spoke extensively to the... Read more of this article