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One Bermuda Alliance Hosts Annual Conference
[Updated] The One Bermuda Alliance is holding its annual Conference this evening [Oct 19] at the Fairmont Southampton, and while media coverage of the event is not permitted, the party is live tweeting updates. OBA members had been due to elect a Leader and Deputy Leader to four-year terms and the Chairman and Deputies to two-year terms, however Leader... Read more of this article
OBA: No Challenges To Cannonier Or Dunkley
One Bermuda Alliance Leader Craig Cannonier and Deputy Leader Michael Dunkley have not been challenged and will continue to serve in their current roles for the next four years, the OBA said today. The OBA will hold its annual Conference, which is open to all members, at 7pm on Saturday, 19 October at the Fairmont Southampton. A statement from the Party... Read more of this article
Sunday: Open Mic Night On Marijuana Reform
The Future Bermuda Alliance — the youth wing of the One Bermuda Alliance — will host an open mic night on Marijuana Reform at the Docksider Pub and Restaurant, Hamilton on Sunday [Sept 15] from 7.00pm to 8.30pm. The promo flyer said, “Come prepared with any questions, concerns or even suggestions regarding reforming the Island’s... Read more of this article
OBA: “Another PLP Slash-And-Burn Approach”
Premier Craig Cannonier announced on Sunday [Sept 8] that he will extend the parliamentary session in the House of Assembly with three additional meetings in September. The Premier went about explaining the reasons behind the decision saying also, “There is also an urgency of ‘now’ to get things done on behalf of the people of Bermuda”. On... Read more of this article
Party On Arrest Report: “It’s A Personal Matter”
[Updated with comment from Government] Following radio reports that One Bermuda Alliance MP Nandi Outerbridge was arrested, the OBA has referred all questions to the MP’s lawyer saying it is a “personal matter.” The Bermuda Broadcasting Company reported that the MP was arrested and subsequently released on police bail after appearing... Read more of this article
Lawyer Says MP’s Facebook Was Hacked
[Updated] A lawyer representing One Bermuda Alliance MP Nandi Outerbridge has stated that screenshots of messages — presently being widely circulated via email — were not sent by her client. The messages, which Bernews is unable to repeat, would be considered by many to be highly offensive. Katie Tornari of Marshall, Diel & Myers told... Read more of this article
OBA Chairman Thad Hollis On Crime Statistics
Public Safety Shadow Minister Michael Scott is “normally the most polite and fair-minded of politicians, so it was odd and disappointing to see him in the role of Opposition pitbull, trying to sink his teeth into the OBA’s leg,” said OBA Chairman Thad Hollis today [July 21]. Last week Mr. Scott commented on the recently released 2013 Crime... Read more of this article
OBA Chairman Speaks To St. Kitts Convention
One Bermuda Alliance chairman Thad Hollis [pictured] told an audience in the St. Kitts & Nevis that the outcome of the 2010 by-election to replace former Premier Dr. Ewart Brown convinced members of the former Bermuda Democratic Alliance and the United Bermuda Party they had to merge if there was any realistic prospect of ousting the Progressive... Read more of this article
OBA Chairman To Address St. Kitts Convention
The St. Kitts & Nevis People’s Action Movement [PAM] announced today [Apr. 21] that One Bermuda Alliance [OBA] chairman Thaddeus Hollis will be the special guest speaker at its annual convention. Some of the more notable guest presenters to address the PAM convention in the past have included Leader of the Opposition in Barbados Mia Motley,... Read more of this article
PLP: Donte Hunt Hiring ‘Should Raise Concerns’
Media reports that former MP Donte Hunt has been hired by the Government should raise concerns among Bermudians of all political affiliations, the Opposition said last night [Apr 11]. “When the OBA promised the creation of 2000 jobs, most assumed that these jobs would go to average hard working Bermudians first, not to OBA insiders or failed political... Read more of this article
PLP Question Premier On Minister’s Salaries
In response to remarks given earlier today [Mar 28] by Premier Craig Cannonier, the PLP said the Premier “once again missed a chance to speak honestly to the Bermudian people.” “When asked about Ministerial paycuts, the Premier again told Bermuda that it was “not possible” to make them effective immediately, so they couldn’t... Read more of this article
Chairman Thad Hollis On OBA’s First 100 Days
[Written by OBA Chairman Thad Hollis + Updated with PLP response] The Progressive Labour Party seems, to judge by the statements yesterday of Mr. Bean and Mr. Roban, to have returned to the tactics of misdirection, distortion and exaggeration that became so familiar to Bermudians during their term of Government and more particular during the election... Read more of this article
PLP Criticize OBA’s First 100 Days In Government
[Updated with videos] Thursday marks the first 100 days of the OBA’s term as government, and the PLP is concerned at “how so quickly things have seen to have gone astray,” Opposition Leader Marc Bean said this afternoon [Mar 26]. Mr Bean said in 100 days of the OBA there have been eight OBA promises broken, citing what he said were the... Read more of this article
OBA: “PLP Blaming Anyone But Themselves”
The One Bermuda Alliance responded to Shadow Works Minister Michael Weeks statement that the OBA contributed to the slow sales of the Grand Atlantic Condos saying his statement is “one more example of his party blaming anyone but themselves for failures that they should simply own up to.” The 78-unit Grand Atlantic Development is located... Read more of this article
OBA Reject Comments As ‘Aimless Politicking’
The One Bermuda Alliance reject Walter Roban’s comments as “aimless politicking, criticism for nothing more than criticism’s sake,” OBA Deputy Chairman Michael Branco said. Following Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy’s announcement that Government will eliminate the 6-year Term Limit Policy with immediate effect, Shadow Minister... Read more of this article
OBA Chairman ‘Amazed’ By Furbert’s Statement
One Bermuda Alliance Chairman Thad Hollis said he was amazed at the statement made by former Minister of Tourism Wayne Furbert this weekend about the cancellation of the Park Hyatt contract. Mr Hollis noted that Mr Furbert said the contract was terminated back in September 2012 — which he later retracted – and said it would be very easy... Read more of this article
