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OBA’s Rodney Smith To Challenge Randy Horton
[Updated with video] The One Bermuda Alliance confirmed that Rodney Smith will stand for them in Constituency #32 Southampton West, and challenge the PLP’s Randy Horton, who has already been confirmed as the candidate for the area. Mr Smith, who previously served as a PLP candidate, founded R.A.S. Construction and built and sold houses for 20... Read more of this article
Video: OBA Confirm Bascome As Candidate
[Updated with video] This morning [Oct 11] the One Bermuda Alliance formally confirmed that St George’s Mayor Kenneth Bascome will challenge Dame Jennifer Smith in Constituency #1 St. George’s North in the upcoming General Election. As we noted yesterday, Dame Jennifer won the seat by a very close margin in the 2007 General Election, getting... Read more of this article
OBA To Host Sandys South Town Hall Meeting
The One Bermuda Alliance will be hosting a Sandys South Town Hall on Wednesday October 17th at 7pm at the Dalton Tucker Primary School. Topics will include crime, the economy, employment, education, senior citizens and more. Panelists will include Opposition Leader Craig Cannonier, Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards, OBA MP Louise Jackson as... Read more of this article
OBA To Rollout St. George’s Candidate Tomorrow
The One Bermuda Alliance is set to announce their candidate for Constituency #1 St. George’s North tomorrow. The seat is presently held by Dame Jennifer Smith, who has confirmed she will be seeking re-election. Dame Jennifer won the seat by a very close margin in the 2007 General Election, getting 25 votes more than her challenger the UBP’s... Read more of this article
OBA: Grand Atlantic ‘Poorly Conceived Project’
[Updated] “The fact that just one of 51 units of the Grand Atlantic housing project has sold is the strongest sign yet that this was a poorly conceived project,” said Senator Michael Fahy, the Shadow Minister responsible for housing. As Bernews reported last week, the Public Works Ministry confirmed that one Grand Atlantic Condo has sold. In... Read more of this article
OBA: Decline In Earnings ‘Serious & Concerning’
[Updated] Speaking after the recent release of the 2012 second quarter statistics, Shadow Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell said: “The decline in hotel earnings is serious and concerning. “The industry, after years of big and small properties closing down, has been reduced to a final core of operators. It is essential that these properties... Read more of this article
Louise Jackson: ‘BHB Continue To Stonewall’
“We appreciate that the Bermuda Hospitals Board responded to questions regarding the resignation of Dr. Donald Thomas, but they failed to provide answers,” Opposition spokesperson for Seniors Louise Jackson said. Dr Thomas was employed as Chief of Staff from June 2008 to October 2012. He was placed on “administrative leave” during this... Read more of this article
OBA: Government Has Got To ‘Come Clean’
The Government “has got to come clean about what is going on” with the Park Hyatt project, Shadow Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell said. The construction was supposed to have started some time ago, with initial press statements on the matter stating the resort was scheduled to open in 2012. Last week Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert told... Read more of this article
OBA Call PLP Flyers “A Bald-Faced Lie”
[Updated with video] The OBA has called flyers the PLP has been mailing to homes saying the OBA pledges to end Economic Empowerment Zones [EEZ] for NE Hamilton, Somerset and St. George’s a “bald-faced lie,” while the PLP said transcripts “do not lie,” and criticized Bob Richards for “attacking the EEZ.” In a written... Read more of this article
Fahy: ‘Take Them All With A Grain Of Salt’
[Updated] We are going to hear a “flurry of announcements about wonderful projects” that are going to put Bermuda back to work and solve all our problems between now and polling day and the public should take them all with a big grain of salt,” Shadow Minister for Environment, Planning & Housing Senator Michael Fahy said. Senator... Read more of this article
OBA & PLP Tussle On ‘Austerity’, ‘Investment’
Bermuda’s debt costs $315,000 a day and the Government has “hogtied its ability to invest in people because of its long record of wasteful and reckless spending” the OBA said, while the PLP asked what the OBA would cut, calling them the “party of no ideas and no solutions.” “The Government’s number one goal is to... Read more of this article
Jackson Questions Dr Thomas’ Resignation
The Minister of Health and the Bermuda Hospitals Board must provide Bermuda with answers to the many questions surrounding the tenure and resignation of the hospital’s high-priced Chief of Staff Dr. Donald Thomas, Opposition Seniors spokesman Louise Jackson said this afternoon. Mrs Jackson said: “The BHB’s two-paragraph press statement announcing... Read more of this article
OBA: ‘One Empty Promise After Another’
“The Tourism Minister’s blunder over the status of the Park Hyatt development project has to be seen as symbolic of the chaotic and unsatisfactory style of governance of this government,” Shadow Minister for Business Development and Tourism Shawn Crockwell said. Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert recently announced the Park Hyatt deal was”... Read more of this article
Senator Fahy Responds To Recent Tech News
On hearing the announcement of LinkBermuda’s plans to build an island-wide fiber-optic network, Shadow Minister for Environment, Planning & Housing Michael Fahy said, “Competition is healthy, but competition must benefit Bermudians in both the short term and the long term.” Senator Fahy also said that Government’s announcement... Read more of this article
Senator Dunkley On 2011 BHB Annual Report
[Updated] Responding to the recently released BHB Report, Shadow Minister of Health Senator Michael Dunkley commended the quality-of-care improvements the Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB] has made, however said the salaries and benefits showed a 12% [or $18.4 million] increase over the previous year, and the public should know the salaries of senior management... Read more of this article
OBA Senator Fahy On Solar Plant Proposal
Senator Michael Fahy said the OBA are studying the plans to locate a solar panel plant at the Airport Finger “with great interest” saying “it seems on the surface a wonderful idea – a plan with great potential to significantly lower reliance on fossil fuel in Bermuda, reduce the energy monopoly, and lower greenhouse emissions.” Senator... Read more of this article
